Finding an acceptable platform for your Ecommerce Site is of paramount importance. This single detail determines the longterm flexibility and scalability of your Ecommerce Site. As with everything else technology related, difficulties range from extremely easy to "Professional Developers Only", and most have integration modules for credit card processing programs like Cybercash. A few things to think about..

1) How many products do you need to support.
2) How comfortable are you with HTML, PERL, ASP, XML etc..

Below are descriptions and links to a few of the more common Shopping Systems available today. You can find one or more of these packages with almost any Ecommerce Host you go with!

MIVA MERCHANT - Miva Corporation
Miva Merchant is a browser-based Storefront Development and Management System. It integrates cataloging, product, fulfillment, maintenance, category management, shopping basket, order and credit card processing. Multiple stores can be maintained by one central administrator or specific store functions can be delegated to sub-administrators. The software is organized as a series of modules that can be field upgraded to provide new functionality without changes to the core system. E-merchants can use the browser-based interface to build stores and developers can build modules in XML-based Miva Script. Merchants manage their stores with a user friendly browser-based interface. more info at MIVA..

ABLE COMMERCE - Able Commerce Inc.
AbleCommerce's award winning electronic commerce software features complete browser based site building and administration for merchants with limited or no HTML skill up to Web Designers and programmers. AbleCommerce gives web entrepreneurs the ability to create a full-featured, customizable, commerce web site in just a few hours. AbleCommerce possesses the critical combination of web-based features that will allow start-ups and enterprises to compete on an increasingly level playing field. more info at ABLECOMMERCE..

MINIVEND - Minivend
MiniVend is the most powerful free shopping cart system available today. Its features and power rival the costliest commercial systems. The latest version is MiniVend 4.03, released March 28, 2000. Minivend 4 is a rewrite of Minivend 3. The majority of the thousands of existing Minivend catalogs run under the older Minivend 3. Features MiniVend supports just about every need for a leading edge shopping site. Online credit processing with CyberCash™, security with SSL and PGP, powerful database connectivity with SQL and DBI/DBD, internationalization, and much more. There is now a web-based administration tool, dubbed MiniMate. more info at MINIVEND..

SOFTCART - Mercantec Corporation
Mercantec’s flagship e-commerce solution As the first commercially available e-commerce solution specifically designed for the shared server environment, Mercantec SoftCart® is a complete, robust e-commerce solution. Commerce Service Providers (CSPs) worldwide are discovering that SoftCart helps a merchant get their web store up and running quickly, while reducing demands on their in-house technical support staff. Mercantec provides its merchants with a direct link to a variety of services and support through a link to Mercantec's Merchant Connection web site. A new feature with SoftCart Lite, SoftCart Pro, and SoftCart Suite this site allows Mercantec to make its merchants aware of e-commerce resources, service offerings, and add-on products, as they become available. more info at MERCANTEC..

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