osCommerce at HostMonster
About osCommerce
osCommerce is an Open Source based e-commerce software that is available for free under the GNU General Public License. osCommerce features a rich set of online shopping cart functions that enables online store and e-commerce website owners to setup, run, and maintain their online stores with minimum effort and with no costs. With over 8 years of operation, the software has built a showcase of over 14,100 online shops that have been voluntarily added to the live shops section, and powers many thousands of more online shops worldwide.
Why a cart software matters?
There are several crucial reasons why a e-commerce website should run a shopping cart system and process its own transactions. A good shopping cart software should support a wide variety of e-business operations – this include processing payment and orders, tracks inventory, maintains customer profiles, provides security and makes shopping online easy. This allows e-commerce website owners to track customer habits, inventory levels, and read daily sales report, and in turn, improve his/her business operation on a continuous measures.
More over, a good shopping cart solutions always comes with built in security features. Customers prefer to shop at a business with a shopping cart web design as they are trusted over other methods of purchase. A hacker proof shopping cart system offer users a secured shopping experience – which is crucial in term of your business reputation and customers’ safety.
osCommerce at Hosmonter
Hostmonster support a wide variety of shopping cart software including osCommerce. osCommerce can be installed easily at HM using Simple Scripts or Fantastico. Figure below shows how osCommerce can be auto-installed using Simple Scripts (version 2.2.RC.2a).
For a fresh setup, all you need to do is to setup your store name and your osCommerce designated path. The installation will automatically check your server and database if it’s properly configured before installation and create database for you whenever requested.
