How open source technologies can reduce the cost of e-commerce web development

PHP - the open source server side scripting-level programming language powers a number of e-commerce tools, technology and platforms. This article discusses about most of them.

E-commerce is nowadays the buzzword in the entire world of business. An ecommerce website is a platform where customers explore goods online, filter them as per their preference, choose product for shopping, add them to cart, and then pay for them online via using credit / debit cards, e-wallet or internet banking. Products are then delivered to their customers' homes or they can also pick the purchased products by visiting stores.

PHP has contributed a lot in powering ecommerce web applications and websitess.

PHP is an open source server side programming technology for dynamic web application and website developments. It’s an open-source technology which means almost all sources required during the development are available for free. This supports in minimizing the cost of development to a great extent.
An ideal ecommerce web application and website development company is supposed to provide following services, tools and technologies:

1. Magento
2. osCommerce
3. PrestaShop
4. AgoraCart
5. StoreSprite
6. Freeway
7. Ubercart
8. VirtueMart

Source: Rapidsoft Whatech