Hi ga-researchers,

I need to find a Search-engine-friendly ecommerce shopping cart for
the Brazilian market. I have done some research of my own but my
limited knowledge of Portuguese stopped me in my tracks. I found some
decent shopping carts but none that I know for sure will be
SEO-friendly. I will give you a number of findings and links below to
get you started.

It helps if you are Brazilian or at least speak Portuguese and if you
are reasonably ecommerce-savvy.


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These are my requirements:

A Brazilian based ecommerce/storefront/shopping cart provider who can
offer a feature-filled package. SEO-friendly structure is an absolute
requirement.

Important must-have points are:

- Integrated good range of Brazilian payment and shipping options
- Search Engine Optimization-friendly
	* MUST HAVE: editable title, meta tags, image alt tags and headings
(page unique, product focused)
	* MUST HAVE: static, easily spiderable keyword-based URL's generated
per product, not long dynamic ones full of &'s and ?'s
	* PREFERABLY: freely editable page templates and css
	* PREFERABLY: site map function, bread crumb navigation
	* PREFERABLY: possibility to add content pages within store structure
- robust, established in market, tested, can handle "real" ecommerce volumes

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And preferably also these functions:

- Easy to export feeds to Brazilian shopping comparison sites (such as
buscape and bondfaro)
- affiliate program management
- preferably multiple product paths (i.e. products can be
"cross-tagged" with more than one category type rather than fit in a
strict hierarchical structure - a certain doll can be found by "home >
4-5yrs > girls > certain doll" or "home > dolls > R$10-R$25 > certain
doll", so the product in this example is tagged with age, gender,
category, price: "4-5 years", "girls", "dolls", "R$10-R$25").


Plus all normal functions you would expect:

- user-friendly back-office for product management, pricing, payment
terms, stock levels
- shipping/logistics handling with freight options such as most common
correios options (sedex, e-sedex), possibly also fedex, dhl, ups etc -
zone- or destination shipping calculations.
- functions to manage offers and campaigns
- mailing list management - the more advanced the better
- etc...



Please note that your main mission here is to find a SEO-friendly
Brazilian shopping cart. If you consider the scope of the above
feature list too large for the price, then I can figure out the other
functions myself if necessary when you have found the best
SEO-friendly providers. Please just point out though if there seems to
be any major shortcomings from what you would expect from a decent
cart.

So, the result I expect is a list of a few cart providers that you
think best match my requirements, mainly the SEO readiness. Any
additional clarifying comments you may offer for each selected
provider are welcome.


To assist your research, please find below information I have found so far:

- Some Brazilian shopping cart (loja virtual) providers - who don't
necessarily seem to live up to my SEO expectations listed above (you
may start with this list and please check if they are what I look for
- I may have missed something in translation):

http://www.001shop.com.br/
http://www.uniwebnet.com.br/loja_virtual.php
http://www.jet.com.br/
http://site.ciashop.com.br/b2c.asp
http://www.imsc.com.br/ecommerce.cfm   (not an off-the shelf solution,
only tailor made?)
http://www.chleba.net/novo/chleba_multi_store.htm
http://www.locaweb.com.br/assinaturas/comercio_eletronico.asp
http://www.xpg.com.br/home/


- Reference: US Based ecommerce providers who offer the type of
SEO-focused shopping carts I am looking for:

http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/merchant/   
http://www.monstercommerce.com/
http://www.goecart.com/
http://www.volusion.com/
http://www.applepiecart.com/
http://www.instantestore.com/default.cfm


- Examples of US based shops that are professionally SEO optimized

http://www.myweddingfavors.com/
http://www.cornerstorkbabygifts.com/
http://www.qualitybridalshoes.com/


(Who knows, you may instead find a US based SEO shopping cart that
have bolt-on Brazilian payment and logistics modules available?)

Generous "finders fee tip" available if you manage to find the right
shopping cart for me.