Are you looking to have your Zen Cart shopping cart give your customers the ability to purchase products without having to register for an account? Believe it or not, this is not currently an option with any default Zen Cart installation. It’s a beef that i’ve had with Zen Cart for quite some time! Why would you force people to create an account before making a purchase? What if the product you sell does not require such a thing?

There is a module I guess you can call it called COWOA which stands for “Checkout Without Account”. It gives the shopper another option to skip the account creation section and purchase anyway. The module requires the overwriting of some of the include files as well as an SQL injection. So you want to make sure someone with some technical expertise can help you out with it. Here’s what it looks like to the shopper:

I have actually used the COWOA for a Zen Cart shopping cart for a client of mine and it is working great. So if you are using Zen Cart, and need this type of functionality then use this. It will work great for you! Just make sure to follow the instructions carefully!