Features That Make OpenCart The Best Platform for eCommerce Development

by JONATHAN PAUL Jonathan Paul working at PHPProgrammers, a leading

OpenCart is one of the best platforms for eCommerce development now. And here are the key features of OpenCart and the reasons why you should hire an OpenCart developer for your eCommerce project.

The e-Commerce market is getting more competitive day by day. And choosing the right eCommerce development platform has become one of the most crucial tasks now to get the website built perfectly and to achieve the business objectives. Well, there are many eCommerce platforms available now like OpenCart, Magento, ZenCart, WooCommerce, and more that you can choose from. But, if you are looking for a feature-packed and cost-effective option, then there’s no better option than OpenCart. And the features of this platform give the reasons for choosing to hire an OpenCart developer if you need a competitive and highly engaging online store for your business.

Features that make OpenCart the best choice for eCommerce website development.

It is a free platform:

OpenCart is an open-source platform and developers can download it for free. And you have to just spend a few bucks on buying the domain and hosting services for the website. Also, the platform comes with both free and paid modules, extensions, and features that are not obligatory and can be used as per the required customisations. Unlike the SAAS platforms available, OpenCart is not based on a subscription basis and you are only required to pay the monthly fee. Also, when you are using OpenCart, certainly there are no limits in terms of products, customers, categories, etc.

Easy customisations and a bunch of themes to choose from:

OpenCart comes with a host of themes and extensions that enhance the features and functionalities of the online stores. And developers can use these themes and extensions and can customise them easily as per the project requirements and client preferences. The availability of a wide range of themes and extensions make it easier to customise the stores and make it look unique and different from the rest.

OpenCart is SEO-friendly:

OpenCart is an SEO-friendly or one of the most well-optimised eCommerce platforms available in the market. In terms of SEO, this platform comes with fields like meta descriptions, meta titles, alt tags, allows insertion of meta tags like schema.org, etc., and allows automatic manipulation of the main web pages, products, and categories on the e-store. And all these things help in creating an optimised online store. Getting your website found on Google and taking the website right on the top rankings is easier with OpenCart. Moreover, the platform has space for a personalised URL for every single category, product, and web page. This also boosts SEO activities.

An SEO-friendly website also gets loaded faster, which means if you are using OpenCart, you are sure to get a fast-loading website for your business.

OpenCart has an efficient Admin UI:

Website maintenance is important to keep it up to date but it is one of the most daunting tasks that developers are often found struggling with. With OpenCart, maintaining and managing a website is always easy even if you are not technically an expert. The admin can easily and quickly add products, categories, product images, product descriptions, manage configuration and do more and it’s because of the efficient and easy-to-manage admin panel UI of the platform.

Supports multiple payment methods, shipping methods, and multiple languages:

OpenCart supports nearly 4- different payment methods including some of the most commonly used ones like bank transfer, PayPal, credit and debit cards, cash on delivery, and more. This is again a feature that can drive more customers to the store.

Furthermore, this eCommerce development platform supports multiple languages, which again makes it easy for customers around the world to understand the products well, read the descriptions and all the content of the store and shop from there conveniently.

The list of features and reasons to choose OpenCart does not end here. There are more like its high flexibility, huge community support, free upgrades, and more.

Jonathan Paul is a highly skilled and experienced OpenCart developer associated with a leading eCommerce development company in Australia, PHPProgrammers. The author has written this article to let you know the features of the platforms and the key reasons why you should hire an OpenCart developer for eCommerce website development.