Comments on: Why not to use ZenCart or OSCart

By: christof

christof — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:53:47 +0000

All I can say is that I have worked with both Zen cart and Oscommerce extensively, and what a pot of rubish - its the worst code base, its virtually unscalable because of the spagetti mess of code, installing 1 contribute will make the platform a nightmare to maintain or to install future contribs, because one needs to alter the core code - what a joke. Please do not use oscommerce or zen cart ever.

By: Asif

Asif — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:17:17 +0000

Well, sir, I’m glad it works for you. It works great for some of my stores, too. It just takes more time than an eCommerceTemplates store does to setup and customize, and that means I make less profit on a store I’m reselling.

By: Sir Hollingsworth

Sir Hollingsworth — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:01:48 +0000

I should say my good man, this does sound like a bloody sales pitch. I am currently using ZenCart to sell my million Pound motor yachts and it has come to be quite useful. Carry on if you must lad.

By: Commie B

Commie B — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:50:33 +0000

I think that’s more of a GoDaddy issue than it is ZenCart. GoDaddy is plain ‘bad’ for hosting.

By: craftscn

craftscn — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:53:18 +0000

i just set up zencart in my godaddy windows hosting, but it can’t log in to admin, but my account and pw is right.

By: Asif

Asif — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:06:09 +0000

Perhaps, xtort, we need to look at this another way.

Clearly, writing a sales pitch is not your forte`, because you have no idea what ones reads like, as the article doesn’t read like one.

Second, let me again reiterate that the goal here is not to say which is best from a development point of view, but which is better from a turning around faster point of view.

It maybe that you, as a developer, have the time to look at other people’s code and fix it. To me, that costs money; and I run a business with a goal to get the most out of my time, because that’s better for the client and for the business. Therefore, you need not give business advice; it’s probably better that you stick to development only, and read the article again from a different perspective.

By: xt0rt

xt0rt — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:00:57 +0000

It’s no surprise to me that the poll here shows that most developers are using Zen Cart! as their e-commerce platform.

Zen Cart! is easy to install, easy to customize, and it’s easy to add additional features through the use of third party mods. And of course, it’s free to use and modify.

This entire post reads like a sales pitch. If you can’t handle editing a few lines of code here and there, you probably should get out of the development business.

By: bloggingzoom.com

bloggingzoom.com — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:20:47 +0000

Why not to use ZenCart or OSCart…

Over the years I have used several eCommerce and online shopping cart solutions. My conclusion is that using the free OS Cart or Zen Cart may not be worth the time or effort required to customize them and make them presentable and usable. I recommend…