Thanksgiving is finally over, and the next month is perhaps one of the most profitable times for merchants. Most people have heard the term "black Friday" which refers to busiest shopping day of the year which happens to be the day after thanksgiving. This year the hot term for online shopping is cyber Monday.  Similar to black Friday the term refers to the Monday after thanksgiving in which all the experts are predicting record sales.

If you're a small business owner who has not yet migrated to the web, then the next few weeks could prove to be devastating to your bottom line.  Shoppers are going to the web because of many factors. In big cities people just don't feel like waiting in line for hours to make purchases. For others it's the fact that comparison shopping has never been easier then it's on the web. Whatever the reason maybe one thing remains true, that eCommerce is the wave of the future, and those who are not doing it are loosing money. 

When it comes to selecting shopping cart software, many people tend to choose osCommerce because it's free. However, what many newbies don't realize that although osCommerce may be free it offers virtually no technical phone or email support. In addition to make osCommerce look professional requires a designer who is skilled in HTML., CSS and PHP.  Many merchants who customize an osCommerce cart end up spending thousands of dollars on customization. The bad news is that if the eCommerce store proves not to be profitable all the customization and custom programming was done in vain, and that is not even mentioning the investment which is lost.  With WebCart 11 there are not high upfront customization fees in fact integrating a static site in to WebCart is almost effortless.  More importantly if your eCommerce business fails you will not be stuck with an expensive customization job on your hands because WebCart has a monthly fee option that can be cancelled at anytime.  To see our new detailed comparison of WebCart VS osCommerce click here.