Since many folks have been asking about what are the features to be looking for in a Shopping Cart ... I figured I would share with everyone an article that is in this month`s edition of Practical Ecommerce. http://practicalecommerce.com

The article entitled ...

Shopping Carts: Features to Consider

Determine your current, future business requirements

http://www.practicalecommerce.com/public/172/?PHPSESSID=0e82 2b17221f3ecc04e7064bc3d5247d

..."A shopping cart system should be able to accommodate a business’ needs, rather than requiring the business to adjust goals and strategies to match the capabilities of the shopping cart. We`ve put together a template of sorts that you can use to help decide on a shopping cart system based on six considerations:

1. Shopping Cart Functionality
2. Shipping Considerations
3. Payment Considerations
4. Support
5. Technical Considerations
6. Reporting Considerations "...

I hope this article helps ... the magazine is produced by Authorize.net, one of the largest credit card processing agents on the market ... and very familiar with e-commerce.

Good reading.

 

Thanks for the mention, TJG.

I wanted to go ahead and post a more friendly link to that article, as well
as mention that Practical eCommerce Magazine is NOT produced by
Authorize.Net. We are an independent magazine that has partnered with
Authorize.Net to provide their customers with access to our publication.
We have also entered into similar partnership deals with GoDaddy, 1&1
Internet, OLM.net, and many others.

Here is the updated link to that article (without the session ID):

[URL=http://www.practicalecommerce.com/public/172/]Shopping Carts:
Features to Consider[/URL]

Again, thank you for your kind words, and for recommending an article in
our magazine. We hope that it is helpful for people.

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Brian Getting
Practical eCommerce Magazine