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brianb421 · Apr 22, 2009, 19:19

I want a new generation shopping cart, one that looks and feels like magento, where the layout it logical and easy for both my shipping department and customers to understand.

My concern with Magento is I've heard it's a resource hog, which I'm assuming means, the pages load slowly.

So... what shopping cart loads quickly and is a new-gen cart?

shopmaker.co.uk · Apr 24, 2009, 07:00

Which features are you looking for?

WillisTi · Apr 27, 2009, 16:14

Magento version 1.3 is out now. I have found my sites run a lot faster now, all shopping carts are going to be resource heavy.

flimsy031 · Jun 12, 2009, 03:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by WillisTi

Magento version 1.3 is out now. I have found my sites run a lot faster now, all shopping carts are going to be resource heavy.

yep... I also updated my cart with version 1.3. Now, my magento cart working[/url] much more faster and better.

X-Cart · Jun 15, 2009, 07:59

brianb421, you need to make choice based on your requirements to the future store. So please let us know your requirements, otherwise all advice is not worth at all.

maartenvr · Apr 28, 2009, 19:07

What about Avactis? I have some experience with it. I'm not sure exactly what features you all need, but worth looking at!

pumba · Jun 26, 2009, 11:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by maartenvr

What about Avactis? I have some experience with it. I'm not sure exactly what features you all need, but worth looking at!

I ran two websites on Avactis but switched to Magento and finally happy

My advice:
Stay away from Avactis unless you need very basic cart.
It does not even come close to Magento in functionality.
Avactis code is full of bugs and 'TO DO' and 'FIX ME' comments. Everytime you find new bug the charge you money for fixing it. Their explanation usually is 'You are only one who complains, so we do not consider this to be a bug'... Ridiculous...

Avactis · Jul 30, 2009, 07:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by pumba

I ran two websites on Avactis but switched to Magento and finally happy

My advice:
Stay away from Avactis unless you need very basic cart.
It does not even come close to Magento in functionality.
Avactis code is full of bugs and 'TO DO' and 'FIX ME' comments. Everytime you find new bug the charge you money for fixing it. Their explanation usually is 'You are only one who complains, so we do not consider this to be a bug'... Ridiculous...

Dear Vitaliy,

We are happy that you found an ecommerce platform that is good for you. We wish you best luck in your online business!

Unfortunately, you hadn't a chance to try the latest version of Avactis because its release was postponed until we implemented all the new features, and you hadn't the time to wait for it. I agree: version 1.8.1 was pretty basic and a bit slow, and I completely understand your decision to look for alternatives. (We have clients still successfully running it though.
example)

But it's been already half a year since the release of Avactis 1.8.2 and I must say it's not so basic anymore. The new version is a huge step forward. Most of these TODOs and FIXMEs were done and fixed

Just compare the numbers:

Avactis 1.8.1 clean install: 3 163 Files, 726 Folders
Avactis 1.8.2 clean install: 4 864 Files, 1 069 Folders

We also never charge our customers for bugfixes. We charge for support tickets after the initial month of free support, but if it comes that it was our bug, we refund the money! If this wasn't the case, I bring my deepest apologies and offer you to PM me the ticket IDs which you believe were not refunded bugfixes -- we will do the refunds.

lesya · May 15, 2009, 05:44

Those who are interested may check the web service Cart2Cart that automates the migration to Magento shopping cart.

You can get assisted migration and additional 2 500 credits for free (about enough to migrate data of middle-sized store)

bluedreamer · May 15, 2009, 10:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by brianb421

So... what shopping cart loads quickly and is a new-gen cart?

Can you give us some information so people can recommend some suitable solutions...

A list of key required features
A list of features you'd like to have but not essential
Your budget

Dan Schulz · May 15, 2009, 12:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by brianb421

I want a new generation shopping cart, one that looks and feels like magento, where the layout it logical and easy for both my shipping department and customers to understand.

My concern with Magento is I've heard it's a resource hog, which I'm assuming means, the pages load slowly.

So... what shopping cart loads quickly and is a new-gen cart?

While Magento is resource heavy (I'm currently looking into using it myself for an upcoming project), there are hosting providers that have optimized their servers to enable it to run as fast as possible. I haven't used them, but Crucial Web Hosting is an option if you're looking for that kind of hosting provider. (Note: they are expensive, but if you're running an ecommerce site that's even moderately successful, that shouldn't be a problem.)

Hallowell · May 21, 2009, 22:17

Try zencart.

JLHC · May 22, 2009, 09:46

Some shopping carts that you may want to look into is PrestaShop (free) and Interspire Shopping Cart (paid).
The former is a very simple and light-weight cart while the latter is as powerful as Magento but it is also very simple and light-weight.

jghejhfd · May 28, 2009, 16:35

Take a look at Zen cart instead. Magento like you said is slow and very difficult to maintain

Dan Schulz · Jul 30, 2009, 07:43

Steve, do you have a list of bug fixes that still need to be taken care of? (I'm not a user/customer - I'm just curious.)

Avactis · Jul 31, 2009, 01:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan Schulz

Steve, do you have a list of bug fixes that still need to be taken care of? (I'm not a user/customer - I'm just curious.)

Hello Dan,

Currently, there are 6 open bugs in our issue tracker:

1. Installer silently stops when PHP has no ZLib extension - should display a warning message.

2. If a purchased product's price includes tax, and some discount (set as percentage) applies, the discount is calculated from the price without the tax - should be calculated from the full price

3. Customer data export displays the "Product export completed"
message

- should use its own message

4. If store name (in settings) has commas, outgoing emails are sent from the server's default address, since the supplied From header becomes invalid - should replace or drop commas.

5. Checkout Form Editor's Update button sometimes not activated on inputs' onBlur() event - need to check the JS.

6. Incompatibility with PHP 5.2.9 and above.

As you can see, the glitches are minor, we'll fix them in the next couple of weeks and then release a new build.

Also we are working on Avactis 2.0 which will have multilingual support both in the backend and storefront.

Dan Schulz · Jul 31, 2009, 08:28

Thanks, Steve!

Orracle · Aug 20, 2009, 12:22

I have a problem with my magento site, but I haven't been able to get any help for it over on the magento forums as it seems that I'm the only person who's having this problem, and is not willing to completely scrap their site and start from scratch. Is there anyone here familiar with Magento's code that might be able to help?

The problem we're having is this:

My one page checkout is broken.

I’ve completely reinstalled/reverted/updated everything on this site. At this point there is nothing anywhere in this site that is even slightly customized - I’m running a stock Varien theme and I’ve tried to check out with different Varien themes enabled (blue, default, modern) and it won’t work with any one of them. I’ve dumped in to a new database, and wiped everything from the httpdocs folder and reinstalled. NOTHING WORKS. The one extention that I had was uninstalled before the last update and it was never a problem anyway, so I don’t think that was the problem, as I still cannot progress through the checkout - I keep getting looped back to the “shopping cart” page. I’ve disabled guest checkout, and using the registration process results in the same problem.

We have this one site on Magento which has been nothing but headache after headache. We had plans to migrate all of our stores to the Magento platform, but we’ve completely stopped all that development.

If anyone has any idea as to what's happened here I'd be most grateful for the help!

alifity · Aug 28, 2009, 15:25

Try Prestashop, it is lightweight and fully customizable. also consider to look at OpenCart, this is great alternative too.
Visit their website to get the details

osix · Aug 28, 2009, 15:46

try osCommerce

rajput_jitendra · Nov 28, 2009, 02:42

if you find any trouble in using Magento Commerce then try Prestashop, or Zen Cart both are come with reach feature and easy to customize as you like.

Apr 22, 2009, 19:19	#1
brianb421 SitePoint Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 4	What carts are like Magento? I want a new generation shopping cart, one that looks and feels like magento, where the layout it logical and easy for both my shipping department and customers to understand. My concern with Magento is I've heard it's a resource hog, which I'm assuming means, the pages load slowly. So... what shopping cart loads quickly and is a new-gen cart?

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Apr 24, 2009, 07:00	#2
shopmaker.co.uk SitePoint Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 7	Which features are you looking for?

Apr 27, 2009, 16:14	#3
WillisTi SitePoint Evangelist Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Bristol, ENG Posts: 555	Magento version 1.3 is out now. I have found my sites run a lot faster now, all shopping carts are going to be resource heavy.

Jun 15, 2009, 07:59	#5
X-Cart SitePoint Addict Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 249	brianb421, you need to make choice based on your requirements to the future store. So please let us know your requirements, otherwise all advice is not worth at all.

Apr 28, 2009, 19:07	#6
maartenvr Go ahead! Make my day! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 2,060	What about Avactis? I have some experience with it. I'm not sure exactly what features you all need, but worth looking at!

May 15, 2009, 05:44	#9
lesya SitePoint Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 10	Those who are interested may check the web service Cart2Cart that automates the migration to Magento shopping cart. You can get assisted migration and additional 2 500 credits for free (about enough to migrate data of middle-sized store)

May 21, 2009, 22:17	#12
Hallowell SitePoint Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 13	Try zencart.

May 22, 2009, 09:46	#13
JLHC SitePoint Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: MY - US Posts: 44	Some shopping carts that you may want to look into is PrestaShop (free) and Interspire Shopping Cart (paid). The former is a very simple and light-weight cart while the latter is as powerful as Magento but it is also very simple and light-weight.

May 28, 2009, 16:35	#14
jghejhfd SitePoint Enthusiast Join Date: May 2009 Location: us Posts: 36	Take a look at Zen cart instead. Magento like you said is slow and very difficult to maintain

Jul 30, 2009, 07:43	#15
Dan Schulz In memoriam Join Date: May 2006 Location: Aurora, Illinois Posts: 15,648	Steve, do you have a list of bug fixes that still need to be taken care of? (I'm not a user/customer - I'm just curious.)

Jul 31, 2009, 08:28	#17
Dan Schulz In memoriam Join Date: May 2006 Location: Aurora, Illinois Posts: 15,648	Thanks, Steve!

Aug 20, 2009, 12:22	#18
Orracle SitePoint Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 78	I have a problem with my magento site, but I haven't been able to get any help for it over on the magento forums as it seems that I'm the only person who's having this problem, and is not willing to completely scrap their site and start from scratch. Is there anyone here familiar with Magento's code that might be able to help? The problem we're having is this: My one page checkout is broken. I’ve completely reinstalled/reverted/updated everything on this site. At this point there is nothing anywhere in this site that is even slightly customized - I’m running a stock Varien theme and I’ve tried to check out with different Varien themes enabled (blue, default, modern) and it won’t work with any one of them. I’ve dumped in to a new database, and wiped everything from the httpdocs folder and reinstalled. NOTHING WORKS. The one extention that I had was uninstalled before the last update and it was never a problem anyway, so I don’t think that was the problem, as I still cannot progress through the checkout - I keep getting looped back to the “shopping cart” page. I’ve disabled guest checkout, and using the registration process results in the same problem. We have this one site on Magento which has been nothing but headache after headache. We had plans to migrate all of our stores to the Magento platform, but we’ve completely stopped all that development. If anyone has any idea as to what's happened here I'd be most grateful for the help!

Aug 28, 2009, 15:25	#19
alifity SitePoint Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4	Try Prestashop, it is lightweight and fully customizable. also consider to look at OpenCart, this is great alternative too. Visit their website to get the details

Aug 28, 2009, 15:46	#20
osix SitePoint Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 50	try osCommerce

Nov 28, 2009, 02:42	#21
rajput_jitendra SitePoint Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9	if you find any trouble in using Magento Commerce then try Prestashop, or Zen Cart both are come with reach feature and easy to customize as you like.