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Python based eCommerce System - technical comparison
by
Per Thulin
12 Jul 2010 | 13:18
Valentine Web Systems went out looking for a new eCommerce system. The requirements was that it would be based on Python, open source and easy to extend. GetPaidLicense: ZPL Technologies: Python 2.4, Plone 3.x (Plone 4 support in beta) Extendability: Skin layers, portlets Listed sites/users: 16 Can be run in Google App Engine: No (Plone/Zope is not compatible) Complete solution, add-on for Plone. Features: Donations, pay-to-publish, any content "buyable", discounts, UPS shipping (with real-time shipping charge calculation), good documentation, tests(!), getpaid products are available in a multitude of languages and all products are tagged with translatable text-ids. EasyShop
License: GPL Familiar technologies: Python 2.4, Plone 3.2.5 Extendability: Skin layers, portlets Listed sites/users: A handful (most being migrated to LFS?) Can be run in Google App Engine: No (Plone/Zope is not compatible) Complete solution, add-on for Plone. Lightning Fast Shop
License: BSD Technologies: Python 2.6, jQuery, jQuery UI, TinyMCE, Django Extendability: Product templates, portlets Listed sites/users: 11 http://www.getlfs.com/live-shops Can be run in Google App Engine: No (Python 2.6 can't be run) Easy to set up, clean management interface, functional shop out of the box and well thought out design. Snappy performance! Satchmo
License: BSD Familiar technologies: Python, Django 1.2.1 Extendability: Very high Listed sites/users: At least 67 Can be run in Google App Engine: No Satchmo is a complete web shop like the rest. The admin interface works fine, is snappy but is a little bit cluttered and asks tons of questions.
ConclusionAll the tested solutions are functional out of the box. The two Plone based solutions have an advantage in having a tool chain that is familiar to us, but the Django based ones have better performance. LFS stands out because it also looks good out of the box What is your experience?Please send us comments and tell us your ecommerce experience. Which system is your favorite?
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Document ActionsWhat about PCommerce?
Posted by
Guy Zuercher
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13 Jul 2010 | 11:02
See here: http://plone.org/products/pcommerce.core
Currently we released just one pcommerce module: pcommerce.email. But soon we will release others. Forgot about PCommerce
Posted by
Sasha Vincic
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14 Jul 2010 | 09:54
Do you have any live websites running PCommerce?
Example sites
Posted by
Guy Zuercher
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14 Jul 2010 | 11:25
http://kokon-shop.ch/
This site has an extended version of what is now available in the collective. The checkout proccess has been modularized. The picture based dispatcher is also manageable by the customer using drag&drop. We'll release this asap. http://sportnetzwerk.ch/ This is the initial version of the shop, which has a fairly simple checkout. Right now we are working on two now sites for which we will again extend PCommerce. cheers Guy |
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I would really like to be able to use the reports feature and i've never really gotten it to work. It uses SQLalchemy which has gone through some updates which may be why I cannot get it to function.
Anyone else using its reporting or warehouse functions?