is magento overkill for a one-man webshop?

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Published on 2009-04-20T05:08:47Z Indexed on 2010/04/01 14:33 UTC
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I have been looking at magento for a while and I think I have a decent handle on how to use/customize it.

I have a client that wants a webshop , this is just a small business that sells a few products and just supports one language.

I was wondering if using magento will be an overkill for a simple webshop , in case I cant help them to make future changes tp the webshop, the people running their business might have to do it. But it looks like magento is made for people with some technical know how (lots of xml editing etc)..

So should i go for magento or a simpler solution like osCommerce or maybe even a simple custom solution. Would like to hear your opinions!

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