Some companies only offer a shopping cart service. With SalesCart, we offer both a Shopping cart based service as well as a stand-alone shopping cart software.  This allows you to scale your needs and the needs of your business.

Shopping Cart Service
SalesCart Express is an example of a Shopping Cart Service!

Easier-to-use:
A shopping cart service is easier to use.  Since the shopping cart checkout pages are managed, the configuration of databases and more complex aspects are left to the provider.  Other configuration and database aspects are completely removed from the end-user.

Secure:
A shopping cart service can be more secure.  Since the shopping cart provider  has control over the data and the checkout pages, they can insure the security is maintained.  The shopping cart service provider can monitor and ensure the security is correct since they are more aware of the software.

Less Expensive:
A shopping cart service can be less expensive.  SSL may be included for one.  This could save $70-$300 per year.  A shopping cart service is typically billed at a monthly rate and you do not have to buy any software up front.  So the up-front costs are typically lower.

Open-Script Shopping Cart Software
SalesCart NET is an example of an open script source Shopping Cart Software!

More Flexible:
This is the most flexible cart to purchase. With its open architecture, you are able to change the design as you wish.  This flexibility allows you to customize all facets of the shopping cart including the Check out system.   It gives larger companies the flexibility of running without a product database while at the same time allowing larger companies the flexibility of running with any product database in any ODBC language.  Open  script source shopping cart software enables your cart to have a "branded" appearance that matches your web site to the nth degree.

More Scaleable:
You can host the cart with any certified NT Web hosting company. In the long term, open shopping cart software allows for greater scalability in terms of database and database languages, the use of other ISP/WPP's, or the option of using other transaction processing systems.  Open-ended database support allows the company to export data to other 3rd party applications or import information from external databases easily.

More Control:
You control the entire shopping cart. This means you can run it on virtually any server-not just the server managed by the shopping cart service.  With SalesCart NET, one individual can easily manage the responsibilities of Web design, E-commerce, order fulfillment and accounting-responsibilities that in the past, typically required several individuals.

Proprietary Shopping Cart Software

Some Shopping Cart Software use a proprietary database or a proprietary language or compiled program to create the checkout pages. This types of shopping carts require that you host with only ISP's that support that particular shopping cart product.  ComCity does not offer any  kind of shopping cart in this area of the market.