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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor

    Score8.6 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor is an eCommerce marketplace software for SMBs available in cloud (No-Code) and self-hosted (On-Premises) versions. It allows users to open an online marketplace, where the user is the admin, and all the others—invited sellers. Each seller has his or her own micro-store with a customizable storefront, categories, filters, and search. Just like in Amazon. In the CS-Cart Multi-Vendor marketplace platform, managing vendors is designed to be simple:…

    $660

    per year

    nopCommerce

    Score10 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    nopCommerce is an open-source eCommerce solution that is iASP.NET (MVC) based with a MS SQL 2008 (or higher) backend database. The vendor says their shopping cart solution is uniquely suited for merchants that have outgrown existing systems.N/A
    Pricing
    CS-Cart Multi-VendornopCommerce
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $660
    per year
    Plus
    $1,320
    per year
    Ultimate
    $3,300
    per year
    Unlimited
    Contact Sales
    one-time fee
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CS-Cart Multi-VendornopCommerce
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsIt's an open-source and free product
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    Community Pulse
    CS-Cart Multi-VendornopCommerce
    Considered Both Products
    CS-Cart
    Chose CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    With a most of our previous experience in .NET we have also used nopCommerce and Sitecore Commerce, however neither of these really have the multi-vendor marketplace functionality that we needed out-of-the-box. Though we needed to enhance our PHP capabilities, CS-Cart was the …
    Incentivized
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    CS-Cart Multi-VendornopCommerce
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and nopCommerce
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.6
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    nopCommerce
    8.7
    10 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Product catalog & listings8.810 Ratings9.110 Ratings
    Product management8.910 Ratings9.110 Ratings
    Bulk product upload8.39 Ratings7.79 Ratings
    Branding8.710 Ratings9.110 Ratings
    Mobile storefront8.08 Ratings9.110 Ratings
    Product variations8.59 Ratings9.19 Ratings
    Website integration8.69 Ratings9.19 Ratings
    Visual customization8.710 Ratings9.19 Ratings
    CMS8.810 Ratings6.89 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and nopCommerce
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.4
    10 Ratings
    9% above category average
    nopCommerce
    8.2
    10 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Abandoned cart recovery8.29 Ratings8.29 Ratings
    Checkout user experience8.510 Ratings8.110 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and nopCommerce
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.9
    9 Ratings
    6% above category average
    nopCommerce
    9.1
    10 Ratings
    8% above category average
    eCommerce security8.99 Ratings9.110 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and nopCommerce
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.4
    9 Ratings
    9% above category average
    nopCommerce
    8.0
    10 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Promotions & discounts8.89 Ratings9.19 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations8.09 Ratings6.49 Ratings
    SEO8.49 Ratings8.610 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and nopCommerce
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.0
    10 Ratings
    1% below category average
    nopCommerce
    8.8
    10 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Multi-site management8.78 Ratings8.78 Ratings
    Order processing8.510 Ratings9.110 Ratings
    Inventory management6.510 Ratings8.29 Ratings
    Shipping7.39 Ratings9.19 Ratings
    Custom functionality8.99 Ratings9.19 Ratings
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CS-Cart Multi-VendornopCommerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (10 ratings)
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CS-Cart Multi-VendornopCommerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CS-Cart
    For quickly setting up a most intuitive online marketplace, CS-Cart Multi-Vendor is the best one. The software is very well suited for those who have some basic knowledge about backend customization, installation, server setup, proper server configuration etc. Though I'm sure the support team will get you up and running. Only few third-party service providers are very professional, provide honest service and will help you to run your business smoothly. I would highly recommend to use CS-Cart Multi-Vendor.
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    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    nopCommerce is an ideal solution for businesses that want to tailor the customer journey for discovering and purchasing products. The nopCommerce solution is designed to adapt to you, not the other way around. The platform works best when you partner with a solution provider like ourselves. It also works well if you have a team of in-house .NET developers. A one-person shop will likely find less value in a platform like this if they're looking to spin up a small ecommerce site with just a few button clicks.
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    Pros
    CS-Cart
    • Quick and easy set up of a multi-vendor marketplace
    • Very easy-to-use page designer
    • Huge marketplace of add-ons to cover pretty much anything you need
    Incentivized
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    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    • As I came from Microsoft .Net technical experience with more than 15 years in IT industry, the nopCommerce .Net based open sourced framework is the best eCommerce framework in terms of architectural perspective - such as incorporating with Entity Framework code first approach, Domain Driven Architecture, using ASP.Net MVC, Unit Testing, ...etc.
    • When my client asked for an eCommerce portal, the whole team was struggling from designing a database to identifying the requirements. nopCommerce has everything we need. All the industrial standard eCommerce features are included. It saves hours of database design, application design and also the client's requirements are easily fit into nopCommerce's features.
    • The cost of nopCommerce- the last time we paid was a $200 one time cost for using the production site. It was ridiculously cost effective. As it is opened source, the whole community is supporting and constantly making this framework better and better.
    • I set up a web site within a week using nopCommerce to sell my own products online. It was so easy to use, deploy, and set up.
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    Cons
    CS-Cart
    • The high cost of the platform itself and plugins.
    • Unavailability of the mobile application in the basic version of the platform.
    • Relatively difficult process of installing updates if you are new to IT.
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    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    • More community templates would be great.
    • Some of the pricing can be a bit tricky, especially configured items... there is a likelihood of mispriced items with the current structure
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    Usability
    CS-Cart
    The software consists of most of all e-commerce related features. Also, there are plenty of third party addons are available in the market which can improve our business. There are a lot of powerful themes available in the cs cart market which improve the look and feel on the front store. If CS-cart adjusted the price on their software license cost, controlling the third party addon cost and provide more freelancers with cheaper hourly rate for the customization on the cs-cart multi vendor software, the cs-cart company can be a master among other e-commerce software companies in the world.
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    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    CS-Cart
    inside of the support subscription, they give me all the time a fast answer and you can ask in a community forum also other users. But i miss a free support/chat like other solutions.
    Incentivized
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    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    I have asked numerous questions and the team treats my random questions as if they are critical to the continued success of their product. They really take each users' questions to heart and strive to solve them. I cannot commend them enough on how fast they respond to questions as well as the follow-through given to things thay may or may not even be a part of their platform.
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    Implementation Rating
    CS-Cart
    Mostly extremely easy to implement, both back-end logic as well as styling. Great addon marketplace helped, particularly around payment options.
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    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    Go for a plugin based development if you would like to extend nopCommerce. This approach will make it easier for you to upgrade the software.
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    Alternatives Considered
    CS-Cart
    It's a one-time payment and the entire CMS is in your control, can list unlimited products and vendors. no need to depend on an e-commerce platform to pay huge commissions. promote your own brand globally. change the looks of your listing with multiple themes, there are vast add on and page themes to enhance look and controls.
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    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    NopCommerce offers you more flexibility where it comes to customization and scaling your application. The customization and extension is easy as well as the theme and plugin structure adds a large value to the overall system. The API's introduced by nopCommerce makes it more efficient when it comes to integrations and developing a mobile application on top of your eCommerce platform. The customer owns 100% of the source code without any extra fee.
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    Return on Investment
    CS-Cart
    • Positive impact in learning to set up a shopping cart
    • ROI is questionable, as we are still building our business model
    • Positive impact on our business model and direction
    Incentivized
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    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    • It has been our sole platform for developing online stores for the last 9 years and our business have been growing year to year.
    • The disadvantage of nopCommerce is that it is not as well known as other competitors, which makes it more difficult to sell.
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    ScreenShots

    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor Screenshots

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