Comments on: Make $100k This Next Year With Open Source Web Apps http://chasesagum.com/make-100k-this-next-year-with-open-source-web-apps An Open Source Way of Life! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:36:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=6185 By: Ishigaki http://chasesagum.com/make-100k-this-next-year-with-open-source-web-apps/comment-page-1#comment-42292 Ishigaki Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:26:15 +0000 http://chasesagum.com/?p=912#comment-42292 Well, the tools are certainly out there to enable you to make $100,000, but you still need a good idea. This is probably the hardest bit in my opinion. Yep, you can set up a store, but gaining reputation and undercutting your competitors will be an uphill task. Also, too many people start blogs without having anything really interesting to talk about. I'm with Drupal too. I almost went with Joomla, but I flipped at the last moment. I've never looked back since but that's not to say that it hasn't driven me up the wall at times. Well, the tools are certainly out there to enable you to make $100,000, but you still need a good idea. This is probably the hardest bit in my opinion. Yep, you can set up a store, but gaining reputation and undercutting your competitors will be an uphill task. Also, too many people start blogs without having anything really interesting to talk about.

I’m with Drupal too. I almost went with Joomla, but I flipped at the last moment. I’ve never looked back since but that’s not to say that it hasn’t driven me up the wall at times.

]]> By: Werner A http://chasesagum.com/make-100k-this-next-year-with-open-source-web-apps/comment-page-1#comment-41879 Werner A Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:22:21 +0000 http://chasesagum.com/?p=912#comment-41879 Yes, I just finished my first drupal store on ubercart, and I will never ever go back to anything else (and i know magento pretty well). Granted, ubercart itself does not have all the features out the box, but like everything in life - the more difficult it is in the beginning, the more awesome it is on the long run. And that's just the thing with drupal - one module on it's own might not have all the awesomeness, but combine it with another module, and all of a sudden you have incredible power at your finger tips. It's like combining Hydrogen with Oxygen. Since everything in drupal is a node you can harness the power of the 10 000 modules out there to do everything the best ecommerce systems can do (ie "customers who viewed this item also viewed...", "1 out of 10 customers found this review useful", direct amazon integration). The trick is to combine those modules. Good luck - hope you enjoy the journey as much as I did Yes, I just finished my first drupal store on ubercart, and I will never ever go back to anything else (and i know magento pretty well). Granted, ubercart itself does not have all the features out the box, but like everything in life – the more difficult it is in the beginning, the more awesome it is on the long run. And that’s just the thing with drupal – one module on it’s own might not have all the awesomeness, but combine it with another module, and all of a sudden you have incredible power at your finger tips. It’s like combining Hydrogen with Oxygen.

Since everything in drupal is a node you can harness the power of the 10 000 modules out there to do everything the best ecommerce systems can do (ie “customers who viewed this item also viewed…”, “1 out of 10 customers found this review useful”, direct amazon integration). The trick is to combine those modules.

Good luck – hope you enjoy the journey as much as I did

]]> By: Ryan Dempsey http://chasesagum.com/make-100k-this-next-year-with-open-source-web-apps/comment-page-1#comment-41864 Ryan Dempsey Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:06:50 +0000 http://chasesagum.com/?p=912#comment-41864 Yeah, I'm with Robert. If you're already using Drupal for a cms / review site, it's easier to go with Ubercart instead of implementing a new system like Magento. Yeah, I’m with Robert. If you’re already using Drupal for a cms / review site, it’s easier to go with Ubercart instead of implementing a new system like Magento.

]]> By: admin http://chasesagum.com/make-100k-this-next-year-with-open-source-web-apps/comment-page-1#comment-41854 admin Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:04:51 +0000 http://chasesagum.com/?p=912#comment-41854 even better :) even better :)

]]> By: Robert Douglass http://chasesagum.com/make-100k-this-next-year-with-open-source-web-apps/comment-page-1#comment-41849 Robert Douglass Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:37:14 +0000 http://chasesagum.com/?p=912#comment-41849 Or you can start an online store with Drupal (with Ubercart), let your customers review your products, and blog about your product pipeline... all from Drupal! Or you can start an online store with Drupal (with Ubercart), let your customers review your products, and blog about your product pipeline… all from Drupal!

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