Best E-Commerce Store Builder Software? Any Great Recommendations

I would recommend "Shopify" Online Store Builder. However, you must check following URL to see comparisons and reviews of eCommerce Software in 2013.

If you plan on setting up a huge shop with a great product range, you would be better off with Magento. It is a Content Management System itself. If, however, you rather tend to offer only a small amount of items, I would recommend Wordpress with the free 'WooCommerce' plugin, since it enables you to build a blog around your store and bring in nice amounts of targeted traffic in terms of SEO.
There are beautiful free themes for both of my suggestions to get you started right away while looking professional.

Good luck with your site!
Sincerely,
mindwire

If you implement WooCommerce, do you have to install a WooTheme? Can you not use any theme (themes not built by Woo)?

I've been on their site and it seems to me that WooCommerce requires a WooTheme. This could be a problem if your client already has a theme/brand in place.

If you want to go with host based solution, Bigcommerce and Shopify are best chances to go. But for standalone product you may choose merchant platform to bring more stores under you. Uniecommerce may be a option to consider and it is low cost also.

If your looking for a hosted eCommerce solution then I would personally go for Magento GO as opposed to the other available options. Plus there are so many useful extensions for magento

I have one site bizwebscripts.com with shopping cart scripts. Hope it will help you.

Hopefully, it's OK for me to add on to this thread and ask another question.

New to e-commerce and have a content rich/niche site (2nd site will be strictly e-commerce/stores). We have found that while Weebly is great, we've already begun to outgrow what they have to offer -- AND we are finding we prefer a desktop software program for a multitude of reasons.

I've researched, read reviews for days now and there's just soooooooooo much stuff out there.

I am a DIY with beginner HTML experience (which I'm going to change and learn more).

While Dreamweaver has its many positives, I seek more user-friendly, visual (WYSIWYG) type of interface so that I can transition (via cut and paste mostly) our current site before expanding it much further.

Oh, most of this site is affiliate marketing.

As of last night, the final review I read was for Net Objects Fusion 13 and it seems interesting. I've looked at everything from WP to Woo... to Id3 templates and a whole lot more.

While online editors have many positives, I want a more secure, flexible yet non-overfacing way to design this particular site yet with user-friendly interface. Some of the MS software we researched will no longer be supported and no further updates - so obviously they were eliminated.

Any suggestions? I can wiggle my way through html and can make very minor CSS/JS modifications - very minor. That said, my goal is to become more proficient in these areas so I have more control over the design, etc.

Until then, we need to move forward, and overall, we aren't comfortable being able to reload so much website data (knowing we will lose slide shows and photos -- just went through this due to a technical issue a couple of weeks ago), which is the case with the current editor. We can download an archive copy, but cannot upload it since Weebly is structured differently It's super - drag n drop, but we've learned that this may not be the best solution for our needs.

Hope to get some feedback soon. There's just so much stuff out there and we need to make this transition sooner vs. later. Thanks in advance for your input.:confused:

PS - Any feedback on the software mentioned - XSitePro? Looking at their website now.

Another thing we'd like to consider is a software that will be around for a while and upgraded as technology changes -- not a fly-by-night software that we'll only be able to use for a short time. In other words, a reputable brand...

I can strongly recommend OXID
OXID eSales | Enterprise Shopping Cart Software| Multi-Channel E-Commerce Solutions | Commercial Open Source Cart Software

it's free for most needs, has a community and is just great...big thing here in Germany, too
esier to find programmers if you need them than for Magento I am told...

HTH

Dan

I too heard about eCommerce Software & Shopping Cart Software | Uniecommerce , its with new concept having group deals and online auction. Really the best store builder. You can check out the demo.

I want to build an e-commerce shop. I woul like to use Wordpress CMS but I am not eager to use WP plugins (they work really bad). Do you know about any solutions?

The problem with WP based stores is that they can be easily hacked. I used to have eCommerce store and at least once a week I found in statistics inside my eCommerce Admin panel that people try to login using:

justexamplemywebsitenamedotcom/wp-admin

This is shocking considering that all my database including customers email and addresses can be hacked as simple as that!
If you looking for long time business go for custom made .php store. You can use any theme that comes free with eCommerce and ask programmer do for you settings, dont do it on your own. My programmer used Dreamweaver for modifications.

This is not an eCommerce software but a good eCommerce theme IMHO, Bazar SHOP | usable and clean e-commerce theme

You might want to check that out.

I have made a review for top ecommerce software in the market. I recommend Bigcommerce. You can take a look:
Top Ecommerce Website Builder Reviews-Best ecommerce software review and compare shopping cart

My preference is Shopify. I was forced to learn it because one of our clients had it, but man, they created that thing to work seamlessly. Theming with Shopify is pretty easy as well.

I advice you tu use wordpress it is a good way to build your store

Bigcommerce.com looks well rounded if you're plugging your inventory into Amazon and eBay too, which you can do with multichannel solutions like SellerExpress. If you're a bricks 'n mortar seller, Shopify has just announced a POS solution that allows you to sell your Shopify inventory in physical stores.

I would be a little wary of using the free alternatives if you're serious about your business and need to be found on search engines. I just read a review about some free and cheap ecommerce solutions today that have no SEO features, and so users would have to spend a lot on Adwords to even get found in Google search results etc.

Run some trials and ask other users of each platform—it's not that one is better than the other necessarily, but more that one suits your specific needs and business better than the other.

Good luck with your store.

I recommend going with a hosted ecommerce platform like Volusion. It's really easy to work with, but can be customized too (with a little HTML/CSS knowledge). They don't charge transaction fees an offer a free demo to make sure it's right for you.

The best thing to do is try them all out though. Check out Volusion, Shopify and Bigcommerce (they all offer free trials).

Good luck

channelsale.com - multi channel e-commerce platform that enables direct users, resellers and agencies to handle multiple channels with a single software interface.
Run some trials and ask other users of each platform—it's not that one is better than the other necessarily, but more that one suits your specific needs and business better than the other as channeladvisor.com, shopify.com

I have a solution for your problem ESS (Eastern Software Systems) India provide the B2B e-commerce websites developing service. ESS can design a bespoke eCommerce website for you that will help you market and sell your products and services cost effectively.

I recommend Opencart, thetmy're super fast, simple, lightweight
Aurette

Hi, I know this is an old thread but would just like to say i have used a site called mystorebuilder.co.uk and have found it to be quite a good solution. Depends on what you need i suppose but it has options for a Facebook store, ebay submission (which is handy for me as i sell on there a lot) and a mobile store which i haven't used yet so can't comment on that.

I would absolutely recommend taking a look at some of the smaller, hosted carts before looking into Magento.

It's likely that 3dCart, Bigcommerce, or Volusion can help you out with the functionality and design that you're looking for, and you'll be able to set things up with a lot more ease than you would if you were using something like Magento.

If you are looking for no monthly subscriptions then I would recommend OpenCart or Magento Community - I would recommend against software to design your own website, instead I would suggest buying a professional & responsive theme for those platforms.

May I ask what you are planning to sell?

All the best,

Charlie McBroom
Ecommerce Specialist
Linnworks.com

I prefer using some templates for creating my eCommerce websites. I get some of thme from templatemonster website. They are really great there

There are so many out there that are awesome for varying reasons.

Shopify, Bigcommerce and 3dCart are hosted, easy to customize, and have pre-built themes that are visually appealing. Each of these sites are great for fashion, home goods, jewelry, and other retailers who sell products that rely on the quality of photos and layout.

Magento and ZenCart are perfect for sellers who are comfortable building and designing the site themselves. They are free, and give you access to global forums where you can ask questions and share knowledge with developers around the world.

Hi,
I would recommend Wordpress with the free 'WooCommerce' plugin, since it enables you to build a blog around your store and bring in nice amounts of targeted traffic in terms of SEO.

If you are looking for an ecommerce software builder for your online store, I would recommend you one of the perfect and modest ecommerce software with latest features like shopping cart, multiple payment gateways.

You can use Opencart software for building an ecommerce website for your online store. It has huge plug-ins and easy to operate as well. Without a knowledge of software's you can easy manage your website by knowing some basics of it. Few of the ecommerce website development firms are now using this software for developing an online store website for providing ease to the start ups within an affordable cost that can manageable also.

I will recommend nationkart the perfect online store builder which uses wordpress & opencart cms to build an online store for your business.With the features like multiple payment gateways & logistics support provides you the complete solution for your online store.An awesome customer support team which is always ready to provide end to end solutions for as per needs regarding online store.

I'm using Wordpress with the free 'WooCommerce' plugin, since it enables you to build a blog around your store and bring in nice amounts of targeted traffic in terms of SEO. Good luck your site

Find something that is completely free for unlimited products. Possible a WordPress solution.

I worked with magento for a while, it is a pretty good system once you get the hang of it, but there were some updates that caused stability issues for us a couple of times so I dumped it and went back to my own static website.

I realize this is an old thread, but I'm sure the possibilities have changed a great deal since it was posted. WooCommerce is my choice. Over 1/3 of all ecommerce sites are built using it. There are many extensions to do whatever you want and need to do and the best thing is, there are no monthly fees to use it.

For example softarex company developed website and software for us. They did everything on time and provided a good support service. Try to contact them, I think they will help you with any project.

Answer yourself- you want to go professional or you want to just stop in a middle way? Go for the solution which has a professional approach- it might not be the easiest. Those which are easy to start are difficult to grow... sorry in case you are hobby seller and it will be your a side business got for easy simple backend solution otherwise there is no point of consideration of such entry level feature solutions. Take a look at Idosell Shop- it might be not for you but at least it is the professional approach.

There are lots of ways if you want to create an ecommerce store. You can do the following:
1. Use wordpress and install Woocommerce theme and plugins
2. use free shopping carts like magento, zencart, oscommerce
3. use hosted ecommerce solution like Bigcommerce
4. use shopify

I really like Shopify. It is super easy to use, in no time you have a clean looking shop online. The customer service is super fast and helpful. I actually just came back from a conference where I met some of the shopify employees. Very nice people!

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