What is the easiest shopping cart software for a small business web site?

deepseaofblankets: What is the easiest shopping cart software for a small business web site?
Are you a mid level web designer? I need a suggestion for an affordable and simple shopping cart. Easiest to use, install, maintain, etc. I’m a graphics person and know some HTML and JAVA script coding but not PHP. Used PayPal before, so need something a little more robust. Thanks for reading!

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Answer by Brandi
Have you looked into Os Commerce, Zen Cart, or Dashcommerce?

They are very secure and user friendly. If you need some programming help on a case by case basis, I would love to help.

Answer by hadi
There are two options in selecting your overall shopping cart solution. Either you get shopping cart software, download it, install it on your web server, then configure the shopping cart OR you get an online storefront (aka a hosted shopping cart) where the configuration is very basic and the required setup time is minimal. If you have some programming skills, I recommend buying a script and installing it on your own. The nice thing is that you pay a one-time fee for shopping cart software and the license is good for a lifetime. It’s approximately the same price to have a hosted solution for a year compared to most one time shopping cart license fees.

Be sure to see what other users are saying about a shopping cart that you might be interested in purchasing. Any shopping cart errors could cost you thousands of dollars in sales. Get a stable and secure cart.