eCommerce is now one of the most important applications of internet. In the last few years a whole new world started in eCommerce. There are many eCommerce CMS are available in the market both freeware as well as commercial such as osCommerce, Zen Cart, Virtuemart, Magento, Xcart, PrestaShop, Ubercart, Product Cart etc. Also there is a list of eCommerce plug-ins for some generic CMS like Joomla, WordPress, Drupal, etc.
A good online store has the following features:

• Full product catalogs
• Shopping cart and checkout system
• SSL secure layers for ordering process
• Multiple payment options
• Multiple shipping Options
• Order management and fulfillment
• Inventory management
• Customer Service
• Marketing Promotions and Tools such as Discount Coupons, Promotions, Specials, Sales, etc
• Multi Currency Support
• Multilingual Support

Some of major shopping carts used by web developers.
Magento
Magento is one of the newest shopping carts on the market. The coding is based on the latest PHP 5 object oriented coding standards and the Zend framework. This has Multi-Store Capacity. But it heavily layered and overly complicated coding style and thousands of files requires a lot of time to learn and do customizations.
Oscommerce
Oscommerce is the basis for both Zen Cart and CRE Loaded. It is simpler and does not have all of the contributions already added that Zen Cart and CRE Loaded do. It runs well though and is a good back to basics shopping cart. It has the most available number of contributions and modifications.
Zen Cart
Zen Cart has a very nice wide array of features based on Oscommerce but has gone its own path. Some of the nice features include product attributes managers, template system, html editor for regular web page contents, built in coupon code system, ability to select what credit cards you accept, and more. There is no licensing fee for this cart.
X-Cart
X-Cart is a commercial shopping cart, but one of the most competitively priced and easy to modify. This uses Smarty Templates system.
Joomla & Virtuemart
This is the best solution for website wants CMS (Content Management System) combined with the shopping cart. It is easy to install and combine well with the Joomla.
Prestashop
This is a latest professional shopping cart in the industry. It code was developed in Web 2.0 innovations such as dynamic AJAX-powered features and next-generation ergonomy. It is easy to install and customizable.
eCommerce software is generating more and more of the total consumption in today’s world and without the ability to handle all of the data that is presented, and all of the incoming traffic of information.
We will meet your needs successfully. We have the team of experts who are well versed with the latest trends like PrestaShop Development , WordPress Development and C2C  eCommerce Development . Using their expertise we use the right program and incorporate the most recent ones. Depending on your needs, we offer following services to the clients:

• We make a software application planning strategy.
• Offer content management system for your ecommerce website.
• Make unique and effective design.
• Formulate online marketing strategy.
• Does search engine optimization. But on additional services do offer organic SEO and SEM facility as well.
• Once the complete web application is ready they provide with testing, tracking & analysis services as well. This helps in knowing exactly where your ecommerce website stands in the e-commerce world and what next is to be done to promote the site completely.

Introduction:
A recent study reports that almost 40% of current Internet companies turn away international orders because they do not have processes or systems in place to fulfill the order or they don’t have idea of solutions for the challenges they are facing.

Even though, Internet makes it possible for a company to sell their products in an international marketplace through online, many companies are not prepared to go global. In this article we will study the general challenges faced by a company in International ECommerce and solution for the same.

Major Challenges of International ECommerce:

Cross border orders & Global Shipping:

Shipping is the key step in the International ECommerce Systems. Smaller products mean air transport is affordable but for larger merchandise the shipment through freight forwarder is feasible. The Ecommerce system should support both kinds of Shipment facilities.

Communication barriers:

Another challenge in international eCommerce is developing websites without communication barrier. It should support international audiences, i.e. customers of each country. The websites should also provide interface for translation of one language into another that addresses the culture of the target region or area.

Import and Export Laws/ Tax System:

Each country, province or county have their own law for Ecommerce trading and tax system. The eCommerce system should provide interface and facility for accommodating such region specific tax system and settings.

Internet Payment Systems & Security:

The International payments are a major concern for the online customers. The eCommerce system should support International Payment System but through a secured channel for payments.

Marketing and Promotion of products:

Many of the eCommerce System lacks the support for Marketing and promotion of products through the system.

Top 5 Challenges of ECommerce Websites:

Don’t waste the customer’s time:

Time is the most important commodity in online shopping. You want your customers to be able to find what they want and buy it as quickly as possible.

Lack of browser compatibility:

While 80% of the market uses Microsoft Internet Explorer, failing to design your eCommerce site to work with other browsers is passing up a huge opportunity

Poor UI design of website:

When a website is not well organized or looks unprofessional, many customers will immediately look elsewhere.

Poor customer service options:

All eCommerce sites should make it easy to get questions about products and purchases answered.

Security concerns of customers:

Many websites fail to recognize how apprehensive some shoppers are to enter their sensitive information into unknown eCommerce sites

Other Challenges:

The other eCommerce challenges are low conversion rates of orders, high shopping cart abandonment rates, low average order sizes, high bounce rates and low return visitor rates.

Challenges addressed through Open Source ECommerce Systems:

With some simple (and some not-so-simple) adjustments, an eCommerce site can improve its profitability significantly using the open source technologies and systems.

The Open Source Ecommerce Software such as Grove Cart (from eGrove Systems Corporation), Prestashop, ZenCart and Magento supports different Shipping Gateways, Multi-lingual support and translation facilities as well as different currency support.

Grove Cart, Magento, ZenCart also supports region based tax settings and different payment gateways such as PayPal, Authorize.net, Google Checkout, etc. The website security is addressed through the provision for transaction through the secured socket layer which most of the eCommerce systems have these facilities. Magento eCommerce systems provide interfaces for email marketing through the ecommerce website itself.

Grove Cart have the feature of one page checkout thus by saves buyer’s time and it also have the different browser compatibility. One of the most important features of Grove Cart is the vast gallery of templates that facilitates rich UI design options for companies.

Conclusion:

We have in place system for International ECommerce solution using Open Source Technologies such as Grove Cart, Prestashop, Magento, ZenCart and Joomla – Virtue Mart Systems. In future, the growth of international eCommerce is likely to be explosive, as there are vast support from Open Source Communities and entities like eGrove Systems Corporation.

ECommerce – An Introduction:

ECommerce (e-commerce) or electronic commerce is the purchasing, selling, and exchanging of goods and services over internet or computer networks through which transactions or terms of sale are performed electronically.

In this new industrial environment ECommerce became an important factor of modern business development. In this dynamic era ECommerce can be broken into four main categories:

* B2B (Business-to-Business)
* B2C (Business-to-Consumer)
* C2B (Consumer-to-Business)
* C2C (Consumer-to-Consumer)

B2B (Business-to-Business)

B2B is a concept of companies doing business with each other such as manufacturers selling to distributors, agents and wholesalers selling to retailers. The pricing is based on quantity of order and is often negotiable between them.

B2C (Business-to-Consumer)

Businesses that sell their products or services to the general public typically through catalogs utilizing shopping cart software are called B2C.

C2B (Consumer-to-Business)

A consumer can posts his project or requirements of service or product with a set budget online and within hours, companies and vendors review the consumer’s requirements and bid on the project. The consumer can then review the bids and selects the company to fulfill his/her needs.

C2C (Consumer-to-Consumer)

This is the modern ECommerce technique where many sites offering free classifieds, auctions, marketplace and forums where individuals can buy and sell between them.

The C2C website provides platform for buyers and sellers as a Marketplace. Thanks to the different online payment systems like PayPal, Authorize.net etc., where people can send and receive money online with ease.

Amazon, Ebay & Etsy in C2C ECommerce:

Amazon, Ebay and Etsy are some of the Internet companies to introduce the C2C Marketplace Trend in Modern ECommerce. Thanks to their founders as we now have vast ecommerce sector and enjoy the buying and selling advantages of the Worldwide Web.

EGrove in ECommerce Development Services:

It is clear indication of the growing importance of e-commerce in the global economy is the rapidity with which Internet use has grown and spread during the last decade. With this ever rising usage of internet around the world, it has become a driving force behind the increasing preference of e-commerce globally. While the internet may still seem revolutionary in increasing the range of available services, such as digital music downloads and VoIP phone calls, it is also part of our daily routine.

The innovation solutions from eGrove have helped its clients to bring their business and products to its end clients. EGrove is one of the industry leaders in ECommerce Solutions since they have experience in developing ECommerce websites using different Open Source Software. So far, eGrove Systems has developed more than 100 ECommerce Websites that are unique in solutions and features. EGrove Systems has implemented & integrated different payment gateway systems. For example, eGrove implemented solutions for EWay UK payment gateway modules for most of the Open Source ECommerce Software.

EGrove in C2C ECommerce:

EGrove has stepped into the next innovation of C2C ECommerce or modern ECommerce. Using the evolution of different social networking websites, eGrove has now started developing C2C Online Marketplace Solutions to its clients and the websites are being developed similar to Etsy, where the users may act as a Buyer as well as Sellers. The users can post and sell any products to other users through the website. All the website transactions would be done through secured, built-in Payment Gateways.

Conclusion:

In a nutshell, e-commerce has really changed the way people, various organizations and other individuals go about doing business. It has also led way for the use of modernism and creativeness in tiresome business process. And with this fashion, software development companies around the world are lining up for providing businesses with the most successful and resourceful, e-commerce business models. Among them, eGrove Systems Corporation is a pioneer in implementing solutions in C2C ECommerce business domain.