Hi,
Im looking for a very robust Commerce software, The software will be used for a Music prodction, record label company who are wanting to set up shop to sell cds, download music, dj equipment and such. Ive been loooking into Oscommerce i know its free but has alot of functions and such then i found CREloaded a Update version of Oscommerece with some serious addons, Upgrades and such...

Basically we need a commerce store which will accept credit cards, paypal the usuall, But allow us to update add new items on the go, and instead if people ordering music on cd they can choce to have it sent in cd form or Download, etc.. As CREloaded offers all the functions we need and more.. But we want to know is it worth using a free software or a payed software which will usualy be more secure and less bugs etc?

Any ideas?

hmmm, bugs are standard these days ... payed OSs even -- windows or OSX both seem to release 1.0 but in reality are pre-GM releases. ugh ... and we pay for this stuff.

So, even with osc (loaded, zencart, oscdox, ect ...) or possibly payed solutions you will more than likely run across some bugs. It just happens. I'd really suggest to go with the community that you feel comfortable with.

I used to hang out at a perl place that was basically payed scripts -- great service and the community was good too. However, even so, anything outside of a bug was still a payed call.

secure ??? hmmmm, many open source projects are secure and deal with security issues almost or as timely as a payed locations. (I'd might even venture saying even quicker at times.) osc has a huge user base but they finally just released a security patch after nearly 2 years of running. Not bad I thought compared to multi-zillion dollar companies.

Have you thought of going with a good developer? You'd get the benefit of both worlds. Payed support and open source power.

Good luck

ive thought of gettin a developer but i dont know any free lancers