Online Stores

OpenCart

Robust open source e-commerce platform: unlimited products, 20+ payment gateways and product reviews.

About OpenCart

What is OpenCart?

OpenCart is a PHP-based open source shopping cart system designed for internet merchants to build online businesses with minimal investment. It offers unlimited categories and products, multiple currencies and languages, over 20 payment gateways, 8 shipping methods and a product review and rating system.

Category Online Stores
Install size 89.03 MB
Requirements According to Softaculous, the install takes about 89.03 MB. Requires PHP and a database, both included in miHosting's professional shared hosting.
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Use cases

What is OpenCart for?

  • An entrepreneur who wants to set up a complete online store with minimal upfront investment.
  • A merchant with a large catalogue that needs unlimited categories and products.
  • A store that wants to let customers leave product reviews and ratings.

Benefits

Main benefits of OpenCart

Unlimited categories and products for any catalogue size.

Over 20 payment gateways and 8 shipping methods built in.

Product review and rating system to build customer trust.

Automatic image resizing.

Is OpenCart right for you?

Is OpenCart the right choice for you?

It's a great fit if…

  • If you want an open source online store with a broad extension and theme ecosystem.
  • If you need over 20 payment gateways available out of the box.
  • If you want product reviews and ratings built in.

It might not be for you if…

  • If you need high-volume enterprise features, where Magento or Shopware are more powerful.
  • If you need integrated multi-channel selling (eBay, Amazon), where Loaded Commerce includes it natively.

Installation

How to install OpenCart on your hosting

01

Open your hosting panel

Log into your miHosting professional hosting panel and open Softaculous, the application installer included with every plan.

02

Find OpenCart

Installs via Softaculous from the hosting panel, choosing domain and admin details; Softaculous sets up the database automatically.

03

Configure and go live

Choose the domain, language and admin details. Softaculous creates the database automatically and your install is ready in minutes.

Recommended hosting

Why install OpenCart on miHosting

miHosting's professional shared hosting includes Softaculous, PHP and databases already configured, NVMe storage with no artificial limits, free SSL and real technical support if you need help during installation or maintenance of OpenCart.

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Choose the professional hosting plan that best fits your OpenCart project, or try it risk-free with the free plan.

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  • Free, automatic SSL (Let's Encrypt)
  • Free migration included
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Frequently asked questions about OpenCart

Is there a product limit in OpenCart?

No, it allows unlimited categories and products for any catalogue size.

How many payment gateways does OpenCart support?

It includes over 20 payment gateways out of the box, with more available via extensions.

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