Question about features

[Sculley]

I'm considering using Zen Cart. There are a couple of features I'm looking for that I didn't see listed on the sidebar. I couldn't find a full features page. The other cart I'm looking at is Mal's. Does Zen cart offer these features:

1. Affiliate Porgram
2. Newsletter
3. Integrates with Quickbooks
4. Coupon codes
5. Recurring payments
6. Autoresponders
7. Integrates with WordPress
8. Allows for Third party cc processing
9. USPS integration
10. Tracking Codes

Wondering if I can use one cart for three sites.

Also, I looked at the sample zencarts and it looks like Zen Cart is an all-in-one shoppingcart. In other words, my whole site is the cart. Is there an option to integrate it with my current site?

Oh, and lastly....am I reading correctly that it's free?

Thanks soo much in advance!

[stevesh]

1. Mods available
2. Yes
3. Mods available
4. Yes
5. Not in the cart
6. ??
7. Mods available
8. Yes
9. Yes
10. Mods available

Depends on exactly what you have in mind. There is a multi-site mod. I don't know how stable it is.

Not really, no. Zencart is designed to be, and works best as, your entire site. EZ pages allow non-cart content.

Zencart is free.

[Sculley]

Thanks so much, Stevesh. Is there a link to these "mods" and EZ pages?

Thank you!

[gjh42]

Free Software Addons, top of page. Also the Tutorials/FAQ link will have info about ez-pages and much else.

[Sculley]

Thanks....am I correct that there is a newsletter function with zen cart? It does news blasts and keeps a database and similar functions to Constant Contact or some functions and reports?

[stevesh]

There is a newsletter function, but it's manual, and very basic. I think there's a MailChimp mod.

[Sculley]

Zencart is designed to be, and works best as, your entire site. EZ pages allow non-cart content.

Sorry....do you mean it's like Magento where you build your whole site in Zen Cart?

And what's a mod? A plugin or a third party software or....

[gjh42]

You don't *have* to build your whole site in Zen Cart, but it is generally simpler if you do, and avoids some potential problems.

"Mod" is a general term for a separate set of files that can be added to a stock Zen Cart installation. It may be a clean plugin or drop the mod folder/ files into the base, or may take substantial manual work to integrate. It depends on the complexity of the mod and what it affects. Some mods are written by the dev team as options that not everyone needs (keeping the core code cleaner), some are written by interested volunteers in the forum, and some are written by professional developers who hope to make money from them.

[Sculley]

Thanks so much for the explanation!