Building CS Cart/ Moving from XCart, Australian ecommerce

Luthien999 · November 24th, 2006, 2:30 AM

Hi,
We are currently running an ecommerce (Xcart) site on an Australian Server. We plan to rebuild our site using CS Cart site and am considering signing with Surpass. I'd develop the site on a shared plan and then upgrade to vps or dedicated hosting once we go live here. We need speed and reliability.

A few questions:

Will the speed of our site be affected by the fact that the server is physically located in the USA and most of our customers are in Australia?
Any other Xcart/ CS Cart users here?
Does the cart require any sort on server side tweaking for optimium performance - do we need to ask surpass to do any "special tweaking" on our server to get our site running fast?
Are there any template/logo creators here -I'd like to source out the template design.

Thanks
Luthien

**Bigjohn** · November 25th, 2006, 1:40 AM

Just a few answers...

1 - speed. Do a tracert to 'www.surmunity.com' or 'www.wholebrainhost.com' (my site). See how many hops are involved. Check out "quinlanartscenter.org" (the museum in my signature) and see how their web-store loads for you down under...

2- never heard of them, but that's just me.
3 - servers are pretty tweeked, and if you need something that won't kill other users, support can help.
4 - A few. Depends on how complicated the template, though, as to who might bite!

Welcome to Surpass.

Luthien999 · November 25th, 2006, 5:05 AM

Thanks for the info ...and happy thanksgiving.
We'll signed up now and will see the site goes. I've been reading the forums and am impressed by tech support's feedback.
Your art museum site loads quickly - I had a wander thru ...very nice

**Bigjohn** · November 25th, 2006, 8:00 AM

Thanks.

That site was built with Joomla and Virtuemart.

November 24th, 2006, 2:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
Luthien999 Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Nov 2006 4 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Building CS Cart/ Moving from XCart, Australian ecommerce Hi, We are currently running an ecommerce (Xcart) site on an Australian Server. We plan to rebuild our site using CS Cart site and am considering signing with Surpass. I'd develop the site on a shared plan and then upgrade to vps or dedicated hosting once we go live here. We need speed and reliability. A few questions: Will the speed of our site be affected by the fact that the server is physically located in the USA and most of our customers are in Australia? Any other Xcart/ CS Cart users here? Does the cart require any sort on server side tweaking for optimium performance - do we need to ask surpass to do any "special tweaking" on our server to get our site running fast? Are there any template/logo creators here -I'd like to source out the template design. Thanks Luthien

November 25th, 2006, 1:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
Bigjohn minor deity Super #1 Joined in Apr 2004 Lives in Georgia Hosted on XEON 7,338 posts Gave thanks: 23 Thanked 93 times	Just a few answers... 1 - speed. Do a tracert to 'www.surmunity.com' or 'www.wholebrainhost.com' (my site). See how many hops are involved. Check out "quinlanartscenter.org" (the museum in my signature) and see how their web-store loads for you down under... 2- never heard of them, but that's just me. 3 - servers are pretty tweeked, and if you need something that won't kill other users, support can help. 4 - A few. Depends on how complicated the template, though, as to who might bite! Welcome to Surpass. __________________ Proud to be a Surmunity Mod! XEON PASS60 PASS61 Make a fundamental difference! My Sites: Curious about Brewing Beer? Join the community! >>>>> Some Change is GOOD! Keep your paycheck! Support the Fair Tax Get into an Art museum Victorian London It's your brain -*ON WEB* - mybrainhost.com (under development) What SHOULD Government do? Much Less than it Does!

November 25th, 2006, 8:00 AM	#4 (permalink)
Bigjohn minor deity Super #1 Joined in Apr 2004 Lives in Georgia Hosted on XEON 7,338 posts Gave thanks: 23 Thanked 93 times	Thanks. That site was built with Joomla and Virtuemart. __________________ Proud to be a Surmunity Mod! XEON PASS60 PASS61 Make a fundamental difference! My Sites: Curious about Brewing Beer? Join the community! >>>>> Some Change is GOOD! Keep your paycheck! Support the Fair Tax Get into an Art museum Victorian London It's your brain -*ON WEB* - mybrainhost.com (under development) What SHOULD Government do? Much Less than it Does!

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November 25th, 2006, 5:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
Luthien999 Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Nov 2006 4 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Thanks for the info ...and happy thanksgiving. We'll signed up now and will see the site goes. I've been reading the forums and am impressed by tech support's feedback. Your art museum site loads quickly - I had a wander thru ...very nice

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