If you are planning to open an online store, you cannot ignore shopping carts. Shopping carts are the basic functionality that allows the user to make a purchase on your website. Here is a compiled list of all the shopping carts for you at one place.
Following are some basic types of shopping carts:
- Hosted shopping carts or a.k.a eCommerce platforms are software-as-a-solution which are hosted by platforms on their own servers.
Example: Shopify. - Self-hosted shopping carts, these are traditional or the original shopping cart solutions that are hosted on your own servers.
There are two types of Self-hosted shopping carts:- Open Source Shopping Carts which can be installed on your server. The source code of this available to developers for customization and bug fixing.
Example: Woocommerce (WordPress), Drupal Commerce (Drupal), Magento. - Licensed Software is developed by a single company and is available for use on your own server for one-time fee payment.
Example: CS-Cart
- Open Source Shopping Carts which can be installed on your server. The source code of this available to developers for customization and bug fixing.
Read our blog for Pros and Cons of Self-Hosted Shopping Carts and Hosted Shopping Carts.
