What is the best ecommerce website solution to promote and sell products online?
I intend to setup an eCommerce website to sell products online, what are the best eCommerce solutions out their. I know of WordPress, is this the best option to use, or is their something better?
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Sep 18, 2020
Let’s start with some introduction, Drupal is a free and open source content-administration structure written in PHP and circulated under the GNU (General Public License). It’s been around more than 15 years, the advantage of Drupal for technical fraternity is known and available whether it is for corporate, political or even government sites. A large number of well-known multinational brands rely on Drupal CMS whether it’s BBC or Tesla. But, why do people choose Drupal over other CMS’s? Well, to understand this, we need to classify this into three important questions:
• Why is Drupal the first priority?
• How is it imperative?
• Where can we see Drupal making its impression?
Why is Drupal the first priority?
In this digital world, Drupal is performing the role of flag bearer not just in case of building websites but it also brings a lot of innovation for improving your digital business standards. And, because of its fast and incredible services, Drupal community has grown into a gigantic group that is spread across 229 countries supporting 180 languages, which is itself a milestone.
How is it imperative?
Drupal being fully fledged platform has the knack of establishing your business and digital services. Some of the significant benefits of Drupal in business are:
1. Mobile-first approach-
Being fully responsive, Drupal delivers mobile-friendly websites and follows the mobile-first approach. It is efficacious in delivering content on web, phones or tablets and enables better performance in the digital arena.
2. Easily controlled SEO, CRO and website analytics-
Drupal provides a single system to work so it is completely smooth to manage SEO, CRO (Conversion rates optimization) and website analytics. This makes the customer’s journey simpler and provides satisfaction.
3. Creative Freedom-
It is one of the most important trademarks of Drupal. It provides you the freedom that your organisation requires to manage the development of a project at your own convenience and speed.
4. Edit at your own-
What is better than editing on your own? Drupal allows you to edit your content across different screens with ease and efficiency. Inbuilt editing feature has made content management easier than ever before.
5. Flexible payment mode-
Drupal provides you full freedom in choosing payment modes. Besides freedom, it allows you to build multiple payment modes.
Where can we see Drupal making its impression?
Now, let’s see which are the firms that have climbed up the ladder using Drupal for their digital business.
1. Flashpoint Marketing-
CEO of Flashpoint Marketing had made praiseworthy remarks for Drupal in an interview with Cloudways. He said, “Drupal is a great platform with the fantastic community and it has a bright future.”
2. Redactive Media-
The leading provider of the magazine, digital solutions and live events, has replaced legacy CMS with Drupal. And, now enjoying success with its tremendous features.
3. Wiley Education Services-
Digital Content Publisher of Wiley Education services, Charles Hogan has called Drupal “Titan of open source”. He further praised this framework by adding Drupal’s core package offers a great out-of-box product that can easily be modified to meet any business needs.
To learn more about Drupal and how it can be a gamechanger in your pursuit of business growth, contact Auxesis InfoTech.
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Aug 27, 2020
Shopify makes it easy for you to sell products from your online store, as well as through social media platforms.
Aug 27, 2020
It depends on the level of customization that you want for your ecommerce store. If you are a small business and don’t have the budget to hire a custom ecommerce app development company, then you should go for Shopify. It is a popular ecommerce website builder with a simple and easy-to-use interface.
Shopify setup isn’t really tricky, and you can get your store online in a couple of days. Shopify takes care of the backend and provides you with a dashboard and frontend for managing your online store. Although, it is limited in its features if you want to scale your store and want more functionality.
For an ecommerce store with a high level of functionality, you might want to hire a custom ecommerce app development company that can code your website from scratch. Generally, they use Ruby on Rails or other frameworks for developing custom websites with excellent features. Custom ecommerce stores allow you to add every kind of functionality you can think of. Even though they cost a bit more, custom stores are worth the time and efforts as they offer an excellent user experience to the customers.
So it depends on how you want to start and where you want to go with your online store. If you have the budget, it is recommended that you go for custom ecommerce app development and not look for cheaper alternatives. However, if you choose Shopify, you can also hire Shopify developers who can customize your store with the best possible features.
If you need more help deciding on a particular system, drop me a PM and I can give you more insights.
Email at sales@botreetechnologies.com to begin a conversation or check out this page for more information.
https://www.botreetechnologies.com/ecommerce-app-development
Aug 23, 2020
It's complicated but if WooCommerce can be integrated with WordPress for a total custom solution which you have full control over. The big benefit to WordPress is the ability to add content and blogs.
I'm a fan of BigCommerce which is fairly easy to use, but you do lose the blogging feature.
As others have mentioned, another turnkey solution is Shoppify.
Aug 21, 2020
Hi Justin,
My online CBD eCommerce store just switched to BigCommerce and thus far we are extremely happy. The backend is extremely comprehensive and ever since making the switch our website speed has improved drastically. I would absolutely recommend this platform for your business. Best of luck!
Ellese
Aug 21, 2020
Many people ask us which e-Commerce platform is best for a company just starting out with an online store. Short answer: Shopify offers all the necessary features
Shopify is filled with tools to launch your site within minutes, plus you don't have to worry about self-hosting or buying a domain name from a third party. In this regard, one might call it an ideal off-the-shelf solution, built with price plans that cater to small start-up stores as well as stores that generate millions of dollars in sales. I received these suggestions from Media One Marketing when I consulted them
Also, it is constantly developing and offers better and better tools.
Jun 2, 2020
Hi Justin,
First of all, it's a great idea to start an eCommerce business. Though this question was asked 2 years ago, I guess 2020 is the perfect time to start an eCommerce business as the COVID-19 outbreak has boosted the industry.
There are various platforms available like Wordpress, Shopify, Big Commerce, etc. But, in my opinion, Yo!Kart by FATbit Technologies is the perfect option.
Now you must be thinking why Yo!Kart?
Yo!Kart is an easy & cost-effective platform to start an eCommerce site. It is trusted around the globe and featured by esteem media companies like Inc., Forbes, Business Reporter, etc.
Top eCommerce features of Yo!Kart are:
Multi-vendor eCommerce
Multicurrency & Multilingual Functionality
Customer Order Management
Database Backup
Fully Customizable
User-Friendly Android and iOS Buyer Apps
Progressive Web Apps
3rd Party Integrations
15 Pre-Integrated Payment Gateways
Content Management System & many more…
Visit https://www.yo-kart.com/ for more details.
Here are a few eCommerce marketplaces built by Yo!Kart:
https://www.uni.diamonds/
https://voyij.com/
I hope my answer helps :)
Jan 31, 2017
Hi,
There are many eCommerce platforms with excellent features other than Wordpress that can be used to start an online store, different platforms have different advantages some are better in price, some are better in functionality, feature, design, uniqueness and so on. To choose the one that’s best for you.
Please have a look at these top 5 eCommerce platforms you should consider for launching your online business in 2017. I hope this will help you to select the right platform according to your requirements.
http://www.inc.com/bill-carmody/top-5-ecommerce-platforms-for-2017.html
Feb 18, 2016
Hi Justin,
Since you have already mentioned your two key requirements, which are product promotion & selling, you need an ecommerce solution with good marketing features & an intuitive checkout process.
Usually, almost all ecommerce solutions provide the basic marketing features, but you would have to look deeper into each to find out how easy they are to use for a laymen.
As for the easy checkout, it is difficult to say that a readymade shopping cart will be optimized for your target audience already. So, it is crucial that the platform you choose allows you to customize the shopping cart and checkout process.
In my knowledge, checkout process of Shopify & BigCommerce is not much customizable. And since, other people here have already mentioned the likes of WooCommerce & Magento, I should rather introduce a new one, which is Yo!Kart. It scores pretty well on the factors we have discussed here, and is flexible enough to meet needs of different types of ecommerce startups. You can find more about it here: www. yo-kart .com
Dec 19, 2014
All depends on budget and features you are looking for...it sounds like you may be in startup mode, so there are many options like Magento, Shopify, BigCommerce, Volusion, etc. All have different models such as rev share, cloud, on-premise, etc.
Dec 19, 2014
Have you tried checking "Shopify" and "OZcart" out ? I would say you can try checking them out !
Dec 18, 2014
Hi Justin, great question.
As Jeff Klingberg correctly pointed out, the answer to your questions lies mainly in the type and size of your operation, and your budget at this time. One question many developers dont consider is who will be left to run the store once the project is over. If your budget is small, and the new store needs a developer, that an additional cost you need to factor in.
There's a lot of possible options but below is a short list of one's we've developed for clients and know.
Magento - lets get this out of the way. This is one of the most robust platforms out there but also one of the more complex. This is for big stores that want heavy customisation. But if you are not a developer and want to run the store back-end yourself, you'll face a steep learning curve. Plus the overall development costs for these tend to be quite higher than you may expect if you're an SMB.
Shopify - great hosted platform but has anyone directed you to their pricing? Too expensive in my opinion considering the alternatives. If you have the budget and want something up quick that looks pretty sleek, then this is for you.
WooCommerce, PrestaShop, OpenCart, osCommerce, ZenCart, Drupal Commerce, WordPress eCommerce, UberCart, JigoShop, VirtueMart csCart, Cart-66 and a few others are either plugins themselves or require a variety of plugins to be customised to get the shop where you want it. Additional customisation plugins can be purchased and in many cases are extremely affordable (ie: a coupon generation plugin if the theme didnt already come with one).
If you're new, and your store is small (ie: 1 - 100 SKUs) then have a look at WooCommerce, OpenCart or PrestaShop. Your customer's experience is ultimately the most important thing and any one of these solutions can do it if its developed correctly.
If you need more help deciding on a particular system, drop me a PM and I can give you more insights.
Dec 18, 2014
I believe that is a very open-ended question. How many SKUs will you have? Do you want to host it yourself or have it hosted elsewhere? How much money are you willing to invest upfront and on a monthly basis.
Wordpress and one of its many shopping cart plugins is best suited for best hosted e-commerce no matter the number of SKUs.
If you want a comprehensive hosted e-commerce site, then there are any number of platforms available for your store. Which one is dependent on the number of SKUs you will have, if you want integrated marketing services, and how much you are willing to invest monthly.
Keep in mind that while Wordpress its shopping cart plugins like Woocommerce are free, you will need to purchase a variety of premium plugins to fully program the store to meet your customers needs as well as yours.
Dec 18, 2014
Hi Jeff
A maximum of 1000 SKUs would be used, I am able to host a platform myself if required. Thanks for the feedback about the other plugins required to make WordPress functional as an eCommerce website. At this point I was keeping my mind open to all possibility as technology is changing so quickly.
Dec 18, 2014
Here's the issue with hosted platforms like BigCommerce. It is separate from your website and you have a separate URL for your store. Wordpress and its shopping carts can easily handle 1000 SKUs.
Dec 18, 2014
Wordpress is a great platform for a website. If you do use it, my favorite shopping cart plugin is Jigoshop. A lot of people also use Woocommerce, but I personally like Jigoshop better, the support is better is well.
Dec 18, 2014
Magento community edition is the best from our experience. If you are looking out for hosted ecommerce solution, checkout Shopify.com.
Let me know if you need more details...
Dec 18, 2014
Shopify seems to be a popular choice. I was not aware of Magento, sounds interesting
Dec 18, 2014
Ok.. Magento community edition is open source and can be customized to your needs as well.
Dec 17, 2014
Wordpress is basically a Content management solutions and not an eCommerce solution. For sustainable online business there are platforms available like Magento and osCommerce. At this stage Magento is market ruler in eCommerce solutions.
If you have limited budget and needs quick time to market, then Shopify is another option where you can set up store in a Day and start generating revenue. But that is not scalable solution as you have limited controls available for customization you may need later.
Overall my vote goes to Magento after developing eCommerce solutions using all major platforms available (that included WordPress + Woocommerce).
Please feel free to ask any questions you have.
Dec 17, 2014
Hi Justin,
BuySell product works fine. Check it out here for more details - http://goo.gl/4i2Fcm
Dec 19, 2014
Instead of posting directly you should use the "Add a Comment" button available just by the answer you are trying to add comment on !
PrestaShop looks easy to integrate. Their charges were 2% of sales