Interspire vs Volusion Shopping Cart Software
May 12th, 2009 Posted in Home PageI started to evaluate both the Interspire shopping cart software and Volusion shopping cart software last week from the perspective of the SME and will try to log some interesting points of comparison over the coming weeks.
So far Volusion is a clear winner when it comes to drop shipping and managing multiple fulfillment partners. Drop shipping is non-existent in the Interspire shopping cart but through some calls with their support teams its coming soon.
One really cool feature that stands out in the Volusion shopping cart solution is the zoom on photos that is built into the cart. Any product image can be zoomed in on by the user. Very cool.
In the Volusion model I am also concerned about the potential overages that may come with the hosted version, you are given a set bandwidth limit and if you are over you are charged 1 cent / mb / month. I have not worked out the traffic / # of SKUs / formula to calculate but may soon.
A point for the Interspire shopping cart when it comes to free templates, the Interspire templates are much nicer and best of all free. The volusion free templates look like the original default templates from Yahoo stores. I made the point with them that they should be giving them away for free but the lowly CSR tried to make a case that they took investment and resources. I can’t say this enough, if you are in a service model and after a long term relationship with a client why charge for these little things? I mean switching costs are low in my mind so why not give them away?
Anyhow right now I am leaning towards the Interspire cart even though I may be limited initially in the number of SKUs I can sell, its just easier.
I will try to update as I get more information on both.
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