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It does not take money to make money in all things. That is part of the whole point of open source. If the shopping cart is free it does not make it bad....it means that a whole community of users have developed a cart platform and have not taken payment for their work. If you found something that had A & B and you knew you could easily add C to have everything you need then using the open source cart and improving it is all you need. The next user might need AB&C and be able to easily add D to the cart and so on.
Many of the open source carts....or really any open source application can be better then the paid services. I use Thunderbird instead of Outlook and it was free. I do not have Word, Excel, Powerpoint....I just downloaded Open Office and love it and can still open and save all the MS formats.....and Open Office is free. So, while it might take time to make money....with an open source cart you dont have to spend money just to make it
Now...some of the carts might not come with a great design or great design options (although you can buy off-the-rack templates which look amazing) or you might need some custom development for your cart....but you might also find some easy "how to" steps from the open source community to get what you need. Again, even if you spend money do not confuse cost with quality
You never need to go with the cheapest quote out there...but going for the most expensive wont be that great of an option either some times.
Many of the open source carts....or really any open source application can be better then the paid services. I use Thunderbird instead of Outlook and it was free. I do not have Word, Excel, Powerpoint....I just downloaded Open Office and love it and can still open and save all the MS formats.....and Open Office is free. So, while it might take time to make money....with an open source cart you dont have to spend money just to make it
Now...some of the carts might not come with a great design or great design options (although you can buy off-the-rack templates which look amazing) or you might need some custom development for your cart....but you might also find some easy "how to" steps from the open source community to get what you need. Again, even if you spend money do not confuse cost with quality
You never need to go with the cheapest quote out there...but going for the most expensive wont be that great of an option either some times.
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