is shopsite what i need?

[clvahlberg]

i have already built a website and need to add a cart to it. with most carts you have to rebuild the site in the cart. i would rather not do this. can i simply add a shopsite cart to my site and have it look like the rest of my site?

we need our customers to have shipping options with both USPS and UPS. we also need real quotes for shipping based on weight and where its going. that is how we will be charged when we ship. does shopsite have real quotes from USPS and UPS?

we need a cart with automatic, out-of-stock inventory control. we sell unique, hand-crafted items and only have 1 of each. we don't want to have to monitor the site 24/7 to prevent multiple orders of the same item. will shopsite automaticly mark an item as sold out and prevent it from being purchased again?

after reading a hundreds of forums and searching through endless lists of features, i still have not found a cart that will meet these 3 requirements. any help would be greatly appreciated.

chrystal

[sknight603]

My experience is the following:

1. From the beginning, you can do some minimal customization of the shop site. To make it seemless with your site would require more advanced work.

2. Shopsite definitely will handle your shipping needs. Depending upon who is hosting it, I believe you can get a 30 day trial.

3. Shopsite definitely has automated inventory control.

[clvahlberg]

thx!

in the end i decided to go with a free cart my host provided. there doesn't seem to be any cart with the other 2 features that you can customize to match your site (unless you want to pay a monthly fee).