Create an online shop on OpenCart

If you choose order the creation of an online store , you will also need to choose a content management system (CMS) for him. For the purposes of an online store may well come up OpenCart . OpenCart provides professional and reliable foundation for building a successful online store.

OpenCart – a content management system that meets all the requirements for online shopping. It has all the features you can use to create your own e-commerce site.

Features Platform OpenCart

• This CMS is free.
• Unlimited categories, products and producers.
• Multi-language system that supports a number of different currencies. This allows you to reach more potential customers.
• Reviews and ratings for products.
• Import-export of goods.
• Automatic image resizing.
• Features such as viewing related products info page, coupons for discounts, etc. well implemented.
• Built-in backup and recovery.
• Easy content management system (Admin).

OpenCart – this engine magazina Internet, which can be installed on any web server with PHP and MySQL. It belongs to the category of free software.

Benefits OpenCart

1. More than 20 payment instruments
   The developers have taken care of so that you can quickly and easily accept payments from their customers. Including Russian-speaking WebMoney, Robokassa and LiqPay.
2. More than 8 shipping methods
   You can choose the form of delivery that best suits your business. Manage sending orders efficiently.

3. SEO-friendliness
   After setting up shop next task – is to attract customers. Promote website in the top search engines OpenCart possible, knowing the characteristics of this system.
4. Sales Reports
   Detailed visual sales results become constant companions of your business.
5. Variety
   OpenCart allows you to work with a huge number of language versions, currencies, categories, products and producers. A truly grandiose diversity.
6. Easy to operate
   Store Manager, created By OpenCart any person. It is possible to add products, categories, information, track orders and customers.

But like all systems have advantages OpenCart system has a number of shortcomings, which we can not remain silent.

Disadvantages OpenCart

1. Since the system is free, then there are problems in the system, and the modules that it developed.
2. The same page can be reflected in various locations, particularly if the directory has a multi-level nested, that is, there are duplicates of pages. This problem specialists GKS Web Studio can remove, because it is really a negative impact on the promotion of the site.
3. All members of the standard modules are designed for foreign system of payment and delivery. The modules of payment and delivery to the CIS countries, but they are sometimes paid.
4. An Inconvenient extra modules and templates.
5. The lack of loading Excel and 1C. Since many users are accustomed to Excel and 1C, especially shopkeepers (price lists, bookkeeping, etc.), it can be considered as a serious shortcoming.
6. No function rapid changes in prices and other characteristics of the admin. In other words, if you need to make a correction in prices for goods throughout the store, you will have to interrupt the prices for each product, which is very inconvenient.

To summarize, we can say that the system OpenCart – quite a good choice for the development of an online store. Especially if you are applying for a service site creation to experts, they will be able to turn some of the shortcomings of its dignity, and to correct certain errors.

GKS Web Studio offers its services to create an online store on OpenCart. The cost of developing an online store «turnkey” – from 7000 UAH. For more details about our services and their value can be found on page: Services web studio .

If you choose order online store , you can contact us in any way convenient for you: call the number shown on the site, write to e-mail: gkswebstudio@yandex.ua or use feedback form .