Amy Porterfield
Online Resource Center
SHOPPING CART PLATFORMS
A shopping cart platform is the software that bridges the gap between shopping and buying. It’s just like the actual shopping cart we use at the grocery store, but it wears many more hats. It also has the shelves, the building, the product signage, cash register and often, the payment processor that relays the information back to the bank. If this all sounds a little overwhelming, don’t worry -- because most shopping cart platforms provide in-depth knowledge databases and tutorials that show you exactly how to get everything set up. You can also consider hiring a tech expert to ensure that everything is installed correctly and runs like clockwork.
Here are my all-time fave shopping cart platforms:
SamCart is an easy shopping cart software and 1-page funnel system that makes it super simple to sell your digital products. I tried SamCart after dozens of my peers had huge success using their checkout page platform. My sales increased almost instantly, and I also saved thousands of dollars in development fees. My favorite thing about SamCart is that it seamlessly integrates with all my other tools, which allows me to launch my courses faster with the confidence that all the pieces of my funnel will play nicely together.
Shop Pay from Shopify Checkout is a shopping cart platform that’s built to convert. Making an online purchase requires your customers to input a lot of information, and this lightning fast shopping cart fulfills their need for speed with a one-click checkout experience. In fact, Shop Pay converts 91% higher on mobile than regular checkouts and 11% better than any other accelerated checkout or wallet.
WooCommerce is an e-commerce plugin that turns your WordPress website into an online store -- and drumroll please…. they’re both free. Not to mention, this dynamic duo is extremely popular amongst new business owners because it combines ease of use with incredible power, and the default checkout page includes all of the essential form fields for making a purchase with many options for optimization.
