Type of Store: Online Music Store
Product Formats: Digital MP3’s (DOWNLOADABLE)
1. Ecommerce Shoping Cart
And Check out
2. Login & Registration for Visitors/Members
3. Search Bar (For Product Searching)
5. Payment Services
Plugins

The store should include special plugins such as FACEBOOK and TWITTER plugins , this will allow users to share the product links and also comment on the products using their social network accounts .
MP3 Flash Player
MP3 players will allow users to preview the tracks before the buy.
Coupon Codes

An mp3 store Basically , with unlimited space … how can i do that without the use of HTML or CSS

1-) Shopify includes a blog which can pay off in spades for a commerce site (so long as you use it). On the other hand, BigCommerce has a publicly exposed sitemap which more effectively indexed your pages in Google (than the typical sitemap with which you might be familiar). BigCommerce is also better integrated with Shopping channels, eBay, and Facebook where customers are more likely to consider what you have to offer. Win goes to BigCommerce BUT do the Shopify Apps make up for that gap? They might. I didn’t do that investigation and don’t intend to. I don’t want a store enabled by a bunch of third party technologies so even if apps DO put Shopify on par with Big, they aren’t in my consideration set.

2-) “Shopify is the iPhone of hosted e-commerce solutions, and BigCommerce is the Android” I’d disagree. Yes, iPhone has apps so I see how you are drawing that conclusion but it’s the wrong analogy. Instead think of it based on the iPhone operating system vs. android. That way, I’d reverse the analogy and say that Big is the iPhone and Shopify is the Android. Why? EVERYTHING BigCommerce offers is through BigCommerce; iPhone is effectively the same – one platform, one app store, one technology. Shopify’s app marketplace makes it a little more analogous to Android: different platforms, different vendors.

3-) I started such an in depth review because I don’t want to switch. Look at it from their perspective… eCommerce providers can work on more features to keep you happy OR they can make it difficult to switch. Certainly, they are going to do both BUT therein is the fact that it can’t be easy to switch. I don’t know that for sure; just a bet I’m happy to make.

1-) I understand that BigCommerce seems much more powerful in terms of marketing and promotion tools…Would you be able to compare to what degree BigCommerce is more powerful than Shopify, with its marketing tools? Would Shopify be likely to close the gap quickly? Would apps for Shopify easily cover those gaps without having to pay much…

2-) My feeling is that Shopify is the iPhone of hosted e-commerce solutions, and BigCommerce is the Android…Is this a fair analogy? I am an Android friendly guy and do not use iPhones, iTunes etc, but when it comes to e-commerce content management and template design, because of how time poor I am, I would not mind an iPhone/Shopify…

3-) With these solutions, how easy or difficult is it do you think to change from one solution to another…For example, lets say you started with Shopify, then want to change it to BigCommerce, or vice versa, would it be too hard to change to BigCommerce…You cant of course export the source code I would imagine but will you basically need to re-do everything? And once you do it, can your website change to the other hosted solution overnight? in a snap? Or would they bleed you good before you can change to another solution…Gotta take into account your payment gateway as well…

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