The Zen Cart Shipping Module: Adapting to International Markets and Shipping Companies

April 30, 2010 - PRLog -- Zen Cart is one of the most popular online store management programs there are. People who start a business online with a very restricted budget usually select it because it’s distributed freely under the he GNU General Public License. The GNU General Public License assures that every user gets the software for free and is able to modify the program to suit a specific situation. However, it restricts the user from copyrighting and selling the resulted modified software.

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As the users build and grow their online stores with Zen Cart, they discover its advantages and become used to it. As a result, they seldom change to another one, even when they get enough financial resources.

One of the most advantageous features of Zen Cart is its modules. You can add functions and tools to your website as you need them

For example, if you sell a physical product (as opposed to a digital product which you can send by Internet), you can install a Zen Cart shipping module to handle the process for you.

A Zen Cart shipping module makes the whole process easier, but the real advantage is that it makes tracking much simpler. For example, you could not install it and keep control of your shipping separately. However, if you have several customers, it can be confusing to know which shipments have been sent to whom. And some customers will require the same type of items in different orders, which makes it even more difficult to track. By installing a Zen Cart shipping module, you can easily keep track of how many shipments have been sent, to whom, and on what day.

Also, if you have clients in different countries (and you should, because that’s what selling over the Internet is all about), you can even install modules for specific countries where your sales make it worth the trouble. As an alternative, you can install a Zen Cart shipping module for every shipping company that you work with, which standardizes your shipping orders to their processes, making the whole process smoother every single time.

Getting your products to the client is an important, but often overseen part of an online business. However, happy customers make long time purchases and recommend you to other customers, so consider installing a Zen Cart shipping module on your website. It’s free anyway and it will be worth the trouble.

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