OsCommerce Online Merchant is an Open Source online shop e-commerce solution that is available for free under the GNU General Public License. It features a rich set of out-of-the-box online shopping cart functionality that allows store owners to setup, run, and maintain online stores with minimum effort and with no costs, fees, or limitations involved.

osCommerce started in March 2000 and has since matured to a solution that is currently powering 12,055 registered live shops around the world.

Today, osCommerce has been taken to the next level, moving towards an e-commerce framework solution that not only remains easy to setup and maintain, but also making it easier for store administrators to present their stores to their customers with their own unique requirements.

FEATURES

General Functionality

· Compatible with all PHP 4 versions

· All features enabled by default for a complete out-of-the-box solution

· Completely multilingual with English, German, and Spanish provided by default

Setup / Installation

· Automatic web-browser based installation and upgrade procedure

Design / Layout

· Template structure implementation to:

· Support for dynamic images

Administration / Backend Functionality

· Supports unlimited products and categories

· Products-to-categories structure

· Categories-to-categories structure

· Add/Edit/Remove categories, products, manufacturers, customers, and reviews

· Support for physical (shippable) and virtual (downloadable) products

· Administration area secured with a username and password defined during installation

· Contact customers directly via email or newsletters

· Easily backup and restore the database

· Print invoices and packaging lists from the order screen

· Statistics for products and customers

· Multilingual support

· Multicurrency support

· Automatically update currency exchange rates

· Select what to display, and in what order, in the product listing page

· Support for static and dynamic banners with full statistics

Customer / Front-end Functionality

· All orders stored in the database for fast and efficient retrieval

· Customers can view their order history and order statuses

· Customers can maintain their accounts

· Address book for multiple shipping and billing addresses

· Temporary shopping cart for guests and permanent shopping cart for customers

· Fast and friendly quick search and advanced search features

· Product reviews for an interactive shopping experience

· Foreseen checkout procedure

· Secure transactions with SSL

· Number of products in each category can be shown or hidden

· Global and per-category bestseller lists

· Display what other customers have ordered with the current product shown

· Breadcrumb trail for easy site navigation

Product Functionality

· Dynamic product attributes relationship

· HTML based product descriptions

· Automated display of specials

· Control if out of stock products can still be shown and are available for purchase

· Customers can subscribe to products to receive related emails/newsletters

Payment Functionality

· Accept numerous offline payment processing (cheque, money orders, offline credit care processing, ..)

· Accept numerous online payment processing (PayPal, 2CheckOut, Authorize.net, iPayment, ..)

· Disable certain payment services based on a zone basis

Shipping Functionality

· Weight, price, and destination based shipping modules

· Real-time quotes available (UPS, USPS, FedEx, ..)

· Free shipping based on amount and destination

· Disable certain shipping services based on a zone basis

Tax Functionality

· Flexible tax implementation on a state and country basis

· Set different tax rates for different products

· Charge tax on shipping on a per shipping service basis

Demo Themes