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How to choose e-commerce Software?

The term of E-commerce or electronic commerce consists primarily of the buying, selling, distributing, marketing and servicing of services or products over electronic system such as the Internet or other computer networks.

The activities that involves in an electronic business application are:

  • electronic funds transfer
  • e-marketing
  • online marketing
  • online transaction processing
  • supply chain management
  • electronic data interchange (EDI)
  • and automated data collection systems
  • automated inventory management systems

E-commerce software usually provides a means of capturing a client’s credit card information. Most of the software however rely the combination of software module of the secure gateway provider with the secure payment gateway, in order to conduct secure credit card transactions online.

What it should have as e-commerce software

It is important to know when selecting your shopping cart what features you need. All the shopping carts below feature the following:

  • Product management
  • Customer management
  • Order receipt emails
  • Variety of payment and shipping modules
  • Ability to use SSL secure layers for ordering process

However the shopping carts vary when it comes to:

  • Time it takes to modify the cart to look like a current web design
  • Ability to import/export from Excel spreadsheet
  • WYSIWYG ability to modify product descriptions using different fonts, colors, etc.
  • Wholesale/Reseller Pricing

Which e-Commerce Software Should I use?

There are so many e-commerce software or sometimes called as shopping carts system out there, thus it is hard to know which one to use for your web site. At OpenSoftReview.com; we are concern about open source software. The next articles will discuss available open source software with their advantages and disadvantages:

Magento - Open Source E-Commerce Evolved

Magento is a new open source ecommerce platform that aims to handle all aspects of building and maintaining an ecommerce site including shopping carts, shipping, product reviews, and much more.

Oscommerce - the first Open Source E-Commerce Shopping Cart Software

osCommerce is a free, open source online shop software. By default, the installation already includes many functions or features that can be easily enable and configure.

CRE Loaded

CRE Loaded is like Oscommerce but with many more contributions installed. Some of the nice contributions it has are Easy Populate which lets you populate your database from an Excel file, coupon codes, administrator access levels, template system, and an affiliate manager.

Zen Cart - The art of e-commerce software

ZenCart is a famous open source shopping cart management system. It has been developed for everyone who wants powerful eCommerce solution with user-friendly for a e-commerce software.

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Pet Store OsCommerce Template


Pet Store OsCommerce Template

Own a online Pet Store using OsCommerce?

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OsCommerce Template for Footwear Shop


OsCommerce Template for Footwear Shop

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xWay Template OsCommerce Template


xWay Template OsCommerce Template

Need to a snapshot and some description with a same spacing and width? I believe you may like this oscommerce template. Suitable for any shop

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OsCommerce Template for Jewelry Shop


OsCommerce Template for Jewelry Shop

Own a jewelry online shop and using OsCommerce?  This one maybe suitable for your oscommerce template for jewelry shop.

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OsCommerce Template for Clothes Shop


OsCommerce Template for Clothes Shop

This template is uniquely design oscommerce template for clothes and fashion shop.

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CRE Loaded


CRE Loaded is like Oscommerce but with many more contributions installed. Some of the nice contributions it has are Easy Populate which lets you populate your database from an Excel file, coupon codes, administrator access levels, template system, and an affiliate manager. CRE Loaded also has one of the Oscommerce templating systems installed which allows [...]

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