E-Commerce: Leading Platforms and Reviews

Because of the variety of shopping carts and e-commerce sites open to small businesses, creating an e-commerce store is simpler than ever. These platforms give you the tools you need to create and manage your shop without having to know how to code. Most of them are cheap, making it easier for small companies to benefit.

Wix Shops	Free 14-day trial Drag-and-drop 20 GB of storage More at Wix	$23.00 /mo	Visit website Read reviews
Shopify	Free 14-day trial Unlimited products Modern themes More at Shopify	$9.00 /mo	Visit website Read reviews
BigCommerce	Free 15-day trial Unlimited products Responsive themes More at BigCommerce	$29.95 /mo	Visit website Read reviews
WooCommerce	WordPress plugin 400+ modular add-ons Open-source More at WooCommerce	$0.00 /mo	Visit website Read reviews
Weebly	Drag-and-drop Unlimited products No transaction fees More at Weebly	$5.00 /mo	Visit website Read reviews
EKM	Easy to use Sales tools Success manager More at EKM	$29.99 /mo	Visit website Read reviews
Lightspeed	International features Plugins, apps Marketing tools More at Lightspeed	$59.00 /mo	Visit website Read reviews
Shopio	Easy to use Product, inventory tools Sales and promotion tools More at Shopio	$19.95 /mo	Visit website Read reviews
Webydo	Sophisticated designs Integrates with Ecwid Animation More at Webydo	$75.00 /mo	Visit website Read reviews
Zoey	Abandoned cart tools Discount options Upsells, cross-sells More features at Zoey	$299.00 /mo	Visit website Read reviews

You didn’t find what you were looking for? Take a look at these e-commerce platforms: Squarespace, Websitebuilder.com, RocketSpark, Sitebuilder.com.

The store manager for your online store is e-commerce software. Each platform has its collection of features, but you should expect yours to include the following:

• Manage inventory
• Collect payments
• Organize delivery

Your shop can typically be easily integrated with trustworthy payment gateways, ensuring that your purchases are secure.

There are two types of platforms: self-hosted and hosted.

Free and open source software is used to create self-hosted platforms. You’ll have absolute power of the site, as well as a constant stream of feedback from the open source community. You’ll have to install the program yourself and find your own hosting service if you want this option.

Hosted platforms are all-in-one solutions for which the customer pays a single monthly charge. Templates, payment gateways, hosting, and, in many cases, processing fees are included in the bundle.