To those who have used X-Carts one page checkout.

ArthurCatigbe · #1 01-11-2010, 04:45 PM

Hi all.

My question goes out to all of you who have used AlteredCarts one page checkout for X-Cart 4.2

I'm about ready to go live with my first store and I am wondering how important this mod is. I would really like to start the store with 4.3, however the one page checkout isn't available yet.

I must admit money is a little tight and I am trying to do away with any unnecessary mods.

Would you all consider the one page checkout a must? I'd be willing to get it if everyone thinks it's really that important.

hoosierglass · #2 01-11-2010, 06:29 PM

I have been using C1 for quite a while now. Balinor developed one but never made it a public mod.

Anyway after installing C1 our conversion rate improved dramtically. We went from around a 30% conversion rate to over 50% and the mod basically paid for itself the first month. Yes $169.00 is a big chunk for a small store, especially since the cost is more than X-cart. If you do not install it you should make sure you get Google Analytics installed and see where your customers drop out. If it is consistantly in the cart then you will need to improve the checkout process.

Yes C1 is not available for 4.3 yet. I am currently running 4.1.12 with C1 and I am customizing 4.3 in a beta directory and will upgrade the main site once Bill gets a 4.3 version of C1. To me it is worth the wait even though I want to have all the bells and whistles of 4.3.

So basically the most important mod would have to be C1.

Mike

mitash · #3 01-12-2010, 01:26 AM

X-Cart might be relasing a cool new checkout in 4.4 when and if it comes out.

exsecror · #4 01-12-2010, 04:28 AM

I honestly saw no point in a one page checkout. We tried one about a year or so ago and it actually killed our sales. Plus I haven't seen definitive enough unbiased studies that shows it improves ROI and most of the competitors in our same line of business don't even use one and they do way more money then us.

balinor · #5 01-12-2010, 05:24 AM

I can say pretty confidently based on over 25 clients using the one page checkout that it almost always improves your conversion rate. It doesn't always, as Alan proves, but it is well worth the investment IMHO.

And Mike, we didn't release it because I simply don't have the time to support a commercial mod - we just offer it to our clients as part of our custom design service.

Moving this to Third Party Add-Ons

cflsystems · #6 01-13-2010, 04:39 AM

How about releasing it with no support, no warranty, no anything leaving all the responsibility to whoever whats to use it

balinor · #7 01-13-2010, 05:52 AM

Well then I'd lose one of the incentives to hire us for a custom design

hoosierglass · #8 01-13-2010, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by balinor

Well then I'd lose one of the incentives to hire us for a custom design

That is the problem. You only offer from scratch service, you will not modify existing work. I fully understand that, just disapointed.

Mike

cflsystems · #9 01-13-2010, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by balinor

Well then I'd lose one of the incentives to hire us for a custom design

That's true. I knew I couldn't fool you but thought I would ask

Freakmode · #10 01-22-2010, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by mitash

X-Cart might be relasing a cool new checkout in 4.4 when and if it comes out.

That would be great - I'm all for dumping a load of our third party add ons - more trouble than they are worth most of them!