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!