Written in PHP with MySQL database and HTML components, Zen Cart is a free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart software meant for online store management. Available for free under the GNU General Public License, Zen Cart supports many languages and currencies.

Branching away from osCommerce as a separate project, Zen Cart is comparable to CRE Loaded and OSC MAX in that it uses a template system to implement a design. Zen Cart is easily installable with just the basic skills of website building and computers.

Zen Cart checks the database and server for requirements before installing and installs using a built-in installation tool. Supporting multiple languages, tax, shipping methods, currency and payment methods, Zen Cart fosters unrestricted shopping. Zen Cart prepopulates the basic store information and offers optional demo products. Customers are required to register before viewing the price and merchandise.

Zen cart supports showcase mode both with and without prices and also a normal shopping mode. It also offers periodic newsletter in plain text or HTML and order status emails and records in the customer account. In Zen Cart products can reside in multiple categories with multiple product options.

Zen Cart supports fully customizable catalog templates. Through these templates you can manage product reviews, featured products, specials and storewide sales, shipping and payment module installation and management, banner advertising and a lot more.

“Zen Cart truly is the art of e-commerce.”

 

 

Devendra Kumar, Simply Ref Check