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Thanks Ben. It is definitely a beast to be tamed. Lots of moving pieces, but that is the fun part.

• benburton 14y ago
  If PHP is a constraint, I suppose I understand using it. I would think that Spree (http://spreecommerce.com/ http://spreecommerce.com/) would be the best option, all things being equal.
  • adrr 14y ago
    Spree is good for an traditional e-commerce site. Subscription based sites are a different beast. You're not actively managing a catalog and don't need a full blown cart. That being said, Magento is also overboard especially since subscriptions require an enterprise license which is big bucks an sold on a per server basis not a site license. You going to need 2 licenses. Also does Paypal lock in your credit cards or do they guarantee portability in case you want to change to a different gateway if you decide to move platforms?
    • tegansnyder 14y ago
      CE Magento supports subscription based sites using what Varien calls Recurring Profiles. While they only support Paypal by default, you can purchase extensions from a variety of different companies to handle recurring profiles in Magento. We choose the Authorize.NET CIM route. Others may choose to use Braintree. Both have extensions to support recurring profiles in Magento. The trick is to figure out how they work, there is little to no documentation on the process and most of it will involving setting up a good DEV environment/staging etc.
      • adrr 14y ago
        You using Aheadworks?
• tegansnyder 14y ago
  Worth looking into Spree? Thanks for the share.