[BNM] shopping cart software / includes auto dispatch notification etc

[Tom Coady]

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:31, Chris Adams <chris at pynto.com> wrote:

> I've been using amongst others Mals cart for more simple lower budget
> eCommerce sites that plug onto the back of their static pages and at the
> more complex end Actinic.

There's a lot of free carts that were mentioned here recently like in
http://groups.google.com/group/brightonnewmedia/search?group=brightonnewmedia&q=magento&qt_g=Search+this+group
one of which links to
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/05/25-magento-templates-for-your-e-commerce-business/#comment-346669
where the comments seem to favour prestashop.com

here's one example:

osCommerce: It was Good, but now despertly needs updating with a better
engine.
Wordpress: Good
Joomla: Good
OpenCart: Good
Pestashop: Good
Magneto: Terrible to code with. Buggy as hell. It Actually has so much bloat
it takes a few seconds on each request. The coding is all over the place it
may never be bug free. etc.

I'm looking for an alternative cart to use for a current 'mals' client
> as they need to have more control over the back end and more automated
> processes such as dispatch notification


looks pretty straightforward:
https://www.mals-e.com/support/topicbody.php?topic_id=26