One of the simplest and best way to promote a zen cart based store is by giving your affiliates and partners RSS feeds of your store which they can display on their website.

We can help you start your own zen cart site RSS feed. The RSS/XML feed can be for the entire store or just few specific categories. They can be open to public or can only be accessed through a password. Whats more, if you run an affiliate program, we can embed the affiliate ID into the RSS/XML feed automatically. This way your affiliates can promote your products in matter of minutes.

Contact us today to discuss your zen cart promotion and marketing requirements.

A lot of times our websites outgrow the server we are currently hosted with. Moving a website to a different server or a different host is always complicated. It becomes even more complicated if the website you intend to move is a zen cart based e-commerce website.

Below are some steps that you must follow if you intend to move your website to a new host.

Choose the right hosting company

I think a lot has already been written about this all over the Internet. Basically look for a host with good support and good reviews. You may want to check www.webhostingtalk.com to find more about the host you wish to review.

Making sure the server supports zen cart stores

It is important to confirm with the new hosting company that they support all the necessary softwares and services to host and run a zen cart based e-commerce store. This includes checking PHP, MySQL and Apache versions. Also if you make use of mod_rewrite (Zen cart SEO tools), you should make sure that apache supports mod_rewrite, GD library and any other module which is required for proper functioning of your store. It is also important to check if SSL certificates can be installed on the server and confirm that the server IPs are not blacklisted in any spam databases.

Backup and transfer

Before you begin the process of site transfer, make sure to backup each and every file and database at your old host. It is recommended to shut down your store before you start the database backup. If you have any integrated systems like zencart helpdesk etc, make sure to shut them down as well and back them up as well.

After the complete backup, transfer the files from old server to the new server. Try doing this with some server tools like rsync as it makes the entire process pretty fast.

Restore the files, database and settings

Once the transfer is successful, restore the files and database on the new server. Also make sure you do all the necessary settings (like config path, database password, SSL etc). Before you do the DNS switch, make sure to test all the important functionalities of your store (Order, add to cart, checkout, payment, support). Once this is tested, you can make the DNS switch and in few hours the new store will be online.

If you have better control over the old and new servers, you can minimize the DNS update time.

We can also help you in moving your store from one server to another. Contact us today to receive a free quote.

The most important element of a good e-commerce website is a helpdesk/support system. Since Zencart does not come with its own version of helpdesk, it becomes important that the helpdesk/ticket support system that you use on your site is integrated with your zencart store.

So what are the benefits of this integration?

If your helpdesk system is integrated with zencart, pulling out customer and order information is very easy. Your customers need not create a separate helpdesk/ticket support system account if they already have a zen cart account. It also gives the support staff a seamless view of the entire system. This not only saves costs but also makes the entire support system very efficient.

We can help you integrate almost any helpdesk system into zencart. Whats more - we can also help you deploy our custom coded helpdesk/ticket support system on your website which can be easily integrated with zen cart.

Contact us today to receive a free quote!

Do you run a shopping cart based website using Zencart e-commerce script and want to allow your members to create wish list. We can help you integrate a wish list system into your zen cart powered e-commerce store. This will allow your customers to create a wish list that other guests and members can see. If you have any specific requirements related to your shopping cart site that you wish to get coded, contact us today to receive a free quote.

It is always good to provide your customers with as many payment options as possible. Ever since Google has launched its payment system, Google Checkout, it has become very popular both with customers and merchants. A lot of webstores are already accepting Google Checkout payment system.

We can help you with the integration of Google checkout with your zen cart e-commerce system. Contact us today with a brief description of your website and we will be glad to present you with a free quote.

Do you want to customize your zen cart store to force all customers to login before they can see ANY products. Once logged in, the products a customer sees will be based on their account level. Such a customization allows you to showcase special product to your premium clients or offer the same product for different prices to different customers.

The customer account level can be determined by the type of customer they register as. However, the admin will have a m manual override as well. That is to say, the admin can make a client “SPECIAL” so they see a certain list of products. We can offer similar customizations to your zen cart based shopping cart.

Contact us today to receive a free quote for your zen cart customization

Are you looking to start a zen cart based e-commerce shopping cart site? We offer web hosting for zen cart shopping cart at very competitive rates. We differ from the traditional “web host” because our service caters to very specific type of websites. Our servers are optimized to run a zen cart based shopping cart site/store efficiently. All our zen cart hosting packages include free installation of zen cart with default template and settings. If you already have a zen cart store running with a different host and wish to switch hosts, you can send us the details of your old zen cart site and we will transfer your zen cart store to your new hosting account with us absolutely free of cost.

Our hosting comes with a feature rich control panel that allows you to control all aspects of your hosting account. Our servers support php4, php5 and MySQL, the essentials for Zen Cart.

Whats more we also offer zen cart customization, zen cart theme integration and host of other zen cart related services. So you will be hosting your website with a host that knows Zen cart in and out.

We offer two packages for zen cart based stores.

Plan 1. 500MB of disk space and 20GB of bandwidth every month. Other features like email accounts, databases, forwarders, mailing lists, ftp accounts etc are unlimited. The plan comes with default zen cart script installed. Plan 1 costs $29.95 every month.

Plan 2. 1000MB of disk space and 40GB of bandwidth every month. Other features like email accounts, databases, forwarders, mailing lists, ftp accounts etc are unlimited. The plan comes with default zen cart script installed. Plan 1 costs $39.95 every month.

If you choose to pay annually, we offer a 10% discount on the total invoice!

Contact us today to get your account setup!

Do you have a e-store based on zen cart and wish to integrate 2checkout payment processor? 2checkout allows you to accept credit card payments without the need to open a merchant account. We can help you with the integration of 2checkout mod for zencart. Once integrated, the system will allow you to accept payments for your products and services sold via zencart through 2checkout.com

Contact us with the details of your website and we will be glad to present you with a free quote for 2checkout integration into zen cart.

Zencart shopping cart system is an excellent way to start an online e-commerce system. However, since the zen cart script is very generic, it may not be able to suit your requirements unless customized. One important area of customization is the order process. A lot of times, we may want to capture lot of information related to the order. Other times, we may want to exclude some of the information that is already being capture to decrease the complexity of the order process.

We have studied many industries and worked with a lot of clients to help them customize their order form as per their requirements. We are zencart experts and can handle almost all kinds of customization in the order process/flow, order form.

Contact us today with your requirements and we will be glad to present you with a free quote.

A lot of customers give up on ordering when they see they have to register on the website to get their orders processed. Zen cart by default makes it compulsory for the visitors/clients to register and login on the website before they can get their orders processed.

However, it is always a good option to provide your customers with an express checkout option. With the zen cart express checkout option, your clients can choose whether they wish to create an account with your website. If they choose not to, they can still proceed with checkout and complete their orders. Our zencart express checkout system makes sure that such orders are registered in the database and no client information is lost. It also keeps the forms to minimum, making sure that most of the orders go through and people are not turned away because of the amount of information that needs to be filled in.

Contact us today with the details of your zen cart website to receive a free quote.