We license the CommerceMadeEasy shopping cart system from Internet Server Connections, Inc. and we currently have three stores running with their software. It is a breeze to create a store-front once you have done a couple. There was a nominal set-up fee involved and we pay a reasonable monthly fee for licensing the software. This includes all the upgrades and patches.which are quite frequent. We are running their software on our server in-house, but I know that they also do host the server if you want them and they fully manage the server for you at no additional cost to the colocation fee. Their server farm is directly on the Sprint SONET ring attached to the fiber and they have a relatively small clientel. This means you get a lot of bandwidth to yourself. We decided to host the server on our own premises since we already had a fast connection. These guys have been in business since 1996 which is more than you can say for a lot of other companies in the field. They are Linux Gurus. They have helped us with our Linux questions mostly without charging us even when it was not related to their commerce software. Since they do the hosting and design in-house and since the have written the software from scratch in c++, everything works together like a clock. We give them thumbs up! You should give them a try since they do not bind you into long contracts. We have been working with them on a month-to-month basis, but since we have been quite satisfied, we have stayed with them for the past 4 years. Good luck guys!

I have recently been using the subscrption capabilities of the
CommercemadeEasy software with Internet Server Connections. It is so
easy to have the content made available to the readers for a fee. All I
have to do is to go to the back-end, designate any number of directories
in my website as an Access item sharing the same username and password
file and attach a price to it. I actually have different price levels,
monthly minimum, quarterly minimum, annual minimum and institutional. I
have set different discount rates for the different minimum levels of
subscription. The system automatically handles the computation of the fee
for the number of months picked by the subscribers and enforces the
limits. I also have a few colleges which have bought institutional
subscription. All I had to do was to ask them the range of IP addresses
the use and to enter it in the back-end interface. Anyone coming from
those IP addresses autimatically gains access to the restricted
susbscription pages. This way the students coming from these colleges
will have unlimited access to the contents and the institutions pay me a
bulk fee.

The credit card charges are done automatically. CommerceMadeEasy
apparently works with Authorize.net. I think they can add other gateways
if you really have to use a different gateway. This thing also has the
capability of accepting snail-mail checks which the subscribers can
promise using the shopping cart interface and then once I receive the
check I activate their subscription. I have only had a couple of sales
like that, but it is good to know I have the choice.

One other nice thing is that I can also sell tangible items at no extra
cost. Oh, one other nice thing is that I can add more stores to the
system almomst instantanoeously at a small monthly cost. I hope my
business grows enough to allow me to experience with a few sales ideas I
have.

Thanks to Internet Server for setting me up with their CommerceMadeEasy
package.

To be plainly honest i haven't worked with this software, but I have worked at this company. This company is a 2 man effort (husband and wife). They're company looks like a good company from the outside, but on the inside its about as ridiculous as it can get. Talk about incompetence. I worked with the couple who were from Iran Wife (Paragold) and husband (betsi? i couldnt' imagine getting his name right).The company is more of a joke then their website www.internetserver.com and its misrepresentation of their services. There is 2 people with Phd's in that company true. They do not have web designers. They do not have anything. They outsource most of the services which they claim to do. Anyway, if you want the software and hear its good go for it. However, if you're looking for any hosting, designing or anything in general where you will have to deal with the company itself (and not just its software) don't bother. You can get better more reliable service from another company.

Visit the site. Try to find out about buying the product. Nothing, not evem an online application form. If this is how they sell their own product, how on Earth can it be any good.