If you have are an Expert Programmer or have a lot of money & time in your hands, osCommerce is the way to go.
For those sellers who want to concentrate on their core business. Closo is the way to go.
osCommerce is advertised as a free open source ecommerce package which can allow you to create your free online store.
This could be true if you were an advanced osCommerce programmer, but about 90% of osCommerce users at some point in their endeaver end up going to
some script help site to hire professionals to install the modules that osCommerce needs to get their site to align with their business.
Please click here to see the huge number of osCommerce related projects created -and the costs involved with these projects-, on Scriptlance.com, a website which helps people find developers and webmasters to help their business.
http://www.scriptlance.com/cgi-bin/freelancers/search.cgi?keywords=oscommerce&showstatus=open&desc=1&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submit=Go
See Scriptlance Projects Created to get help with OsCommerce in the last month
| Criteria |
Closo Stores |
Closo Private Label |
osCommerce Store |
| Cost & Setup |
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| development cost |
free |
300-400 USD |
0 - 5000 USD |
| monthly hosting cost |
0 |
depends on traffic |
depends on traffic |
| reliability & uptime |
99% |
99% |
depends on your server management skills |
| programming skills needed |
0 |
0 |
100% or need to hire |
| ease of installation |
very easy |
easy |
very hard |
| customizable |
limited |
yes |
need modules & programmers |
| international |
yes |
yes |
need modules |
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| Marketing |
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| comparison shopping |
yes |
yes |
need modules |
| usability tested for shopping |
yes |
yes |
not really |
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| Payment Functionality |
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| PayPal |
yes |
yes |
need modules |
| WorldPay |
yes |
yes |
need modules |
| Merchant Account |
yes |
yes |
need modules |
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| Shipping Functionality |
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| USPS |
yes |
yes |
need modules |
| UPS |
yes |
yes |
need modules |
| FedEx |
yes |
yes |
need modules |
