# Why is ecommerce software so crappy?

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**Created:** [October 24, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-is-ecommerce-software-so-crappy/204950 "2006-10-24T20:46:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![bradleykal](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/bradleykal/32/1447_2.png) [@bradleykal](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bradleykal)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-is-ecommerce-software-so-crappy/204950/1 "2006-10-24T20:46:13Z")

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so I’m pretty much banging my head against the wall. I’m trying to get my first ecommerce site of the ground for a designer friend. I’ve looked over and installed a half dozen crap-tastically coded products… oscommerce, zencart, veracart. hate em. table based code and I’m going to spend half my life removing all the crud I don’t need.

I just want a very simple cart that I can customized the appearance of easily. any suggestions?

thx - b