Why Bitcommerce?
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!!Is this a real project and is it released?
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+!!Open Source, as in Liberty and Freedom |
+Bitcommerce maintains the truest intent of GPL source, and has the entire source tree [https://github.com/bitweaver/bitcommerce|available on GitHub] |
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!!Still Going Strong
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Begun in 2005, Bitcommerce has seen over [https://github.com/bitweaver/commerce/commits/master|1500 commits] in the first 7 years of it's history.
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-!!Open Source, as in Liberty and Freedom
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-Bitcommerce maintains the truest intent of GPL source, and has the entire source tree [https://github.com/bitweaver/commerce/|available on GitHub]
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+!!Extensive Tracking and Metrics |
+Bitcommerce has integrated tracking for all in-bound referring URL's so you know where your orders are coming from. Google Analytics is also inherenly supported with e-commerce reporting data sent to your Analytics account. |
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!!Digital Content, Meet E-Commerce
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-If you want to create a paywall for online digital content, Bitcommerce does this out of the box using groups from ((UsersPackage)). Assign a group to product, and on purchase users will be placed in that group. Ad-hoc creation of users groups allows unlimited possibilities. Access to file downloads, wiki pages, photo galleries, and more can all be controlled by purchasing a product of your creation.
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+Unique to Bitcommerce, if you want to create a paywall for online digital content, Bitcommerce does this out of the box using groups from the ((UsersPackage)). Assign a group to product, and on purchase users will be placed in that group. Ad-hoc creation of users groups allows unlimited possibilities. Access to file downloads, wiki pages, photo galleries, and more can all be controlled by purchasing a product of your creation. |
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+Of course, it still supports all infrastructure for physical shipping around the world. |
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!!Designed for modularity while retaining pristine source
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Simply put, Zen-cart/OSCommerce mods suck in that they litter your file tree with files outside of the primary source tree. We have fixed this. Inherent design to allow for mutli-repository extensions integrated
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