RE: What do you expect?

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[quote="ocularmagic"]Can someone tell me exactly what the specific benefits of integrating a cms would be? How would shoppers benefit from it? Would it generate more sales somehow?  As a shop owner, I want people to spend money.  How is a CMS going to increase their spending?  I'm not being sarcastic, I really would like to know.[/quote]

It's not only about adding a CMS or not - you could save coding-effort by using the Postnuke-API. As simple as that. There is a permission system. There is a user system. There is a templating system. Save time and use it. It would even make osc more secure as the whole pn community would have an eye on the API. 

And you don't prescribe your users to only have a shop. THEY can choose if they want the rest of the CMS or not. 

And to answer directly to your question: Have you ever been on the website of some automobile company? They have beautiful websites with shops - but no info around it. On the other Hand there are hundred thousands of people on car newsgroups, in forums and making their own websites. If you really want so sell on a large scale you need a community - people who hang around your site. They give you free feedback on your products and how to improve them. Probably some would give free support to new customers...