• Practical eCommerce, Wednesday, June 4, 2008 12:45 PM

In a two-part series, the Practical eCommerce team got up close and personal with a dozen Webmasters about their preferences regarding electronic shopping carts. E-tailers represented include Candles & Such, House of Antique Hardware and Xtreme Diesel Performance.

One constant emerged in this second installment, and it's a consensus that Webmasters should completely test a shopping cart solution before committing to it.

"Do lots of research before you settle on a solution," said one tester. "Ask lots of questions; have your complete online business model defined, mapped out and in a format that can be presented to potential solution providers so they can show you how their product will serve your business."

Others cautioned that making modifications to a cart system is never as easy as the providers make it seem.

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