CS-Cart Reviews

After reviewing the last post, made from "steve" I have to say BEWARE of that website. It is listed in cs-cart official forum as "black listed developer"

Ok, enough with the warnings, i`m here to share my cs-cart experience.
Currently running a v2.1.4, highly customized and modified template. 4000 products / 7000 features / dedicated server.

Before you decide on migrating your e-commerce, do as i did, install the trial or comunity version on a shared hosting, read the documentation and see how it works. If you like it, use an official partner to make any changes you would like.
When you choose your developer, browse cs-cart forums,
you can find reviews there and you`ll know who to pick.

I used : http://www.cs-cart.seonid.com and i don't regret it.
The license is 228 usd, but their custom development was not cheap i can tell you this. Only after my project started I realized the work they do is actually amazing, from time frames / tickets / tasks schedule / dev server 24/7 online i could see my website being developed any time i wanted.

This was by far the best webshop owner / developer relation I ever had !

I have recently had the most horrific experience with this Russian Company who produce Cs Cart. I have proof for everything I say. Firstly their major releases are bug ridden, as many people suggest purposely as they want you to buy their expensive support. Everybody who uses CS Cart soon becomes aware of this. In my case over the Xmas period their support staff entered my code via FTP without my permission (they had FTP access for another prior problem), they subsequently damaged my site and left it, they then refused to fix the damage they caused insisting that they rolled back the changes and that my site has been extensively developed and therefore I should get a specialist to fix the problem. They just refuse to fix the damage they have caused. I have a back up of my site taken on the 25th Dec 11 and my site Cat Promotion functions were fine, on the 26th after they accessed my Code my site was damaged. Nobody but CS Cart Support had access to my site. This Company has a custom development dept (they pass you on to them after deducting support tickets each time you have a problem, invariably they tell you that your problem is not covered in Support, that you should consider their custom development and ask if you would ike to be redirected to get a quotation - they also deduct tickets even for the quotations they give you - so what trouble would it be, yet they simply refuse to repair what they have done). So I am left during the SALE period without a developer and my site damaged. This is the sort of Compamy you will be dealing with. I would happily explain to every single person in detail why they should avoid CS Cart. Get involved with CS Cart at your peril. I am still shocked at the treatment I have received from them. I have also of course been kicked out of the forum when I posted my experiences with them. They are faceless so naturally they believe they can do what they like without consequence.Please please stay away from CS Cart.