Compare Ashop и Instant Marketplace

Benefits:

- Clear set up steps. Lots of features included. - Has a marketplace like eBay to get more customers. - Metrics included to track performance we... Read more

- Clear set up steps. Lots of features included. - Has a marketplace like eBay to get more customers. - Metrics included to track performance week to week.

Drawbacks:

- You need to get a developer if you're going to do customized designs and templates. There are however LOTS of templates included in the gallery.

Summary:

I helped set up with an online store for baby products. We went with Ashop because their service included a lot of premium features that other plat... Read more

I helped set up with an online store for baby products. We went with Ashop because their service included a lot of premium features that other platforms charged for. I found it easy to set up new pages and upload content. We had over 1000 products to include and we could get them online with ease. Orders are easy to track and the metrics are great to find out which products are selling well. The interface was a bit trickier than some of the other ones out there (eg there's no drag and drop), but once you figure it out, it's straight forwards. I would recommend Ashop to other businesses looking to build their online presence.

Benefits:

Easy to add new products afresh or as a copy of an existing product. Integrates with many payment methods. Basic options are a reasonable price.

Drawbacks:

No FTP access for integration with accounting system, just use of CSV files. They are not keen on listening to customers. The cost of some add-ons ... Read more

No FTP access for integration with accounting system, just use of CSV files. They are not keen on listening to customers. The cost of some add-ons is high.

Summary:

Much easier to track orders and shipments than just using PayPal. Allows discounts to be given to re sellers or repeat buyers.

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Drawbacks:

Everything

Summary:

I am an Ashop customer, have been for 8 years and have stuck with them though many bad upgrade and reductions in functionality. During the version ... Read more

I am an Ashop customer, have been for 8 years and have stuck with them though many bad upgrade and reductions in functionality. During the version 4 release back at the beginning of August i decided i had had enough and decided i could no longer stand by and be quite regards the mess that the software and support was in, despite being warned by other customers that Ashop could be quite nasty if stood up to. I didn't believe it but then on the 19th of September i received the following from Ashop: - ------------------- Dear Mr Driver NOTICE OF TERMINATION It is with regret that we feel that our mutual working relationship has broken down to such an extent that we have now to give you notice of our intention to terminate our Agreement. Therefore we hereby give 45 days notice that we shall discontinue all of our services with you and your company. This means store# 3710 will be closed by 4th November 2013. Please take this email as statement of the official notice of termination period as stated in our terms and conditions paragraph 6 -6.2 With regards Ashop Commerce XXXXXX ------------------------- Seriously folks, if they can do this to a customer of 8 years, who had spent time, energy and money in creating a store that had rank and loyalty, then believe me when i say that they will do this to anybody who dares to question them. I now have to try and move my store to a new platform so that i do not miss the Christmas sales period worst of it is, i cant even download my data from Ashop because it is still failing as it has been since the August upgrade to version 4.

Benefits:

Phone & chat support is very good and any issues get fixed quickly. Admin interface is much easier to use than Bigcommerce. Good value (the $... Read more

Phone & chat support is very good and any issues get fixed quickly. Admin interface is much easier to use than Bigcommerce. Good value (the $25 plan does everything we need)

Drawbacks:

Designing the store was a bit tricky. I've learned it's just easier to pay someone to do the design work rather than try and do it myself. Ashop pr... Read more

Designing the store was a bit tricky. I've learned it's just easier to pay someone to do the design work rather than try and do it myself. Ashop provides design services too, and I've been pretty happy with the results.

Summary:

Myself and my husband run a pet products business called Jimbella Pets. 6 years ago we set up our website through Ashop and overall we've been happ... Read more

Myself and my husband run a pet products business called Jimbella Pets. 6 years ago we set up our website through Ashop and overall we've been happy with them ever since. We went through some issues when version 4 was released last August just like MrD said in his review. At the time, we had a look around at other options, but they either were too expensive, didn't have enough features or charged a transaction fee on our sales. So we decided to stick with Ashop and a couple of months later they had fixed up most of the problems with version 4. They apologised and even gave us some free design work. I don't know what happened with version 4, but since about October 2013 everything has been running really smoothly for us. There are a couple of new features we love such as conditional emails for getting customers to come back after they abandon the basket. This has helped our sales.

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I previously used to sell my products on the biggest online retail markets, but the fees were devastating and I knew I could get solid leads throug... Read more

I previously used to sell my products on the biggest online retail markets, but the fees were devastating and I knew I could get solid leads through other marketing channels, so I decided to create me a store and then find other ways to get customers. First I tried Ilance with few of my products, then I created a bigger store and moved everything there. Now it is my only market place. ILance offered me wide variety of features that I gladly appreciated. Most of the store look and organization was done by myself, which just says how intuitive and easy to use their software is. With ILance I got options and all the fees are now only for myself. I truly recommend it!

Benefits:

It is the only software that really matches ebay competition. You can create auctions, buy it now items, very easy to list items, to register, to ... Read more

It is the only software that really matches ebay competition. You can create auctions, buy it now items, very easy to list items, to register, to follow your sales and so on. Easy to apply fees on sales for the webmaster.

Drawbacks:

The Customer Service was not very helpful in the first year but they have improved a lot and are now trying to help each time there is something w... Read more

The Customer Service was not very helpful in the first year but they have improved a lot and are now trying to help each time there is something wrong with the software. It is now very pleasant to work with them.

Summary:

I was looking for an auction software to create a marketplace for collectors on my website. I purchased the v4 of Ilance which was already interest... Read more

I was looking for an auction software to create a marketplace for collectors on my website. I purchased the v4 of Ilance which was already interesting, but there were few bugs. Now the v6 is really perfect for sellers (easy to list, easy to add pictures, to select shipping costs) and for buyers (easy to order and pay). Some functions are even better than on ebay (cumulated shipping...). I highly recommend it

Benefits:

It allows me to sell my products with ease and without paying the high fees of the marketplace sites i used. It's quite easy to use.

Drawbacks:

Customer support could be improved, but it's no deal breaker for me.

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Benefits:

If it work as advertised, it would be great. It is all about the features. I am not really sure what else to say.

Drawbacks:

They have no format support system. Chat sessions with I think the owner, who does not follow up unless you continually remind her. They will gla... Read more

They have no format support system. Chat sessions with I think the owner, who does not follow up unless you continually remind her. They will gladly take you money, but the group does not follow through to completion. It is not backward compatible with their previous versions so you lose functionality and features with previous version. It seems that it will work only if they host it for you. If you do not host with them, you will have issues.

Summary:

They are more interested in continually modifing the newest version. When the current version is not stable for all their customers.