This is a DEMO of Zen Cart™ the excellent E-Commerce Online Store.
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This is demonstration store only. No products can be ordered, nor will any be sent or charged for. The default product setup of Zen Cart is installed for comparison purposes. Some of the menu items and a number of features have been 'switched off' in admin. Please note: as the store is used for demonstrating the powerful potential of Zen Cart, there may be occassions when not all features function correctly.
We are pleased to quote for custom designs. Use the 'Contact Us' link in the 'Information' box on the left.
Using Os Commerce / Zen Cart E-Commerce Solutions allows:
- Search Engine Friendly URL's
- Consulting and Setup with Merchant Providers (Ways to Accept Major credit cards online including PayPal)
- Customer Accounts
- Many Ways to Accept Payment Including Credit Cards, Online Checks, PayPal, etc.
- Customer Address Books for other Shipping Destinations
- Order History
- Temporary and Permanent Shopping Carts
- Search Catalog for Products or Manufacturers
- Product Reviews by Customers
- E-mail Notifications
- Foreseen Checkout Procedure
- Secure Transactions with SSL
- Number of Products in each Category are shown
- Bestseller Lists
- Display what other Customers have Purchased
Administrative Functionality of Os Commerce / Zen Cart include:
- User Friendly Design
- Add/Edit/Remove Categories, Products, Manufacturers, Customers, and Reviews
- Categories-to-Categories Structure
- Statistics for Products and Customers
- Dynamic Product Attributes
- Tax Zones, Classes, and Rates
- Configuration Parameters in Database for Remote Editing
- Admin Module can be Installed on another Server
- Payment and Shipping Modules
- Connection to oanda.com's for Currency Exchange Rate
- Edit Product display - on/off and order
- Store Backup Tool
- Add/Edit/Remove Admin Accounts and Assign Privileges
Os Commerce utilizes the speed and functionality of PHP and MySQL. The use of Os Commerce is growing rapidly, and since it is a true open source software there are countless modules available to add to your site - everything from new ways to display your products to complex shipping charge calculators for your site.
Zen Cart is the preferred method for E-Commerce solutions since it provides the best results. Zen Cart is easier to use and implement.
Valuemart is a Component which can be easily integrated into the Joomla Content Management System (The Open Source Software THIS Website is build on.)
E-Commerce Solutions using OsCommerce or Zen Cart start at R 999.00.
*client pays for hosting (~R 480.00 per year,depending on the Hosting Plan taken out.)
E-Commerce Studies
"U.S. consumers spent $748 million on online content during the first half of 2003, representing a 23 percent increase over the same period in 2002."
--Publishers Association
"Projected to reach an estimated 63 million U.S. households by 2008, online buying is moving increasingly toward the mainstream. The typical web buyer has been purchasing online for about three years, spending about $300 online in the past three months, from household income of more than $70,000 per year."
--Forrester Research
