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osCommerce (for “Open Source Commerce”) is an e-commerce and online store-management software program. It can be used on any web server that has PHP and MySQL installed. It is available as free software under the GNU General Public License.

Key Features

  1. Compatible with PHP 4 and MySQL
  2. Unlimited number of products and categories
  3. Multi-lingual English, German and Spanish by default
  4. Automatic web-based installation
  5. Automatic setup of ecommerce payment systems: Authorize.net, 2Checkout.com, iPayment.de, PayPal.com, PsiGate.com, SECPay.com, and TrustCommerce.com; Many other add-on ecommerce payment systems, off-line and on-line payment processing
  6. Multi-currency support
  7. Support for dynamic images
  8. Supports physical products as well as product downloads
  9. Web-based administration module
  10. Database backup and restore
  11. Temporary and permanent shopping carts
  12. Secure transactions with SSL Secure Sockets Layer support
  13. Many shipping options including by weight, price, or destination
  14. Real-time shipping quote integration with UPS, USPS, FedEx, etc.
  15. Zone-based shipping and free shipping options
  16. Full tax functionality, different zones for different products
  17. Integrates into MYOB through the DataLink OASIS Series and Sage Line 50 through the osConnector for Sage Line 50

History

osCommerce was started in March 2000 in Germany by project founder and leader Harald Ponce de Leon as The Exchange Project. While officially osCommerce is still in its development stage, the current Milestone 2.2 release is considered stable as evidenced by the thousands of stores around the world which sport the phrase, “powered by osCommerce.” The planned Milestone 3.0 is expected to be a major re-write of the program to incorporate an object-oriented backend, a template system to allow easy layout changes, and inclusion of an administration-area username and password definition during installation.

Branches

Because it is Open Source, a number of independent software forks have developed which take the basic osCommerce code and modify it with their own features and contributions. These include CRE Loaded, Zen Cart, OSC MAX (formerly osC Reloaded), Digistore as well as other smaller branches.

Sources

Watson, Kerry. The osCommerce Technical Manual. Victoria, BC Canada: On Demand Manuals. pp. 11-14 ISBN 141203733-6.

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