Andrew Bleakley

Andrew Bleakley

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14 years ago @ Big Commerce - Big Commerce or Inters... · 0 replies · +1 points

So do I for what it's worth, but some businesses just need to have control of their applications and can't rely on hosted solutions.

14 years ago @ Andrew Bleakley - Big Commerce vs Shopify · 0 replies · +1 points

Anytime - let me know how it all pans out for you Meredith.

14 years ago @ Andrew Bleakley - Big Commerce vs Shopify · 0 replies · +1 points

Personally the best deal for you and your customer's is to select one or two shopping carts and learn them inside out - if you like it and can expertly use it the rest will take care of itself - and happy customers that pay there bills are much more valuable than one off commissions for referrals.

I like the Big Commerce / Interspire combination because it is essentially the same product from a developer/design point of view (which makes life reliable). Shopify used to be hands down the simplest thing to use - but as it adds features it is losing ground slowly.

Magento was a product I tried really hard to like but just couldn't - it was such a massive piece of software and seemed to re-write a few rules (probably for the better) - I revisit it occasionally to see how it is progressing and expect it will eventually take it's place near the top of the heap - just not yet

14 years ago @ Andrew Bleakley - Search Engine Short Co... · 0 replies · +1 points

I never understood why Interspire (the folks that create Big Commerce) don't have built in support for canonical URL's. There is a talented bloke down the coast here that has created a plug in for Interspire to fix the problem <a href="http://www.shoppingcartstrategies.com/interspire/..." target="_blank">http://www.shoppingcartstrategies.com/interspire/... - I haven't checked if you can add it to Big Commerce (via FTP) but it would be worth a peek

14 years ago @ Andrew Bleakley - Big Commerce vs Shopify · 0 replies · +1 points

No Big Commerce is derived from Interspire - nothing at all like Magento - which I find alot more difficult than it should be

14 years ago @ Andrew Bleakley - Big Commerce vs Shopify · 0 replies · +1 points

There support is great (at least on email never had to ring them)

Usually any issues we have are solved with online docs and the wiki though - but emails were responded to very quickly

14 years ago @ Andrew Bleakley - Installing and Running... · 0 replies · +1 points

no worries, be my guest