| A
shopping cart is a cart supplied by a shop, especially
a supermarket, for use by customers inside the shop
for transport of merchandise to the check-out counter,
and often to the customer's car after paying as well.
Often, customers are allowed to leave the carts in the
parking lot, and store personnel return the carts to
the shop.
Most shopping carts are
made of metal or plastic and designed to nest within
each other in a line to facilitate moving many at one
time, and to save on storage space. The carts can come
in many sizes, with larger ones able to carry a child.
There are also specialized carts designed for two children,
and electric mobility scooters with baskets designed
for disabled customers. 20,000 children are injured
each year in shopping carts. Some stores have child
carts that look like a car or van where a child can
sit in the seat while shopping. Such "Car-Carts"
or "Beans", as some people call them in the
cart business, may offer added protection for children
by keeping child restrained, lower to the ground as
well as protected from falling items while they are
kept amused.
Shopping carts are fitted with four caster wheels, which
can point in any direction to allow "easy"
maneuvering. However, when any one of the wheels jams,
the cart becomes extremely difficult to handle. Note
that some carts only have swivel caster wheels on the
front, while the rear ones are locked. This presumably
improves the steering life of the cart, at the expense
of maneuverability.
Shopping cart Software powers more than 50,000 online
stores worldwide. Whether you're a small merchant just
getting started or a high volume seller looking to streamline
and upgrade your online operations.
The cart is fully customisable and can be seamlessly
added to your website.
The cart is pre-configured to use WorldPay
payments, and can be configured to work with almost
any payment solution. |