IAmKale posted:

Hey e-commerce project buddy, I just came off a pretty extensive search of current shopping cart systems so we're in the same boat

A client of ours wants to implement a bilingual shopping cart with social media logins, recurring orders, and in-store-pickup-only delivery methods. Suffice to say I've tried just about everything under the sun. On the surface Shopify is amazing - tons of plugins and templates, close integration with physical EMV readers and complete cash register systems...Then you realize that you're going to be nickle-and-dimed to death. I suppose once you start doing a certain amount of business the $200/mo you could end up paying for the higher tier packages as well as plugins, hardware, etc... is a drop in the bucket, but god drat if Shopify doesn't snowball real quick.

I don't know if you've tried them out but Volusion was high up on the list of packages we recommended for implementation. It's pretty featureful without going the Shopify "charge for everything" route. There aren't any plugins to speak of but the package pricing is pretty good for all of its standard features. That said, Volusion sites don't look as nice as Shopify ones so you'd probably want to spend some time tweaking a template to add that little bit of polish that all of the templates kinda lack.

If you need multilingual support (but only need a basic shopping cart), Smoolis is worth considering. They had by far the best interface for managing UI translations across multiple languages. Unfortunately their store functionality felt pretty barebones, and they don't have any plugins either so you're stuck with whatever they implement. At least their templates look presentable!