Web Script F.A.Q.s
QCart FAQ - Pre Purchase Sales Questions List of Categories
 Post Purchase F.A.Q. - Pre Purchase F.A.Q.
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Does QCart support or require User Registrations?
QCart is a full featured, fast and user friendly shopping cart script. Users can register (create an account) before making a purchase, however it is not necessary.
Often drop in customers will stumble upon a product they wish to purchase, or make an impulse buy. Statistics show that a large percentage of purchases are aborted at the checkout stage, because of the lengthy registration process involved.
QCart will allow the User to continue through the entire checkout and payment process without the need for User registration. It will automatically create an account for the buyer once the order has been completed.
Additionally, we've compacted the checkout, shipping and ordering process to around half the steps involved in most other shopping carts, reducing aborted orders, and increasing your revenue.
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Which escrows or payment gateways are supported?
QCart hooks up to 2checkout.com, Authorize.net Advanced Intergation Method (AIM), Authorize.net Server Intergation Method (SIM), PayPal Express Checkout and also supports manual billing if you have your own on or offline terminal. Additional gateways can be added upon request.
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Will I need my own SSL certificate?
If you're wanting to capture credit card numbers for offline billing, then yes, you should run QCart over an SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) connection.
If you're linking to one of the built in gateway providers such as PayPal, 2Checkout.com or Authorize.net, then no, SSL is not required, becuase the credit card information is captured by, and stored on, the respective provider's website servers.
If we're hosting a copy of QCart for you, we provide the SSL certificate whether you're billing offline or connecting to a gateway provider.
The store itself does not need to be secured, vistors can traverse your entire product range, view their cart's contents, checkout then go to a secured page to enter personal and payemnt details.
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Does QCart support multiple shipping methods?
Yes, Qcart has extensive shipping options which can be configure for each shipping method or provider added to the system.
Options include : automated weight calculations based on packaged product weight and defined weights ranges, automated space calculations based on packaged product dimensions and defined box sizes, custom shipping costs assigned to individual products, as well as default custom costs assigned to providers.
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How many languages are supported?
QCart ships with 3 default languages : English, French and Spanish. It also has provision in the administration back end for translations, allowing you to run QCart in any language provided you enter the translations.
The language pack feature applies only to the front end (the web store itself) so your shoppers will see the entire shopping cart, from products, to checkout, or order than you pages and email notifications, in their language.
This method also allows English speaking countries to edit the labels for the entire store if you think of more appropriate or user friendly terms and phrases.
If you're wanting to run multiple languages simultaneously, allowing shoppers and visitors to select their preferred language from the web store's front end icons, multiple installations are required. Each subsequent installation incurs a discounted licensing fee. All copies share the same database, so sales charts and reports will reflect the entire store's revenue.
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What does the Q in QCart stand for?
We're often asked this, and as much as we'd like to say it stands for something profound or interesting such as quantum, quest or quint essence, the truth is it stands for Quick. When we started developing QCart in 2002, the main objective was to make it function as quickly and as easy as possible for Customers. And while most shopping carts have become even slower, making the Customer's shopping experience even more frustrating, with the implementation of new web technologies, QCart has become even quicker!
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Are the scripts hosted on my website or yours?
Upon purchase, the full set of QCart's website shopping cart scripts are delivered to you via email. You can then install them on your website server, or we can install them on your server for you.
We can also run a hosted copy for you on our website servers if your host does not support CGI scripts.
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