Don’t mince words, tell me what you really think? LOL – just kidding! You might benefit from finding a Virtual Assistant who is proficient in 1SC – almost every complaint you list can be achieved if setup properly (some I”m not exactly sure I understand). I can tell you specific to your number 3 complaint, that we have a client who has a product that once it’s paid for, sends a series of PDF documents over a 3-month time span, so these options are possible, you simply need to get trained by using their tech support folks, or find someone you can hire to handle these tasks for you.

And of course, the technology is always changing, so I’m sure there may be superior solitions in the future – this is simply my opinion based on having worked in multiple platforms over the past several years.

Best of luck!

Here are just a few of my complaints:
1. affiliate sales are not always attributed to the correct affiliate
2. impossible to email list based on purchase history of Product A but not Product B
3. all digital products are limited to one download link each
4. products sold with options — for ex. small, medium, large — require programming to set up
5. using their url cloak (so links show as your url not 1sc) sends all of your traffic to one page

While I haven’t tried every shopping cart solution out there, I’m confident that there exists a solution superior to 1sc. I’ll keep looking until I find it.