Zen Cart truly is the art of e-commerce; free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart software. The ecommerce web site design program is being developed by a group of like-minded shop owners, programmers, designers, and consultants that think ecommerce web design could be and should be done differently.

Features of Zen Cart:
Easy Installation:
- checks the database and server for requirements before installing
- installs using a built-in installation tool
- prepopulates the basic store information
- optional demo products

Global E-Commerce Ready:
- multiple language support
- multiple tax support
- multiple shipping methods
- multiple currency support
- multiple payment methods

Customer Status Modes:
- unrestricted shopping
- must register to view prices
- must register to view prices and merchandise
- showroom only

Catalog Status Modes:
- showcase mode without prices
- showcase mode with prices
- normal shopping mode
- down for maintenance mode

Powerful Administration Tool:
- configure your minimum and maximum values, image sizes and customer details
- choose which layout settings to use for the spotlight listings
- pick which details to show on your product details page
- edit your policies pages with HTML (if desired)
- add, delete, move, link or copy your products
- create and manage your product attributes
- manage product reviews, featured products, specials and storewide sales
- shipping and payment module installation and management
- price and taxation control
- banner advertising controls
- newsletter creation and sending
- content management tool, easily add new content pages

Fully Customizable Catalog Templates:
- XHTML 1.0 compliant nearly table-less layout
- change the colors, fonts and many graphics using Cascading Stylesheets
- add, move, remove sideboxes via the Admin Tool
- template overrides that do not get overwritten during upgrades
- override functionality without having to learn PHP
- create as many different looks as you would like and choose them from the admin