Yes, unfortunately this is true, and is a major competitive factor between CS 2007 and products like AspDotNetStorefront.

Fear not, for there is hope, and a whole lot more!

IP Commerce, a software company enabling open commerce services between businesses, delivers a toolkit designed to integrate with Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 to support multi-service connectivity for retailers, end-to-end e-commerce solution that includes traditional and alternative payments, and provides for compliance with Payment Application Best Practices (PABP), a sub-set of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standard.

Commerce Toolkit for Multi-Channel Retail (MCR), integrates with the Commerce Server 2007 Starter Site to deliver alternative payment options, including electronic check processing, stored value and gift cards, express checkout, and bank card processing as a traditional payment option.

Below is a list of the key features delivered:

• Access to new and emerging payment types
• Seamless integration of multiple e-commerce services
• Reduced transaction costs through flexible payment options
• Dynamic management of payment types from a single location
• Security-enhanced, PCI-compliant solution

Enjoy!

Below is a table illustrating feature comparisons between AspDotNetStorefront and Commerce Server 2007.

Below is a comparison matrix of Commerce Server 2007 against AspDotNetStorefront. Next week a similar post will compare AspDotNetStorefront features against Commerce Server 2007. Since this matrix was created AspDotNetStorefront 7.0 was upgraded with automatic image resizing with single product image upload, Web services and more.