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Thanks, Josh- I will.

Stephanie

Thank you, Josh- that makes me feel so much better and sounds like great advice.   Thank you for the reply.

Stephanie

Thank you Keri,  I had read about speed issues with Magento before, but I thought they had been mostly resolved.

I think I am going to stick to my asp.net solution.....  it's a decision, anyway.

Tyler,

Thank you- I didn't even notice that the providers were classified as Enterprise etc.  I started at the top and was immediately priced out of the market!

Thank you for your response.  If you know of any good Magento solution providers, and wouldn't mind sharing that would be very helpful.

Stephanie

Hi. I am responsible for choosing an ecommerce platform and overseeing the implementation of a large ecommerce site. The site will have tens of thousands of products and will be fairly complex.

Eventually the site will integrate with the suppliers back end inventory/order management system, which is some sort of custom Windows/.NET system. (I'm not very technical if you haven't noticed....)

Primarily I want a platform that is SEO friendly, and I have to be sure that the site is developed properly from an SEO and usability perspective. I thought I would go with an asp.net solution (aspdotnetstorefront, specifically) to facilitate the future integration, but I am questioning this choice after reading some of the comments I have found here at SEOMoz.

So is asp.net really a bad choice SEO-wise? I almost considered Magento, but was having trouble finding a good solution provider to work with. I also worried about integration issues down the road.

I would appreciate any advice or input anyone may have.

Thank you!

You guys are really scaring me.  I just hired a development company to build an ecommerce site on aspdotnetstorefront.  I chose asp.net because the site will eventually integrate with a microsoft/.net inventory management and order processing system.

What is it that I need to look out for?  I was told that having .aspx at the end of my urls was no bid deal.  If the site is planned well (flat architecture, etc.) what exactly is the problem?  I just have not been able to understand.

Thank you!

Stephanie