Shopping Carts

It all started with Asa Candler, a "prescriptionist" in Atlanta 112 years ago. A modest pharmacist who dealt in tonics and medicines, he bought an unassuming recipe for a patent medicine called Coca-Cola. When he gave out handwritten slips of paper for customers to try the new drink for free, the coupon was born.

A former computer special effects artist, Christina Hills, ditched her star-studded career working magic for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, The Lost World: Jurassic Park and The Perfect Storm to move to Northern California's Sierra Nevada and launch her business as a shopping cart consultant. As owner of ShoppingCartQueen.com, an affiliate of 1Shopping Cart.com and a few other related merchants, she quickly found that "the more affiliates can match the look of the merchant's site to the look of their website, the better their sales will be."