Shopping cart software is the part of your web site that actually processes your customers’ payment.

Naturally you want reliable, easy to use software here but a word of warning, the better ecommerce packages allow you customise the interface your customer sees and also the data you collect from your customer at the time of purchase.

However, be aware that many people are still wary of buying online and if you ask for too many details they may think twice and back out of your site. Better to stick to the usual name, email and postal address fields.

Few ecommerce providers are Oscommerce, Agoracart, ZenCart and extropia.