A Debate, An Explanation And A List

A Debate, An
Explanation
And A List
Licensed carts and hosted carts have their supporters, and we’ve
asked an eloquent proponent of each to make his case. You’ll read
this “debate” on pages 10 and 11, from (a) Massimo Arrigoni, the
co-founder and CEO of Early Impact, which produces Product
Cart, a licensed cart, and (b) Michael Valiant, a product management and marketing specialist for 1ShoppingCart, a hosted cart.
Our readers frequently ask us which Arranging a list of what we believe to be 100 notable shopping
shopping cart is best for their company. They’ll describe carts is tricky. It’s tricky because not every shopping cart provider is
their business to us, products they sell, where they ship forthcoming on the number of its installed users. And it’s also tricky
merchandise and so forth. Then they’ll ask us which cart to use.
because we’ve chosen a few key variables to compare each cart. These
We love visiting with our readers on most any subject. But, we’d
may be the wrong variables for some, but we’ve done our best. And
like for these readers to decide for themselves. That is, we’d prefer pro- not everyone, of course, will agree with our list of notable carts.
viding them with the impartial information they need and they can
We explain other aspects of our list on pages 12 and 13, at
then pick from, say, a list. That’s our mission, after all. To borrow from “The Shopping Cart Evolution.” The list itself appears on pages 14
Fox News, when it comes to shopping carts, “We report, you decide.”
through 17.
But there are more than 300 different shopping cart providers.
Finally, know that this is our first attempt at assembling an
There may be more than 400. Leading up to this annual shopping organized list of shopping carts. Next year, we hope to include
cart edition, we had safely identified 328 of them. And then, near
every cart, not just the most notable, and we’d welcome whatever
our press deadline, a new shopping cart owner posted a comment
comments you have to help us complete that task, via shoppingon our forum. He said his new cart works well with MySpace and
carts@practicalecommerce.com.
- Pat Callahan
other social networking sites. So we now know of 329 carts.
To pick a shopping cart, a business owner must first decide whether
he wants to purchase it or rent it. That is, he can actually purchase the
in t his issue
software and install it on a web server and the software is his to keep.
It’s called a licensed shopping cart, and it’s sort of like purchasing, say,
a copy of Microsoft Word. Alternatively, the business owner can pay
10Licensed Carts: Consider “Flexibility, Portability And Cost”
monthly fees to use shopping cart software that’s already installed on
11 Hosted Carts: “Perfect For Most Entreprenuers”
a web server. This is called a hosted shopping cart. He or she is free to
12The Shopping Cart Evolution
leave the arrangement whenever they wish, and they are not out the
14 100 Notable Shopping Carts
expense of purchasing it to begin with.
Comparing shopping carts
necessary, but not so easy
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Licensed Carts:
Consider “Flexibility,
Portability And Cost”
ProductCart CEO Explains Why
ProductCart is a licensed shopping cart used by thousands of ecommerce
merchants. We asked its CEO, Massimo Arrigoni, whether licensed shopping-cart
software is better for smaller businesses than hosted cart solutions.
PeC Why should an ecommerce business
consider a licensed shopping cart, versus a
hosted cart?
Arrigoni Flexibility, portability and
cost. In many cases a licensed shopping
cart allows you to modify the system to
better meet your needs, which gives you
tremendous flexibility. Flexibility not only
to alter an existing feature to address a
specific scenario, but also to add new
functionality over time or integrate thirdparty solutions as your business grows.
A licensed shopping cart is also portable
You choose where to host it and can bring
it with you if you change your web hosting
company. On the cost side, a shopping cart
is normally a medium-term investment (at
least two to three years using the same
solution). Multiply the monthly fee of a
hosted solution times 24 or 36 and the
cost of a licensed cart very often represents a much cheaper alternative, although
the start-up cost is higher.
PeC Critics say licensed carts are difficult
for small-business owners to implement,
and, when coupled with hosting fees, SSL
fees and other charges, can actually be more
expensive. Is this true?
Arrigoni I disagree. Do you build and
maintain your own website? Then you
most definitely have the skills to install
a licensed cart and nicely integrate it
with your website. Do you instead use a
web designer to build and maintain your
website? Then they are the ones that can
easily help you add a shopping cart to it.
In other words, nothing changes from your
current approach to using the Internet for
your business. As for the other charges, a
10 dedicated SSL certificate is a cost that you
will incur even if you are using a hosted
shopping cart (I don’t consider a shared
certificate a good way to go, for a variety
of reasons), and the cost has come down
dramatically to under $100 per year for
many certificates. Hosting fees are already
being paid, as typically the company
already has a website. It is true that if
the ecommerce store becomes more
successful over time, an upgrade of the
hosting environment might be needed (e.g.
a switch to a dedicated server), but that is
always a good problem to have!
PeC How much does ProductCart cost?
Price ranges?
Arrigoni A standard license costs $695
and includes hundreds of features that
make it one of the best solutions out there.
There are no limits in terms of products,
sales, etc., unlike many hosted shopping
carts. The price can go up to around
$2,600 for a version of the software that
contains a complex product configurator
with conflict management capability (e.g.
to handle the sale of a custom computer
where the configurator knows which selections are incompatible and dynamically
informs the visitor). The standard version
is fine for the vast majority of ecommerce
stores. Comparable hosted solutions typically run for $100/month or more. Do the
math and the cost savings are substantial,
on top of the incredible flexibility of having
full access to the source code.
PeC By Practical eCommerce’s count,
there are more than 300 hosted and
licensed carts available. How can a smaller
business know which of these is the best fit?
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Arrigoni I used to say “Write down the
features that are most important for you,
then see which shopping carts represent the
best fit …” Well, that’s not possible anymore
with so many solutions
available, as you pointed
out, it would take forever.
So, I recommend a completely different strategy.
Let’s focus on companies
that are keeping their
systems updated with
the latest technology as
a way to filter out older
or less sophisticated
systems. For example,
take the carts that
have been integrated
with Google Checkout
regardless of whether or
not you plan to use that
payment system. What
matters is that you’ve
now narrowed down the
list to about 30 shopping
Arrigoni
carts that have been
actively updated over
the last 12 months or so
to support Google Checkout. Of those, some
will be hosted and some licensed, so you can
quickly narrow down the list even further.
When you are down to about 10 carts or so,
then you can start looking at features, demo
stores, live stores, etc.
PeC Other thoughts on hosted or
licensed carts?
Arrigoni Do you see your ecommerce
business as something that will evolve and
grow over time? If so, a licensed shopping
cart that gives you access to the software’s
source code definitely gives you more control
over the future of your online store.
– PeC Staff
Hosted Carts
“Perfect For Most
Entreprenuers”
1ShoppingCart officer lists overall benefits
1ShoppingCart is a hosted shopping cart with thousands of small business using right from the get-go will prove to be
customers. Michael Valiant, 1ShoppingCart’s product management and market- an extremely valuable asset for your small
business.
ing specialist, offers his views on hosted cart solutions.
Why should an ecommerce business
consider a hosted shopping cart, versus
purchasing a one-time cart license?
PeC
Valiant A hosted solution ensures
quick implementation and turn around,
inclusive security, 24/7 monitoring, no
investment in infrastructure, full and
continued support, regular automatic and
free software upgrades, a maintenance
free environment, easy data management
accessible from anywhere in the world and
a generally more robust system.
Hosted solutions are responsible for the
entire infrastructure, as well as maintaining the safe and smooth operation of a
merchant’s data and order processing. It’s
fully prepared to deal with any emergency
situations that may occur with its merchants’
businesses online.
A hosted solution is perfect for most
entrepreneurs and small to medium-sized
businesses that don’t have or want to
invest in their own IT
departments. Choosing
to run your business
online using a hosted
shopping cart solution
would prove to be the
cheaper, easier and
least risky solution for
most business owners.
Critics say hosted
carts are less flexible
than licensed carts. Is
this true?
PeC
Valiant That’s such
Val i ant
a broad generalization.
Like licensed carts,
not all hosted carts were
created equal, and I’m
sure you’d find both more
and less flexible versions
in both categories. While it may be true that
some licensed carts may offer slightly more
shopping-cart-page customization (as long as
you’re comfortable programming your own
changes or paying for a developer to do it),
many of those same carts lock you into very
specific templates and design constraints
through your entire storefront (website, catalogue pages, etc.). This is something you won’t
encounter with a hosted shopping cart.
Also, consider the amount of time you
want to invest in maintaining and upgrading
your ecommerce solution. Most business
owners will agree that time is much better
spent on efforts to grow their business. That
means a hosted solution is the way to go.
Other things to consider include:
Time to market — How long it takes you
to launch your ecommerce store after
investing in a solution?
PeC What does 1ShoppingCart cost?
Price ranges?
Security — Is the cart PCI/CISP certified?
Does it offer HackerSafe?
Valiant Our shopping cart package
ranges from $29 to $79 per month and
includes everything needed to run a business online. The low monthly prices with
no start up fees ensure a low start-up and
maintenance cost for any business.
One of the benefits of being a hosted
solution allows for us to offer a whole suite
of more advanced tools, including email and
broadcast marketing, affiliate marketing, ad
tracking, dedicated IP services, etc., without
having to charge our merchants until their
businesses are prepared to take advantage
of the increased functionality. All modules
are pre-integrated and available with a flipof-a-switch readiness that allows us to grow
alongside our merchants’ needs.
Support — Can you call someone? Submit
email or ticket support? What are the
hours of operation? How well trained is the
person helping you?
Growth potential — Is the shopping
cart just a shopping cart or does it offer
advanced features like email marketing,
autoresponder follow-up, affiliate management, ad tracking, analytics, etc.?
PeC By Practical eCommerce’s count,
there are more than 300 hosted and
licensed carts available. How can a smaller
business know which of these is the best fit?
Valiant It’s hard to do when you’re
first starting out, but it’s really important to
think about where your business is going to
be in one, three and five years and choose
a platform that will continue to be a viable
solution throughout your growth. Finding a
solution that can grow with your business,
while not having to pay for features you aren’t
PeC Other thoughts on hosted or
licensed carts?
Valiant The fact is there are a variety of
great licensed and hosted shopping carts
available. You really have to compare what
you’re getting for your money and consider
how much time you want to, as a business
owner, dedicate to integrating and maintaining your shopping cart process.
When you invest in a hosted system, you’re
paying for an entire secure infrastructure
where, frequently, millions of dollars have
already been invested to build-in the highest
levels of certified security, including PCI/
CISP certification through the credit card
industry and HackerSafe certification through
ScanAlert.
– PeC Staff
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The Shopping
Cart Evolution
Tracking features of hundreds
of carts in the marketplace
themselves choosing the product with the
most name recognition rather than spending hours looking for a cart that will best
meet their needs.
We understand the frustration, and we
have embarked on an ambitious project to
chronicle key features for every cart in the
marketplace.
What it is, and what it isn’t
I’ve compiled a list of 328 hosted and licensed
carts in the marketplace, and I’m convinced
there are another 100 carts I haven’t found.
From our current collection, I’ve segmented a
By Mitch Bet tis
group of notable players in the market.
Let me explain what this collection of
carts is, and what it isn’t.
Ecommerce merchants seem inventory levels of particular products. There
First, it is not meant to be an exhaustive list
to be on a never-ending quest to are carts integrating zoom and pan technol- of carts — yet. Second, the features we have
find a shopping cart that meets ogy that allow customers to view detailed, chosen to highlight for this first publication
every need of their growing businesses, only multidimensional images of a product before aren’t the only features we intend to docuto find the cart they chose comes up short buying. Other carts are incorporating Web 2.0 ment. In fact, with our first review of these
one way or another.
aspects of user-generated content by allowing 100 carts, we captured data for 20 features,
The good news is that shopping carts are customers to write product reviews for other and that only scratches the surface. For this
evolving with a myriad of features, and the shoppers to see.
print edition, we’ve showcased only a few of
quantity of cart solutions is growing at a rapid
The bad news for merchants is it takes an those features (plus a quote from the cart’s
pace. If your business needs much more than enormous amount of time to vet all these manufacturer), but additional features will be
a “buy now” button to facilitate a transaction, feature sets and wade through the various available at Practicalecommerce.com.
there are plenty of robust shopping cart solu- cart options. It can be an overwhelming
In short, this is a first attempt at building
tions. For example, many carts have taken task to find the “right” cart for a particular a one-of-a-kind resource for ecommerce meron functions to help business owners track business, and many merchants simply find chants. In addition, we view this project as a
12 //// Practical ECommerce //// September/October 2007
living document, as we intend to add every cart
to our comparison matrix, and we intend to
highlight additional features to help merchants
further distinguish one cart from another.
As you’ll see on pages 14-17, this matrix
is broken into two categories of carts —
hosted and licensed solutions. Within each
of those groups we have sorted them based
on the number of active users, and we’ve
compared identical features in both groups.
The “active users” were reported to us
by most of the carts (although many of the
carts are very secretive about this number),
and then reviewed by a collection of staff
members. In addition, we’ve asked a group
of well-placed sources throughout the ecommerce landscape to weigh in on whether
the cart manufactures were being honest.
These industry insiders have provided valuable insight, and we’ll continue to use them
throughout this project to help verify the
veracity of the cart manufacturer’s claims.
It’s important to note that just because
we have “sorted” our matrix to highlight
the number of active users of a cart, we don’t
necessarily believe the “largest” number represents the best solution for everyone. Size
matters, I suspect, but it should only be one
criterion a merchant considers. Being part
of a large group could mean a merchant will
join a well-funded, well-run operation, or it
could mean the merchant will never get suf-
ficient, individual attention. Your needs may
be better met by a company with 125 users
that offers a feature set you need to sell more
products, satisfy a finicky customer base and
grow your business.
know carts are continually making changes.
So, if you see something that is incorrect,
please let us know and we’ll investigate.
Our online version of this information will
be updated routinely. If you have features
you would like to see incorporated into our
A journey of data collection
matrix, please let us know that, too. And,
finally, if you want to make sure your cart
Though we’ve done our best with this first is part of our master list, we’d like to hear
collection of data, I’m certain there is an from you. Drop us a line at shoppingcarts@
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100 Notable Shopping Carts
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CubeCart
Cubecart.com
1,500,000
Licensed
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2
Agora Cart Pro
Agoracartpro.com
500,000
Licensed
3
Comersus Cart
Comersus.com
300,000
Licensed
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4
ShopFactory
Shopfactory.com
203,000
Licensed
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5
Mal’s e-commerce
Mals-e.com
145,000
Licensed
6
Zen Cart
Zen-cart.com
100,000
Licensed
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7
AFCommerce Shopping Cart
Afcommerce.com
50,000
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Licensed
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8
Shop Site
shopsite.com
9
Yahoo! Small Business
Smallbusiness.yahoo.com
50,000
Licensed
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47,000
Hosted
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10
BV Commerce
11
cityMax
bvsoftware.com
38,000
Licensed
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Citymax.com
27,000
Hosted
12
X-Cart Pro
X-cart.com
24,000
Licensed
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13
ProStores
Prostores.com
22,000
Hosted
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14
GoEMerchant
Goemerchant.com
20,000
Hosted
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15
Shopify
Shopify.com
20,000
Hosted
16
1ShoppingCart
1shoppingcart.com
15,000
Hosted
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17
SalesCart
Salescart.com
15,000
Hosted
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18
CartIt
Cartit.com
14,000
Licensed
√
19
SecureNetShop
Securenetshop.com
13,000
Hosted
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√
20
osCommerce
Oscommerce.com
12,667
Licensed
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21
MIVA Merchant 5
Miva.com
12,500
Licensed
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√
22
FORTUNE3 Wizard
Fortune3.com
12,000
Hosted
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√
23
eCartsoft
Ecartsoft.com
11,000
Hosted
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√
24
AbleCommerce
Ablecommerce.com
10,000
Licensed
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25
Apple Cart
Spads.com
10,000
Licensed
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26
Cart32
Cart32.com
10,000
Licensed
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27
digiSHOP
Digishop.sumeffect.com
10,000
Licensed
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28
JustAddCommerce 7
Justaddcommerce.com
10,000
Hosted
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29
RealCart
Realcart.com
10,000
Licensed
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√
30
Volusion
Volusion.com
10,000
Licensed
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√
31
Quick Cart
Quickcart.com
8,500
Hosted
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√
32
Virtual Cart
Virtualcart.com
8,000
Hosted
√
33
MMK Cart
Mmkcart.com
7,500
Licensed
√
34
NOP’s Free Shopping Cart
Nopdesign.com/freecart
6,065
Licensed
√
35
AspDotNetStorefront Pro
Aspdotnetstorefront.com
6,000
Licensed
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36
KonaKart
Konacart.com
6,000
Licensed
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37
MonsterCommerce
Monstercommerce.com
6,000
Hosted
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38
CartManager
Cartmanager.com
5,000
Hosted
√
39
DesignCart
Designcart.com
5,000
Hosted
√
40
Make-a-Store
Make-a-store.com
5,000
Hosted
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√
41
Pinnacle Cart
Pinnaclecart.com
4,300
Licensed
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42
Marketworks
Marketworks.com
4,000
Hosted
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43
Squirrelcart
Squirrelcart.com
3,500
Licensed
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44
Zoovy
Zoovy.com
3,500
Hosted
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√
45
1GreatShoppingCart
1greatshoppingcart.com
3,000
Hosted
√
46
CactuShop
Cactushop.com
3,000
Licensed
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47
GoldbarOne
Goldbar.net
3,000
Hosted
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48
ShoppingCartGurus
Shoppingcartgurus.com
3,000
Hosted
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49
Shop-script
Shop-script.com
3,000
Licensed
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50
WebStore
Valueweb.com
3,000
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$59.95/mo
$299.95/mo
We focus on reducing shopping cart abandonment. This has been a main effort for the past three years.
$25.00/mo
$39.95/mo
This simple-to-use cart will work with any website. Feature rich, powerful, proven, highly flexible
$179.00
$299.00
$49.95
$249.95
Top-rate cart. PayPal, Google Checkout, YouTube, UPS, USPS, DHL, SQL, mySQL, WAP, RSS.
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Makes creating and maintaining your professional store simple with point and click ease.
Easy to use for those serious about ecommerce. Perfect for smaller businesses. SEO friendly.
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A trusted partner that helps merchants easily establish, grow their businesses. Free 24/7 support.
An eBay company. All-in-one customizable platform. Fast launch and grow your business.
Enterprise and small business carts. Enterprise includes languages, sales reporting, EDI, more.
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The smartest and most easy to use tool for becoming and staying successful at selling online.
The best user interface saves you time. Robust SEO makes you money.
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A technology and marketing services company. Successfully implement a multichannel business.
Packed with features at a price that won’t break the bank, with an emphasis on top notch support.
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An all-in-one solution in an easy-to-manage system. Great support. Easy to set up.
Cost-effective cart with fully open source code. Google Checkout, PayPal Pro, over 25 gateways.
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Very user friendly. Easy to set up. Very affordable with lots of option.
100 Notable Shopping Carts
Cart
URL
Active
Users
51
CashCowCart
Cashcowcart.com
2,500
52
ProductCart
Earlyimpact.com
53
EasyStoreCreator Store
Easystorecreator.com
54
E-Junkie
55
56
Type
unlimited
products
Site
Search
Real Time
Shipping
Hosted
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2,500
Licensed
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2,000
Hosted
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E-junkie.com
2,000
Hosted
GoDaddy’s Quick Shopping Cart
Godaddy.com
2,000
Hosted
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MyCart.net
Mycart.net
2,000
Hosted
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57
PDG Commerce
Pdgsoft.com
2,000
Licensed
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58
WebGenie
Webgenie.com
2,000
Licensed
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59
WebPlusShop
webplusshop.com
2,000
Hosted
60
Evolve
Lynxinternet.com
1,800
Hosted
61
3dCart Shopping Cart Software
3dcart.com
1,600
Hosted
62
SurfShopPRO
Surfshopcart.com
1,500
Licensed
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63
MyWebSiteTool
Mywebsitetool.com
1,221
Hosted
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64
CoolCart
Coolcart.net
1,100
Hosted
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65
ASecureCart
Asecurecart.net
1,000
Hosted
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66
Catalog Integrator Cart
Ecatalogbuilders.com
1,000
Licensed
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67
SmartCart
Smartcart.com
1,000
Hosted
68
UltraCart
Ultracart.com
1,000
Hosted
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69
Veracart
Veracart.com
1,000
Hosted
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70
GoEcart
Goecart.com
850
Hosted
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71
AAcart
Aacart.com
800
Hosted
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72
VevoCart
Vevocart.com
800
Licensed
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73
EasyCart
Easycart.com
777
Licensed
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74
Agile Cart
Eastland.com
750
Licensed
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75
Nexternal
Nexternal.com
600
Hosted
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76
King Cart Services
King-cart.com
500
Hosted
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77
eCOMpal
Ecompal.com
400
Hosted
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78
cf_ezcart
Cf-ezcart.com
300
Licensed
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79
MightyMerchant
Mightymerchant.com
300
Hosted
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80
AmeriCommerce
Americommerce.com
250
Hosted
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81
Marketplace STANDARD
Modularmerchant.com
230
Hosted
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82
Magnet Commerce
Magnetcommerce.com
200
Hosted
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83
Mountain Commerce
Mountainmedia.com
163
Hosted
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84
Advanced Cart v2.07
Bsmstore.com
150
Licensed
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85
eBanyan
Ebanyan.com
150
Hosted
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86
Shop a la Cart
Shopalacart.com
120
Hosted
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87
123 Shop Pro
123shoppro.com
100
Licensed
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88
BIZyCart
Bizycart.com
100
Hosted
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89
CapitalCart
Blueshoppingcart.com
100
Hosted
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90
SoftSlate Commerce
Softslate.com
100
Licensed
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91
StoreBox
Storebox.acromediainc.com
50
Hosted
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92
Magic Shopping System
Magiclamp.net
45
Hosted
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93
LiveMerchant
Bbdesign.com
40
Hosted
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94
ClearCart
Clearcart.com
35
Hosted
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95
5th Avenue Shoppe
5th-avenue-software.com
30
Licensed
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96
Ruby Business Platform
Rubensteintech.com
24
Licensed
97
Internet Commerce Engine 5
ice5software.com
22
Licensed
98
SEO-Cart
Seo-cart.com
18
Hosted
99
SightShop
Sightworks.com
18
Hosted
100
BakeSale
Bakesalehq.com
15
Licensed
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Low Price
High Price
Transaction
Fees
Quote From Cart Personnel
$39.95
$39.95
Flexibile and adaptabie. The integration is seamless and enhances the customer’s current website.
$695.00
$1,495.00
Certified by Google, PayPal, Authorize.net, FedEx, UPS, others. Hundreds of features, from user feedback.
$67.00/mo
$67.00/mo
User-friendly software, multiple features, competitive pricing, free upgrades, superior service.
$5.00/mo
$125.00/mo
Great for both tangible items and downloads. Works “inside” the merchant’s website.
$9.99/mo
$39.99/mo
$35.95/mo
$95.95/mo
$999.00
$999.00
Real-time QuickBooks synchronizations. Numerous payment options. Built-in shipping calculators.
$495.00
$495.00
We put the power in your hands to create the entire online store and install on your own server. $14.95/mo
$99.95/mo
Customer service number one priority. One page checkout. Affordable. Easy to use. Customizable.
$205.00/mo
$1,541/mo
Full-featured cart for database driven, market oriented websites. Perfect for beginners to developers.
$35.99/mo
$99.99/mo
Secure, SEO friendly, unlimited support, spam-free email, store templates, free updates. Flat monthly fee.
$89.75
$599.50
A rock solid partner. Sleep sound knowing that you have one less thing to worry about. $9.95/mo
$19.95/mo
Fully automated secure cart, works with any site, real-time processing, no HTML knowledge.
$20.00/mo
$30.00/mo
Great way to sell products, services from an existing website without programming. Free 30 day trial.
$15.95/mo
$15.95/mo
$69.00
$795.00
A versatile, economical, designer and customer friendly web-server cart for small to medium businesses.
$24.95/mo
$69.95/mo
Very scalable. Start with basic plan and expand as your business grows. Very customizable.
$35.00/mo
$105.00/mo
Integrates with your entire ecommerce business, is an asp model, and is always being enhanced.
$24.00/mo
$1,500/mo
Best SEO cart on market. Easily fits in your web design. Standout service: We answer the phone!
$249.95/mo
$999.95/mo
The most search-engine-friendly ecommerce software on the market, bar none!
$19.00/mo
$69.00/mo
Affordable, very user friendly. No programming required, just use a browser. Great technical support.
$0.00
$99.95
We are happy to offer the free commercial versions with essential features for an online business.
$399.99
$399.99
Set up and make changes faster than you can explain it to someone else. Very search engine friendly.
$395.00
$395.00
$250.00/mo
$250.00/mo
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Powerful software filled with features, functionalities. Order management system minimizes costs.
$0.00
$0.00
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Economical. Easy set-up. Customizable. Actual shipping rates. Suports regional taxes. 800 support.
$17.00/mo
$49.00/mo
Easy to set-up for beginners, with all of the features that professionals need.
$200.00
$250.00
Open source, ColdFusion. Unparalled support. Very scalable. SEO friendly.
$59.95/mo
$119.95/mo
$39.00/mo
$250.00/mo
$119.95/mo
$119.95/mo
Specializes in digital/subscription-based products; securely distribute downloads, members-only content
$99.95/mo
$99.95/mo
We’re a certified PayPal solution. Multilingual / multicurrency stores; unique customization.
$69.95/mo
$199.95/mo
Mountain Commerce was built to be search engine friendly, flexible and feature-rich. $120.00
$120.00
Plug and play solution. Just drop into your website. No complicated configuration.
$99.00/mo
$189.00/mo
Ecommerce software, shopping cart software, business banagement tools for resellers, dealers.
$95.00/mo
$95.00/mo
Powerful, a breeze to use, and completely customizable to work with any online business.
$550.00
$850.00
We also provide hosted cart solutions. Used by huge companies and small ones, too.
$24.95/mo
$24.95/mo
BIZyCart is the only “Ecommerce Server.” It is a compiled program instead of a shopping cart script.
$99.00/mo
$99.00/mo
The boutique solution. Custom setup and specialized features; helps clients gain market share.
$0.00
$495.00
The first Java cart aimed at smaller businesses: Feature rich, customizable, source code.
$99.00/mo
$128.00/mo
$49.95/mo
$199.95/mo
Price includes robust analytics system to track conversions and to mesure adverising ROI.
$12.50/mo
$66.67/mo
Not a typical off-the-shelf cart. We do a lot more personal customization for our clients.
$100.00/mo
$100.00/mo
Appeals to those selling beautiful products; enables you to build and manage your store with ease.
$395.00
$495.00
Robust and feature-rich makes shopping easy for consumers, while fitting merchants’ specific needs.
$15,000.00
$100,000.00
Ideal for high-volume merchants requiring efficient catalog, customer, order management.
$2,500.00
$10,000.00
Comprehensive back-end allows you to update products without programming skills.
$69.00/mo
$149.00/mo
Powerful, SEO-friendly cart that gives your products a unique presence in search engines.
$60.00/mo
$60.00/mo
Clean and intuitive. Quick-turnaround, affordable, customizable professional.
$0.00
$0.00
Simple, free and SEO-optimized cart built with web standards and usability best practices.
Build a store or add one to an existing site; no ‘percentage of transaction fees.’ Hosting included.
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Order retrieval system for anyone who abandons a cart; allows merchant to email the consumer.
Free technical support, easily customized. Includes order history, gift certificates, coupons, inventory.
12 years of ecommerce experience. Constantly updating to stay current, drag and drop interface.
Site-wide dynamic content. Very SEO friendly. Quanitity discounts, wholesale/retail. Google Analytics.
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Flexible platform, grows with your company. Includes advanced sales analysis, multiple storefronts.
Eye-riveting design. Intuitive self-management tools. Customization. You’ll never outgrow StoreBox.