Thread: What is the easier way to develop an online shopping website?

Thank you guys. I have tried the Wordpress e-commerce plugin; it seems the best among all the open source solutions, at least to me :-) easy to use, and works for both digital and non-digital products. __________________ Free Line... Computer is slow | Best website hosting | Check my Internet speed | PPC search Free Line...

using zencart True zen cart has not been updated for a long time. If you like it and don't want to wait for the overdue next version, you might want to have a look at ZenMagick ( ZenMagick - Zen Cart the easy way ). ZenMagick is a replacement for the zen cart storefront. It's object oriented, MVC based and has a much cleaner and simpler templating structure. mano

Zen Cart hasn't been updated since December 2007. It is not user friendly in the backend either. I recommend against that BIG time. You can use your own template with it. I have done it before.

Oscommerce is not a bad choice either, fair enough its not the best but with a good theme it's not that bad!

Prestashop is becoming a great shopping cart. The backend features are awesome and it gives more flexibility. The only problem is non availabilty of good themes for it.

Personally speaking, I'd go with one of the many alternatives out there before I'd custom-code something. It sounds like your requirements are pretty basic, so I don't anticipate you having much of an issue with pre-existing open source software (or even a paid solution). Which brings me to the question, are you looking to go open source or paid?

I'd go with something already developed like magento or oscommerce, instead of wasting time developing another shoppin cart software.

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There goes Alan Solutions , lol. Here are some of the best open source shopping carts: PrestaShop Free Open-Source e-Commerce Software for Web 2.0 OpenCart - Open Source Shopping Cart Magento - Home - eCommerce Software for Growth CubeCart - Free & Commercial Online Shopping Cart Solutions AgoraCart Shopping Cart ecommerce shopping cart software by Zen Cart ecommerce solution osCommerce, Open Source Online Shop E-Commerce Solutions...