osCommerce

Another shopping cart application provided by Fantastico De Luxe is osCommerce where os stands for open source. It is a fully featured e-commerce software solution for any business since it can work with shippable items as well as downloadable products. It is perfect for our servers since it is PHP-based and requires a MySQL database to function.

osCommerce provides numerous professional features in the user-friendly web interface for administrators and customers alike. The back-end allows unlimited products to be offered on your online store organized in unlimited categories and subcategories. You have an option for out-of-stock products to be displayed as well and made available for purchase. There are detailed statistics for products, customers, static and dynamic banners, etc. The elaborate software allows invoice and packing lists to be printed directly off the order page. osCommerce supports multiple currencies with an option for automatic currency exchange rate update. On the front-end there is a convenient quick search along with an advanced search tools. Customers may register and maintain accounts with order history and an address book for multiple shipping and billing addresses along with the option for checking order status. They can subscribe to products and receive newsletters with related information. The shopping cart provides numerous online and offline payment methods, various shipping options and flexible taxation. The template structure allows easy layout changes and integration into existing websites.

This excellent shopping cart application is available for free with any shared cPanel hosting account as well as Dedicated Servers and Virtual Private Servers with cPanel control panel installed where you can simply use the free scripts installer to set it up for you with just a few clicks.