Shopping Cart Features To Consider
May 28, 2010 by Bendigo Web Hosting
Filed under Shopping Carts
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Cost
Another feature that is worth thinking about is cost. The price range of shopping carts is pretty wide and you can find systems that are hosted remotely that cost anywhere from $20 a month to $100 a month based on the selected features. In some situations you may find your web host provides a shopping cart system as part of the hosting for an additional fee from $25 to $150 per month. In some cases, it may even cost more based on what your ecommerce site needs. If you need more customization and control then you may want to install a system on your own web server.
Capacity
When you are looking for a shopping cart software one of the most basic things to look for is its capacity. You need a cart that can not only handle your current item inventory but that also has the ability to grow with your company as you expand. You need a cart that will be able to offer more products in the future should you decide to increase your product line. There are quite a few shopping cart systems that can handle an unlimited amount of products.
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Customer Use
Something else that is very important is how easy the shopping cart makes the checkout process for customers. It is important to have a checkout process that involves as few steps as possible. The more steps included means the more customers who will abandon their carts and find a different store that doesn’t require so much effort to buy the item. Keep this in mind and even consider a one page checkout because these are preferred by customers.
SEO Friendly
Finally, you want the shopping cart to be search engine friendly. This means you want the catalog of items your ecommerce site sells to be easily searchable. This means not using dynamic pages and finding a shopping cart system that use static pages to assist in SEO efforts.
