Ecommerce is the buying and selling of products and services by businesses and consumers over the Internet. Internet sales are increasing rapidly as consumers take advantage of lower prices offer by wholesalers retailing their products.
osCommerce (“open source Commerce”) is a browser-based storefront development and management system. It can be used on any web server that has PHP and MySQL installed. It is an open source software osCommerce was started in March 2000 in Germany by project founder and leader Harald Ponce de Leon as The Exchange Project. The newer versions takes advantage of the benefits of Tableless web design, and includes a number of social networking tools.There are, however, some minor security concerns regarding possible SQL injection via unchecked PHP code.
osCommerce is a free, open source online shop software. The default installation includes a large number of features that you can easily enable and configure. With osCommerce shopping cart you can add multiple products on your site, organize them in categories, set discounts and special promotions. osCommerce allows you to set your prices in different currencies and accept all popular payment methods: PayPal, credit cards, cheques. osCommerce has a built-in shipping and tax functionality.
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