Building a store used to feel like hand-stitching a parachute mid-fall. Now it's pick a theme, pour a coffee, watch products go live. The backdrop shifts from tangled code jungle to a tidy, plug-and-sell street market.
Open Cart gives you a fast, open-source ecommerce platform with no monthly software fees. Prefer hosted simplicity? OpenCart Cloud runs on NVMe SSD infrastructure, so pages load fast and you skip server chores.
Manage products, variations, inventory, orders, taxes, coupons, and customers from a clean admin. Built-in SEO, multi-store management, and a marketplace of 13,000+ extensions cover payments, shipping, marketing, and reporting.
Plug in PayPal, Stripe, Square, Klarna, Apple Pay and Google Pay via gateways. Connect UPS, USPS, FedEx, Royal Mail, plus GA4, Facebook Pixel, and Google Merchant Center for analytics and feeds.
Get started with a free download or launch in the Cloud. Pick a theme, add products, choose gateways, set shipping zones and tax rules, go live. Scale by adding modules, not headcount. Community support is free, with commercial support when you want a pro.
Customize with themes, custom fields, and an API-friendly architecture. Sell in multiple languages and currencies. Regular updates keep your store current and secure.
Result: a flexible shopping cart that grows with your online store, keeps costs predictable, and hands you back time to market, merchandise, and actually run the business.
Best features:
- Open-source core with no monthly software fees - protect margins and budget
- 13,000+ extensions and themes - tailor checkout, shipping, and marketing without heavy custom dev
- OpenCart Cloud on NVMe SSD - faster pages that lift conversion and SEO
- Clean admin for products, orders, taxes, and coupons - save hours on daily ops
- Built-in SEO plus multilingual and multicurrency - reach and rank in more markets
- Multi-store management - run multiple storefronts from one dashboard
Launch fast, sell faster, and keep your margins instead of feeding platform fees.
Use cases:
- Launching a new DTC brand store with low upfront costs and room to scale
- Migrating from fee-heavy platforms to control hosting, code, and cash flow
- B2B wholesale catalog with customer groups, price tiers, and tax rules
- Regional or global storefronts using multilingual and multicurrency settings
- Dropshipping setup via marketplace integrations and automated order routing
- Seasonal or flash-sale stores that need fast, hosted performance in the Cloud
Suited for:
DTC brands, SMB retailers, and wholesalers who want a flexible ecommerce platform or hosted cloud that cuts recurring platform fees and reduces tech complexity while improving speed and control.
Integrations:
- PayPal, Stripe, Square, Authorize.Net, Klarna, Apple Pay, Google Pay, UPS, USPS, FedEx, Royal Mail, Google Analytics 4, Facebook Pixel, Google Merchant Center, Mailchimp, Zapier
