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Add A Free Remotely Hosted Shopping Cart Service

If you want to sell items from your web site you need a shopping cart service. Here is a free remotely hosted shopping cart service from Mal's e-commerce.

Just add a simple "Buy Now" button to your product pages and your customers will be able fill out an order while they browse your website. You can configure the shopping cart to collect card data and save it for processing later or link directly to a number of big name payment processors.

It offers all the features you need to start selling goods and services from your website including calculating tax, shipping and handling your discounts and vouchers. Included with it is their free mTracker affiliate program to help you promote your site.

Premium is an upgrade which adds features which are designed primarily for busy merchants, for example: automated card processing batch download of orders, direct access to UPS and USPS rates calculators plus a little bit more influence over the look of the cart. You can switch the status of your account between free and Premium any time you wish and without making any changes to your website.

Your cart is completely advertisement free except for a small logo in the footer of every page in the cart.

How it works

All you have to do is add simple "Buy Now" links or buttons on any page on your website. These can be made from a form button, a text hyperlink or even your own image:

When one of your customers clicks on one of these links they are presented with a page showing their current cart with that item added. They can choose to change any of the quantities, delete items or move on to the payments section. Credit card and check details are collected using an SSL secured server.

Once a customer completes an order you will be notified immediately by e-mail. The e-mail contains what they ordered but to collect the payment details you will need to login Admin unless you are using mOrders, my dedicated order manager.

Payment Processing Options

The free account saves credit card data (encrypted) for you to pick up from Admin and process how you like. It also supports card payments by: Paypal, Nochex - United Kingdom, Paymate - Australia.

Who can use the service

Basically anyone with a computer and an Internet connection who has something to sell online. Individuals, clubs, schools, charities and small businesses are amongst the users. However, note that they do not accept anyone who sells adult or racist material, advocates violence or engages in any activities involving spam email.

Is there any restriction on the number of products in my store?

No, they don't host your product pages and the cart doesn't use a product database therefore can be no restrictions on the number of products that you can have.

The only restriction you might find is if you are selling goods which are downloaded on the internet, for example software or .mp3 music files. The limits in the download system are 50 products for a free account.

Are my customers sent a confirmation email?

Yes, the cart can be configured to send the customer a receipt at the time the order is placed. The receipt is free from adverts and can be customized to include your own personalized message.

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