Currently, many platforms provide the creation and design of a website with an integrated store very quickly. Still, we need to have specific knowledge to understand the best platform for our business. (Get a FREE analysis of your business website! Please send us an email to [email protected])
One of the main things that we must analyze before anything else is the kind of product or service that we want to sell on our website. Having the right eCommerce solution will simplify the buying process from support, shipping the products up to payment.
A quick search on Google shows us many options so that we will analyze the most common ones.
Ultimately this is the most popular solution. Although Automattic acquired WooThemes (the creators of WooCommerce) in 2015, the popularity of WooCommerce has increased dramatically. It is now known to power 8% of all eCommerce websites and 21% of the first 1 million sites.
It is a very intuitive plugin to manage and sell digital products in WordPress. If you are selling only digital products such as PDF files, audio, or videos, we recommend considering using EDD over any other E-Commerce plugin in WordPress. One of the reasons for EDD’s success is that its core plugin is entirely free. By installing it on your website, you will immediately have a digital sales platform with discount codes, file access control, and activity tracking options.
Ecwid store includes a shopping cart where your customers can track items as they shop, adjust their quantity, get their discounts and see the total order cost. The cart is designed to be functional using its default settings. You can customize your cart to tailor it to the needs of your business.
Many users prefer Ecwid if they are looking for a system with more built-in tools. The free plan is robust in terms of average online stores. You’ll get a responsive mobile shopping cart, support for up to 10 products, and the ability to sell across multiple sites.
• Ecwid is known for integrating with almost all website builders and virtually content management systems. It includes everything from WordPress to Squarespace, Adobe Muse to Wix.
• All plugin updates happen automatically with Ecwid, while WordPress plugins require a manual update.
• Ecwid has a strong focus on helping you sell instantly. Some of the pricing plans create Facebook Stores for you. There are also options for mobile POS, digital marketplaces, regular POS, eBay, and Google Shopping.
• When you install Ecwid on one site, all store data can be transferred to different sites and synchronized so that sale happens on multiple fronts.
WP EasyCart is made for small business owners who want to create online stores without fuss. The store would work on WordPress as it provides a quick setup process and comprehensive tools made for non-developers.
Easy synchronization with Quickbooks, MailChimp, TaxCloud, and ShipStation is also integrated within the WP EasyCart system, making it complete for a small business. In addition to this, you can sell everything from physical items, downloads, subscriptions, and gift cards.
WP EasyCart works similarly to an eCommerce SaaS platform, like Squarespace or Wix. All the simple tools will be there for you. The only difference is that you will have complete control over your WordPress site and your hosting. In addition, the options are surprisingly advanced in the free version, with support for unlimited products, live shipping calculators, and advanced product variants.
After that, you can purchase a yearly plan to avoid the transaction fees that come with the free package.
BigCommerce has been working with its eCommerce platform for a while now. Thus, it has its hosting and content management system.
However, BigCommerce is now trying to break into the WordPress space, with a recent beta version for developers. BigCommerce’s primary goal is to attract companies that have built their websites on WordPress.
One of the most important aspects is the design of our website, and Bigcommerce helps us a lot at this point since it offers many templates to choose the one that best suits our business
Before this BigCommerce plugin, combining WordPress with BigCommerce was not possible. One had to choose one or the other.
BigCommerce can place the module on multiple sites and have no problems with synchronization.
Now you know that many plugins can bring essential functions to your website. Whatever you need your website to do can be done with a plugin. However, you must be careful when installing plugins since excess usually results in something negative.
“A good rule of thumb that we have is not to exceed 20 plugins. If your site is hosted on a shared or inexpensive cloud hosting, try to use no more than five plugins.”
If you need advice with your current plugins and tools for your e-commerce or looking for a plugin that serves you to cover a need but you do not know which one to choose, contact us at [email protected] or follow us on our social networks. We could talk about many plugins, but we wanted to mention only the most common. Write us if you have any questions or comments about these or different plugins!
