Online Shopping Basket Research

For my live client project my client requires a website that she can sell her illustrations and fashoins. this is a big thing fro me but i am willing to take on the challenge. firstly i thought i would have to create a shopping basket myself but iafter asking the boys and my tutors i soon realised that this would not only be project that is far tooo big for the time period that i have also that it could be alot more dnegerous than i thought so both the boys and the tutors informed me that i could find simple shopping basket software online either for free or for a small fee so i thought id look into this further than i can explain to my client with knowledgeable and clear advise on how these things work.

the first one i found that i liked the look of was the Boss Cart JVS Series. this is a uk based company and offers a free shopping basket service.

how it works
it is shopping basket software containing php and using a msql database
there are 3 files for you to download or you can enter a link into your webpage

features
Template driven for easy customisation
Search engine friendly pages
Search engine friendly images
Support raw flash movies as images
Built in CRM system
Upload multiple products at the same time
No limit to number of items you can sell
Easy to set up
Integrates with all UK payment provider gateways
Money off web hosting from leading hosting companies
Free technical support

advantages and disadvantages
it seems pretty simple but because it is free there are no garantees that it will work but its worth a try
i think you would have to have alot of experience with php and mysql in order to use this one.



this company also offer another servise that is not free
this is called Cart Boss Premieum and it is £110

i think it works like the other but it is alot more helpful

features
Quick and easy to set up.
Powerful catalogue manager, manages over 10,000 products.
Create your store look-and-feel or use one of our pre-designed templates.
Integrate your online store with a payment gateway of your choice.
Host your shop with the web hosting company of your choice.
Extensive marketing and merchandising features, including social networking/marketing plug-in.
Bulk product upload to make populating your store with products easy.
Export your products to Google base.
Easy order management.
Multiple language support.
Multiple currency support.

Additional features
Drag and drop interface for quick access to products and product attributes.
Extended product image upload, add additional seven images per product.
Define header and footer for each product category and sub category.
Crate links to external URLs.
Specify shipping and weight for each product.
Import data to or export data from Boss Cart in CSV format.
Automatic email confirmation of orders.
Powerful product search feature.
Built in Contents Management System (CMS).

advantages and disadvantages
theres is alot more design and layour flexiblity with this package compared to the other one.
it seems alot more secure and proffessial
alot more easy to use and update
the main disadvantage is the cost