====== Welcome to ProductCart ======

{{ productcart:pc_logo_225.gif|}}Developed by California-based [[:wiki:user:earlyimpact|Early Impact]], ProductCart® is a suite of [[http://www.earlyimpact.com/shopping-cart-software.asp|e-commerce shopping carts]] that small- and medium-sized businesses use to build and manage a professional Internet storefront. 

This shopping cart software is the result of years of experience designing and developing Internet applications. A lot of time was spent trying to determine how to best combine advanced functionality and ease of use. ProductCart is the result of these efforts. It offers both powerful e-commerce features and an intuitive administration area that gives you the ability to manage your online store even if you don’t have a technical background.

In this WIKI you will find literally hundreds of articles that describe the functionality of ProductCart’s administration component, the **Control Panel**, and how it interacts with a ProductCart-powered e-commerce storefront. 

Accessible with your standard browser, the ProductCart Control Panel is where you will manage every aspect of your on-line store, from configuring your product catalog, to defining payment and shipping options.

ProductCart is available in two versions:

  * **Standard** \\ A sophisticated, yet easy-to-use shopping cart for small- and medium-sized businesses Written entirely in Active Server Pages (ASP). It comes with hundreds of great e-commerce features, and most of them are described in this User Guide.
  * **Build To Order** \\ ProductCart Build to Order is a totally unique e-commerce system that allows you to sell configurable products and services. It combines the features of the Standard version of ProductCart with a dynamic product configurator and an online quoting system. See [[:bto:bto|ProductCart Build To Order]] for documentation specific to its features.

In addition, you can extend ProductCart's already extensive feature set by using a number of [[:productcart:addons|add-on's]] that are available for the system.