Zen Cart Customer Reviews: The Zen Cart Free Shopping Cart
Zen Cart is a free shopping cart solution built off of the osCommerce framework. This PHP based open source shopping cart runs on a MYSQL database, so merchants using this free cart often have PHP and development skills or work with a developer to get their online store up and running. Zen Cart can be implemented into an existing website or can be used to create a full featured online store. Because Zen Cart requires development knowledge, merchants prefer to work with a hosting company like Dreamhost or Just Host, who provide an easy one-click install of Zen Cart for free. Learn what customers are saying about this free shopping cart solution by reading the Zen Cart customer reviews below.
Zen Cart Customer Reviews
From Fire Toys Online
I have am using Zen Cart as I speak for my site ( http://www.fire-toys.com ) and it is seeming to work, although there is a lot of little details I have to keep looking up along the way, bc I am a designer and not a php developer.
The one good thing is the Zen cart is so widely been used that every question i’ve had, I’ve been able to answer.
I’d say its a great solution for a small / new business owner, although once my store is at its peak, I may pay for a new server hosting and then get magneto. I’ve read and heard magneto is a lot more friendly and up to date.
Customer Rating: 3.0
From Perfect Concepts
Zen Cart is my first preference, Once you learn to get around (which can take a while), it is easy to use and very rich in features, very good forum support.
Customer Rating: 4.0
From Adam
I don't think Zen Cart is great for a small business. It's great if you have technical skills but the vast majority of small businesses don't, they need a more turn key solution.
Customer Rating: 1.0
From Anonymous
I'll use it again. Just did my first store with this cart. Got a web page job and, as usual, owner doesn't want to pay all the monthly fees of a web host kiosk store, their old web guy gave up 1/2 way through and left a huge mess. Thier host had zen cart as a free add on, so I tried it, and it works great.
Customer Rating: 4.5
From Anonymous
It will take a good bit of learning and some basic web page knowledge, and an ability to keep track of a pretty complex system of multiple file dynamically created web page operations, but is very workable an functional.
However, I purchased the book they advertise all over the demo and web site, and it was just a waste of money, and gave only a few, almost vague references on the very very basics, it is in no way a manual! Their help pages and wiki have a lot more info. I hope they make the money off that book, at least that way I can consider it a donation for a very good free software!
Customer Rating: 3.5
From Tyrone
My rating for Zen Cart is a 3 out of 5 and I would recommend it as a solution to start off with for any small to medium business owners.
Customer Rating: 3.0
