Let’s say you sell two types of products in your cart. For example, BOOKS and eBOOKS.
You want to allow customers to pay for BOOKS with PayPal and credit cards. But you only want customers to pay for eBOOKS with PayPal.
Is this possible with ZenCart?
The answer is yes, however some editing of code is required.
First thing: Please [...]

ZenCart has the built-in option of allowing customers to track their orders once placed. Tracking is viewed in the “My Account” area for customers when logged in.
This tutorial will show you how to update the status of orders and add new order status options in ZenCart.
You can update the status of orders placed in your [...]

I had a client email me about an order placed from her ZenCart store for an ebook. The ebook information showed correctly on the order confirmation page, along with the instructions on how to download the ebook. The problem? No link was provided to actually make the download.
This is *usually* caused by one of two [...]

This tutorial will show you to sell ebooks (or other download-able goods) using ZenCart.
Before we begin, I am assuming you have already added an ebook as a regular product. If you have not yet done so, do this first. Just create a new product as normal.
You first need to login to the admin area for [...]

Once your customer completes the order in ZenCart, they are directed to a page that thanks them for their order, and provides them with an order number.
By default, this page looks like this:

Editing this page is a two-step process.

NOTE: I prefer to use phpMyAdmin to backup my database files. You can opt to use the Backup Wizard to backup both you files and database.
Login to your cPanel control panel. Scroll down a ways until you see the Databases box.
Click on phpMyAdmin in the Databases box.