My name is Mike, I am a UK based programmer and IT professional specialising in the open source Zen Cart e-commerce software and web server technology.

I’ve worked with and programmed for most of the free open source online e-commerce applications over many years in IT, but the one that stands out as being truly ‘fit for purpose’ is Zen Cart because of it’s versatility, security, and modular approach to it’s construction. Best of all Zen Cart software is completely free albeit I do encourage users to make a small donation to help defray website costs etc.

There are dozens of shopping cart programs available, both free and paid for but none come anywhere close to offering the level of options, features and support available with Zen Cart. Even expensive commercial programs have a hard time competing.

In common with any other ecommerce software package Zen Cart administration is fairly complex and it will take time to master so users will encounter a moderate learning curve in order to become comfortable using it. Depending on your IT skills and/or familiararity with computers you might benefit from a bit of tuition in using it. If you need to modify or adapt the software to your particular needs the chances are you may need the help and input of a Zen Cart professional if you don’t understand PHP or MySql, that’s where I and my services come into the picture 🙂