WordPress
WordPress is the most popular CMS today, so it predictably has a large number of shopping cart modules available. Options are available to fit almost any need. Some of the modules to look out for are ShopperPress, FatFreeCart, and WordPress e-Commerce. Of these, the latter is easily the most featureful; the rest are recommended for small to medium sized businesses.
PrestaShop
PrestaShop is another free and open-source shopping cart that is designed to benefit businesses that operate on a moderate scale. Its code is sparse, clean, and flexible. PrestaShop was designed in France but it is also well-documented in English. PrestaShop’s business model is based around their web-store for themes and modules, PrestaStore.
AspDotNetStorefront
AspDotNetStorefront is a feature-rich shopping cart that’s easy to manipulate for both merchants and customers. It has a wide selection of add-ons and a large active community, making it easy for newcomers to learn how to set up and manage their on-line store.
CRE Loaded
CRE Loaded Cart is unique in that it will set up your store-front to be completely compatible with Payment Card Industry security standards without any modification on your part. The rest of its features are typical to what can be found in other cart systems.
X-Cart
X-Cart is built on PHP Smarty templates, which makes it particularly flexible and easy to modify. The database is built on MYSQL, which should be convenient for most web developers. Setup is configured with a wizard, so merchants don’t need to be developers just to get their stores up and running.
Digistore
Digistore is based on the osCommerce platform, and like its progenitor, Digistore features support for several currencies, printable invoices, and painless backup functionality. Digistore also provides a number of administrative features not found in osCommerce, making it overall a more robust platform, suitable for web-stores that are larger in scale.
Cube Cart
Cube Cart is another shopping cart built on PHP and MYSQL, which means it should be usable to anyone with a modicum of web development experience. Cube Cart also boasts a painless set-up process, though, so it doesn’t require any coding ability just to access its basic functionality.
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