Comments on: Americart Pricing Change for Pair Customers http://artlung.com/blog/2006/12/29/americart-pricing-change-for-pair-customers/ Blogging sporadically since February 2001. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:48:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Michael http://artlung.com/blog/2006/12/29/americart-pricing-change-for-pair-customers/#comment-131394 Michael Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:23:42 +0000 http://artlung.com/blog/2006/12/29/americart-pricing-change-for-pair-customers/#comment-131394 Same position here. Keeping the rate static would keep me as a customer, but huge increases force me to look at alternatives. There's a lot of shopping carts out there, but most do far more than Americart and want to run the entire web site. I like using Americart simply for letting people check out, and I prefer to keep control over my pages. The only tempting alternative I've seen is romancart, which unfortunately didn't have a couple of shipping options we need. They're based in the UK, seem pretty sensible overall, but like Americart they don't seem to have enough staff to really be proactive about developing the product. MUCH cheaper, though. Same position here. Keeping the rate static would keep me as a customer, but huge increases force me to look at alternatives.

There’s a lot of shopping carts out there, but most do far more than Americart and want to run the entire web site. I like using Americart simply for letting people check out, and I prefer to keep control over my pages. The only tempting alternative I’ve seen is romancart, which unfortunately didn’t have a couple of shipping options we need. They’re based in the UK, seem pretty sensible overall, but like Americart they don’t seem to have enough staff to really be proactive about developing the product. MUCH cheaper, though.

]]> By: Joe Crawford http://artlung.com/blog/2006/12/29/americart-pricing-change-for-pair-customers/#comment-129651 Joe Crawford Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:47:56 +0000 http://artlung.com/blog/2006/12/29/americart-pricing-change-for-pair-customers/#comment-129651 Hello Chris - -we have still not decided. I guess we have 9 months until we're forced to make a decision. Hello Chris – -we have still not decided. I guess we have 9 months until we’re forced to make a decision.

]]> By: Chris http://artlung.com/blog/2006/12/29/americart-pricing-change-for-pair-customers/#comment-129645 Chris Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:21:03 +0000 http://artlung.com/blog/2006/12/29/americart-pricing-change-for-pair-customers/#comment-129645 Can you post who you went with? I am afraid I'm going to have to make the same decision soon. Can you post who you went with? I am afraid I’m going to have to make the same decision soon.

]]> By: Joe Crawford http://artlung.com/blog/2006/12/29/americart-pricing-change-for-pair-customers/#comment-110030 Joe Crawford Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:46:55 +0000 http://artlung.com/blog/2006/12/29/americart-pricing-change-for-pair-customers/#comment-110030 No worries -- I've not found a suitable replacement. Americart is really pretty good, but I can see by the end of the year I need to find a replacement. No worries—I’ve not found a suitable replacement. Americart is really pretty good, but I can see by the end of the year I need to find a replacement.

]]> By: echoesofspring http://artlung.com/blog/2006/12/29/americart-pricing-change-for-pair-customers/#comment-109922 echoesofspring Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:23:43 +0000 http://artlung.com/blog/2006/12/29/americart-pricing-change-for-pair-customers/#comment-109922 Sorry Joe, don't know why I looked at 'ArtLung' and thought that was your name! Sorry Joe, don’t know why I looked at ‘ArtLung’ and thought that was your name!

]]> By: echoesofspring http://artlung.com/blog/2006/12/29/americart-pricing-change-for-pair-customers/#comment-109921 echoesofspring Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:21:19 +0000 http://artlung.com/blog/2006/12/29/americart-pricing-change-for-pair-customers/#comment-109921 Hi Art, We've been grappling with the same issue, we weren't unhappy with americart, but with the new pricing wondered if we should be looking at something else - any luck in finding a suitable alternative? We don't have a big site, but we do need to be able to customize things on it, and it seems like the only way you can customize order forms, etc. with shopsite and similar tools is to buy their most expensive packages. Hi Art,
We’ve been grappling with the same issue, we weren’t unhappy with americart, but with the new pricing wondered if we should be looking at something else – any luck in finding a suitable alternative? We don’t have a big site, but we do need to be able to customize things on it, and it seems like the only way you can customize order forms, etc. with shopsite and similar tools is to buy their most expensive packages.

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