Hey what's the best shopping cart out there that can be purchased (not rented per month) for under $400?

I've been looking at sunshop but it has mixed reviews. All the top rated ones (see below) are either rented or too expensive. I had a look at x-cart but it's got some bad reviews so I think sunshop is ahead at this point...

Anyone with any experience?

http://www.shopping-cart-reviews.com/search-for-shopping-carts.aspx?iw=True&il=True&iu=True&im=True&mp=0&xp=2001&la=99
http://shopping-cart-review.toptenreviews.com/


Last question, if I purchase an e-cart program can it be used on any hosting provider or does it have to be supported?

x-cart - $199.00+ USD
Some pros: smarty template driven, handles most payment gateways, support
Some cons: costs

osCommerce - free
Some pros: free, heaps of modules/plug-ins, good community forums
Some cons: good level of html/css/php to make it actually look decent

These two usually run on any mysql/php enabled server. If in doubt, dial your hosting provider and ask them.

last edited by goggs at 10:20:26 28/Mar/07