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Shopping Cart Software Program
In the late 90s when the dot.coms boom was at its heights, many companies
created and distributed shopping cart software or no charge, in a bid to get a
share of the e-commerce market share. It succeeded in kick starting online sales
in a new and untouched market but eventually failed for a variety of reasons.
Foremost among them was the lack of a reliable client technical support,
followed by lack of revenue, which in turn led to lack of proper support. As a
result, users of the software were left stranded without proper support. With
e-commerce on the ascent, shopping cart software programs were developed.
Shopping cart software programs are available in both paid and free
versions in the market. It is but natural that one should avoid the paid
programs when they can be had for free.
Free shopping cart software programs have been developed using
several languages.
- ASP shopping carts
-Java script e-commerce carts
- Java shopping cart script
- CGI or common gateway interface carts
- PHP shopping carts
In most cases, downloading a free shopping cart software program means
you also get the source code. With programming experience in any of the
languages mentioned above, you shouldn’t have much of a problem fixing bugs and
maybe even troubleshooting. However, if you don’t have programming experience or
a staff capable of supporting the software, you’d best go for an ASP
(Application Service Provider) e-commerce provider. ASP providers are usually
capable of taking care of all your e-commerce requirements for your site, like
hosting, technical support, free upgrades and a host of other advantages.
Should you decide to settle for a free shopping
cart software program, be certain that it really is free of cost and not
just a 30-day risk-free trial offer. After all, nothing really comes for free.
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