F: Kann ich einen Webshop mit der Originalsoftware von OpenCart betreiben ohne dass ich es riskiere Abmahnungen zu erhalten?

A: Einfache Antwort: solange der Webshop nicht von einer Firma mit Firmensitz in Europa betrieben wird, ja.

Dazu muss folgendes erklärt werden: der Entwickler von OpenCart sitzt in Hongkong - und das ist bekanntlich etwas weiter weg. Auf europäische Gesetze nimmt er trotz wiederholter Diskussion wenig Rücksicht. Wird jetzt OpenCart wie es original angeboten ist installiert, fehlen wichtige Punkte welche unweigerlich zu einer Abmahnung führen können.

Im Einzelnen sind es die folgenden Punkte welche der aktuellen Gesetzgebung (sowohl auf europäischer als auch jeweiliger Landesebene) widersprechen:

• Impressumspflicht
• Widerruf
• IP-Adresse
• Telefonnummer

Imagine you have a webshop und you deliver goods into several countries. But you have different shipping rates for each of these countries. Addionally you want to offer a free delivery if the subtotal of the basket is higher than the value of x.

In addition all these shipping costs should be calculated based on the weight, or the amount of items, or the subtotal.

Finally several postcodes are not qualified for these rates. Or a specific IP-address is not. Or this rate should be valid for a specific IP-address or postcode (or range of them) only.

And - maybe - you have a rate which is valid for all countries and should be added only if the subtotal is less than the value x.

But - what if these shipping costs shall be valid for a specific customer group only?

Well, this is only a scenario, but it could happen.

So what will you do - or better to ask: what can you do?

To simplify the answer: not very much.

Why?

Also simple this answer: because OpenCart has not the flexibility for all these possibilities. It has some standard modules, there are some extensions on the market - but with all the result will be confusing your customers!

Because at the end your customer will see several options he has to choose from - you may be lucky if he has chosen the correct one.

The come to an end - we have the solution: MultiZone.

If you are the proud owner of a webshop based on osCommerce you may be lucky - or not.

Why?

Well fast explained: currently over 5 Million webshops are hacked as of today. Massice daily growing figure.

What happpens?

Scriptkiddies and other indivudals so called 'Hacker' are using weak code of osCommerce version 2.2. To be more precise: 3 security holes are used to infect your webshop and and get control over it.

Read more here in this blog by Armorize.

What can be done?

Easiest answer could be: use another, much more modern webshop than osCommerce. If you like to switch or you are in the bad situation that your webshop is already infected, call drop us a note. We will show you what you can do - and what we can do for you.