Comments on: WordPress or Magento: The Fringe Benefits of Working as a Web Designer

By: alec

alec — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:30:06 +0000

Hi Michael,

Setting up ecommerce properly is just not that easy.

But MarketTheme was the easiest one we found. Having dual login sounds like a nightmare. I’d drop that ASAP.

Making the web work for you, Alec

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:50:37 +0000

Hi guys, nice to see a discussion not entirely driven by promotional agendas…
I am running an E-Cig blog with a web store running on ‘ECWID’. It seems reasonable, but I don’t really like it, and my visitors do not seem to be buying anything-which is the acid test! I think this is because they have to set up two accounts, one for the Blog home site, and one for the ECWID store.
Does this MarketTheme offer easy configuration for people who are not PHP wizards?

By: Johan

Johan — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 06:08:11 +0000

Hi Alec

Thanks. That’s what I expected you to tell me ;-)

But it does not make my task easier yet. I need to motivate this to our board and I have nothing but my own bias towards wordpress. And some impressive growth figurs for Magento vs oscommerce (nothing like this for wordpress as there’s no common category to compare) http://blog.templatemonster.com/2010/04/12/magento-beats-oscommerce-comparison-research/

By: alec

alec — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:13:16 +0000

Hi Johan,

I can’t see any reason why WordPress couldn’t run the largest possible deal site. Probably lighter weight than any Magento configuration at scale, when coded properly.

Changing the look and adding new features will certainly be easier.

Making the web work for you, Alec

By: Johan

Johan — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:41:56 +0000

Hi Alec

I am specing a site Private Sales or Flash Sales site where will have plus 100 000 members. We need a lot of customisation, fast cart given that 1% may buy at the time any deal open. I have come across al the work being done via Magneto Entreprise at $12000 per year. (The cost is not the issue). I have also done research on http://groupbuyingsite.com They have a well recommended wordpress theme & plugins.

Personally I prefer wordpress as I am very familiar with it.

My question; stated negatively: Is there a point where wordpress will not do the job?

Have fun and thanks for the article and your responses to the questions.

Johan

By: alec

alec — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:08:59 +0000

Magento is useless is a pretty harsh statement. For a large enough shop with very specific shipping and tax issues, Magento can provide a comprehensive solution. For most shops, Magento is serious overkill though.

By: Phoe

Phoe — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:30:38 +0000

JiGoShop is the new kid on the block, and fixes a lot of woes with Wp-ecommerce.

Also, WP-ecomm is itself now quite new.

Magento is useless.

By: alec

alec — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:35:21 +0000

By now, I would think so. If not, you can write your own payment integration script, or we could write it for you (as a paid engagement of course).

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:00:28 +0000

I’m about to start selling freeze dried food on my wordpress site, but I don’t want to use paypal for merchanting. Does Market Theme integrate with any other payment processors?

By: Vancouver Rich

Vancouver Rich — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 22:35:00 +0000

I’m with Alec. WordPress can be a powerful platform. No, it still can’t do everything Magneto can do, but it’s far easier to implement and more plugins are being developed all the time.