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Hosted Shopping Cart - Important Things You Should Know Before Choosing One
Whenever purchasing any shopping cart software package you always have to check the script compatibility, which shows whether the cart script is compatible or not with your hosting. This "compatibility check" means that you must confirm that PHP, PERSL, or ASP are configured properly so your cart will run on the servers.
If you find any discrepancies, you should ask the hosting company if the code on their servers can be changed. Usually, hosting companies will accommodate your requests. however if you are using shared hosting you may run into issues.
Do not forget to verify the back-up process of your host. Your hosting account back up feature ensures the export of your information into a vast range of formats and should occur on a daily basis
Additionally, most hosted shopping cart solutions support numerous payment gateway providers. It is best to see whether these gateways are compatible with the merchant account provider you chose.
These solutions should also include an option to send a confirmation e-mail when there is a completed order. After you obtain the confirmed orders, the carts should also provide the shipping carriers and the possibility of tracking the shipment progress. Make sure that the program includes a large number of carriers and, at the same time,that it is able to calculate, in real-time, the tax of any carriers, such as FedEx, USP, USPS and others.
These carts should be able to provide you with different options in SEO by auto generating thumbnails, a great feature for saving time, bandwidth and web space, and administration tools, such as adding new pages and newsletter functions, which are able to help you in promoting your website.
All these hosted shopping cart should also include options on gift certificates, discounts and other product promotions. They have to be able to properly calculate, once a specific formula is introduced, the discounted offers and/or special promotion. At the same time, if you opt for a complete shopping cart software package, you should know that usually, it provides all the above-mentioned features and, as well, customer survey forms, more search engines optimization tools, different query strings able to change static URLs, site maps, affiliate module programs and banner advertising.
