All right, I’m here to talk about my favorite WordPress shopping cart plugin, Cart66. I like it because it’s easy to understand, fairly easy, especially for a fairly non-technical person like me who, moreover, never actually owned a business before, never mind one involving inventory. Thus, while all those sophisticated features are present, such as variable tax and shipping rates, they don’t get in my way at all unlike some other solutions on the market which seem to insist that I deal with such issues, at least keeping them in mind while I design my online store.
No, for me, a WordPress shopping cart should complement a site, not force the site to work around it. That’s why I gush about Cart66 every chance I get. It’s really, really intuitive: just stick the appropriate shortcode exactly where you want it on your page and that’s it. No fiddling with the plugin’s PHP yourself at all. With the other options currently out on the market today, layout design takes a backseat to the cart software, forcing you to work around someone else’s idea of how an e-commerce website should look, never mind behave!
Cart66 is the kind of WordPress shopping cart solution for folks who like things simple. Yes, there are fancier alternatives, but none has been able to match this title for intuitive ease-of-use right out of the box. If you don’t like reading manuals then you’re in luck with this one, as most features are easily discernible, as to how they work and so forth. And if look and feel is more important to you than some fancy setup, this one is exactly what you need. For example, you can place the product button as perfectly as you care to, treating it as just another element which some HTML and/or CSS can style, can determine how to appear. Far too many businesses underestimate the fact that the web is a visual medium and therefore first impressions are likely to be lasting ones. It’s really important to look as professional as you are otherwise!
Too many sites neglect visual appeal and try to compete only on price. With Cart66, there’s no need to sacrifice good looks for good e-commerce sense! While a whole system capable of so much, such as handling different kinds of individual and group coupons, at its heart it’s just a simple no-nonsense way to offer a shopping cart system for your WordPress-powered business. That’s a great way to do business in any industry!