As a hosting provider we have seen many different shopping cart
systems but we always seemed to find flaws that prevented them
from being truly functional. Some carts simply weren't reliable
or didn't offer the necessary levels of security and ease of use
while others were so expensive the average website operator would
need 12+ months just to recoup the cost of the software. In addition
the support on these carts was sporadic at best.
We have been working with a product called OS Commerce for over
a year and many of our clients have had tremendous success with
it. OS Commerce offers all of the features and capabilities of
high end e-commerce sites similar to Amazon.com, Buy.com and many
others without the need to spend thousands of dollars on custom
development charges.
OS
Commerce is one of the most full-featured shopping carts available
today. Some of the most important features are listed below. More
information can be found on the
OS Commerce website.
Support for manual or
live credit card processing. Will even interface with PayPal!
Automatic shipping and
sales tax calculations.
Web based administration
system and product entry.
Built in search system
for products/manufacturers.
Product attributes to
handle different sizes, styles, and colors.
Built in statistics
program to show you what your customers are looking at.
much, much more!
Which Version Should I Choose?
Flighthost offers three
ways for you to have this exciting, top of the line shopping system.
OS Commerce is an open source application
and as such, may be downloaded free of charge from the OS Commerce
website .
If you have the technical expertise and want to have a system that
you can customize as you require this option provides the most flexibility.
Many of our customers who want OS Commerce are
not comfortable with the tasks needed to install it. Flighthost offers
a basic installation service for a one time fee of $150.00. You still
retain the ability to customize the cart as you see fit but all of
the base installation tasks are completed for you.
Flighthost is proud to announce that OS Commerce
is now available as a completely automated system that can be installed
through your web hosting control panel. Simply answer a few simple
questions and click a few buttons and OS Commerce will be up and running
on your website within minutes. Our technicians worked very hard to
bring this wonderful program into the reach of all of our hosting
clients. Unlike the two methods listed above all of our automated
carts are completely supported by our Technical Support team. Our
completely automated system is available for a one time setup fee
of $10.00 plus $15.00 per month. This option may be added to any Standard,
Professional or Premium web hosting account.
* OS Commerce can be installed on any hosting
account with the Standard, Professional or Premium web hosting
package. Because OS Commerce is third party software we can only
provide product support for those customers using our Automated
OS Commerce solution.
OS Commerce Automated System User's
Guide
To give you an idea of what the OS Commerce Automated
System looks like we have put together the OS Commerce Automated System
User's Guide. This manual shows you how to configure and operate your
web store.. You can download this manual as a Adobe Acrobat PDF document
by clicking
here. (3.5 MB)
