Re: Have no fear of WebCatalog Builder.....
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texte = Paul,thanks for the review of that product... I wanted to know what it was without actually spending time looking deeply...the only thing I would add is-Have no fear about anything period. Life is too magical and sweet to be lived in fear.-JohnPaul Uttermohlen wrote:> I had to buy a copy of WebCatalog Builder -- you know, Smith Micro's > Everything you need to build an Internet e-business, from site > design to accepting orders retail product -- to evaluate it. > > Could this product help us build low-end online stores faster? Would > it attract and siphon off some of our low end business? Was there any > way to roll this into our current offerings? > > I suspect that this will get bad reviews, if anyone reviews it at > all. It's not really a dumbed down version of Webcatalog, though it > seems to use webcatalog in some manner to create the sites. It walks > the user through a 7 or 8 step process to generate a folder full of > hard coded html pages that use javascript and cookies to track items > ordered and to return a cart and invoice page. The big laugh is that > the invoice page tells the user they must now print out the page and > fax it or mail it to the merchant. > > It is pretty useless from our point of view. Clients who would use > this instead of our services wouldn't be very good clients. I wish > Smith-Micro luck in it's bid to corner the market on low end > e-commerce web site hosting, but I will be recommending BigStep.com's > (http://BigStep.com/) free service to anyone who wants this caliber > of solution. > > Paul > > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/|\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ > _/_/_/Paul Uttermohlen, Interactive Ink, Inc._\_\_ \_\_\_\_ > _/_/_/ mailto:paul@ims1.com - Website Development \_\_\_\_ > _/_/_/ Business -
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Paul,thanks for the review of that product... I wanted to know what it was without actually spending time looking deeply...the only thing I would add is-Have no fear about anything period. Life is too magical and sweet to be lived in fear.-JohnPaul Uttermohlen wrote:> I had to buy a copy of WebCatalog Builder -- you know, Smith Micro's > Everything you need to build an Internet e-business, from site > design to accepting orders retail product -- to evaluate it. > > Could this product help us build low-end online stores faster? Would > it attract and siphon off some of our low end business? Was there any > way to roll this into our current offerings? > > I suspect that this will get bad reviews, if anyone reviews it at > all. It's not really a dumbed down version of Webcatalog, though it > seems to use webcatalog in some manner to create the sites. It walks > the user through a 7 or 8 step process to generate a folder full of > hard coded html pages that use javascript and cookies to track items > ordered and to return a cart and invoice page. The big laugh is that > the invoice page tells the user they must now print out the page and > fax it or mail it to the merchant. > > It is pretty useless from our point of view. Clients who would use > this instead of our services wouldn't be very good clients. I wish > Smith-Micro luck in it's bid to corner the market on low end > e-commerce web site hosting, but I will be recommending BigStep.com's > (http://BigStep.com/) free service to anyone who wants this caliber > of solution. > > Paul > > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/|\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ > _/_/_/Paul Uttermohlen, Interactive Ink, Inc._\_\_ \_\_\_\_ > _/_/_/ mailto:paul@ims1.com - Website Development \_\_\_\_ > _/_/_/ Business - _\_\_\_\_\_\_ > _/_/_/ Real Estate - _\_\_\_\_ > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ | \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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