Anyone ever use the Shopp Plugin for Wordpress?

[grnidone]

URL is here:  http://shopplugin.net/

It looks really good.  And at $55, it seems affordable.

Anyone used this?

[dogboy]

no, sorry, but did you see this thread I posted?
http://th3core.com/talk/hardware-technology/wp-ecommerceshopping-plugin/
...maybe you need something different, but this was cool imo.

[eurotrash]

I've also used phpurchase which a client bought I think for $79.  It was very easy and very good.

http://www.phpurchase.com/phpages/wp-content/uploads/PHPurchase_2.2_Documentation.pdf is the documentation for it.

I see that they have upgraded it to Cart66 - and is now $89 per year

[Leona]

Yes I have used it, it is okay but it has its limitations and it is unfortunately flawed in that it is all built into one page rather than adding products to separate posts. However it was the best system around when I built the first shop with it and none of the other plugins have come close to it. I have started playing around with this theme

http://themeforest.net/item/the-furniture-store-wordpress-ecommerce-shop/94982

it looks promising from the feature list but I haven't tinkered with it enough to find out is strengths or weaknesses yet.

Hope this helps

[grnidone]

Leona,

What do you mean it is flawed by just all in one page?

[Leona]

Sorry hun I missed this question apologies for the delay in reply. Shopp is self contained so it doesn't work within the wordpress loop by building the product pages on separate posts. So all shop category and product pages are built on a single wordpress page titled say shopp. Ie www.yourwebsite.com/shopp/your-product

If it was built through the wordpress system on posts then I think it would improve both speed and seo performance and would also allow for further adaptation and integration of third party plugins to the shop to enhance conversion/customer experience. As it stands unless you are a php developer and happy to spend the time/money patching in code, you are very much at the mercy of the developers to integrate extra features which they are not quick to do.

[eurotrash]

FWIW I've recently been working on a job using Ecwid - www.ecwid.com - it is an ajax hosted thinggy which is quite neat and has a great community round it and their tech support (forums, bugtracker, knowledgebase)  is really good.  Has a few flaws that were required for my client like minimum amounts on products but I figured out a sort-of-work-around.

It is free for up to 1,000 products but not SEO friendly on free accounts.  If you pay $11 a month they you have API access which makes it SEO friendly.

Key Features (according to them)

Can be easily integrated to any existing site in minutes.
Can be mirrored on many sites at the same time. Add your store to many sites, manage from one place.
Integration with social networks. Run your own store on Facebook, mySpace and many others.
Simple to use and maintain. Both for store owner and for customer.
Lightning fast. New-gen technologies make Ecwid much faster than usual shopping carts despite which hosting service you use.
Seamless upgrades. You just wake up one day and enjoy new features.

[dogboy]

any updates on this thread? I'm looking...

[Leona]

I would advise woo commerce over shopp just because of the time it takes to get from a to be with shopp although this may have changed when I last used it.

[Chunkford]

Here's iBrians thread about woo commerce. Some good info - http://th3core.com/talk/web-development/magento-vs-woocommerce/

[dogboy]

much appreciated...

[Tamara Della]

Must say Shopp is a plugin which is worth attention. It will be optimal for startups, because it offers really user friendly interface, rich product management features, wide range of shipping and payment options.

[grnidone]

I used it and I hate it.  The service from the company was horrible.  Not worth it.

[Leona]

I agree it was a few years back and it may have improved since but would not recommend it. I lost too many weeks getting it to a stage that is provided out of the box with woo commerce.