There are many shopping carts out there and we have examined most of them. What we look for (from a clients point of view), is ease of use and the running costs. We have found that Ecwid and despite being extremely powerful, is an absolute breeze to use.
At the time of writing, this software is FREE if your inventory is anywhere less than 100 products. If you exceed that you can upgrade for around £20.00 per month and increase your inventory to 10,000 products. By upgrading you can also tap into all the SEO tools that we can help you with..
Below are a list of features.
Shopping Experience
Lightning fast AJAX interface
Full drag-and-drop support
Products already in cart are marked in product list, making shopping easier
Real-time shipping estimates based on customer IP
Customer can create profile or checkout without creating profile (configurable)
Address book for customers with profiles
Catalog Management
Lighting fast AJAX interface
Full drag-and-drop support
Product options
Egoods
Inventory tracking
Image gallery
WYSIWYG editor for HTML product descriptions
Automatic thumbnail generation with image sharpening
Product can be in more than one category
Shipping & Tax
Configurable Shipping/Tax zones, rates and rules
Realtime shipping quotes for UPS, USPS, DHL, FedEx and Australia Post
Realtime shipment tracking
Promotions
Discount coupons
Design, Integration & Architecture
Integrates with your existing site in two minutes
Product Browser, Product Search, Minicart and Categories widgets that can be placed anywhere within your site
Does not require software installation
Preset and customizable CSS design schemes
Categories widget can be horizontal and vertical
Ecwid can handle product catalog and navigation and render it at your site
Ecwid can generate Add to cart links if you want to have custom pages for your products
SSL encryption for sensible data transfers
Seamless upgrades
Dedicated plain HTML version for mobile devices and SEO purposes
Orders
Customizable e-mail notifications
Order history for customers and administrator
Track payment and shipping status
Invoice printing
Support for PayPal, Google Checkout, Authorize.Net SIM, 2Checkout, HSBC CPI,
Network Merchants, e-Path, Robokassa,
eSelect Plus (Hosted Paypage),
Beanstream (Hosted Payment Form)
and eWAY (Shared Payments CVN / Hosted Payment page)
Configurable min/max order amount limits
Data Management
CSV export for order, product and customer data
CSV import for product data
Configurable measurement units, date/time formats and currency symbol.