KonaKart is a freeware java shopping cart tool which will provide everything that store owners need to sell their products over the Internet.

KonaKart includes an extensive set of online shopping cart features to satisfy the needs of both online shoppers and store owners alike.

We thought that there was a gap in the market for an affordable enterprise quality eCommerce solution designed with technologies that will perform and scale.

We have made KonaKart database-compatible with the most widely used eCommerce solution (osCommerce) with over 11,00 live stores, to allow a seamless upgrade path for users demanding better performance, flexibility, scalability and connectivity. KonaKart is a Java / JSP / XML based solution with easy to use java API s and a SOAP Web Service interface for the ultimate in connectivity.

Here are some key features of "KonaKart":

General Functionality:
· Database compatible with osCommerce 2.2.
· Written in Java. Needs a servlet engine such as Apache Tomcat to run.
· Modular approach with API s at various levels (Client Javadoc, Server Javadoc) as well as a SOAP Web Service interface (WSDL). The web service interface promotes connectivity even from outside of the company firewall and allows client side applications (i.e. .Net, MS Excel etc.) to use the KonaKart engine.
· Completely multilingual.

Setup / Installation:
· Simple click and run installation through an installer.

Design / Layout:
· The osCommerce compatible UI uses a JSP / Struts design. The source code of the JSPs and Struts Action classes is provided in the download so that they may be customized.
· It is relatively easy to write a UI in the technology of your choice by calling the KonaKart Client API. An example of this is our Catalog Inspector Demo which consists of a Adobe Flash object created using Open Laszlo technology.

Customer Functionality:
· Customers can view their order history and order statuses.
· Customers can maintain their accounts. They have an address book for multiple shipping and billing addresses.
· Temporary shopping cart for guests and permanent shopping cart for customers.
· Fast and friendly quick search and advanced search features. Search for products by category, by manufacturer or both.
· Product reviews for an interactive shopping experience.
· Number of products in each category can be shown or hidden.
· Global and per-category bestseller lists.
· Display what other customers have ordered with the current product shown.
· Dynamic product attributes relationship.
· HTML based product descriptions.
· Display of specials
· Control if out of stock products can still be shown and are available for purchase.
· Customers can subscribe to products to receive related emails/newsletters.
· All emails are template driven and so fully customizable using the Apache Velocity template language.

Payment Functionality:
· KonaKart implements an API and modular approach for introducing payment gateways. We include the source code of all currently available gateways.
· Disable certain payment services based on a zone basis.

Shipping Functionality:
· Weight, price, and destination based shipping modules
· Free shipping based on amount and destination
· Disable certain shipping services based on a zone basis
· KonaKart implements an API and modular approach for introducing custom shipping services.

Tax Functionality:
· Flexible tax implementation on a state and country basis
· Set different tax rates for different products
· Charge tax on shipping on a per shipping service basis.

Requirements:

· MySQL
· Java

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· KonaKart engines have new constructors to cater for multi-store functionality. In some cases the old constructors have been deprecated.
· SetConfigurationValue() in the Admin API has changed. This now requires an extra parameter. The extra parameter is the session Id. This has been modified to ensure that changes to configuration values are only made by callers with a valid sessionId. (SessionIds are returned from successful logins).
· For security reasons, the default installation of KonaKart disables the web service interfaces. Look at the on line documentation for instructions on how to enable these interfaces.