TomatoCart – An Open Source Based Shopping Cart For E-commerce Companies In Nigeria

TechTrends.Africa IconByEmmanuel Alli Hours On Categories General

emmanuelI wrote this article to bring the awareness of Nigerians to Open Source eCommerce Software.

With its innovative and easy to use panel “desktop” management, TomatoCart uses an open source e-commerce to leverage the Web 2.0 era.

TomatoCart based on PHP / MySQL and implement AJAX and RIA Framework, ExtJS,is customizable, stable, and “weighs” only 16 megabytes of fast and easy installation, so that even non-technical users do not confuse the concepts difficult to understand.

The friendly and complete “desktop” back-end helps users to manage their business online, including unlimited categories and products, inventory management, marketing tools, search engine optimization, a case of the page different means of transport and payment gateways, web analytics reports integrated with Piwik, and community support. That is what makes TomatoCart a single provider of electronic commerce software.

It is quite understandable that most eCommerce software are quite expensive for anyone that wants to build eCommerce site in Nigeria, and also considering the challenges faced for payment from some international gateway system that has prohibited Nigerians from the system.

TomatoCart is developed and supported with excellent customer service by Wuxi Elootec Technology Co., Ltd. Elootec is the company that sells professional development and consultation of the open source web solution.

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Emmanuel Alli (MBA, MMP, BSc, ACIB) was originally a trained and professional banker who later changed his career to become an e-Commerce/Business expert when he travelled to United Kingdom for further career development. His areas of expertise are Affiliate Marketing & Management, Digital Media Buying, Social Media Marketing, Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Lead Generation, Video/Email Marketing, e-Marketing Management and Product Development & Management.

Currently, a Director with AfricaDotCom.com (Web Hosting Firm), Co-Founder of UKFreeHosting.com and as well a Co-Founder/CEO of e-Business Synergy Group, an online media and technology company based in UK and with office in Nigeria that helps SME companies to increase brand awareness, increase sales, promote their services/products via Internet Marketing Technologies. He is also responsible for the overall management of the segmented business properties listed below that are under e-Business Synergy Group;
• OnlineShopping.com.ng (Nigeria Shopping Comparison)
• DealsinUK.co.uk (UK Shopping Comparison Site)
• NewDiscountVouchers.com (Voucher Discount Website)
• MillionaireBooks.net (Online eBook Search Engine)

Emmanuel is a member of Chartered Institute of Bankers and an alumnus of University of Gloucestershire (United Kingdom); University of Ibadan (Nigeria) and Ago Iwoye University (Nigeria)

He is married to Mercy Alli, a successful Independent Distributor with OrganoGold.com

Contact Emmanuel Alli through his email: [email protected]

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