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$29.95/month
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$59.95/month
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Entrepreneur Shared |
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$94.95/month
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$149.95/month
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Pinnacle Cart is a software-as-a-service Shopping Cart and eCommerce solution that provides a way to launch an online store without dealing with the hassles of self hosting.
There are a lot of shopping cart solutions available if you are looking to set up an online store. Most ecommerce apps fall into one of three categories:
Pinnacle Cart: Ecommerce SaaS
Pinnacle Cart is an example of the last one. You do not need to purchase a web hosting account or manage your own website. With Pinnacle Cart, you pay for an account and then use their tools to build and host your store.
Benefits of Pinnacle’s SaaS Ecommerce Model
With Pinnacle Cart, you do not have to worry about software. They take care of all of it. You don’t have to know how to code. You don’t have to make sure your server stays working. Everything is much easier and simpler.
This allows you to focus on your core business.
Downsides of Pinnacle
What you gain in ease, you often give up in control.
When you self-host an ecommerce solution — whether as a standalone shopping cart or as a plugin to WordPress or Drupal — you have complete control over the platform and the shopping experience. If you want something that isn’t there already, you can add it. You can integrate with other systems.
Also, with self-hosted solutions, you own your data.
Key Pinnacle Features
Pinnacle Cart is designed to be easy and scalable. Core features include:
Additional Pinnacle Services
Pinnacle is looking to provide a holistic solution to ecommerce, not just a SaaS shopping cart. They provide marketing support, SEO consulation, design skills, and development expertise.
They also provide information — articles, podcasts, and videos — designed to teach you how to run an efficient and profitable online store.
Who should — and shouldn’t — use Pinnacle
Pinnacle is a good solution if you want to launch a professional-level ecommerce site without having to deal with hosting and web design. If you are not a programmer, and aren’t really interested in learning about web sites and hosting, the SaaS model of Pinnacle is probably the right choice.
If are a smaller operation that wants to run an online store as an ancillary to a non-retail organization (like a club, school, or band that wants to sell merchandise), Pinnacle is probably too expensive and complicated. A better option would probably be a simple free shopping cart solution, or a WordPress plugin.
If you are already running a blog or website powered by a serious content management system like WordPress or Drupal, then you likely already have the expertise and experience needed to add ecommerce to your existing website without incurring significant additional costs.