Comments on: Magento – The New Standard in Open Source eCommerce

By: Sean Breslin

Sean Breslin — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:02:09 +0000

I like the look of this, my skills with the open source element of programes like this is limited, but I know enought to appreciate guality when I see it!

By: Scott Wheeler

Scott Wheeler — Sun, 01 May 2011 16:14:47 +0000

Peachtree users can now find an integration option (www.CartSpan.com) in MagentoConnect. CartSpan is a bi-directional interface that allows you to import your Magento orders into Peachtree and update your items prices & quantities-on-hand in the cart from the accounting system.

The product is not free but is priced very competitively relative to similar offerings in the market. Most importantly, it works as advertised and the return-on-investment is fast if you process more than a hand-full of orders per day.

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By: Wish List

Wish List — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:01:07 +0000

I will definitely be checking out Magento, looks like a great tool to add ecommerce to your site.

By: webshopnews

webshopnews — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:22:26 +0000

@jeton: Prestashop is a nice software-tool for smaller shop but in my opinion it is not direct comparable to Magento. For starting your first eCommerce-Page with small budget, Prestashop could be an interesting alternative. For larger shops with more flexibility and scalablility is Magento highly recommendable…. But it´s more complex and more expensive to set up and run a Magento-Shop.

By: revive

revive — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:39:28 +0000

@all
Magento does have a groovy web2.0 looking interface and some clean coding, etc.. but, if you are talking about robust ecommerce you are also talking about integration.. ie.. quickbooks, peachtree, SAP, other accounting or ERP solutions.. and, a short visit to the forum at Magento will show you that 1) The core team is not developing such solutions 2) The community is trying to, to no avail, there are some core hacks laying around, etc.. but nothing that should be attempted on a site desiring to upgrade to the new features added later and 3) The users seemingly making some progress are asking for a 'donation' from 20 users.. for $1,00 EACH! NOTE: You can contact an IDN (Intuit Dev. Network) pro to build you a custom integration for less then that! 4) The other solution for such data sync is T-Hub – a fairly expensive – read $250 for a minimal version, $700 for what gets the job done – and the reviews of their support, which is PAID in addition to the program, is awful.

So, is Magento the 'best' solution for open source shopping carts.. maybe for some. But, for someone desiring to run a business, not just a cart… you may with to keep looking..

Just my 2 cents.

By: HoBoJo

HoBoJo — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:10:01 +0000

1. Magneto does NOT currently support Digital Downloads:
refer : http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewforum/1…
2. YES it will run on a local development PC as long as Apache,mySQL,php etc is installed and setup correctly.
eg http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/…

By: Aaron D. Campbell

Aaron D. Campbell — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:58:25 +0000

1. I had no problems installing and running it on my local machine.
2. Correct, but supposedly they should be available by the end of the year (in the next two months).

By: remotONE

remotONE — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:35:39 +0000

From what I've read so far,
1. Magneto wont run on your Localhost Development machine (develop site prior to upload to host).
2. Does not currently support Digital Downloads.
Is my understanding correct?