OK I again will ask a simple question!
Is there a demo version?
If there is I will give a fair review of it and also give an honest comparison of the 2 products!
Then again maybe people can just compare the ability of both and the cost for themselves!!
Magnetic One Store Manager for $149.00FREE Trial for Store Manager for CRE Loaded
(there is a stipulation, You have to register to get it and the trial license)Download FREE Trial for Store Manager for CRE Loaded
http://www.magneticone.com/store/trial_license.php?product_code=creloaded_storemanagerCode:
Store Manager for CRE Loaded is a Windows application to quickly and effectively manage your CRE Loaded online store.
* You can manage CRE Loaded products, CRE Loaded product attributes, categories, manufacturers, orders and other things.
* You can export CRE Loaded products into Excel file, edit it and then import products into CRE Loaded store - batch updates are so fast now!
* Import products into CRE Loaded from your supplier
CRE Loaded product import is one of the prominent features, import from Excel/CSV into CRE Loaded in seconds
* You can update your store product quantities, prices and other data using file from your supplier - just import that file into CRE Loaded!
* Ultimate CRE Loaded product attribute management allows you to quickly add, remove and edit product attributes in a matter of seconds with few mouse clicks.
* Simple category tree with Drag&Drop supported - quickly find and rearrange products in categories using your mouse.
* Easy populate feature - using simple clipboard copy/paste CRE Loaded product attribute can be copied to multiple products in few seconds.
* You can create your own CRE Loaded Custom Reports - it's easy, just some basic SQL skills required
* Quick product search, advanced filters, order notifications, support for native characters (Japanese, Arabic etc.) and many other usefull features.
All this from your desktop computer - save your time, do not waste it with all that routine tasks!
Store Manager for CRE Loaded Features
* Support CRE Loaded 6.2,6.3,and 6.4 Standard, Pro and B2B (xsell, groups, subproducts)
* Add, delete, modify products, categories, product manufacturers, product options.
* View, edit, print reports, invoices.
* Access management - create multiple users with separate access rights to keep your store under control
* Import from Excel / CSV to CRE Loaded within seconds, advanced CRE Loaded product import available
* Export to Excel / CSV from CRE Loaded , advanced CRE Loaded product export wizard available
* Easy product navigation, quick search, filters.
* Image management functions (require properly configured FTP).
* Extended attribute editor with download attributes - quickly manage product attributes.
* Instant changes - all changes you made applied to your store immediately, no synchronization, no delayed updates.
* Multilanguage, you can manage all languages in your virtual store.
* Native Windows application. Just the program, no server side scripts, no additional modules. Run the program, specify connection settings and voila - it works!
* User friendly interface. Only few required options - you have to work with your store but not waste your time investigating the program.
* Product copy/paste feature - easy move products between categories and stores!
* Product attribute copy/paste feature - easy populate your products with attributes
* Editable reports - reports can be edited with Report Tool, modified or translated to another language
* SSH support - for secure connections.
* Simple and quick installation. Just run installer and click Next several timer, no unintelligible options and parameters, no stupid questions.
* Easy registration procedure. You do not need to litter your head with serials or other stuff, just input your name and click OK button, that's all.
* Supports latest MySQL versions including MySQL 5
* MySQL compressed protocol support for better speed
* Direct connection to the MySQL database (no additional php modules or server changes needed!).
* Multiple stores management. Store your configuration data and quickly switch between stores.
* Database backup/restore - keep your data safe.
* Store configuration - edit all store settings in one window. Should be used by advanced users who really know what they doing.
* Encrypted passwords for increased security.
and
CRE Loaded XML/CSV Feeds Management System at $299.95
Code:
XML/CSV Feeds Management System is a tool to import products from the your suppliers. This tool allows easy add new feeds, define pricing rules, schedule import time and many other.
General Functionality:
Automatic or manual products import, import images, price changing according to the selected rules, minimum products quantity restriction, minimum products price restriction, duplicates handling according to the selected rules, pricing rules for categories, manufacturers, certain products or all products, manual import like Easy Populate, products review before importing, black and white lists.
Main features:
* Ability to add as many feeds as necessary - You can define an individual layout for every supplier’s feed by matching fields from store database to columns in the feed, feed type - XML or CSV, columns separator.
* Ability to get feeds from the supplier FTP directory or just by HTTP.
* Ability to schedule every feed separately - You can selecte a time when each feed(or all feeds) will be downloaded from the supplier server and affected your database..
* Ability to make restriction by products quantity or products price - you can decide do not import products with stock or price less then certain value.
* Ability to create pricing rules - you can create pricing rules for certain categories, manufacturers, products or all products - you can increase products price using some formula like NewPrice = OldPrice*1.1 or even you can define some price ranges.
* Manual import - you can import CSV or XML data feeds manually.
* Ability to review products before import - you can decide to don’t import all products automaticatily, in this case for you available review section where you can manually select products for import.
* Ability to block certain products - you can move some products to Black list and they will be never imported to your store.
* Ability to import only certain products - if you need only certain products to be imported you can create White list and only white listed products will be imported into store.
The difference being my word comes from someone who is not associated with either product!
But has used one of them! If I can get a demo of the second to try I will give my honest opinion for those who may interested to review!