As you first begin to look for a PHP shopping cart, you will quickly realize that it can become an intimidating process.  There are a number of shopping carts to choose from, and many of them seem similar to one another.  However, there are certain features that you can focus on to help you decipher a quality PHP shopping cart from one that is in the mix of the crowd.

Most probably the reason you are getting a PHP shopping cart is to make life easier for yourself with customer’s orders and their payments.  Therefore, it is crucial that your shopping cart includes specific money-making features.  The first feature is that it should be able to calculate shipping and tax for USPS, USP and FedEx automatically for you.  It should also be able to customize gift certificates and product coupons for you.

These features should be a no-brainer for your PHP shopping cart, and will make it extremely convenient for you when dealing with customers.  On top of that, your shopping cart should be 100% customizable.  The more you can make your shopping cart look like yours, the better your business will be.

In the next post I will conclude the reaming things to look for.