Great open source webshops
Ever wanted your own online store and not sure whether to go for a paid script or an open source ? Well this list is gonna give you some great examples on open source webshop scripts. Its gonna be all you need to start running your own online store, but first you better get yourself a domain name and a webhost..
Ok, so you got the domain and a webhost, wel lets have a look at those great open source webshops..
“cpCommerce is an open-source e-commerce solution that is maintained by templates and modules.”
screenshot from fancydressretail.co.uk running a customized oscommerce
Manage your store using web-based administration interface. With built-in SEO tools
osc2nuke is the combination of two opensource products, phpnuke CMS and oscommmerce shopping cart. osc2nuke fills the gap between those two worlds and grant to the project users acces to thousand of phpnuke themes, modules and blocks while it also make possible the installation of oscommmerce ressources.
OpenCart is designed feature rich, easy to use, search engine friendly and with a visually appealing interface.
phpShop is a PHP-powered shopping cart application. It is released under the GNU General Public License. The primary purpose of phpShop is to provide a simple shopping cart solution that is easy to customize to suit any purpose. phpShop has less features that many other shopping cart applications, but is generally easier to customize.
Zen Cart is a free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart software. The ecommerce web site design program is being developed by group of like-minded shop owners, programmers, designers, and consultants. Zen Cart can be installed and set-up by anyone with the most basic web skills.
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2 Responses to “Great open source webshops”
By kokoras on Mar 19, 2008 | Reply
thanks for the nice post. I personaly prefer zen-cart for my ecommerce needs.
Regards
By Mark Jones on May 20, 2008 | Reply
We use Interchange for our needs. (http://www.icdevgroup.org). It’s been around for quite a while, and it’s much more flexible than the solutions you mention.
It is a bit complicated to get up and running, but once you get a hang of it, there isn’t anything you can’t do with it!
Their webpage is not very flashy and posh, but software is really great.