Comments on: 8 Free Open Source Shopping Carts

By: williamreaser

williamreaser — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:59:01 +0000

I am building a new site and would like to add a catalog and shopping cart. Suggestions?

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:08:43 +0000

Magento – Too slow in Shared Hosting environment, and a bit hard to implement without “studying” a lot.
OpenCart definitely has a really nice interface (admin)
PrestaShop is as good as OpenCart except for the admin interface.
ZenCart and OsCommerce are from the SAME root and are TOO OLD in terms of technology, interface, and the whole.
I have no comment on other carts as I never develop carts using them.

By: Haydie

Haydie — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:58:32 +0000

You forgot about nopCommerce (http://www.nopcommerce.com)

By: Leon

Leon — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:30:30 +0000

Opencart with an easy-to-use administrator panel where all the orders can be viewed, products can be defined, etc. And, a very nice feature OpenCart offers is the “coupons” where discounts can be set on a “per product” basis.

I have found OpenCart to be simple yet a powerful solution, and my clients love how easy it is to use. There are good support on these forums too which is great.

By: web_webster

web_webster — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:37:37 +0000

Yes, I try opencart, it work great! simple, easy and powerful!

By: GRURU

GRURU — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:35:59 +0000

I would like to say that OpenCart is definitely the greatest shopping cart available out there. I’ve benn through some others and spent a lot of time and none of the others worked at the end.

By: sudee_85

sudee_85 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:20:29 +0000

Very Nice List. With availablity of so many Open source Shopping carts .. Paid ones are getting a hard time:)… Anyway.. I feel that Oscommerce should be a Bit Higher in the List.. Though I Agree that its for more Advanced Users.
sudee_85

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:32:38 +0000

Erin: Maybe Magento was slow because it was January. Maybe it has thawed off and is usable now.

thanks for the list, btw

By: Lesya

Lesya — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:19:11 +0000

All shopping carts listed are very competitive. It depends on the peculiarities of your business which one is better for you.

If you decide to go let’s say with Zen Cart you can easily switch to this e-commerce platform with cart2cart web service. It automates data transfer fm your shopping cart to Zen Cart (www.shopping-cart-migration.com)

By: lapubell

lapubell — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:19:51 +0000

every web developer will love FoxyCart. Totally open ended, really easy to implement, and you can style it however you want! no tables, no divs, just place the tags how you want them. makes it super easy to implement a cart on a site that has a very specific look and feel.