osCommerce is an Open Source software which means that the source code is open and available to everyone. It is also a free software developed by online store owners and programmers to meet the exact needs of the store owners. It is a very stable software in use for over 8 years. osCommerce is simple to install, setup and stock and is available for FREE with our e-commerce hosting plans.

osCommerce Shopping Cart is a very widely used shopping cart, with a large support community, a lot of free add-ons available to add functionality and special features to your cart. It is open source software which means it can be customized as much as you want. It is written in PHP language and uses a My SQL database.

With over 8 years of operation, osCommerce has built a showcase of over 12,400 online shops that have been voluntarily added to the live shops section of their website, and powers many thousands more online shops worldwide.

osCommerce standard features:

• Supports unlimited products and categories Support for physical (shippable) and virtual (downloadable) products.
• Contact customers directly via email or newsletters.
• Print invoices and packaging lists from the order screen.
• Statistics for products and customers.
• Select what to display, and in what order, in the product listing page.
• Support for static and dynamic banners with full statistics.
• All orders stored in the database for fast and efficient retrieval.
• Customers can view their order history and order statuses.
• Customers can maintain their accounts Address book for multiple shipping and billing addresses.
• Temporary shopping cart for guests and permanent shopping cart for customers.
• Fast and friendly quick search and advanced search features.
• Product reviews for an interactive shopping experience.
• Global and per-category bestseller lists.
• Display what other customers have ordered with the current product shown.
• Breadcrumb trail for easy site navigation.
• Control if out of stock products can still be shown and are available for purchase.
• Customers can subscribe to products to receive related emails/newsletters.
• Accept numerous offline payment processing (checks, money orders, offline credit card processing, ..).
• Accept numerous online payment processing (2CheckOut, PayPal, Authorize.net, iPayment, ..).
• Weight, price, and destination based shipping modules.
• Real-time quotes available (UPS, USPS, FedEx, ..).
• Free shipping based on amount and destination.
• Flexible tax implementation on a state basis.
• Set different tax rates for different products.
• Charge tax on shipping on a per shipping service basis.