I've spent about 3 months looking for shopping carts on and off and this one was one of the carts I was considering. I abandoned the whole javascript hard coded

I've spent about 3 months looking for shopping carts on and off and this one was one of the carts I was considering. I abandoned the whole javascript hard coded shopping cart idea because it was simple in the short term, complex in the long term. These javascript hard coded shops are designed for people who feel comfortable around code, re-sizing images, ftp uploading, and editing html files. But those VERY same people who are comfortable around code are better off to just install a managed store with a database (Word Press e-commerce), which will streamline everything, keep track of inventory, etc... So they don't have to hard code anything and their store can grow. They can just install wordpress in 5 minutes, wp e-commerce in 5 minutes, find a free theme they like and install that, and have a store ready to go. All without touching code. They can drag and drop all their images and never have to ftp files or edit .html documents to change prices. I don't want to shit all over this beautiful little cart. It's perfect if you already have an HTML site that ISN'T wordpress powered. But it's just not an elegant solution. Or a logical one. Here are the other solutions. - Gum Road. - Paypal Buy it now / Add to cart / View Cart buttons. - Word Press e-commerce, woo-commerce, marketpress, and all the other competitors. I tried out Plum Cart (another javascript cart) from codecayon.net, and it was just such a pain in the ass to have to hard code everything. Let alone the limitation of no USPS real shipping calculations or stock management. Setting up wordpress was the best choice for a small little store. I ended up going with WP e-commerce. === WP e-commerce === It's free, comes with everything you need to get started, does downloadable items, and you can buy the stripe plugin for like $37. It has only 3 stars but over 2+ million downloads, the team behind it got overwealmed by the usage, and the USPS module is probably causing all the frustration. A lot of stores run WP e-commerce. You'd never know unless you roam around the support forums and see people post links asking for tips and code changes. === Woo-commerce === Pain in the ass to do variations. Very polished. Simple in many ways, complex in others, not ready for prime time. Does downloadable items. I left it after that. === MarketPress === $19 one time. Even less ready than Woo-commerce. Comes with Stripe module, VERY polished. NO good shipping calculations if you store sells diverse items. Does downloadable items. Does not have Paypal Payments Standard, only paypal express (must upgrade to business account). NOTE: if you're using ANY USPS shipping calculation module, your USPS webtools api account must be set to LIVE product mode before you can recieve quotes in your shopping cart. Test modes DO NOT WORK. USPS doesn't realize this. You have to email them manually to get your account out of TEST and into LIVE mode.