osCommerce hosting
OsCommerce is a popular open source application for ecommerce which is supported on all the web hosting packages of Web Hosting
Art. OsCommerce hosting comes with advanced hosting features and is very fast. Web Hosting Art has optimised servers and provides a high quality of customer service which is included together with web hosting services. Whether the need is for a small business site or for big business website, OsCommerce shopping cart proves to be the best solution for powering any kind website and the hosting requirements.
OsCommerce is basically an online shopping and e-commerce solution that allows the fast and smooth working of online stores as also shopping carts. This application is available for free on the internet and is an Open Source solution which has been released under the GNU General Public License. OsCommerce installation process is quite simple and the configuration can be done easily on the web. OsCommerce gives a total online store solution which contains a catalogue frontend as also a backend for administration tool.
OsCommerce also comes with an automated system for payment. After installing the OsCommerce system on a website, the online store
can be set up and any number of products can be added to the stores and even managed easily. OsCommerce gives different payment options such as PayPal, 2Checkout, SECpay etc. It also provides you with various shipping options. OsCommerce works with all SSL certificates for all the transactions made on the website. OsCommerce also provides more security with the username and password which is of utmost importance at the time of installation.
OsCommerce 2.2 MS System Requirements
The Operating System required is Linux, Unix, BSD, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows. The PHP version that are preferred are 4.2.1 or higher. The 4.3.2 or higher is usually recommended. MySQL 3.23+ is the preferred database. The Server Software can be Apache or IIS.
Features:
General Functionality
It is compatible with all the PHP 4 versions. It comes in different languages such as English, German, and Spanish which are provided by default.
Setup and Installation
The setup and installation is automatic web-browser based.
Design and Layout
The design and layout can be changed as per the requirements and the site can be customized.
Administration and Backend Functionality
This application supports numerous products and categories. The categories, products, manufacturers, reviews as also the customers can be added, removed or edited as and when required. Various products such as the physical as well as the virtual products are supported by this application. Physical and virtual are the shippable and the downloadable products respectively. Apart from this, there are other features such as contact with customers, database statistical analysis multi language and multi currency support etc.
Product Functionality
This application also gives a product based descriptions control on the show casing of the products if these products are out of stock. Customers also have the option to subscribe to the products for which they would like to receive information.
Payment Functionality
There are also different payment options available, online and offline. Offline payment systems include cheque, money orders, etc. whereas online include PayPal, iPayment etc.
Shipping Functionality
Various shipping options are also provided through this application.
More info:
Official osCommerce site