gdp's Comments

Big Commerce : Big Commerce or Interspire, which one do I choose?

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:55:49 +0000

So do I for what it's worth, but some businesses just need to have control of their applications and can't rely on hosted solutions.

Andrew Bleakley : Big Commerce vs Shopify

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:18:15 +0000

Anytime - let me know how it all pans out for you Meredith.

Andrew Bleakley : Big Commerce vs Shopify

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:04:19 +0000

Personally the best deal for you and your customer's is to select one or two shopping carts and learn them inside out - if you like it and can expertly use it the rest will take care of itself - and happy customers that pay there bills are much more valuable than one off commissions for referrals. I like the Big Commerce / Interspire combination because it is essentially the same product from a developer/design point of view (which makes life reliable). Shopify used to be hands down the simplest thing to use - but as it adds features it is losing ground slowly. Magento was a product I tried really hard to like but just couldn't - it was such a massive piece of software and seemed to re-write a few rules (probably for the better) - I revisit it occasionally to see how it is progressing and expect it will eventually take it's place near the top of the heap - just not yet

Andrew Bleakley : Search Engine Short Comings in Popular Shopping Carts

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:12:56 +0000

I never understood why Interspire (the folks that create Big Commerce) don't have built in support for canonical URL's. There is a talented bloke down the coast here that has created a plug in for Interspire to fix the problem http://www.shoppingcartstrategies.com/interspire/... - I haven't checked if you can add it to Big Commerce (via FTP) but it would be worth a peek

Andrew Bleakley : Big Commerce vs Shopify

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:10:54 +0000

No Big Commerce is derived from Interspire - nothing at all like Magento - which I find alot more difficult than it should be

Andrew Bleakley : Big Commerce vs Shopify

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:58:07 +0000

There support is great (at least on email never had to ring them) Usually any issues we have are solved with online docs and the wiki though - but emails were responded to very quickly

Andrew Bleakley : Installing and Running Aptana on Ubuntu 8.10 (Ubuntu Intrepid)

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:23:05 +0000

no worries, be my guest