ZenCart Website Design Manchester

Endless Support

With various forums and guides easily found online to help you use Zen Cart, the amount of support you receive for any issue is endless. Whether you’re looking for tech support, or you want to figure out for yourself  how to create a website unique to you. Also, when you choose JS Web, our team will be here to help with any issues too! 

The Benefits of Zen Cart Design Services

As an open-source e-commerce platform, Zen Cart has many advantages when used correctly with online businesses. Some of the benefits of Zen Cart design services include: 

Cost-Effective: Being open-source, Zen Cart is free to download and use and you can create a custom eCommerce website without worrying about licensing fees.

User-Friendly: The platform is very user-friendly and with its simple and intuitive interface, it is very easy for businesses to use to manage their online store. 

Personalisation Options: With the list of plugins and templates available to implement onto your Zen Cart site, your eCommerce website has many ways to reflect your personal style and brand. 

Optimised for SEO: Containing both built-in features as well as downloadable plugins, your Zen Cart site is designed to be used alongside SEO strategies to help your online store rank in search results. 

Safe and Secure: Zen Cart has multiple layers of security to keep your website safe from online threats and supports SSL encryption to protect customer transactions and data. 

Multiple Language Support: If you want to expand to international or global customers, Zen Cart supports a range of languages and currencies to cater to this expansion.

Responsive Design: Keeping your website design consistent across different screen sizes or technologies can be difficult, however Zen Cart supports a range of devices to make sure your website looks just as good on mobile as it does on desktop. 

For a professional and committed team of website designers offering Zen Cart design services in Manchester, look no further than JS Web! Get in touch now to find out what our London-based team can do for you! 

ZenCart Vs Shopify: Which is Better? 

Personal preference plays a large role in setting up an ecommerce website and you want to provide customer satisfaction 100% of the time. Our team at JS Web prefer Zen Cart as we believe some of their features are far better than what Shopify and similar sites can offer, including:

Personalisation and Adaptability

By choosing to use Zen Cart, you’re choosing to have full control over the code to personalise to your specific business needs. This degree of adaptability opens the door for more extensive customisation options compared to Shopify – which has many more limitations when it comes to modifying the code. 

Cost-Effectiveness

Compared to Shopify, which offers different pricing plans and ongoing costs associated with using the platform – including both transactional fees and monthly subscription fees – Zen Cart is a free and open-source platform that doesn’t require licensing fees to use it effectively, providing a much more cost effective solution for businesses big and small. 

Control and Ownership

Unlike Shopify, when you set up your ecommerce website using Zen Cart, you can choose to host it on your own server as well as a hosting provider of your choice, giving you complete control and ownership. In comparison, choosing Shopify means your website will be hosted on Shopify’s servers and sacrificing control over technical aspects of your store. 

Better Community Support

With a dedicated community of Zen Cart users and developers easy to find in forums and other online resources, there is no shortage of documentation and resources to help you troubleshoot problems and customise your store. While Shopify also has a supportive and dedicated community, there are limits compared to the open-source nature of Zen Cart. 

If you aren’t sure which eCommerce platform to use, why not research for yourself the pros and cons of both Shopify and Zen Cart so you can make an informed decision on your platform of choice. There is no perfect solution and your preference will depend heavily on your specific requirements, technical expertise and, and overall preferences for control and customisation.