Hello,

Please excuse me if this is the wrong place to post this, i have not posted here in ages.

I want to start a shop selling RC helis and spares, i have had absolutely *no* experience with carts although I _am_ a web designer and php programmer.

I am looking for a cart that is simple and easy to administer and not to intimidating, it should at least be easy in the beginning.

I dont ask for much, just around 10 functions:

> 1. Admin panel where i enter quantity and it keeps track of inventry

> 2.Intergrate with paypal+2checkout anything more is a bonus

> 3. Easy to "template"

> 4. Should be able to give discounts based on price and accept discount codes.

> 5. Should offer the "customers who bought this also bought" feature

> 6. Easy to maintain

> 7 Customer cpanel so they can have a look at their orders and past orders

> 8. Should not interfere with my vbull forum (v3.4.5...i think)

> 9. Should be fast and not have too many calls to the db per page as this will be on a shared hosting environment. I once saw a shopping cart a while back that was querying the DB around 150 times per page.... thats really high, i dont think my host will be too happy with that esp with how much I pay for hosting!

> 10. I have a very good page template (pure html) that i would like to use to display my products, would it be hard to customize the cart to display in the templates format?

> 11. Reviews of my products would be a fantastic feature, but if its not there, no problem.

Would you recommend Zen Cart for doing the above?

Please note that I am a newbie and will have a large bunch of questions if i do start using this, can I count on the community to help me when i run into problems? I know you guys are nice guys giving your time to support this free software but I have to ask :)

I **WILL** make a small donation if I use the cart - you can hold this to my word.

Thanks in advance!
Ryan