Comments on: BigCommerce vs Volusion http://andrewbleakley.com/big-commerce-vs-volusion/ Web Developer. Search Engine Geek. BigCommerce Fiend Thu, 17 May 2012 17:22:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: andrew http://andrewbleakley.com/big-commerce-vs-volusion/#comment-17098 andrew Tue, 15 May 2012 03:32:32 +0000 http://andrewbleakley.com/blog/?p=227#comment-17098 Any of the major carts could do it. MP3 doesn't need any special tracking so it is very straight forward - look at BigCommerce and Shopify (with Fetch) Volusion has brilliant digital download support but it is more geared towards software that needs licence keys delivered as well but this is over kill on music downloads. Thanks for the nice words, they mean a lot - very glad you find the posts useful. Any of the major carts could do it. MP3 doesn’t need any special tracking so it is very straight forward – look at BigCommerce and Shopify (with Fetch)

Volusion has brilliant digital download support but it is more geared towards software that needs licence keys delivered as well but this is over kill on music downloads.

Thanks for the nice words, they mean a lot – very glad you find the posts useful.

]]> By: Taajah Phenezy http://andrewbleakley.com/big-commerce-vs-volusion/#comment-17096 Taajah Phenezy Mon, 14 May 2012 19:58:05 +0000 http://andrewbleakley.com/blog/?p=227#comment-17096 Andrew, Your reviews are fantastic! Thanks so much for all the hard work and diligence you've put into your reviews. It's obvious that no software is perfect or even close to perfect. They all have pros and cons. I need a shopping cart that is proficient in delivering mp3's simply and effectively. In your opinion, which shopping cart does that better? Thanks! Andrew,

Your reviews are fantastic! Thanks so much for all the hard work and diligence you’ve put into your reviews. It’s obvious that no software is perfect or even close to perfect. They all have pros and cons.

I need a shopping cart that is proficient in delivering mp3′s simply and effectively. In your opinion, which shopping cart does that better?

Thanks!

]]> By: wezers http://andrewbleakley.com/big-commerce-vs-volusion/#comment-17071 wezers Sat, 12 May 2012 21:51:06 +0000 http://andrewbleakley.com/blog/?p=227#comment-17071 Big Commerce is built on Interspire, , Interspire customers has been treated so bad over the last two years it sickens me. Any company that disregards its customers in this way is one to avoid. Big commerce have just stated they are no longer going to support Interspire, the very foundations of Big Commerce, leaving thousands of store owners with useless software and no support. What happens next, Mich and his crew get bored with Big Commerce and ditch it and shaft all Big Commerce users same as they have Interspire customers. Avoid Big Commerce like the plague unless you like bugy, ill thought out appls like ebay intergrations, mailchimp intergration thats only links to lists and not groups, tax problem with google, feed problems for anyone living outside the USA and trying to use google feeds. Did i forget to mention they ban users and delete posts if they dont like yourfeedback in the forum. It is all hype. Look to CS Cart, Magento or Actinic. Big Commerce is built on Interspire, , Interspire customers has been treated so bad over the last two years it sickens me. Any company that disregards its customers in this way is one to avoid. Big commerce have just stated they are no longer going to support Interspire, the very foundations of Big Commerce, leaving thousands of store owners with useless software and no support.

What happens next, Mich and his crew get bored with Big Commerce and ditch it and shaft all Big Commerce users same as they have Interspire customers. Avoid Big Commerce like the plague unless you like bugy, ill thought out appls like ebay intergrations, mailchimp intergration thats only links to lists and not groups, tax problem with google, feed problems for anyone living outside the USA and trying to use google feeds.

Did i forget to mention they ban users and delete posts if they dont like yourfeedback in the forum.

It is all hype.

Look to CS Cart, Magento or Actinic.

]]> By: ada http://andrewbleakley.com/big-commerce-vs-volusion/#comment-17062 ada Fri, 11 May 2012 03:02:39 +0000 http://andrewbleakley.com/blog/?p=227#comment-17062 ...So who did you switch to, and are they any better? …So who did you switch to, and are they any better?

]]> By: andrew http://andrewbleakley.com/big-commerce-vs-volusion/#comment-17060 andrew Wed, 09 May 2012 22:23:46 +0000 http://andrewbleakley.com/blog/?p=227#comment-17060 I like it a lot so far. I am reviewing it at the moment but it really looks like a great alternative to Shopify and he themes are amazing I like it a lot so far. I am reviewing it at the moment but it really looks like a great alternative to Shopify and he themes are amazing

]]> By: Lee Simmons http://andrewbleakley.com/big-commerce-vs-volusion/#comment-17057 Lee Simmons Wed, 09 May 2012 15:09:05 +0000 http://andrewbleakley.com/blog/?p=227#comment-17057 Hey Andrew, What do you think about www.supadupa.me? Simple to use & has some lovely themes. http://supadupa.me/ Hey Andrew,

What do you think about http://www.supadupa.me?

Simple to use & has some lovely themes.

http://supadupa.me/

]]> By: Carlos http://andrewbleakley.com/big-commerce-vs-volusion/#comment-17056 Carlos Wed, 09 May 2012 11:32:29 +0000 http://andrewbleakley.com/blog/?p=227#comment-17056 Again, I would have no idea how to do this, and BC won't help. We've asked BC to spend more time developing upsell options, but instead they seem to be spending their time on an iPhone app. Frustrating... Again, I would have no idea how to do this, and BC won’t help. We’ve asked BC to spend more time developing upsell options, but instead they seem to be spending their time on an iPhone app. Frustrating…

]]> By: Carlos http://andrewbleakley.com/big-commerce-vs-volusion/#comment-17055 Carlos Wed, 09 May 2012 11:30:18 +0000 http://andrewbleakley.com/blog/?p=227#comment-17055 Greg, While I sincerely appreciate your responses, you've proven my point. I'm not a technical person, so making "DNS changes..." is beyond my area of expertise. Yet BC won't/can't help do this. I'd love not to have to code, since I don't know what I'm doing. Yet I find myself learning HTML on the fly just to make simple changes. Greg,
While I sincerely appreciate your responses, you’ve proven my point. I’m not a technical person, so making “DNS changes…” is beyond my area of expertise. Yet BC won’t/can’t help do this. I’d love not to have to code, since I don’t know what I’m doing. Yet I find myself learning HTML on the fly just to make simple changes.

]]> By: Greg http://andrewbleakley.com/big-commerce-vs-volusion/#comment-17051 Greg Wed, 09 May 2012 02:11:17 +0000 http://andrewbleakley.com/blog/?p=227#comment-17051 I am sure as a business owner you realize that support at all of the hosted carts is going to be fair at best... high turnover and you can't always get the best support member...volusion support is far worse. 3DCart is pretty good but I would think you are hit and miss with all platforms I am sure as a business owner you realize that support at all of the hosted carts is going to be fair at best… high turnover and you can’t always get the best support member…volusion support is far worse. 3DCart is pretty good but I would think you are hit and miss with all platforms

]]> By: Greg http://andrewbleakley.com/big-commerce-vs-volusion/#comment-17050 Greg Wed, 09 May 2012 02:09:31 +0000 http://andrewbleakley.com/blog/?p=227#comment-17050 you can get this done as well you just need to use the API you can get this done as well you just need to use the API

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