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In speaking with a number of our Minneapolis web design clients and other organizations about the best e-commerce system to use for their business, I am always interested to see what their perspectives are on the best value.  Some think that open source will fix all of their problems for free and are shocked to discover that “free” isn’t always the cheapest in the long run.  Others found a great deal on a boxed e-commerce solution and say, “Hey local Minneapolis web designer, use this.”  The last group think their needs are extremely unique and think that a custom e-commerce solution is the best way to go.  So, which one should you use?

Well, obviously, each organization is unique and has it’s own unique needs.  However, here are some general buckets to think about:

1.) Open Source e-commerce solutions.  This is a great option if you are a start up or looking to really pinch pennies early on.  There are a lot of web developers that work with open source systems and so finding someone who could maintain the site later on is easier.  The “free” part is also great.  Just watch out because a lot of open source ecommerce systems have a ton of extra code that you may not need.  This code can get your local minneapolis / saint paul web developer tangled up in a hurry and can burn a lot of extra billable hours if you aren’t careful.  You also are sometimes constrained on what types of web design templates you can use here.

2.) Boxed ecommerce.  Boxed e-commerce solutions can be really great.  There are a lot out there and many are very reasonably priced.  If you can, try to find one that has the source code with it - this can be a great help down the road.  Be wary of solutions that say they give you source code, but they don’t give you all of it.  If you have a little money to invest, you can sometimes get a lot of well-built features at a great value here.  Many have great web design options too.

3.) Custom ecommerce.  We have an internal debate about which solution is the cheapest.  Our theory is that after 2 years, they all pan out to be about the same.  The custom solution is the most expensive on the front end, but it does get you exactly what you need.  In the long run, it can really save you time and expense to make changes.  The only disadvantage is that you get tied very closely to your development group.  Make sure you pick the right one!  How about a Minneapolis Web Design firm named Creed Interactive?

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Good morning Minneapolis and Saint Paul.  It feels good to have some sunshine to melt the ice.  Unfortunately for our hockey client, the ice is gone.   While Minneapolis watches the Minnesota Wild, I thought you all should take a look at our web design for the NHL.  Let me know what you think:

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Web design and development always seems a little better on Fridays.  Must be the weekend that we are looking forward too.  Maybe it is because it is always sunny on Fridays?  Except today is raining.  Who knows.

So you might be asking, why post a post on Fridays on a Minneapolis Web Design blog?  Well, all the other blogs we have done have died becasue we were cared too much about what we posted.   We tried to find very deep web design ideas to share and if they weren’t mind blowing then we didn’t share.   Our last web design blog had 3 entries.  3.  I guess we are not as profound as we think we are.   Shoot, we even struggle to write a full paragraph about Fridays in our web design blog.  After years of trying to be more efficient in our web design, it seems odd to be trying to be long winded in a Minneapolis web design blog.  We can communicate ininstant messenger all day long, but taking 5 minutes on Friday to write an intelligent web design post - that is a different matter.  Oh well, we will have something about web design that makes this blog worth while to read.  I promise Minneapolis.  I promise.

Alright. So this is a bit of an experiment. First, every blog I have ever seen, whether it is a web design blog or a blog of someone’s everyday activities dies a couple months after it starts.  How much is there that you can really say about Minneapolis web design?

Second, this is a blog from Creed Interactive. While Creed has an outstanding search engine optimization expert on the team, we are trying this blog without his skills. That’s right. This is an experiment to see if we can actually get found on Google by using the principles that an average Joe can use to get ranked.

So here’s to the experiment. Let’s see what happens. Minneapolis web design blog 2008 is here. Let’s see how it goes.