Updated July 26, 2008
Here are a set of Free tools that
can help your eBusiness management:
Free Ecommerce Shopping
Cart Software
OSCommerce. This is an open source (free to use)
shopping cart software that has many advanced features. It is uses
MySQL database under PHP environment. This shopping cart software
is compatible with a wide range of credit card processing systems
and has a variety of shipping options. Users must register first
before installing and operating. There is a learning curve involved
with this cart.
Interchange. This is an application server that
has many extraordinary features such as affiliate management, merchandising,
inventory management, custom shipping, custom tax, and many others.
It is somewhat hard to install and get going at first and managing
the platform can be complex at times. Credit card processing is
a custom setting and it also offers encryption of data.
Agora. Another open source ecommerce shopping cart
software with many features including dynamic generated product
pages, template based store building and integration, custom design
and development, merchandising, and inventory management. Supports
many credit card processors and payment gateway systems as well
as a wide range of shipping options. Also support digital goods,
including full download and management capability.
ZenCart. User friendly ecommerce shopping cart
software that is similar to OSCommerce but has many updated features
and addons and is often easier to install and manage. This offers
useful administration tools, promotions, discounts, coupons, special
pricing, catalog templates, customer retention tools, and a wide
range of flexible ecommerce features.
CubeCart. This is more of an ecommerce scripted
shopping cart software and is written in PHP with MySQL. It uses
templates to drive the design and development of the cart and has
addon mudules for affiliate management, shipping calculations, payment
gateway, tax calculation, multi- currencly support, inventory management,
email promotional marketing, and support for digital goods download
and management.
Free Chat Discussion Board
Software
PHPMyChat. Translated to more than 30 languages
this multi-room chat software is programmed with PHP and supports
MySQL, PostgreSQL, and ODBC.
Phorum. Web based message board develeped in PHP
designed to integrate with mailing lists, custom modifications,
and quick installation.
phpBB. Powerful and scalable bulletin board that
has a user friendly interface and offers very flexible administrative
tools.
SMF - Simple Machine Forum. Next generation forum
that is an elegant, powerful, and professional grade community software
system. This offers advanced features such as, permission and user
management, tracking management, multi-media output, and more.
Free FTP Software
AceFTP.
Good range of features and has a user-friendly.
FTPSurfer.
Easy to install and has good user interface.
FileZilla.
Another free FTP software.
CoreFTP.
Yet, another free FTP software.
Free Linkchecker Utility
Xenu.
Very useful linkchecker that identifies all the broken links in
your website.
Free Stock Photos
Stock.xchng.
High resolution stock photos for free use.
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