The OsCommerce Shopping
Cart has lots of features right out of
the box. These features are all available
in addition to the features listed at
the left of this page.
General Functionality
Compatible with all PHP 4 versions
All features enabled by default for a
complete out-of-the-box solution
Object oriented backend (MS3)
Completely multilingual with English,
German, and Spanish provided by default
Setup / Installation
Automatic web-browser based installation
and upgrade procedure
Design / Layout
Template structure implementation
to:
allow layout changes to be adaptive,
easy, and quickly to make (MS3)
allow easy integration into an existing
site (MS3)
Support for dynamic images
Administration / Backend Functionality
Supports unlimited products and categories
Products-to-categories structure
Categories-to-categories structure
Add/Edit/Remove categories, products,
manufacturers, customers, and reviews
Support for physical (shippable) and
virtual (downloadable) products
Administration area secured with a username
and password defined during installation
(MS3)
Contact customers directly via email
or newsletters
Easily backup and restore the database
Print invoices and packaging lists from
the order screen
Statistics for products and customers
Multilingual support
Multi currency support
Automatically update currency exchange
rates
Select what to display, and in what order,
in the product listing page
Support for static and dynamic banners
with full statistics
Customer / Frontend Functionality
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
Foreseen checkout procedure
Secure transactions with SSL
Number of products in each category can
be shown or hidden
Global and per-category bestseller lists
Display what other customers have ordered
with the current product shown
Breadcrumb trail for easy site navigation
Product Functionality
Dynamic product attributes relationship
HTML based product descriptions
Automated display of specials
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
Payment Functionality
Accept numerous offline payment processing
(cheque, money orders, offline credit
care processing, ..)
Accept numerous online payment processing
(2CheckOut, PayPal, Authorize.net, iPayment,
..)
Disable certain payment services based
on a zone basis
Shipping Functionality
Weight, price, and destination based
shipping modules
Real-time quotes available (UPS, USPS,
FedEx, ..)
Free shipping based on amount and destination
Disable certain shipping services based
on a zone basis
Tax Functionality
Flexible tax implementation on a state
and country basis
Set different tax rates for different
products
Charge tax on shipping on a per shipping
service basis
