Written in PHP, OpenCart is an open-source free-to-use e-commerce platform available under GNU General Public License which is a widely used free software license where end users are free to experiment the software. Being an online store management system, OpenCart is ideal for young startups, product-based firms which require online sales. Based on the Model View Controller (MVC) model, it is very easy to develop extensions or customize the open-source platform. If developers know PHP and SQL, OpenCart is the best ecommerce option to venture onto.

Key features available in OpenCart on Windows Server 2016:

• Administration dashboard
• Customized user management
• Multi-store
• Variety of options and attributes
• Unlimited categories and products
• Ready downloadable products
• Review and rating system for products
• Reward points for customers
• Customized filters
• Multi-currency
• Multi-lingual
• Embedded emails
• 36 payment gateway methods
• Recurring payments
• Sales reports
• Ready to use templates
• Virtual File structures: vQmod and OCMod
• Extension Installer
• Multi-lingual with translatability
• SEO-friendly

Disclaimer: Apps4Rent does not offer commercial licenses of any of the products mentioned above. The products come with open source licenses. You must bring your own licenses.

Default ports:

• RDP: 3389 TCP/UDP
• MySQL: 3306 TCP (Private Network)
• HTTP: 80 TCP
• HTTPS: 443 TCP

Learn more:
OpenCart on Azure
Managed Azure services
Solutions on Microsoft Azure