Comments on: CS-Cart, A Very Excellent E-Commerce Engine

By: Sheila

Sheila — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:40:21 +0000

Steve, I am new to ecommerce and shopping carts. I have selected a Magento template and I want to convert it or have it converted to work with CS-Cart. Have I set an impossible task for myself? Are there instructions ANYWHERE on HOW to do this? Thanks for being here for everyone!

By: Julie Thompson

Julie Thompson — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:18:06 +0000

Hi Steve
Do you build skins and if so how much do you charge?

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:28:07 +0000

Hi Steve,

Good review. I have been using CS-Cart since April 2011 and the technical support was fantastic. I have no words to describe how good they were.

They have an ‘affiliate’ add-on which I am using so that visitors can earn commissions by placing my banners on their site. Which is far cheaper solution for a small guy then advertising.

I was using WordPress on another site to write articles and redirect interested visitors to my e-commerce site at http://www.drpetersnews.com (CS-Cart site) to purchase my products but then when WordPress upgraded to version 3.2 and it striped all my banners (scripts) from my pages. I have since abandoned WordPress because I found out that CS-cart has comments feature where visitors can post comments. So now my e-commerce site is also my blog. Great isn’t it? I do not have to send my visitors here and there to buy my products.

Also I have set it up so that the Google adverts disappears when a visitor Signs In or Registers. In fact one can play around and make blocks appear or disappear depending on whether they are logged in or not.

Thanks
Peter

By: Luis Federico

Luis Federico — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:39:40 +0000

I positively agree with you Steve. Your comments express a very professional and analytical way of thinking. I have two stores using CS-Cart for my customers and the details that you say are completely correct. I sincerely congratulate you and at the same time I give you the thanks for this review. God bless you so much!

By: Allan

Allan — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:20:49 +0000

Hay Steve
I now have my host sorted now (thanks) and want to get CS-Cart Professional 2.1.4 (seems to be the latest ver) and i am looking for the best (cheapest) site to get it from. Do you know anywhere that has it discounted or where they offer something with it (eg free premium skin, free install on my server, free….. something)
thanks again for your advice and help
Allan

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:17:59 +0000

Hi Allan, thanks for the kind words!

I’d highly recommend AusWeb – I used them for a while before switching to a US based host (purely because that’s where my biggest audience is). Their prices are good and support was fantastic. Page load times were great for Aussies too.

HTH,
Steve

By: Allan

Allan — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:45:17 +0000

Hi Steve . I have done a bit of research and found CS cart SEEMS to be the best shopping cart for my needs as i only have about 250 products to sell and im only going to marked them in Australia and only have a very small budget and i dont expect 1,000s of sales (maybe 1 a week if im lucky) could you recommend a good Australian host for this
Thanks
Allan
PS wish I had of found your Blog sooner as it would have saved me a lot of time.
Keep up the good work

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 13 May 2011 21:12:48 +0000

Interspire Shopping Cart has been a nightmare for me. Basically, I’ve paid them thousands of dollars to fix their buggy software.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:12:32 +0000

Thanks alt-team!

By: altteam

altteam — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 07:42:06 +0000

The most informative article about CS-Cart I’ve ever read ))) I think the developers should highly appreciate such a good and understandable review )))
P.S. I liked your style of writing a lot.