AspDotNetStorefront

Great for small businesses selling products -- in fact, for small sites, it may be all you need!

Avantages :

We use the software for receiving orders for product purchases through a web site. It was quite easy to set up, and once that part is done, maintaining it has been really easy over the years. We are able to use automation scripts to move orders from the web to our internal accounting system to reduce data entry errors, which also saves both time and money. The database can be easily updated, through either the UI or via direct SQL operations. For our small business, setup was quick and relatively inexpensive (compared to others that are out there).

Inconvénients :

We were unable to merge the data from our existing informational site (which has a LOT more pages and complexity than simple product offerings), so we still have to maintain two web sites, which causes confusion from time to time. Some of the management UI is more complicated than it should be -- maintain pricing and availability across product variants requires far too many mouse clicks -- but that is where the direct SQL comes into play, if you're not afraid of that.

Very happy with new version 10

Commentaires : We've been using AspDotNetStorefront for years and it's
served us well. Version 10 was just released and we updated shortly afterward.
There are a lot of improvements that we're very happy about but the biggest
factor is how the site works with mobile devices. We've always struggled with
converting mobile traffic, or even keeping them on the site, but we're seeing
HUGE improvements in our mobile metrics. Just since we launched the update our
mobile revenue is up 225% and conversions are up 131%! Across all traffic we're
seeing more than an 8% increase in conversion
rate, bounces are down, and session durations are up. I credit a lot of this to
the responsive design, our product images are bigger and fill any size screen
with color ' important when you're selling flowering plants! The new 1-page
shopping cart is great, the customer can see all their order information all
together and visual cues guide them through completing all the required
information. The backend product and order management is MUCH easier to work with. A lot more information is visible on each page so you don't have to navigate through a bunch of tabs to see everything. The entire layout is just cleaner, easier, and more intuitive.

A Good Starter Platform But Outdated

Commentaires : It was a positive experience and I even attended the conference they hosted in Ashland, Oregon. The people are great but our needs as a business outgrew them.

Avantages :

As we launched our new e-commerce venture, this was the first platform we used and it served us pretty well. It didn't offer many advanced features but the fact that everything was hosted in a SQL database was nice and it allowed us to create some features that we still don't have today in our newer Shopify site.

Inconvénients :

The user experience wasn't as strong. Our site, now hosted on Shopify, definitely looks and feels like a modern and well-designed site.

AspDotNetStoreFront Gives Greater Control While Offering Ease of Implementation

Commentaires : AspDotNetStoreFront is an affordable solution for small to mid sized companies, and can even be used for larger volumes if you set it up appropriately.

Avantages :

I like that I am able to modify the ASPDNSF code to fit my needs. I like the ease of rolling it out as well. The available themes and customization abilities allows it to fit whatever needs you have.

Inconvénients :

Not too many things to not like as it can be customized as needed, but sometimes performance would be an issue with too many SKUs in the cart.

Fine but limiting

Commentaires : The software has a lot of versatility for those who are familiar with the back-end and can write in C++. We used it in VB and they discontinued VB shortly after I began at the company so, for me, the software and support were very limiting. We quit using Aspdotnetstorefront a few years ago, but when we were still using it the available plugins were limited and we ultimately felt like we needed more both from the software support and also the software itself, so we left.

Avantages :

Built-in affiliate software, available integrations with shipping software for easy fulfillment, easy-to-customize front-end, easy FTP access

Inconvénients :

Overall, I thought the software was out-of-date in terms of SEO requirements and also the ability to integrate new ecommerce technologies.