Top 5 Shopping Carts

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Technology has truly made life easier for us to handle. When mobile phones first came out, not everyone could own a one since a unit is truly expensive that only those who

are wealthy can acquire it. Today, mobile phones have become so affordable that even little kids are give their own unit.

Another advancement that technology has developed is online shopping. This enables us to purchase various products through the Internet. Moreover, many e-Commerce plans have been established to provide different shopping cart programs to people who prefer online shopping. With the use of the shopping cart software, shopping on the Internet would be more convenient.

According to Internet reviews, there are certain shopping carts which stood out. These are the programs that have impressed countless online shoppers and earned a reputation.
Here are the top five shopping carts and their highlights:

1. Volusion

Volusion is a program that has existed for more than a decade already. Perhaps the best feature that captivated a lot of users is its excellent customer services. With a lot of great features matched with remarkable customer service, users are guaranteed to be successful once they use this software to start or expand their online business.

Volusion provides administrators of online shops user-friendly manuals in managing the software. The manual is written in simple, everyday language devoid of any technical jargon to make management of Volusion a whole lot easier.

To ensure that your customer's personal details, such as credit card information, are secured, Volusion installed a high level of security to ensure all users that their accounts are fully protected.

Having impressed a lot of customers, Volusion won first place in the TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award. ^[1]

2. BigCommerce

BigCommerce is another system that has made a lot of people happy with their online transactions. The best highlight regarding this program is its suitability to companies who
are still starting to emerge.

The features of BigCommerce are uncomplicated, and navigating the program is convenient that beginners won’t have any problems when using it. Moreover, you won’t need the features of those expensive programs to be successful when using BigCommerce. With its high quality social media integration, anyone including starters can be satisfied with the program. ^[2]

BigCommerce also guarantees the users that their accounts are highly secured.

3. Magento

Magento is an open source e-Commerce platform which became well-known due to the program’s capabilities to remove obstacles that can take place in online business transactions. This is one reason why more and more people who choose to transact online choose this program.

Another factor that made Magento a popular system is due to its rapid evolvement. It's continuous enhancement of features have been really appreciated by a lot of business owners. Magento, in fact, has been downloaded more than 600,000 already. ^[3]

This is also the perfect platform to use for someone who has excellent programming skills. Magento is a theme-based structure which indicates that the user can customize his or her own page to make customers comfortable while viewing the site.

One of the best highlights about Magento is that you don’t have to use a computer to gain access to it. If you have an iPhone or a mobile phone that has an Android operating system, logging in to this program is attainable, hence, giving the users wide accessibility to the system. ^[4]

4. Zen Cart

If you have a limited budget and you want to download a platform including its new versions for free, Zen Cart is the perfect choice for you.

Zen Cart is a branch of osCommerce. They may have similar factors, but some modifications including more features have been implemented in Zen Cart. ^[5]

Zen Cart is another convenient open source program that can be downloaded without any hassles and charges during the installation process. What makes it unique to other systems is that it allows multiple languages which are beneficial to those shoppers who do not use English as their first language. It also provides different payment methods. Whether the customer wants to use a credit card or a merchant account like PayPal is not an issue. ^[6]

Zen Cart program even accepts foreign currencies during payment transactions. Regarding its protection from hackers, it is known to be SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certified which guarantees high level of security to all accounts. ^[7]

5. Shopify

Shopify is a program that enables digital shops on the Internet. In fact, it has as many as 16,000 retailers including Tesla Motors and the popular game Angry Birds. ^[8]

If you want to customize your own site but only acquired the basic designing skills, Shopify is for you. This program contains tons of templates for you to utilize if you want to
personalize your own site, hence, making it a perfect place for beginners.

A unique feature about Shopify is that it provides different tabs to categorize customers. You can classify your customers according to those who purchase a lot of your products or you can categorize them by location or also according to customers who haven’t bought an item in your store for awhile. Other tabs include blogs and pages, marketing, the product tab, and the navigating tab. Each tab has its own function. ^[9]

Shopify is also SSL-certified indicating a high security level to all user’s accounts. Unlike other platforms that charge their customers per bandwidth use, Shopify charges its customers on a per-transaction approach.

With the astounding features that these shopping carts have, it isn’t a wonder  why they maintained their popularity across the world. Through shopping cart systems, it is unnecessary to travel to a department store and spend money on gas. Shopping carts have proven to make the quality of life easier than before.

References:
1. An in-depth review on Volusion software - http://shopping-cart-review.toptenreviews.com/volusion-review.html

2. An in-depth review on BigCommerce software - http://shopping-cart-review.toptenreviews.com/bigcommerce-review.html

3. Magento features including video presentation -http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/925-The-PeC-Review-Magento-Is-the-Open-Source-Powerhouse-

4. Compatibility of Magento to iPhone and Android O.S -http://www.magentocommerce.com/blog/magento-announces-apple-ipad-and-android-support-for-magento-mobile/

5. Zen Cart Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_Cart

6. An in-depth review of Zen Cart software -http://www.bestshoppingcartreviews.com/content/zen-cart-shopping-cart-review.html

7. Information regarding SSL certificates - http://www.bestsslcertificates.com/

8. Shopify Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopify

9. An in-depth review of Shopify software - http://ecommerce-software-review.toptenreviews.com/shopify-review.html