Can anyone reccomend me an open source, php shopping cart

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freelancer

• Oct 22, 2007

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Hi, I'm after a super-lightweight, secure, and easy to integrate PHP shopping cart. I dont need it to do anything other than take orders, have its own cart (which is displayed somewhere) and send orders + details to an email address. Paypal integration is a must.

It had ajax, that would be brill...

Does anyone know of any decent ones?

Thanks,

Ben

 

RedEvo

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• Oct 22, 2007

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The Joomla CMS with the VirtuMart plug in is very popular.

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GWFS

• Oct 22, 2007

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osCommerce is pretty good, although I had strange problems with the paypal module... but would do everything you require....

 

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ianh

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• Oct 23, 2007

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For scripts you run on your server you could also check out Magento and Opencart. Both are decent although not as established as say OSCommerce, Zencart etc.

If you really want super-lightweight an alternative would be to plugin a hosted shopping cart system like e-junkie or fatfreecart. Apologies for no links - I don't have sufficient posts yet...

 

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safesys

• Oct 23, 2007

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I use PHPcart and although it's not free (it cost me about £20 if I remember correctly) it's dead easy to integrate and has all the gateway modules you can think of!

Cheers

Chris

 

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Page

• Oct 23, 2007

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Some of the commercial ones will have you up and running quicker for not much money.

It just depends how you price your time.

 

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• Oct 23, 2007

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RedEvo said:

The Joomla CMS with the VirtuMart plug in is very popular.

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I second that

 

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monami

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• Nov 2, 2007

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freelancer said:

Hi, I'm after a super-lightweight, secure, and easy to integrate PHP shopping cart. I dont need it to do anything other than take orders, have its own cart (which is displayed somewhere) and send orders + details to an email address. Paypal integration is a must.

It had ajax, that would be brill...

Does anyone know of any decent ones?

Thanks,

Ben

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I suggest you look at Qualiteam products, QT is a company of shopping carts: X-Cart (more popular) and LiteCommerce.

Both are opensource and php/mysql. Not sure about ajax. Good thing about QT is that they keep on addding new features to both carts.

LiteCommerce is more cost-effective, because base package is just 95 dollars,and if you want more features - you can add modules above ($15-30 each). But many modules come for free as well.

With X-Cart the best thing is that you can translate full interface into multiple languages. And X-Cart has about hundred supported gateways (PayPal of course) and UPS/USPS/FedEx full support.

But LiteCommerce has the major feature too - PayPal, GoogleCheckout, Authorize.Net, 2Checkout and dozen other. UPS and USPS (just no fedex yet). and the LC trump is design - can be changed in Dreamweaver or Frontpage or GoLive! Flexibility is about LiteCommerce.

You can compare these carts yourself, on litecommerce website there is comparison chart.

BTW, why I prefer to work with QT - their supporters are available 24/7. time-effectiveness is important in ecommerce, you know.

 

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freelancer

• Nov 2, 2007

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thanks for the help

 

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el dude

• Nov 3, 2007

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I think Creloaded is about the best one in my opinion. creloaded.com

 

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www.kultureshock.co.uk

• Nov 3, 2007

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Everyone has their favourites. What is best for you may not match what is best for them. How many products do you plan to sell, how many different categories and how often will you be updating your products?

Personnaly I use Litecommerce and love it. It can be a bit fussy on where it is hosted and if you do get it, I would strongly recommend paying the extrA $50 to get them to install it.

 

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tommy

• Nov 3, 2007

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I have used www.ecommercetemplates.co.uk (£75) but has everything

1. 10 different payment gateways integrated (paypal, google, nochex(boo hiss), world pay, protx and barclays available )
2. Fedex, UPS tracking system.
3. Loads of custom modules can be added
4. Ajax also available.
5. PHP or ASP

 

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• Nov 10, 2007

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Hi there,

My two cents:
I believe litecommerce from qualiteam will be near the best solution for small-medium ecommerce project. There are numerous addons available. Programming architecture is real masterpiece. Finally, it is very cost-effective software.

Also I recommend to have a look at magento if you have development skills and do not require vendor's support.


I hope this helps
Melkor

 

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• Nov 19, 2007

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freelancer said:

Hi, I'm after a super-lightweight, secure, and easy to integrate PHP shopping cart. I dont need it to do anything other than take orders, have its own cart (which is displayed somewhere) and send orders + details to an email address. Paypal integration is a must.

It had ajax, that would be brill...

Does anyone know of any decent ones?

Thanks,

Ben

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Getting back to your original request, freelancer:

PrestaShop is "super-lightweight" (less that 2 MB), open-source PHP software complete with a shopping cart and automated e-mails sent upon purchase and for each status change (e.g., "awaiting payment," "preparation," "en route," etc.).

It comes with the Paypal module included.

Ajax is possible, if you're willing to code it in there. The Installer is written in Ajax, does that count?

Oh, and it's free.

 

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freelancer

• Nov 19, 2007

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Thanks, I'll take a look at that

 

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