Open Cart

by rainboyy

Posted: 11 years ago 7 replies

ECOMMERCE

Hey warriors,

Sorry for the noob question. But is Open Cart a WP plugin? or do you have to get it from there website? I googled open cart and like 10 different eCommerce sites popped up. Not sure which one is the actually one....

Do I have to pay for open cart? Or is it free?

Thanks in advance.

#cart #open

aduer 11 years ago

OpenCart is a free eCommerce shopping cart that can be downloaded from OpenCart.com

Some hosting providers provide a easy installation from their cpanel, so if you are not tech savvy you can install it in a couple of minutes and try it out.

I have one store running on OpenCart and I am very happy with it
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- OnlineStoreHelp 11 years ago
  
  Just to follow up on above, OpenCart is an Open Source shopping cart program that you host on your own servers. It is completely different then wordpress, just like Joomla and Drupal are different programs. Open Cart is designed first and foremost around setting up an online store. Wordpress was originally designed around blogging and content, plugins were made to adapt it to shopping.
  
  Depending on your hosting provider, there will be applications that will install it for you including Fantastico, Softaculous and quick scripts.
  
  If you are not comfortable with the technical side, you might want to check out the hosted applications where you just sign up, apply your design, add your products, set up your shipping and payments and go from there.
  
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rainboyy 11 years ago

Thanks so much OnlineStoreHelp and aduer!!
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Jimms 11 years ago

I also run a shop on opencart and I like it.
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- JDMellow 11 years ago
  
  Definitely, if you have enough programming skills open source shopping carts, like opencart, magento, etc, give unlimited opportunities. On the other hand, there are many people who want to start selling briskly. In this case, I'd suggest to use hosted solutions for ecommerce, such as Shopify, 3DCart, BigCommerce, etc.
  Of course, the choice depends on you skills and needs. You may read different reviews and comparisons over the Internet to realize which platform suits best.
  
  Good luck!
  
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Dragonslayers 11 years ago

I also run an opencart store they have loads of extensions to improve your store. if you have a csv of products there is a good csv import program I have been using.
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- jennadrew 11 years ago
  
  If you're looking for an easy theme, there's a few great ones on Theme Forest for OpenCart. I tested it out but ended up switching to a different cart provider. Good luck with your store!
  
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