Live From Shop.org: New Shopping Cart Aims to Fight ‘Checkout Abandonment’

E-commerce technology start-up Allurent introduced its first product here yesterday, a rich media shopping cart aimed at reducing the number people who abandon purchases during checkout.

Dubbed Allurent BUY, the shopping cart is designed be integrated into any e-commerce site’s existing technology, according to Allurent. The shopping cart uses a Flash plug-in that is already downloaded to 98% of computers, the company says.

“Our first application is pretty utilitarian