w3sights works exclusively with Zen Cart, a free, user-friendly open source online shopping cart system which can be configured as an e-commerce site or used as a showcase or informational site with no e-commerce at all! w3sights does not work with any other cart system and, before beginning, I make sure that Zen Cart is a good match for your shop and that you feel as confident as I do in it's capabilities.

Zen Cart is supported by a wide user and developer base and has many features - which are described below - built in and even more available to add on. The list of features below is from the Zen Cart website. I am frequently asked about adding products to an online store using Zen Cart.... With Zen Cart, the Store Owner or Manager is able to add or delete or edit products, categories, and subcategories using the Administration Tool and there is no limit to the number of categories, subcategories, or products that a store can have!

If you are interested in working with w3sights, I have provided a helpful questionnaire here to get started so that I have an idea of what you are looking for. And then I will be in touch with you to make sure I can accommodate your wants and needs and that w3sights is a good match for your project. Most of the e-commerce sites I design and develop range between $800 to $3,000. To schedule and start a project I require a deposit. Thanks for your interest and I hope we'll be working together soon!

Simple, Three-Step Checkout Process

• After providing billing information, your customer first selects a shipping method.
• Then they choose their preferred payment method.
• All that's left is to review the order and confirm!
• Your customer will receive an order confirmation email automatically and you'll receive an order notification via email as well.

• unlimited category depth – have as many categories and subcategories as you’d like
• physical merchandise and/or downloadable virtual products
• products can reside in multiple categories
• product options as dropdowns, radio buttons, checkboxes and text input

• individual special prices
• global sale reductions
• category-wide sale prices
• unlimited discount coupons
• customer group discounts – can be used for wholesale customers
• quantity discounts – buy more, pay less!
• one-time charges
• minimum and maximum purchases per product
• prices by attributes – set a base price and let your customer choose which options they want to pay for

• multiple language support (extra charges will apply)
  
• multiple tax support
• multiple currency support
• multiple shipping methods – including free shipping, one flat rate, per item charges, a table rate based on price or weight, real-time shipping quotes from UPS and/or USPS, store pickup and a table rate based on price or weight and country
• multiple payment methods – including PayPal, manually processed credit cards (merchant account required), automatically process credit cards (merchant account and compatible payment gateway required), COD (cash on delivery) and checks/money orders

• periodic newsletter in plain text or HTML
• order status emails and records in the customer account
• referral tools
• gift certificates

• configure your minimum and maximum values, image sizes and customer details
• choose which layout settings to use for the spotlight listings
• pick which details to show on your product details page, such as quantity in stock, model number, etc.
• edit your policies pages with HTML (if desired) using a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor, so little-to-no HTML knowledge is needed. If you can use word processing software, you can update your pages!
• add, delete, move, link or copy your products
• create and manage your product attributes
• manage product reviews, featured products, specials and storewide sales
• shipping and payment module installation and management
• price and taxation control
• banner advertising controls
• newsletter creation and sending
• content management tool, easily add new content pages

zen cart add-on modules

Additional modules that enable Zen Cart to go beyond the functions provided at installation are also available. They vary in purpose - from saving you time, to streamlining shipping, to being able to add up to six optional products on any product page for cross-selling. Additional modules can personalize and enhance your web site and w3sights is happy to discuss using them at any time during the project.