The most popular way to add an online store to your Wordpress blog is to use the WP E-Commerce plugin. However, recently (Nov 08′) Roya Khosravi has released a new plugin called WP-osCommerce (WP.osC) that should be replacing the old standard very soon.
So what is the difference between these two plugins? Quite a bit actually. These two plugins have very little to do with each other except they both allow you to easily add a store to your Wordpress blog.
WP E-Commerce plugin VS. WP-osCommerce (WP.osC)
WP E-Commerce plugin is a proprietary software that was built with a goal of getting the user to upgrade the plugin for a fee, while the WP-osCommerce (WP.osC) plugin was built using a completely free and open-source software called OS-Commerce.
WP E-Commerce is buggy and has no community support behind it. If something doesn’t work right with your site, where do you go for help? I feel the lack of support and buggy nature of WP E-Commerce rules it out as a reliable means to create an online store.
Stay Open Source!
OS-Commerce is a highly popular and free software to create an online store. The WP-osCommerce (WP.osC) plugin allows you to integrate OS-Commerce directly into your blog and keep the Wordpress theme system. The online community support is huge for OS-Commerce and even WP.osC has started a new and growing community for support.
Where do I get WP-osCommerce (WP.osC)
You can download WP.osC from http://wposc.com/. There are many helpful tutorials on how to set up WP.osC as well as a community forum to help you get started there.
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