When you have an online business where you offer products it is vital that you have a shopping cart program. While so many of these programs are very pricey it is nice to know that you can find many free options. Some hosting that you purchase may come with a shopping cart that you implement right from your control panel. It’s good to investigate whether these free shopping carts offer what you need for your business.
Keep in mind that shopping cart software of any kind does not typically include your payment gateway or your merchant account. So, you still need to be shopping around for the other things to make your web site all that it needs to be.
One free shopping cart that you may find from some of the best web hosts (BlueHost, LunarPages, HostMonster) is in the cPanel that they use for their customer’s control panel. Two options are available. Agora and OS Commerce. Agora is a great program, especially if you know something about html. If you want a less complicated and user friendly shopping cart you can use OS Commerce.
cPanel is not limited to Agora or OS Commerce. It is also compatible with other free shopping carts such as: Zen Cart, eMartCart, AmazaCart, CubeCart, Ubercart, StoreSprite, and Precision Cart. Keep in mind that from the cPanel you can use these but you are not limited to the features that you see right up front. If you upgrade your account and pay a little more you get more features that further customize your shopping cart for your specific business needs.
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