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If you are thinking to start an e-commerce venture, then most likely you will have a tight budget. You would like to spend much on promoting your online store then putting money in developing it. Though having a solid ecom software backend is very essential to any online stores success but for people just testing waters.

I wanted to highlight some open source php / Linux based shopping cart software’s which come feature packed and can be installed in a jiffy and most off all, they are free.

osCommerce: This is probably one of the most popular open source shopping cart softwares available. This is also very easy to install as it can be done via Fantastico. This is very easy cart to configure and if you do not like the template for the store front then you can easily change it as many free themes are available.

Zen-Cart: This is the second most popular shopping cart, reason being that is based on osCommerce. The good part about Zen Cart is that, it has made a lot of changes over the core osCommerce software and is more feature packed from the get go, you can even buy add on for your cart from the website. The support community is very active. Lot of store front themes are available for Zen Cart as well. Zen cart is also available via 1 click install from Fantastico