CS-Cart Multi-Vendor Marketplace Platform vs WordPress

• 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

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• Extremely long support allows [the] business owner to focus on their business and less on patching security exploits, updating code to run on more modern versions of PHP, NGINX, Apache2, etc
• Developer-supported plugin library makes it extremely easy to add new features in a very cost-effective way
• Built-in blogging functions allows websites to stay continuously fresh by adding new content and improves SEO
• Easy to get started - most clients are perfectly fine using built-in features to add new content on their own with minimal programming knowledge
• Automatic updates can help make sites more secure
• Themes make it easy to get a jump start on design
• Ability to self host allows more control over functionality

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• 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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• Custom development can be a pain if things get complicated, especially with everything using a global state.
• Often developers are more accustomed to site-building and not custom development, so you can inherit a sloppy site possibly with poor performance.
• It may be more difficult to scale custom code if the site has extremely high usage, particularly because there are so few tables used.

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• 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

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• Because of the vast, almost 'wild west' nature of the WordPress 3rd party plugin landscape, it's sometimes difficult to use multiple plugins that all play nicely together. Because of the required troubleshooting, research on alternative plugins, testing, etc. I've often found my web design end up taking much longer to deliver than I initially estimated, which can cut deep into my profitability as a contractor who charges on a flat-fee basis for web design.
• On the upside, because WordPress sites are easy to clone and migrate, I do appreciate the ability to save myself some time when I can by spinning out a copy of a completed website I've already created as a starting point, and then modifying and customizing the design from there, saving a lot of time on setup and basic configuration, etc.

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