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E-Commerce Platforms
The list of e-commerce software providers gets longer all the time,
but here's a good start:
Yahoo
- If there's a default platform for small business
e-commerce, it's Yahoo's Small Business platform. Mom and pops flock to
Yahoo's e-commerce software because it includes most everything for one
low price — it's the no-brainer solution. Some merchants complain,
however, that Yahoo doesn't allow them to scale as they grow and the
learning curve for its management console can be difficult.
Affinity Internet
is a popular provider of web hosting solutions
for small to medium-sized businesses. Its ValueWeb e-commerce package
allows you to create a comprehensive Web site and on-line store capable
of marketing and selling up to 100,000 products. ValueWeb incorporates
tools like Miva Merchant and Macromedia's Contribute site building
software.
NetSuite
- Well respected in the e-commerce industry as an
affordable, scalable package. The company gets a lot of buzz.
iCode
- Considered easy to use, the company specializes in the
small-to-medium e-business all-in-one solution, although there has been
rumbling in our forums about poor customer service from them.
MarketLive
- A robust solution that
has garnered an impressive client list, including Encyclopedia
Britannica and Keds shoes.
Venda
For a monthly fee of $10,000, Venda handles everything,
from deployment to hosting to maintenance.
Actinic
- Used by a lot of small-to-medium sized merchants, the
Artinic software interfaces with the UPS shipping system and the popular
QuickBooks accounting software.
MainStreet Commerce
- MainStreet's base cost is $15,000, with an
additional ten percent license fee. MainStreet provides a complete
e-commerce infrastructure, and its software is known to be highly
configurable.
ProStores
- an eBay Company (formerly Kurant StoreSense) - Geared
for the smaller merchant, eBay's ProStores has solutions ranging from
$30 to $250 a month.
LaGarde StoreFront
- Along the lines of ProStores, LaGarde caters
to the small merchant, with an array of low cost pricing options.
Miva Merchant
- A popular solution aimed at the small business
market, the basic Miva Merchant store building program retails for
$1,000.
Websphere
- Made by venerable IBM, Websphere is too pricey for a
shoestring start-up, but if you have the finances it's a full-service
platform will scale as large as you can imagine.
Microsoft Small Business
- A similar all-in-one platform to
Yahoo's, although a bit more expensive. One advantage: it's good to
choose a vendor that's going to be around for a while, and it's safe to
assume that Microsoft will be (won't it?).
Again, don't limit your shopping to this list alone. As you shop, you
might also look at 1ShoppingCart, Shopsite, Mal's E-commerce, osCommerce,
AbleCommerce, MonsterCommerce and many more...
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