List of Free Online Shopping Carts

free shopping carts

There are a variety of different kinds of free online shopping carts. Some are also open source meaning that you have full access to the code and can edit it. Some free carts also include free hosting, these are usually carts that are very limited where they are hoping you will eventually upgrade to a paid plan. Some of the free carts require a link back to their website

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Free Download Shopping Carts

Downloadable free shopping carts must be downloaded and then installed on a ecommerce host.

WooCommerce

URL: http://www.woothemes.com/woocommerce/

Type: WordPress Shopping Cart Plugin

Review: WooCommerce Review

NopDesign

URL: http://www.nopdesign.com/freecart/

Type: Javascript

Commerce.CGI

URL: http://www.commerce-cgi.com/

Type: CGI

Shop-Script

URL: http://www.shop-script.com/scripts/shop-script-free.html

Type: PHP

CS-Cart

URL: http://www.cs-cart.com/

Type: PHP (Community version)

TomatoCart

URL: http://www.tomatocart.com

Type: PHP (Community Edition)

Avactis

URL: http://www.avactis.com/

Type: PHP (Free version)

Comersus

URL: http://www.comersus.com/

Type: ASP (Free version)

Free Hosted Stand-Alone Online Shopping Carts

Hosted stand-alone shopping carts can be used on their own without an existing website. These carts do not require separate hosting or installation.

1FreeCart

URL: http://www.1freecart.com/

Type: Ad Supported

Free Hosted Add-On Shopping Carts

Hosted add-on shopping carts are meant to be added onto an existing website. They usually provide html code that will make an add to cart button.

Mals

URL: https://www.mals-e.com

FatFreeCart

URL: http://www.fatfreecart.com/

Open Source Shopping Carts

Open source ecommerce tools are supported by a community instead of a company. They are free tools and you have full access to the original source code which you can modify. Open source projects require ecommerce hosting.

ZenCart

URL: http://www.zen-cart.com/

Type: PHP

AgoraCart

URL: http://www.agoracart.com/

Type: PHP

LiteCommerce

URL: http://www.litecommerce.com/

Type: PHP

PrestaShop

URL: http://www.prestashop.com/

Type: PHP

Magento

URL: http://www.magentocommerce.com

Type: PHP (Community Edition)

OSCommerce

URL: http://www.oscommerce.com/

Type: PHP

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