by Jim » Tue Jul 05, 2011 8:34 pm
There is no limit by ShopSite for the number of products in a Pro (or manager) level store. The limitations you will run into are with diskspace, cpu usage, and overall web traffic.
I know of stores that have 50,000 to 100,000 products. In these stores they typically have a server just for their store or maybe a couple of stores. Processes such as uploading large amounts of pages or products can take a while. Generating html pages for a large number of products also can put a heavy load on a server. Dealing with large numbers of products can be slow to do in the backoffice of the store so larger stores typically use the upload process for inputting pages and products and may also process orders outside of ShopSite using a third party application.
Since each store is run independently, we don't have information on how many products or pages a store may have. We also don't know anything about the number or value of orders merchants receive. So saying what a medium size business would be just be a guess.