ONLINE SHOPPING CARTS IS THE SOFTWARE THAT DRIVES YOUR CUSTOMER’S SHOPPING EXPERIENCE
Business owners plan to build a successful eCommerce website every day. Some are finding success, and others are frustrated. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the fundamental differences between your choices. Examples include custom shopping carts, prepackaged carts, and template system shopping carts.
CUSTOM OPEN SOURCE SHOPPING CARTS
A custom-designed, open-source shopping cart is usually a fixed-cost bid. However, costs are wide-ranging depending on who you hire. However, if you are processing 20 to 30 online orders a week, bearing the cost of an entry-level custom-design cart is justified.
ADVANTAGES OF HAVING AN OPEN-SOURCE SHOPPING CART
Easy to modify for any custom functionality. Moreover, you own the cart rather than renting space on a template-driven eCommerce hosting service.
Moreover, open-source carts are easy to migrate. For example, you can move your entire eCommerce website to a different hosting provider. Furthermore, an open-source shopping cart system can be highly optimized for search engines.
DISADVANTAGES OF HAVING AN OPEN-SOURCE SHOPPING CART
The cost may be too much for small business start-ups. Therefore, a prepackaged shopping cart is an excellent place to start if you have a small budget.
PREPACKAGED SHOPPING CARTS
Prepackaged shopping carts are pre-made cart applications for purchase from third-party developers. They are also known as ‘Plugins,’ offering various online shopping functionalities. On the other hand, changing the application source code is challenging. Most prepackaged cart costs range from $299.00 to $2200.00 and up.
ADVANTAGES OF HAVING A PREPACKAGED SHOPPING CART
You own the cart, and it is very cost-effective for eCommerce start-ups
DISADVANTAGES OF HAVING A PREPACKAGED SHOPPING CART
Prepackaged shopping carts are third-party applications. However, technical support is inadequate or non-existent. Furthermore, pre-made carts are challenging to expand, scale, or customize.
TEMPLATE SYSTEM SHOPPING CARTS
Many web hosting companies offer a template shopping solution that is sufficient for a low-budget start-up. On the other hand, these systems do not permit custom modifications. In other words, they are proprietary systems built for beginners.
ADVANTAGES OF HAVING A TEMPLATE SYSTEM SHOPPING CART
Template shopping cart systems are relatively inexpensive. Costs range from $15 to $40 per month and are easy to use depending on your computer skill level.
They provide a testing ground for you to assess your online sales skills
Online and live support is usually pretty good for third-party carts.
They are an excellent place for e-commerce beginners with a limited budget
DISADVANTAGES OF HAVING A TEMPLATE SYSTEM SHOPPING CART
It is hard to modify for any custom functionality.
You do not own the cart.
It cannot be migrated to a different hosting company.
It cannot be properly optimized for search engines.
If you decide to test the online waters with a template shopping cart, you’ll want a robust website presence to help drive traffic to your online products or services.
ABOUT VISIONEFX
VISIONEFX is an eCommerce website design company providing services to businesses throughout the United States.
For example, we develop WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Moodle, and Open Source web design websites. Furthermore, our eCommerce experience includes WooCommerce, Magento, Open Cart, and Virtue Mart. VISIONEFX also provides SEO and web maintenance packages.
Please read what our customers have to say about VISIONEFX on Google Reviews.
For more information, call (757) 619-6456 or email info@visionefx.net.
Also, see
Web Development E-commerce Websites
Open Cart Ecommerce Website Design
How to Deal with Email Spam
