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Recently a number of major hosting providers have developed high-quality commercial packages for eCommerce and on-line- shops that short-cut much of the work previously necessary before anyone could have an eBusiness up and running that the new internet entrepreneur needs to look at the options carefully before committing to either a commercial social networking site louis vuitton outlet, or an off-the-peg eCommerce site.

So let's examine some of the issues.

1 CMS sites are free. Not quite true. Open Source content management systems software is free and very powerful but to use it you need a fairly sophisticated hosting packages offering at least two data bases, preferably more, and the cost of such a package is only a little lower than an effective off-the - peg eCommerce site.

Whilst we're on this issue, don't be seduced by the hosting provider's 'basic' package'. They are rarely man enough to mount a proper online shop and may reach their limit before your eCommerce site is up and running.

2 Off-the-peg sites are quick to set up. Think about it: if your on-line shop sells fifty items, and each needs a twenty-five word short description and a two hundred and fifty word full description that's nearly fourteen thousand words to write. That's about twenty per cent of a short novel to which add the artwork and layouts.

So an off-the-peg can be up and running in a morning, whilst a CMS site will take all day - so what?

3 Off-the-peg sites mean you have a single contractor. This is very true. Open-Source CMS software is free, but no one is contracted to provide you with a service. The constant updating of core or module software provides a continuing maintenance load for your webmaster.

Conversely the off-the-peg contract is a commercial contract allowing you to hold your provider to task. On the other hand if he does fail the software is specific to that provider and your eCommerce site isn't easily transferred to another host.

With a properly backed-up CMS site you could be up and running forty-eight hours after your first provider fails.

4 In a wiki CMS site your visitors provide their own content. Well true, but you have to 'moderate' louis vuitton sale otherwise your site will end up cluttered with totally inappropriate advertisements.

Conclusions There are pros and cons to both approaches and no one-size-fit-all answers to your questions. In my view if your business is in a market where there is an opinionated and knowledgable clientele, the CMS approach could bring dividends, as your customers debate actively about the pros and cons of one product or approach over another. If you are simply providing goods or services like the next man (or woman) why mess about when the off-the-peg offers are so good.

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