Second to a truly integrated calendaring option I think one of the more desired MODx features is a fully functional eCommerce solution.
While I never personally fell in love with the hosted FoxyCart, I did appreciate it’s relative simplicity and ease of implementation. This, depsite it’s additional monthly cost.
I recently came across a post in the MODx forums referencing ECWID eCommerce solution and it’s fairly well documented knowledge base. On the surface it seems simple enough:
Immediately after you paste three simple lines of HTML into your website’s source code, your site will have full online selling capabilities. The code will render a web store inside your existing pages, using AJAX technology. No installation is required—all functionality is stored on Ecwid’s servers.
In terms of cost, ECWID states:
In order to provide Ecwid for free, we had to make it very resource-effective. This keeps our costs down. We also designed Ecwid to require little to none technical support. We made version upgrades seamless. Our design efforts made free Ecwid possible.
These same efforts make Ecwid a great platform to base your store on: easy launch, with little to zero maintenance costs!
Of course, Ecwid is a business platform and we will announce paid subscriptions at a later date. However, a free version of Ecwid will always be available. We like the fact that with Ecwid, you can get your store up and running without paying anything. And we’ll keep it this way, guaranteed.
I personally don’t have an interest in this company/product. I hope that this beta release may at least may point the way as a solid and viable third-party eCommerce option for MODx developers.
