osCommerce is a complete online store solution that contains both a catalog frontend and an administration tool backend, which can be easily installed and configured over a web-based installation procedure.

osCommerce is one of the most popular e-commerce solutions on the net. Click here for a list of stores powered by osCommerce.

Enjoy a functional online demo of an osCommerce store and administration interface here.

On The Brink Designs offers osCommerce on all business hosting plans. A solid knowledge of PHP is a plus when configuring and customizing osCommerce for your site. Don't know PHP? No problem, we offer osCommerce configuration services on an hourly basis.

OSCOMMERCE FEATURES

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General Functionality

• Compatible with all PHP 4 versions
• All features enabled by default for a complete out-of-the-box solution
• Completely multilingual with English, German, and Spanish provided by default

Setup / Installation

• Automatic web-browser based installation and upgrade procedure

Design / Layout

• Support for dynamic images

Administration / Backend Functionality

• Supports unlimited products and categories
• Products-to-categories structure
• Categories-to-categories structure
• Add/Edit/Remove categories, products, manufacturers, customers, and reviews
• Support for physical (shippable) and virtual (downloadable) products
• Contact customers directly via email or newsletters
• Easily backup and restore the database
• Print invoices and packaging lists from the order screen
• Statistics for products and customers
• Multilingual support
• Multicurrency support
• Automatically update currency exchange rates
• Select what to display, and in what order, in the product listing page
• Support for static and dynamic banners with full statistics

Customer / Frontend Functionality

• All orders stored in the database for fast and efficient retrieval
• Customers can view their order history and order statuses
• Customers can maintain their accounts
• Addressbook for multiple shipping and billing addresses
• Temporary shopping cart for guests and permanent shopping cart for customers
• Fast and friendly quick search and advanced search features
• Product reviews for an interactive shopping experience
• Forseen checkout procedure
• Secure transactions with SSL
• Number of products in each category can be shown or hidden
• Global and per-category bestseller lists
• Display what other customers have ordered with the current product shown
• Breadcrumb trail for easy site navigation

Product Functionality

• Dynamic product attributes relationship
• HTML based product descriptions
• Automated display of specials
• Control if out of stock products can still be shown and are available for purchase
• Customers can subscribe to products to receive related emails/newsletters

Payment Functionality

• Accept numerous offline payment processing (check, money orders, offline credit care processing, ..)
• Accept numerous online payment processing (2CheckOut, PayPal, Authorize.net, iPayment, ..)
• Disable certain payment services based on a zone basis

Shipping Functionality

• Weight, price, and destination based shipping modules
• Real-time quotes available (UPS, USPS, FedEx, ..)
• Free shipping based on amount and destination
• Disable certain shipping services based on a zone basis

Tax Functionality

• Flexible tax implementation on a state and country basis
• Set different tax rates for different products
• Charge tax on shipping on a per shipping service basis

SUPPORTED PAYMENT GATEWAYS*

• 2CheckOut
• Authorize.Net
• iPayment
• PayPal
• PSiGate
• SECPay
• TrustCommerce

* Additional gateway support may be available. Contact us for details.