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A lot of our customers ask for small, cheap eCommerce-Solutions. They are in need of a shopping cart software for small web shops. A common demand exists for programs that are cheap or free and easy to maintain. As most of these customers only run basic web hosting packages with limited server power the software also has to be modest in its demand of system resources. One of the tools we recommend for these scenarios is CubeCart.
 

CubeCart comes with the advantage of being easily installed and not demanding a lot of configuration effort. The source code of the web shop’s html pages is clear and devoid of to much tables. The backend is much more basic and straight forward than it is on the more common but also more complex tool “xt:Commerce”. It is quite easy to maintain several shops with the same database.
There are some nice little features that distinguish CubeCart from its competitors. For example, you can turn the whole shop offline with a single click in order to do maintenance works. You can also define shipping costs per category which is great if you ship items that need special transportation. There is even a very handy feature to assign pictures for articles that miss a dedicated picture. Xt:Commerce or osCommerce can only achieve the same once you edited several template files.

Of course, CubeCart is not as feature-rich and flexible as more complex shopping cart programs. However, given that it is free if you are comfortable with the copyright notices (otherwise you have to pay only 70 USD) it is a good choice for small web shops that want to reduce costs.