# Ruby ecommerce options

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-ecommerce-options/166099>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 21, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-ecommerce-options/166099 "2009-04-21T21:35:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![mike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-ecommerce-options/166099/1 "2009-04-21T21:35:14Z")

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I am looking into setting up a storefront, what are some good ruby  
store front solutions, what is everyone using?

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**Author:** ![mike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-ecommerce-options/166099/2 "2009-04-21T21:38:13Z")

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I know Substruct - [http://code.google.com/p/substruct/](http://code.google.com/p/substruct/)  
But I never use it, so we can give you an opinion

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**Author:** ![mike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-ecommerce-options/166099/3 "2009-04-21T22:05:15Z")

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Unfortunately there are no good e-commerce framework for Rails.

There are 3 as far as I know:

- already mentioned Substruct, the most popular; I’ve tried to  
customize it once – very messy codebase, use it only if you like it  
as-as
- Spree ([spreehq.org](http://spreehq.org)), a bit better, can be used as a starting point
- Potionstore ([potionfactory.com/potionstore](http://potionfactory.com/potionstore)) – only for selling  
software.

So, in my opinion, if you need a simple store use one of those as is  
(or look for carts written in some other web frameworks), but if you  
need a decent store – write a custom one.

Dmitry

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**Author:** ![mike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-ecommerce-options/166099/4 "2010-03-04T03:58:41Z")

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What is your opinion of using PHP packages instead of Ruby on Rails?  
It seems they are more mature and possibly easier to implement,  
especially if you need something quick.

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Dmitry S.  
[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en)  
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–  
Frank K.  
[http://betweengo.com/](http://betweengo.com/)

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**Author:** ![mike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mike)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 6:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-ecommerce-options/166099/5 "2010-03-04T06:39:17Z")

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Frank K. wrote:

> What is your opinion of using PHP packages instead of Ruby on Rails?  
> It seems they are more mature and possibly easier to implement,  
> especially if you need something quick.
> 
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Dmitry S.  
> [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> 
> > For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en)  
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> –  
> Frank K.  
> [http://betweengo.com/](http://betweengo.com/)  
> Uber Cart in drupal  
> Virtumart in zoomla  
> [http://www.prestashop.com/](http://www.prestashop.com/)  
> For Php Option