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Looking for shopping cart software for selling 5 items. The main goal is to collect more than the normal information and export all the customer info out into a csv or other spreadsheet type file. I would use wordpress if that would work too.

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Thread asks for a way to sell five items while capturing extended customer fields and exporting everything to a spreadsheet. Several replies favored ready-made carts (, , , ) while others argued for a custom solution for control and liability reasons (, ). The following is a concise, practical plan focused on data design, safe export, and selection criteria — no platform names reused from the thread.

Start with a data plan: list every field needed and mark each as (a) required for order processing, (b) optional marketing data, or (c) sensitive (never store). Keep payment data with the gateway; avoid storing card numbers or CVV. Store extensible fields in a keyed metadata table (order_id or customer_id) so exports map predictably. Use UTF-8 and ISO 8601 dates to avoid parsing issues. Example CSV header:

order_id,order_date,first_name,last_name,email,phone,shipping_address,custom1,custom2,sku,quantity,total

Export and operational controls: provide admin filters (date range, order status), field-selection for exports, and an audit trail recording who exported which file and when. Deliver exports over TLS, restrict access to a small admin role, and encrypt stored exports. Add server-side validation and deduplication (UUID or order checksum) to prevent repeated rows. Schedule exports or provide API endpoints if downstream systems need automation.

Security, privacy and selection checklist: never retain full card data; require explicit opt-in for marketing data; document retention periods and deletion procedures; log exports. When choosing a solution for a tiny catalog, prioritize support for custom checkout fields, reliable admin CSV export or API, clear data-ownership terms, role-based access and export logs. For quick launch, a hosted/plugin route can work; for maximal control and reduced third-party exposure, a minimal custom implementation is reasonable (as noted by and ). Any plan to commercialize customer lists should include explicit consent and legal review.

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Member Avatar for ayni

Zencart would be ideal for you. I do really use it.

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There are many good options. I would do a custom coded cart.

Member Avatar for Sariscos

I agree with PG. A custom option would be the best.
Determining the legal consequences, the third party software you might want to use may compromise the information of your users. If that information was only available to you, you can relieve yourself of many legal ramifications. If you have them check a disclaimer, you could sell that information to advertisers and marketers.

Member Avatar for Ydeveloper

Why do not you try Magento! It provides the great functionality and has ability to manage large no. of data efficiently and effectively. Know more about Magento, just search Magento features on Gooogle.

Member Avatar for johnst

Looking for shopping cart software for selling 5 items. The main goal is to collect more than the normal information and export all the customer info out into a csv or other spreadsheet type file. I would use wordpress if that would work too.

I'm using Izzonet's shopping cart for my online store and I sell 3 items. Have you tried using a landing page? or a few..

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Try Magento. It offers some great features of extracting customer info from shopping cart.

Member Avatar for danny63

Wordpress can help but I use izzonet to collect my customers info and orders hope this helps

Member Avatar for Chandan_4

EasyStoreHosting is best Online E-Commerce Store creation software.

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from zen cart you can download all information of customer

Member Avatar for SidRhyes

Magento, X-cart, zencart are some of the finest carts that can be used and they are full of features.

Member Avatar for srishtimehta

I'll recommended you to use ZenCart Shopping Cart. It is open Source so there is no cost, its user friendly and there is a help section in which you can found most of your answers to configuration question. And OsCommerce is also one of the best choice for online stores.

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Member Avatar for joelchrist

Hello

If you are having very limited items to sell, then you can shoose zscart, self hosted monthly paid shopping cart solution.

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i also made a website of e-commerce of selling one product in 24 hours.

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