IBM Digital Commerce vs. Yo!Kart

Websphere commerce is well suited if multiple sites are required based on geography, for branding, large customers. It is well suited for B2B model to handle different pricing and catalog filters for each business. It is not well suited if there are multiple external systems that drives the pricing an d promotions. WCS should be the master for pricing and promotion

Incentivized

While
searching for the most reliable and promising multi-vendor ecommerce solution,
I came across Yo!Kart from Fatbit Technologies. Before making any
purchase decision I needed a few clarification on their packages and hence I
took contact with one of their sales team member, Ms Kulwinder Kaur. She was
extremely helpful in clarifying most of the doubts I had and she also went
beyond by connecting me with Mr Kapil Grover (VP – Partnership and Alliances)
who made sure all my queries were answered. After a few conversations with
them, I knew my project would be in good hands and hence decided to move
forward with the purchase. My project was handed over to Mr. Abhishek (Project
Manager) and I am so grateful that he was the one assigned for it. Mr. Abhishek
is an extremely dedicated individual and I have developed a very good
professional relationship with him throughout my time working with Fatbit. He ensured all my issues were solved
immediately by maintaining a professional communication throughout. I am
extremely thankfull to him for all determination and extra effort he put in to
ensure my platform was top-notch. He definitely deserves to be promoted for all
the hard work he puts in!

• Scalability. Since WebSphere Commerce is based on WebSphere Application Server, it's fully scalable just like WAS.
• Support. Their support team is a pleasure to work with. They get back to you quickly and are knowledgeable of their product, so I learn a lot from them about things that are not covered in detail in their documentation.
• Robust. The software is robust once it's up and running since it depends on WAS.
• Sample store & sample data. It's really fast to get a store up and running based on the sample store & data they provided.

Incentivized

• It has a very simple to use user interface
• They provide us many revenew options, such as PPS and more.
• The customer service is magnificent!

• It still uses EJBs, need to move to latest technologies for persistance
• Promotion module customizations needs to more easy
• Grouping of products based on the shipping methods/shipping dates etc functionality needs to be added

Incentivized

• Providing individual sellers more access to their customer's contact information.
• Update their documentation to reflect recent upgrades.
• better support for Third Party Integrations.

The scalability and various configurations of the product allows for a wide range of e-commerce site features. It provides a storefront to begin with so it helps with speeding up development.

Incentivized

Compared to some other software that our clients have considered, a lot of them choose WebSphere Commerce because of the ability to scale easily. Some of our customers are coming from a PHP based ecommerce platform that doesn't allow them to scale up and they're hitting the limit of their ecommerce system

Incentivized

We chose Yo!Kart over CS-Kart because Yo!Kart is an all-in-one package. We do not have a dedicated software development team that would be needed for customizing CS-Kart. We chose Yo!Kart over Shuup because Shuup does not support a multivendor market that offers both physical and digital download products at the same time.

• We were able to roll out Commerce in record time thanks to a good understanding of the tool and our required processes.
• We were able to roll it out on several websites in quick secessions due to the platform's features.
• We were able to plan a solid road map given repeatable projects.

Incentivized

• It has allowed our vision for a resource marketplace to become a reality.
• We are below our budget estimate for the project development.
• A negative impact has been the long development process.