OsCommerce Ecommerce

We Highly Recommend OsCommerce as your Ecommerce solution.

We have used this software for all of our clients Ecommerce needs. It is extremely robust, easy to use, and the ability for us to customize it is very great.

Ecommerce OsCommerce Shopping Cart Solutions

Ecommerce / OsCommerce shopping cart solutions are one of our specialties. We have a number of clients using the open source software to sell products on the internet and generate an additional line of sales income.

What is OsCommerce?

OsCommerce is an online shop e-commerce solution under on going development by the open source community. Its feature packed out-of-the-box installation allows store owners to setup, run, and maintain their online stores.

How easy is it to Install OsCommerce?

We have this ready as a pre-install on our server. If you are a hosting client, it literally takes 2 minutes to input 5 fields, and hit the install button. That 2 minutes includes opening IE!

What about taking payments online using OsCommerce?

OsCommerce has payment modules that include all of the following.
We recommend Authorize.net through our partnership with E-Online Data.

What type of database does OsCommerce use?

OsCommerce uses MYSQL, which is already installed on our server.

Why do you Recommend OsCommerce?

Simply put, it's simple to use. You don't need any programming knowledge whatsoever to use this system out of the box. It is so robust, most customers simply install it, configure it, and start selling. It can take very little time to configure. You just go to the admin screen, input the fields, add some categories, some products, set the payment and shipping options, and you can be selling online.

How long will it take to be working?

That depends....if you just use it out of the box, with one product, accept checks and ship ups, you can be selling online in 30 mins. Really. We did this once for a customer to sell some items for Christmas, and they sold all their items in 3 hours on a Friday after noon. We got the call at Noon, and the site was live by 1pm. We advertised the products on yahoo.com and they were sold out by 4pm. This is not a recommended solution, however it does suffice as a quick bandaid incase you are in a pinch and need a shopping cart quickly.

What does Central Mass Web Design Recommend?

We recommend that you have a custom site designed and utilize OsCommerce as the backbone for your site. It makes it look much more professional and sets it apart from most ecommerce website's. Many inexperienced people simply install OsCommerce and leave the standard graphics in place so all the sites look the same, that is not recommended. Additionally, you can run through our online demo of the site, make purchases in the OsCommerce system and enter the OsCommerce admin. Once in the OsCommerce admin, try to review the pages to see what all the options are. I am sure that you might find this overwhelming, but that is why we do all the configuration for you when we offer a proposal. For an OsCommerce Estimate, please submit an Estimate Request.