What shopping cart service do most sites use?

I know someone looking into making an online store and needs some kind of easy to use service. I see a bunch from a Google search but I am wondering if anyone has experience with this sort of thing.

 

[RossMAN]

Budget?

 

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Budget?

Budget, but not ultra-cheap. Got to be reliable and trustworthy.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

I code my own.

maybe yahoo storefront, would be a better option for you though

 

[RossMAN]

Two free shopping carts are osCommerce.com and CubeCart.

I would personally go for Zen Cart or X Cart.

HealthyHarvest.com is run by an AT'er, looks great and is very functional.

 

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Two free shopping carts are osCommerce.com and CubeCart.

I would personally go for Zen Cart or X Cart.

HealthyHarvest.com is run by an AT'er, looks great and is very functional.

Thank you as always. You are legendary, sir.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: dwell

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Two free shopping carts are osCommerce.com and CubeCart.

I would personally go for Zen Cart or X Cart.

HealthyHarvest.com is run by an AT'er, looks great and is very functional.

Thank you as always. You are legendary, sir.

As are you sir, thank you

 

Ok, stupid question because I don't do many shopping sites. Does the cart just manage a shopping cart or does it access a payment authorization house too?

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: dwell
Ok, stupid question because I don't do many shopping sites. Does the cart just manage a shopping cart or does it access a payment authorization house too?

Only shopping cart, you need to get a third party solution like a merchant account.

Also don't forget you need a static IP, an SSL Certificate and of course reliable/secure web hosting.

 

Ok, cool. Thanks. Time to start learning this stuff.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: dwell
Ok, cool. Thanks. Time to start learning this stuff.

WHT's e-Commerce Discussion is a good start.

 

[RossMAN]

Read my first post including links to those other threads.

 

[DeviousTrap]

I'd suggest OsCommerce for a shopping cart. It intergrates well serveral payment systems. Its a very powerful script, don't be deceived by the fact that it is free

I have had some experience with x-cart on a customers site, and let me just say that its one hell of a thing to customize , from what I know about you, you know you're way around php.

Like Ross said you will need hosting, and a IP address (expect somewhere need $2 a month) and a ssl cert. I'll leave the hosting recommendations to Ross, but I suggest a $49 quickssl at ev1servers.net. Its generated instantly and is extremely easy for the host to install, compared to those cheap chained certs.

 

Ross & Trap, tnx You guys always have the info I need on this stuff!

 

[atom]

I've seen a TON of sites pop up in the past year that have used OSCommerce. I've played with it a bit, it's incredibly easy to get up and running. Being free doesn't hurt either.

I still think yahoo! merchant accounts are the best way for non tech-savy people to get an e-commerce site up and running.