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Why I Switched From 1 Shopping Cart to WAHMCart
Wow time really flies!
Not too long ago I posted about How I Make Money online. In that post I mentioned that I had switched back to WAHMCart from 1ShoppingCart and you wanted to know why!
Well there are a few reasons:
1. Money – I was paying about $100 US for 1SC but when the exchange rates aren’t good that works out to close to $140 CAD – that’s a lot of money for a shopping cart. Now I know it’s a cost of business and all, but I’m a single mom on a budget so I decided it was time to cut this cost.
2. Credit Cards – I wanted to go completely Credit Card free for my business. I just find it’s way too easy to get carried away when expenses are on CC. I’m excited to say my business is now entirely non-reliant on any credit!
Those were the two main reasons why I switched back.
There was a third reason too. 1 Shopping Cart doesn’t allow you to hook up to Paypal for recurring payments and WAHMCart does. So, that being the case if I decided to do some kind of recurring payment product, with WAHMCart I could pay my affiliates monthly too.
Now that I’m back using WAHMCart I found another great benefit of switching back:
WAHMCart is simpler
1 Shopping Cart is a good system but it’s complicated. I know a lot of people who hate using it. I had a lot of clients who never wanted to get in there. The owner of WAHMCart, Regina Baker, told me they really are not in competition with 1 Shopping Cart and I agree. They are different systems, for people with different needs – WAHMCart suits my needs just fine, in fact more than just fine!
The more options and features and choices we have the harder it is to just get moving on anything.
That’s why I love the simplicity of WAHMCart – it let’s me get moving a LOT faster and that’s a VERY good thing.
I’m emailing my list more often, I’m doing more promotions and I’m taking care of business better and it’s because I made the move.
Let me tell you now why I switched AWAY from WAHMCart originally.
1. Technical Issues – When I was using the system they did have some technical issues that caused a lot of copies of the same email to go out to subscribers. As a business owner who wants to look professional that was embarrassing to me. I had to email and apologize and I wasn’t happy about that.
2. To Learn 1 Shopping Cart – At the time when I switched to 1 Shopping cart I thought it would be a good idea to do so I could get in the system and really make sure I understood it for my VA and Affiliate Management clients.
I have to add another comment about the technical difficulties:
Because WAHMCart is a good system and it’s saving me close to $100 per month I’m OK with the fact that they have had some issues. I’m really hoping it doesn’t happen again as I know there was another similar issue not too long before I joined. I do understand in the early days of program development these things happen!
So – that’s why I switched back to WAHMCart.
If you’re looking for a shopping cart, affiliate system and email system all in one for a really fantastic price then I definitely recommend you click the image below and check out WAHMCart, they even have a free 14-day trial:
[UPDATE August 2009]
WAHMCart has been very stable since I re-joined, no technical issues at all and I am still very happy with it. I feel like it was absolutely the right decision to move back from 1ShoppingCart.
I did also choose to have my email list and autoresponder moved to Aweber since my last post. I used to use Aweber and I found both 1ShoppingCart’s and WAHMCart’s systems not as rebust, not as reliable and just not as advanced as Aweber. I was spoiled with Aweber and all it’s advantages so I decided to keep my shopping cart and affiliate program in WAHMCart but host my email list in Aweber.
For those who don’t want the extra expense of Aweber, WAHMCart is still a great option for an email list as well. It is easy to use, allows you to set up automatic emails (autoresponders) or broadcasts (set to a certain time). You also do have the ability to set up tracking to see what clicks were opened in your emails.
Cool! That’s why your affiliate links changed
I use WahmCart too and am so glad it’s available as a resource.
Angela,
Thanks for the update and info. I have been using Wahmcart for about a year or so and thought I may need to upgrade to 1SC before I grow bigger. There are pros and cons on each. I’m very surprised to hear that 1SC doesn’t allow recurring PayPal.
I did have 1SC for a while on their entry level program but couldn’t do a lot of the things I wanted so Wahmcart made more sense. And I agree, Wahmcart is very easy to use which I love.
You know what else I love about WAHMCart that 1SC doesn’t do (and like I said they both have their advantages)?
In WC you can customize every order form so it goes with the website.
Let me show you an example:
For my blog design site Blog Site Mojo here’s my order form > Click
For my Affiliate Manager Training School here’s the order form > Click
Both products in the same shopping cart with very different looks. That will give the person ordering a more secure feeling that they are ordering from a consistent site.
Great information Angela! Thanks for sharing! It definitely seems like a better option for me (a fellow Canadian)
Hey Christie you’re very welcome!
And thanks so much for reading my blog and posting your comments and replies – I really appreciate it!
This is a very interesting article Angela. Glad to see that someone can list the pros and cons to two products – in this case shopping carts. This article about 1ShoppingCart to WAHMCart provides the opportunity for other business owners to comment if they wish. WAHMCart is great to have and use to help keep you more organized and efficient.
I recently completed a training course to learn about WAHMCart, how to use it and help other clients. I can see that WAHMCart may have ups and downs, as any system can, but there are definitely more ups with WAHMCart – like you mentioned – customization and saving money is always a plus.
Hi Angela,
I am thinking about moving from 1SC to Wahmcart. It’s been several months now since you made this post, do you still feel you’ve made the right choice to switch back? Have you had any more challenges with WAHMcart that you had experienced originally?
Thanks so much.
Nat
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Thanks for the questions Nat. I added my reply in an update to the post!
thanks for the article, i might try out WCart.
Take care,
Nahyan
ps. btw have you heard of nanacast.com , they have affiliate management n stuff but I dono people that have experience with them.
Nahyan,
Glad you liked it! Yes I’ve heard of nanacast but never tried it out myself so I don’t have any experience with how they work or what it really offers.
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Angela, this was a lot of fun. I even got to read through some of the blog posts I had missed. Have a great rest of the year.
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