What Happened to ECommerce!

I think Modx has the potential to be a bigger CMS than Joomla and Wordpress, and I wish it was, but it can only get there if the actual plugins worked. Right now I see the biggest zit on modx is the ecommerce plugins. Or should I say lack thereof.

I only see two actual modules that are worth talking about and Kiwee doesn’t seem to be managed anymore. The installation appears incomplete, buggy and trouble support isn’t being followed.

Treasure chest works but isn’t as robust as it should be.

And FoxyCart isn’t condusive because you need to host your cart on their site.

Where did everyone go?

Ecommerce is a huge issue, and doing it right takes a ton of time. Have you tried shopkeeper?

Quote from: johnny5r at Jan 11, 2010, 03:35 PM

Where did everyone go?

I went to Magento

After spending 1.5 years working mostly on Magento, here is my insignificant 2 cents, that unless your client has only a handful of products to sell, it would be a better and a more sound decision to go with an eCommerce system. MODx has its place for the right project. The flexibility and power of MODx do not justify to re-inventing the wheel to make a MODx powered eCommerce site (that is, unless MODx team decides to add the eCommerce favor in the core), it would not be a smart decision in my humble opinion. Something I have learned, any store that has over 250 SKUs, think very differently than company that needs a website to promote its business/service. The need and requirement are different, thus it will not be a cost effective way to develope an eCommerce site in system like MODx or other CMS, it will not be cost saving for a long-term maintenance either.

It is unfortunate but there are alternatives that can work alongside MODx.
I’ve used Prestashop and FoxyCart but am not personally fond of either.

I have a lot of hope for LemonStand as it is flexible with templating and has a nice reporting system. It may be possible to integrate the admin into a Module within MODx.

That said, if the site is primarily an eCommerce site with little in regard to regular site content than using Lemonstand, Magento, Prestashop, whatever, maybe be the way to go.