Getting A Good Internet Shopping Cart Software

In these modern times, almost everything is online: online soccer matches; online

combat games; online shopping and even online virtual life where one can get to 'live' and buy virtual property. We are increasingly doing everything from the comfort of our homes and like the ingrates we are, this vast amount of efficiency has us yearning for more.

We do not only want to pay for goods and receive them without ever leaving the house, but we want the process to involve as few clicks of the mouse as possible. It is thus common to hear customers complaining that a shopping process is 'involving' or 'tedious'. A shopping cart should thus be as straight forward to the end-user as possible and also incorporate a good deal of features: it ought to be secure and 'featuriffic'.

Whatever features your shopping cart of choice has, you can choose from a number of options available. These include hosted service and licensed software solutions.

Licensed Software Solutions

This option provides for downloadable software which is then installed on your server, from where you can do the setup. Within this solution, you can get open-source shopping carts which are free. The good thing about licensed shopping carts is that the source code is usually provided with the product.

This means that you can personalize the cart to your exact specifications and to suit your site. Payment for the shopping cart is usually a one-off transaction where a fee is paid to download the software. After the buy, the shopping cart can then be installed on any server you wish.

Hosted Service Solution

A hosted service, like the name suggests, is provided by a third party company online. All you have to do is to pay a subscription fee, either monthly or annually, and you get to use the shopping cart. No software downloads are done on your part and your sales traffic is just ported through the hosting company's servers which process the transaction.

The shopper, however, is never aware of the background mechanisms in such an arrangement. When compared to licensed software, the customization of a hosted service is very limited, providing a short range of templates for the client to use to add a custom feel to the cart. The good thing about hosted services is the fact that all maintenance is done by the hosting company and thus it is a hustle free service for you in that aspect.

Whatever option you choose, the shopping cart should have the fundamentals such as support for major cards and services such as PayPal. In addition, the shopping cart should guarantee the security of the shopper by complying with the PCI security standards. Whatever may happen as a result of your non-compliance to these standards make you liable for any misfortune that befalls your client as a result of using the shopping cart.

by: Sammy Kirkland

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