.Net open source ecommerce platforms - where are they

by Sarmaad Amin 30. November 2008 23:42

Why is it so hard to find a .net open source ecommerce platform?

I am not really sure, after doing a lot of searching all I could really find worth mentions is dash commerce and MVC store front but yet finding a php ecommerce platforms it so easy.

I came across this post 9 kick ass Open source E-commerce platforms reviewed that lists top open source ecommerce projects but only one that is a .net project.

Where are the .Net coders, don't we (.net developers) have a contributing community that could rival the phpers.

In the next few months, I will be diving in a conversation about ecommerce platforms and attempt to review the open source project (.net) and try to highlight the positives and the missing features. What I would really like is to draw a conclusions on how far is the gap between PHP and .Net as product maturity and why the .net community is really lacking behind the rest of the open source movements.

I will be reporting back here, on my finding of the projects "out there" and try to catalogue them.

any help from you would not go a stray, so don't be shy, let me know here and I will do my best to follow it up.

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eCommerce | Open Source

Comments

12/1/2008 9:22:18 AM #

Paul Anthony

Hi Sarmaad - Think this is a brilliant idea for a post. Thanks for the link love. I think the main reason we are so far behind PHP in terms of O.S projects is that .NET is commonly behind the enterprise - i.e. coders are working for the man. The spirit of free is crushed, and thus open source projects are not taken seriously. I'd have a look at BlogEngine.NET and DotNetNuke for starters.

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12/1/2008 9:37:13 AM #

Sarmaad

Thanks Paul,

I so do agree. Its sad to see us (.Net coders) fall into the hands of the enterprises and in time have lost our "free spirit".

I must admit, I am very enthusiastic to do this research, as I really feel there is a need to encourage any .Net open source projects to cross over the line.

Sarmaad Australia | Reply

9/10/2009 12:49:09 PM #

Al Borns

I too had that problem Sarmaad, but I found NopCommerce, a fantastic open source .NET ecommerce platform.

It is still new but has many features and is in my opinion one of the nicest designed ones out there.

It is completely free and open source, with the only caveat being you must pay $50 if you want to remove the "Powered by NopCommerce" logo.

CodePlex - http://codeplex.com/nopcommerce
Website - http://www.nopcommerce.com/

Al Borns Australia | Reply

2/3/2010 5:49:18 AM #

Dale Hinton

Sarmaad, I had a look at Microsoft's web app gallery to see if matters had improved since you penned this post. I have been Google'ing without luck. Interestingly they only had NopCommerce listed as an eCommerce app so it seems that the field is bare.

Dale Hinton United States | Reply

2/4/2010 2:06:41 AM #

Sarmaad

Dale, Agreed. I have been watching this space since I wrote this post. I ended up writing my own eCommerce software and customise it to my customer's needs.

Sarmaad Australia | Reply

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Director and solution architect at IDP Solutions specialising in .net web application development

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