Customer Showcase: WELCOA

2 | published by Danny Halarewich on Tuesday, February 15, 2011

The talented team at Electric Pulp recently developed an online store using LemonStand for the Wellness Council of America. We thought it turned out great, so we asked them some questions about the project.

Can you describe WELCOA's area of business and their website?

“The Wellness Council of America (WELCOA) is the nation's premier resource for workplace wellness. The publications, resources and programs sold on their website are designed to promote healthier lifestyles for all working Americans.”

- Mitch Kramer

Was there any unique modules that you integrated into the website? How did you find that process? What about the result?

"There were actually several modules that we needed to develop, including allowing a maximum order quantity per item, custom shipping, and a complicated newsletter customization option.

All of the modules were very easy to create using the LemonStand documentation. When the documentation wasn't sufficient, the forums and LS developers provided the guidance we needed. We and are client are very happy with the results.”

- Mitch Kramer

What is your overall impression of LemonStand?

"LemonStand will be our goto eCommerce platform. The ease of implementation, management, and maintenance make it an easy eCommerce software choice.”

- Mitch Kramer

How do you feel LemonStand compares to other carts?

“Honestly, there's no comparison. LemonStand is so much easier to do everything that there's no reason we can think of to consider anything else at this point.”

- Mitch Kramer

What are some of your favorite features of LemonStand, and why?

“There are so many! If I had to pick a few, I'd say partials, and support/documentation. The partials are great to use and facilitate a ton of code re-use making development much faster. In addition, the excellent documentation and forums really help to get more complex situations ironed out quickly. It really is an awesome platform.”

- Mitch Kramer

Did you find LemonStand to be flexible enough to meet your needs?

“We did. There was some initial learning curve with the PHPRoad framework lying underneath, but the existing modules are great examples of how to use those to get almost any task done.”

- Mitch Kramer

Did using LemonStand improve your development process?

“Our development process was definitely more creative. With Magento, I think we felt locked into a certain layout because there was no telling which sections could be split up how, or if you would even be able to find them.

There was no question it was faster. The code was so much more well thought out, documented, and much less frustrating to follow.”

- Mitch Kramer

Would you recommend LemonStand to others?

“Well, if it wasn't clear from the above responses, the answer is YES! Where else can you get a sane code-base and world-class support for a product like this. You really needn't consider any other eCommerce platform.”

- Mitch Kramer

Do you plan on using LemonStand again, for future projects?

“We already have :) (not yet launched)”

- Mitch Kramer

How does your client feel about using LemonStand? Do they have a favorite feature?

“Our client loves the admin interface and is seeing more orders come through than they had with their previous store. If they had to pick a favorite feature I think it would be the control over discounts they have now.”

- Mitch Kramer

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