Zen Cart Overview

This is a summary of the comprehensive capabilities and benefits of Zen Cart based on over 233 insights from peer reviews, customer testimonials, and expert opinions. We included citations from these sources so you can read the full content at the original source if you wish.

Zen Cart, belong to a category of solutions that help E-Commerce Software. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

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Zen Cart supports business activities such as:

  • Cross Selling
  • Promotion Management
  • Advertisement
  • Discount Management
  • Social Media Analytics

Zen Cart can help you with many business goals, such as Increase Sales & Revenue, Acquire Customers, and Launch New Products. It can help manage these activities if you use Promotions Mobile Coupons etc. for these needs. As a solution, Zen Cart's capabilities include Widgets, and Templates.

Zen Cart Marketing and Advertising Vertical is its biggest customer base.

Reviews

"...Through the years the cart has evolved, and many revisions are deployed, also the active community is aware of the algorithm and policy changes, so it updates portions of the core based on that, and since mobile first there's a solution for responsive design, one of its weak points, because the template system, was originally table based, with css, but it has been evolving, and more features are incorporated, it has everything you need in a complete package, with payment and shipping modules, all kinds of pricing systems, to accommodate holidays, discounts and cross selling, and even paid premium plugins and services...." Peer review by Rick F, Owner/CEO

Cuspera Reviews

11 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well Zen Cart solved their E-Commerce Software needs. Cuspera uses 233 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific E-Commerce Software needs.

Business Priorities

Increase Sales & Revenue and Acquire Customers are the most popular business priorities peers achieved using Zen Cart.

Other priorities:

  • Launch New Products
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Use Cases

Peers recommend Cross Selling , Promotion Management , Advertisement , as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied while using Zen Cart.

Read Peer Reviews and Expert Experience for Business Use Cases

BUSINESS USE CASES RATINGS CUSTOMER AND EXPERT EXPERIENCES
Cross Selling with Promotions and Mobile

4.67/5 ★

Read Reviews (7)

"...Through the years the cart has evolved, and many revisions are deployed, also the active community is aware of the algorithm and policy changes, so it updates portions of the core based on that, and since mobile first there's a solution for responsive design, one of its weak points, because the template system, was originally table based, with css, but it has been evolving, and more features are incorporated, it has everything you need in a complete package, with payment and shipping modules, all kinds of pricing systems, to accommodate holidays, discounts and cross selling, and even paid premium plugins and services...."
Promotion Management with Promotions, Coupons, E-Mail and Display Advertisement

4.46/5 ★

Read Reviews (4)

"...Easily implement customer access restrictions and offer a variety of shipping options while supporting discount coupon codes, advertising banners, email communications and much more...."
Advertisement with Promotions, E-Mail, Coupons and Display Advertisement

4.38/5 ★

Read Reviews (4)

"...It is Deployed on top of LAMP stack that is mainly used to create online stores for advertising products and merchandises in today s business life style. ..." HOW TO INSTALL ZEN CART ON CENTOS 7.
PEER EXPERIENCES
Cross Selling with Promotions and Mobile

4.67/5 ★

Read Reviews (7)

"...Through the years the cart has evolved, and many revisions are deployed, also the active community is aware of the algorithm and policy changes, so it updates portions of the core based on that, and since mobile first there's a solution for responsive design, one of its weak points, because the template system, was originally table based, with css, but it has been evolving, and more features are incorporated, it has everything you need in a complete package, with payment and shipping modules, all kinds of pricing systems, to accommodate holidays, discounts and cross selling, and even paid premium plugins and services...." Peer review by Rick F, Owner/CEO
Promotion Management with Promotions, Coupons, E-Mail and Display Advertisement

4.46/5 ★

Read Reviews (4)

"...Easily implement customer access restrictions and offer a variety of shipping options while supporting discount coupon codes, advertising banners, email communications and much more...." Peer review
Advertisement with Promotions, E-Mail, Coupons and Display Advertisement

4.38/5 ★

Read Reviews (4)

"...It is Deployed on top of LAMP stack that is mainly used to create online stores for advertising products and merchandises in today s business life style. ..." HOW TO INSTALL ZEN CART ON CENTOS 7.

10+ more Business Use Cases

Our AI advisor, Wyz, harnessed 233 insights from peers and experts to help you assess how these Zen Cart use cases fit your E-Commerce Software needs.

Based on peer insights

Cuspera recommends Zen Cart for

Use Cases Cross Selling , Promotion Management , Advertisement
Medium Promotions, Mobile, Coupons
Features Widgets, Templates
Business Priorities Increase Sales & Revenue, Acquire Customers, Launch New Products
Industries Marketing And Advertising, Computer Software, Retail

Popular Business Setting

for Zen Cart

Top Industries

  • Marketing and Advertising
  • Computer Software
  • Retail

Popular in

  • Small Business
  • Enterprise
  • Mid Market

Peers used Zen Cart to Increase sales & revenue and Acquire customers

Peer and Expert Opinion on Features

for Zen Cart

  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
FEATURES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Widgets

4.39/5 ★

Read Reviews (13)
Templates

3.20/5 ★

Read Reviews (13)
FEATURES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Widgets

4.39/5 ★

Read Reviews (13)
Templates

3.20/5 ★

Read Reviews (13)

IT and Other Capabilities

for Zen Cart

  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
CAPABILITIES (DATA) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Data Export

3.71/5 ★

Read Reviews (12)
Data Import

3.27/5 ★

Read Reviews (14)
CAPABILITIES (DATA) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Data Export

3.71/5 ★

Read Reviews (12)
Data Import

3.27/5 ★

Read Reviews (14)
CAPABILITIES (SUPPORT) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
24/7 Support

3.79/5 ★

Read Reviews (55)
Email Support

2.10/5 ★

Read Reviews (1)
Phone Support

1.55/5 ★

Read Reviews (2)
CAPABILITIES (SUPPORT) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
24/7 Support

3.79/5 ★

Read Reviews (55)
Email Support

2.10/5 ★

Read Reviews (1)
Phone Support

1.55/5 ★

Read Reviews (2)
CAPABILITIES (OTHER) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Analytics

4.04/5 ★

Read Reviews (3)
Custom Reports

3.89/5 ★

Read Reviews (35)
CAPABILITIES (OTHER) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Analytics

4.04/5 ★

Read Reviews (3)
Custom Reports

3.89/5 ★

Read Reviews (35)

Software Failure Risk Guidance

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for Zen Cart

Overall Risk Meter

Low Medium High

Top Failure Risks for Zen Cart

Vendor Profile Details

Company Name

Zen Ventures

Company Website

https://www.zen-cart.com/

HQ Location

Employees

11-50

Financials

PRIVATE