Which cart?

I am needing to incorporate a shopping cart into a site.

I am using PHP sadly the server is running PHP 4 on windows

So I cant use say... Zen Cart.

I have come down to either PayPal's online cart or Mal's cart

Which would be the best? any ideas?

I've used both. Paypal is good for a startup. The one negative I am finding is that you can't use a shipping calculator. Shipping options are limited and frustrating.

Mal's is good. Easy to use, lots of help in the forum if you need it, and you can use a range of shipping calculators.

I'll probably use mal's then.

The site has a relatively small sales range. It probably won't change to much either.

thanks.

You could also look at checking out 2CO for a payment processor. Or paypal they are both GREAT!

I have used Mal's for several years and really love it! The only problem I had with the Mal's cart was that it does not support Google Checkout. It does support Paypal.

Good Luck!
RooKaps.com Team

Since we have switched from using simple Paypal buttons and Google checkout buttons to using Mals-e... our sales have almost doubled. I think Mals-e can't be beat. Mals-e easily supports Paypal transactions as well as most other forms of payment. It does not yet support Google checkout though.

We also have the Mals-e setup so that order notifications are delivered to cell phone... neat!

RooKaps.com Team

Terry, what shipping calculator do you use.. if any?

Option 7-- Mal was kind enough to actually set it up for me! He is so personally helpful.

The following allows us to charge $2.99 shipping for orders less than $10.00 in US; and $6.99 for international orders. I couldn't quite figure out how this works-- but it absolutely does-- beautifully!


This is option 7 shipping, check the "shipping by value" check box. The
first zone table is:

US and CA:
1 2.99
9 0.00
0 0.00
0 0.00
- -2.99

International:
1 6.99
0 0.00
0 0.00
0 0.00
- 0.00


Charlotte Terry
http://www.Rookaps.com

Oh.. you used a flat rate sort of shipping.
All my clients ship products of different weights so I needed a calculator that added up the products in ounces then calculated the shipping.
I was able to purchase an easy to use one from one of the members on the Mal's Forum.

Thanks for answering.. I was just curious!