Why OpenCart?

Amidst a boatload of e-commerce platforms options like WooCommerce, Magento, Big Commerce, Prestashop etc., OpenCart is growing exponentially and gained a lot of traction. OpenCart is probably the easiest, reliable and most customizable of all.

Here are a few reasons to choose OpenCart:

1. Footprint: The size of this program is ridiculously small and if properly setup and managed, it is extremely easy to host and manage an OpenCart website.

2. Hosting: An OpenCart e-commerce website can run smooth on a shared hosting. Unlike some platforms (Magento), you do not need a VPS or dedicated server to run an OpenCart website.

3. User-friendly: An elaborate administrative dashboard with intuitive links makes it so easy to update products, categories, options, attributes etc.

4. Templates: There are hundreds of responsive templates available at reasonable prices.

5. Easy Customization: OpenCart built on an MVC foundation, it makes so much easier to make changes or develop extensions according to your requirements.

6. Documentation: It is a well talked about platform and there is plenty of documentation and information available about OpenCart. Many forums beside the OpenCart website that offers help and discuss this platform in detail.

7. Secure & SEO Friendly: One of the best-kept secret of OpenCart is its SEO friendly interface. Meta-descriptions, SEO URL, Google Analytics Tracking code are some of the built in features of OpenCart.

8. Payment Gateways: OpenCart comes with many popular payment gateways pre-installed. There are many extensions available for additional payment gateways.

9. Multiple Languages & Stores: OpenCart is available in many different languages that comprise the major language group of the world. It is easy to select a language via admin panel.

Creating & managing multi-vendor website is possible and works well in OpenCart.

10. Low Maintenance: OpenCart is a very low maintenance e-commerce platform. Programmers are available at reasonable rates.

In conclusion, it is an extremely easy to use (customer and admin) e-commerce platform. The growing popularity of OpenCart is a testimony of its success.