Zen Cart is free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart software which responds to a users' needs and shoppers requirements. Many shopping carts are difficult to install and use.The Internet Business Coach only recommends two carts Zen and Virtuemart.

Zen Cart can be installed and set-up by anyone with the most basic web site building and computer skills. Some of Zen Carts features are:

·    easy installation
·    multiple customer modes
·    unlimited category depth
·    multiple sales and discounts
·    multiple display modes
·    unlimited extra pages
·    multiple ad banner controller
·    multiple shipping options
·    multiple payment options
·    newsletter manager
·    discount coupons
·    gift certificates
·    featured products
·    quantity discounts

Parcel Shipping Manager allows you, as a shop owner, to book your sold items for shipping at the click of a button. Instead of having to manually book each item the whole process now only takes a couple of seconds. Zen cart software scans the market to find the cheapest deal based on the collection and delivery addresses as well as the parcel dimensions and weight and offer services from DHL, Parcelforce, TNT, Parceline and others.


The AuctionBlox connector for Zen-Cart provides the functionality available on a typical eBay listing right from your Zen-Cart administrator screen, you can list multiple items by simply selecting all the items you wish to list using a pre-designed template. AuctionBlox includes the ‘Checkout Redirect’ feature, which allows successful bidders to checkout on your shopping cart instead of eBay giving you an opportunity to up sell to you customers.

What is Shipwire?

Shipwire is a leading order fulfillment service that allows you to store merchandise in massive warehouses in the U.S. As customers order from your online store, Shipwire will pack and ship it for you. It is that simple.
Addons and Contributed Modules because Zen Cart is a community driven cart system there are numerous add on modules that can be installed to give the cart more functionality.

Zen Cart has the following payment options in the UK:

Signing up for an Iridium account is free and our rates are very competitive. If you are a Zen Cart user based in the UK then you have nothing to lose and a lot to gain.