A guide to shopping cart hosting
You need e-commerce cart software solutions to make web shopping easy for your customers. Read this article to get more details.
Zen cart
What is it? This is an open source shopping cart software, which means that you can use it for free. Download it from Zen-cart.com (It is actually hosted on SourceForge.net.) and install it to your website. You need to get your own website and hosting. Look for Zen cart compatible hosts like Blue Host, Host Monster, TerraNetwork, Geek Host and JSWeb. Anyone with the most basic web and computer skills can install and set it up. The features Here are some of the features: 1. Works on PHP and MySQL 2. Templates can be switched easily 3. Various pricing and sale options 4. Can feature products 5. Allows for minimum and maximum quantities and units 6. Customisation of store layouts 7. Can be intergrated with phpBB (forum) 8. CVV2 card verification number is supported 9. Multiple shipping options 10. Product searching options via multiple filters 11. Shipping estimator for customers 12. Newsletter and product notifications 13. Many popular merchants are supported (PayPal, etc.) 14. Customers can write product reviews 15. Low stock notifications 16. Scalable 17. Tracks who is online 18. Multiple language and currency support
1FreeCart
What is it? Go to 1freecart.com and sign up for a free account in order to set up your first online store. This online service provides you with an online store in addition to its built-in shopping cart software. This means that hosting is provided for free. The features Here are some of the features: 1. Avail to e-commerce shopping site promotional tools 2. Accepts PayPal payments 3. Can integrate with ShareaSale affiliate programme
Google Checkout
What is it? Customers who have used Google Checkout before don't have to enter their payment and shipping information every time they buy. All they have to do to purchase from you is to enter their CheckOut email and password. You are charged from 1.9 to 2.9 per cent plus $0.30 for every transaction. You need to get your own site and hosting. The features Here are some of the features: 1. Processes recurring charges or subscriptions 2. Tracks AdWords conversion via the 'buy now' button 3. Analytics can be added 4. Can be integrated with the free Google Checkout shopping cart