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Question: I need user friendly shopping cart software for items that would be shipped & i am not a programmer. any help?

(Posted by: SK on 2008-02-29 20:45:12)

The shopping cart will be linked to a website for a physical store - both of which are already in place. I'm not a programmer, but not a dummy either. Does anyone have suggestions? Something that will work with paypal, usps, UPS. Do any of the administrative ends of these help manage inventory? Also, I am concerned about security and bugs in whatever software I use (again, I'm not a programmer so wouldn't know how to code my way out of any of that). It doesn't have to be free, but inexpensive would be good. Thought about eBay and Yahoo shopping, but the costs are prohibitive there for just starting out. It can be PHP or CGI. I've read a lot on here about OScommerce & ZenCart, but both also have responses saying that they would be difficult to use for the non- programming type. Please share whatever insight you might have. This is new for me and I'm grateful for any gems I can get. Hosting recommendations are appreciated too. Thanks!

Posted by: gary b on 2008-03-01, 02:11:21

OsCommerce is not difficult to use - the admin section is laid out quite OK, and there is a "sexy admin " contribution that is free of charge which makes it even easier. It's difficult to make a store look really fantastic - but there are some really great exceptional looking oscommerce sites out there. My suggestion is for you to install osCommerce and have a play with it, it is free after all, so the only cost is your time. If you are happy with it, then stick with it, and maybe either learn how to make it look nice or buy a template (there are loads of decent ones available). You can see some really exceptional osCommerce sites at clubosc.com/ hot100/ which will give you an idea of just what is possible. Cheers, Gary

Posted by: Rev on 2008-02-29, 23:59:49

Check this out qsc.hosted4.us , it's exactly what you need. It has the shopping cart, payment processing, and shipping management all built-in. It's extremely easy to customize, it's all point and click and they have 24hr support if you get stuck. It comes with hosting so you can just move your existing sites over and they don't charge commissions on sales which most payment processors do. You also mentioned security, they have Intrusion detection systems and 24hr security staff on-site. I set one of these sites up in two hours, it's amazing. It also came with Adsense credit to market your site with.

Posted by: d0nchuy on 2008-03-01, 14:24:35

I recommend BlingCart, It is a PHP shopping cart software that is completely customizable with a WYSIWYG interface. This is a new software that just recently got released. You should check it out at:blingcart.com I'm personally a webmaster and have used this software to make some popular ecommerce sites. You can contact the owner of blingcart at webmaster@blingcart.com, Tell them Steve sent you and he will give you a good discount. ;)