ecommerce 2.0
31 Mar
After two years of development and five months of beta testing we’re proud to announce the immediate release of Interspire Shopping Cart.
The product was designed and built based on direct feedback and feature requests from over 500 Interspire customers and existing store owners. On a feature-by-feature basis it has more features than any other e-commerce software on the market.
Features You Won’t Find Anywhere Else
Interspire Shopping Cart is e-commerce software that includes everything you need to start, run, promote and profit from your online store. It combines easy-to-customize store designs with marketing tools proven to significantly increase your sales.
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Feedback From Existing Customers
So far the feedback from Interspire Shopping Cart customers has been great. As well as feedback from our end users, we’re also working with several larger partners who are impressed with Interspire Shopping Cart’s speed, security and integration features.
Here are some of the customer testimonials we’ve received so far:
“I started out with FrontPage and a free shopping cart and knew I would someday upgrade to more professional products. However, I never thought that I could upgrade my website AND my shopping cart with one product. Enter Interspire Shopping Cart.” - Gary Smith, PolishAndWax.com
“The shopping cart is absolutely awesome! I can’t wait to see what features come next. I really hate to tell you that we have spent many years and well more than US$75,000 customizing/using other commercially available catalogue/shopping carts, and finally developing our own custom catalogue. Nothing we have come up with compares to your offering.” - Glenn Stockton, SwingSetMall.com
“So far I have been very impressed with your shopping cart. I operate [an] online store for over 7 years now and usability in front and back end makes your cart definitely top of the line.“ - WinsTsun, Australia
“I’m excited about this product because Interspire has proven themselves over and over again year after year. I’m hard to please too!“ - Openyourstorefront.com
Learn More About Interspire Shopping Cart
Take a look at the feature tour, try the online demo, or contact us if you have any questions about Interspire Shopping Cart. We’re available by phone or email worldwide to discuss your e-commerce requirements.
31 Mar
Added the option to pay using payment plans for Interspire Shopping Cart. Basically instead of one upfront payment, you now have the option to pay using three monthly payments. We also offer payment plans for some of our other products, and they’re a great way to pay if you’re just starting out.
You can learn more about payment plans on the Interspire Shopping Cart pricing page.
27 Mar
Shopcreator has announced the launch of 2 new eCommerce software packages, designed to nurture and protect sustained online business growth. The distinct Start-Up and Retailer packages offer new, small and mid-size online retailers two scalable access points to the same hosted eCommerce platform that powers websites for the likes of BHS, EMI Music and Guardian Newspapers. Both packages are available through easy-to-manage monthly payments, and incur no set-up fee. Start-Up and Retailer cost £45 and £90 per month respectively and can be trialed for free via the Shopcreator Website at Ecommerce Software - Ecommerce Online Shopping Cart Solutions - Shopcreator.
‘Start-Up’ features functionality that includes top-sellers, banner ads, newsletter sign-up, cross-sell, ‘e-mail a friend’, Froogle Feed and Google Analytics. To help increase conversion ratios, the software is ready-integrated with all major PSPs, including WorldPay, Protx and the latest PayPal offering - Website Payments Pro.
‘Retailer’ offers an even broader range of features, plus the flexibility of full design customisation, as well as accepting a wide range of pre-integrated feeds and interfaces from third party systems. Advanced Marketing and Merchandising is provided through e-Vouchers, Product Personalisation, Customer Reviews, Registered User Discounts and Fast Order Screens. Importantly, both packages are entirely scalable, enabling merchants to increase the sophistication of their eCommerce operations, as their online business grows.
The new software is already in use with a number of online retailers that include; Waddesdon Manor, Black Essentials and The Red Arrows, with many more sites currently in build. The packages are simple to use and are designed to be self-built, with additional assistance available for design, integration and online marketing, if required. Elias Moubayed, Head of Sales and Marketing at Shopcreator, comments, “Today’s first and second generation online retailers are rightly aspiring to sustained and exponential business growth. With so many eCommerce platforms unable to support this, it’s often only a matter of months before successful online retailers have to scrap initial investments and switch providers. The Start Up and Retailer packages address this scalability issue and are designed to give every assistance to creating and protecting a successful online business.”
Start Up and Retailer are complemented by Shopcreator Enterprise (priced on application) which powers highly customised eCommerce websites for major high street retailers and mail order businesses including; BHS, Barker and Stonehouse, Guardian Newspapers and the RSPB.
For start-ups with a reasonable budget it could be worth a look.
27 Mar
A shopping cart that claims to be open source, but which offers fully set-up stores in exchange for a monthly payment. Some nice features but the cost could be a bit pricey for a new start-up.
The Flash demo looks interesting but I wasn’t able to find a live demo store to see what it’s really like.
It should also be noted that it’s an ASP.NET cart so you’re going to need to use .NET hosting and the hosting they offer is on US servers which is fine for targeting the US market but it won’t do you any favours if your target market is elsewhere.
27 Mar
Developers of this new programme contacted me to design a
few templates..quite impressed with versions they supplied(1.71/1.72).
Still in early stages, but has some nice features not yet available
in zencart..not used OsCommerce in awhile so cannot compare.
Avactis is NOT free, but it is easy to integrate into an existing website.
Might want to give it a try via free download option.
12 Mar
We’ve just pushed the 2.0 (Beta) release of Interspire Shopping Cart live. If you’re an existing Interspire Shopping Cart customer, you can download it from the client area straight away.

Shopping cart software that’s quick and easy to set-up, customizable and includes everything you need to build a successful online store is pretty much non-existent.
There are a bunch of major e-commerce shopping cart vendors competing for your business with tempting offers of cheap hosting and easy setup. Sadly, if you choose one of them, down the line you will more than likely discover the terrible mistake you made…
You could easily waste a year or more of your life and thousands of dollars trying to build a successful business using a complicated, cumbersome system that will probably NEVER work for you.
The new beta version fixes all bugs found in Beta 1.8 and also includes two new templates.
Interspire Shopping Cart (formerly StoreSuite NX) is shopping cart software designed for small and medium businesses looking to sell anything online. It’s easy-to-use, easy to customize and has more features than any other commercially available shopping cart software. Interspire Shopping Cart is currently in beta testing with an anticipated release in March 2008.
Tutorial:
Existing Interspire Shopping Cart customers can find full upgrade instructions in the _README.txt file in the Beta 2.0 zip file, however to upgrade it’s easy: