8 reasons to use open source e commerce shopping carts over paid! Saving money on and open source e commerce shopping cart is not the only reason to to choose open source shopping carts over paid commercial shopping carts. Deciding what kind of software to use use for your website is very important. Here are some reasons why you should choose Open source to Manage the sale of your products and or services.

1. 8 Reasons to use Open Source
eCommerce
shopping carts over Paid
Should I use an Open Source eCommerce
shopping cart?
The answer in short is I can’t think of a
reason why you wouldn’t. So take a look at
the reasons why you should.
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2. 1. Quality.
If you were a mechanic and had a choice to buy a big box of
tools which was created by 5 tool makers or a big box of tools
that was created using the collaboration and development of
5000 tool makers using a state of the art collaboration system
and using the most recent and up to date technologies and
technical advancements. Which would you choose? Bear in mind
the second box is free and you can upgrade it at no extra cost
when ever you like. But the first one you would have to pay for it
and if any new tools became available you would be forced into
paying for them too or else they would take the whole tool box
back off you. I think I know which tool box I would choose. No
need to explain that analogy.
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3. 2. Security.
Because there is no ownership of open source
shopping, there is nobody trying to hide any possible
security vulnerabilities. Due to the vast amount of
developers working on open source shopping carts it
makes it virtually impossible for security vulnerabilities
to last very long. Their are more people working on
bugs. Their are more eyes on project. The results of
vulnerability checks are open to the public.
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4. 3. Freedom.
Oh yes complete freedom. You can set up your website
with practically any host you like. You are not tied into a
hosting package as well. What happens if your cart or site
starts to become sluggish or unresponsive. Your clients
are complaining and dropping off before they make the
purchase. Not happy with the host? That’s not a problem
you can move and take your cart with you to another
host.
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5. 4. Customisation.
You might not need too much customisation
starting off but as your business and cart grow you
might need to get a bit of customisation done. You
might want to add some features that a commercial
cart company would duly charge you an arm and a
leg for. Why? Because they already have you by
the short ones. Well guess what? With open source
eCommerce shopping carts that’s not a problem.
Hire a programmer from a freelance site. You
would be surprised how much customisation you
could get done for $200.
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6. 5. Open Source Innovation.
I personally am in favour of opens source for all
software tools. Why? Because what’s great about
open source is the community of developers
worldwide that contribute to open source projects
for free is probably in the millions. Every super
bright upcoming developer can apply his skills to
open source and get recognition on a global
platform. This is why open source is so innovative.
So if you are using open source chances are you
are using a shopping cart that was built with the
newest technologies available and brightest
developers around.
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7. 6. Trial it first for free.
OK lots of shopping carts offer a free trial period
but its usually for about 2 weeks or one month max.
But is that really enough time to properly trial out a
new very important arm of your business. You need
to really wait a bit more than a month before you
start getting enough traffic to really get a feel for
any possible problems with it first. You can easily
try out 5 or 6 open source shopping carts out
before and not have to talk to you customer service
representative, pesky sales representative or IT
representative.
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8. 7. Price.
With most eCommerce shopping carts for Free,
Yes I am stating the obvious but running a
business is very costly. This could mean anything
from a saving of up to $150 per month. That’s
$1,800 per year. That’s a tidy saving you could put
towards your family dream holiday in the Maldives
next winter.
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9. 8.Support.
Support for open source shopping carts is massive.
This is again due to the massive open source
communities. This is not just support for developers
of the carts but also the end user support. So if you
are having a problem configuring the tax on
wooCommerce for example you just simply have to
google “configuring the tax on wooCommerce”. Go
ahead try it. I just tried it there and I got 92,000
results.
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10. In Closing…
I hope that helps you make the right and only
decision when it comes to open source shopping
carts. If you need any more advice or help
regarding open source shopping carts I would be
delighted to assist you. You can an always
contact me here at Maralad.com.
Or please leave your own thoughts in the comment
box below.
By Donagh Corcoran.
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