WebShop XL

by Pearson Software

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.8 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000065T4F
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 2, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 1.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,156 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #45 in Software > Web Development > e-Commerce
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of Time and money, November 1, 2002

By 

Roy F. Dvorak "Barking Spider" (Westminster, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WebShop XL (CD-ROM)

...BR>I do NOT recommend this software for anyone considering building a personal or e-commerce web site. The package comes with 2 manuals but there are NO recommendations as to which one you should start with. If building an e-commerce site, you are forced to pay an additional $... for a "credit card license". PayPal, I believe is free. You are forcing me to "shell out" additional cash just to test my application. No tutorial comes with the software, you must pay extra for that. You are restricted to ASP. You need an additional tool, which you must purchase for JSP. There is nothing intutive about the software and it is difficult to use. I do not understand how they sold so many copies as they claim.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars You better know web development!, May 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: WebShop XL (CD-ROM)

I recently purchased this software after looking for a total web ecommerce solution. The software installs easily but the system could not find my browser to register. Not a great sign since this is the first program I have ever encountered that could not connect with my DSL server and register.

I spent about 6 hours reading the documentation. Let me start by telling you that I have been programming for 20 years. Everything from Cobol to html. I find this program a bit complicated.

If you are an experienced web developer than this is probably a good option. I am looking for point and shoot. I want to spend my time updating content and the shopping cart database, not learning and adjusting every factor the customer sees.

Don't expect much from the included templates. It only comes with a few very simple templates. I have seen better layouts in shareware!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Nightmare Nightmare Nightmare!!!, January 29, 2003

By 

M. MIDDLETON "mike-cyndi" (Pepperell, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WebShop XL (CD-ROM)

Worse piece of software I have ever had the displeasure of using. I live in Mass and thought why not give them a try, they are from here, ha never again!

I'll explain just a few of problems with this software. Documentation comes in 2 books web building and e-commerce .....it covers the software functions accurately. No problem there the problem comes in it's not user friendly. You can't develop or customize freely, "shopping cart side of the software" you have to pay Boomerang for that. So if you want a to add to our delete parts of the shopping cart you're out of luck, unless you are a programmer and love getting into the middle of database structure that's laid out in the templates provided. No way to add in options that aren't default, such as paying by paypal, discover, or many others not listed in the program. You have to pay extras for that. Your choice is limited to what's there on their templates and that's it. I could go on and on but this would become a book. This software is so limiting that after spending weeks on it......I was so disgusted and frustrated that I started looking for something else.

The people at Boomerang did answer all emails to their credit. The price was reasonable @59.99 , but has taught me a very valuable lesson indeed, "You really do get what you pay for" I will never forget that phrase for as long as I live now.

I develop web sites for a hobby, so I have seen good software packages and bad ones, but not of this caliber. I was in a hurry and needed a shopping cart for a friend that I was helping. She's on a win2k system which is part of the reason I looked into this program.

On a positive side, the web developing part of the software is actually pretty good......but that's not what I bought this for......I wanted a shopping cart for e-commerce, not web building.....it's pretty much wysiwyg. If they named it "Webshop web building" that would have made me look elsewhere for a shopping cart. Their idea of a shopping cart ..., IMHO, but what do I know.....I was stupid enough to buy it. I just know I will never buy anything from this company again!