Anyone Use WP-Ecommerce Plug-in For Wordpress?

[ckoehler]

Hello everyone,

 

i am in the process of setting up my site to get it ready for my debut release. I would like to sell CD's, downloads and, eventually, other merch right from my site if at all possible.

 

I've read about a bunch of different services but, since I am using Wordpress, WP-Ecommerce seems like it might be the way to go.

 

Do anyone of you have experience using it? If so, can you shoot me a link to your site so I can see it in action? (hell, maybe you'll get a sale or two if I lie your stuff).

 

Anyway, thanks for your help.

[Hailthethief]

I'm unfamiliar with the wordpress service you mentioned, but if you haven't already checked out bandcamp.com, I'd recommend that, it's what I've been using. Completely free, have it point to a subdomain, and sell digital downloads as well as physical goods.

 

Worth investigating if you haven't already!

 

Cheers

[ckoehler]

 

I'm unfamiliar with the wordpress service you mentioned, but if you haven't already checked out bandcamp.com, I'd recommend that, it's what I've been using. Completely free, have it point to a subdomain, and sell digital downloads as well as physical goods. Worth investigating if you haven't already! Cheers

 

 

Thanks HTT, I am familiar with Bandcamp and will use them as a last resort or in addition to other means. I am trying to keep everything on my site and in house if possible. Just want to see if there is a way for maximum control over everything I put out.

 

I feel that by sending someone to Bandcamp, CDBaby or whatever - from my site - i risk losing a potential buyers attention to whatever else might be going on over there. Plus Bandcamp is free now but who knows if it will be that way a year from now.

 

Overall though it is just nice to have control over everything I can.

 

Thanks for the heads up!

[Tom Siegel]

^ I use the SEO plugin. That is certainly useful.

 

OP:

 

I don't know about the WP-Ecommerce plugin, but now I want to know more. So if you do go with that service definitely report back. Another thing that you may want to look into is http://www.nimbit.com. They will give you a skin to develop a store on your site so your visitors don't have to leave your site to purchase. They will also give you a storefront on their site. They do offer a full digital dstribution plan on top of that. They have a free service but for what you want you will have to pay $10/month... I think. There are a number of additional services available such as some promotion and marketing tools and social networking marketing consolidation.

 

I don't have first hand experience with Nimbit but the platform is intriguing.

 

Best of luck!

[mmmiddle]

Hey let me know how it works out for you. We are probably going to go with bigcartel.com or just use paypal on our own site. I would be curious to know if this Wordpress plug-in might be a better way to go.