I've been using Miva Merchant for nearly 3 years for our various e-commerce stores. I became concerned about how well MM would handle a very large store (20,000+ products), so I went looking for alternatives.
I installed and evaluated several systems in the sub-$1,000 range, and the winner was CandyPress.
The good/bad news (depending on your stance): it is ASP-based, and uses an MS SQL Server or Access database.
I have it installed using SQL Server, and with over 8,000 products (thus far) it just hums along, even though most shopper searches are table scans.
The ASP code is clean, well-structured and easy to follow and modify. The user community is quite active, and the developer is eager to offer suggestions on how to modify the system.
The front-end is free (yes, FREE!), and the admin portion is $49. It is available at candypress.com.
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I installed and evaluated several systems in the sub-$1,000 range, and the winner was CandyPress.
The good/bad news (depending on your stance): it is ASP-based, and uses an MS SQL Server or Access database.
I have it installed using SQL Server, and with over 8,000 products (thus far) it just hums along, even though most shopper searches are table scans.
The ASP code is clean, well-structured and easy to follow and modify. The user community is quite active, and the developer is eager to offer suggestions on how to modify the system.
The front-end is free (yes, FREE!), and the admin portion is $49. It is available at candypress.com.
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