Magento is one of the more “sophisticated” carts out there.  It’s designed with very hard separation between functional units, which means if you want to make the sort of changes you typically see in a shopping cart-- things like “Can you add the product UPC code as a field” or “can you move this over there”, you have to edit things in twelve places.

 

I've used a whole galaxy of carts over time.  If you don’t mind that it’s commercial, CS-Cart is a bit easier to work with, and Zen Cart is capable of a billion magical things if you install the right addons.

From: keith smith
Sent: ‎March‎ ‎15‎, ‎2013 ‎4‎:‎37‎ ‎PM
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Magento shopping cart