Hedgehog Toys
19th January 2007, 16:04
Anyone used this before ?
I am thinking of using it for my new business and wondered if anyone has had experience of it. I will be playing around with it this weekend but forewarned is forearmed as they say.. :)
awebapart.com
19th January 2007, 19:02
It's an interesting concept, however looking at the pricing it may also be worth considering ekmpowerstore.co.uk, easywebstore.co.uk, awebapart.com. These services provide hosting and support in the price, for around £20 to £25 per month (installation isn't required as this is done for you). Storesprite are charging £20-£99 for up to 30 days support. It will be more difficult for a company to support a server based system when its not on their servers.
If you really want more control, ownership, and the ability to host your own online shop, it also looks like getting the Storesprite PHP files to install on your own webserver wont give you the flexibility of other opensource systems like ZenCart or osCommerce, since the Storesprite files aren't standard PHP scripting files - they are compiled so you dont have access to the source, whereas you do with ZenCart and osCommerce (ZenCart is actually a custom version of osCommerce - which shows how open the process is).
Since storesprite is a close source system developed by one company there's little chance that it can compete in terms of advanced features, and fit for a multitude of purposes, with the likes of osCommerce-based solutions, and dont forget osCommerce v3 is in alpha and is coming soon.