Best Ecommerce Platform? WordPress & WooCommerce Vs. Alternative?

9 years ago

Originally Posted by joshinaustin

I swear by WordPress, but when it comes to e-commerce websites I have been having issues with compatibility & theme/plugins not working with each other and new WP versions. Is this a pretty common issue with everyone else, or is it just me? Either way, does anyone have alternative recommendations on other platforms that abide by the following criteria:

1) Functional Reliability (not constantly having to update things and worry about issues)

2) Search engine friendly (allowing search engine friendly/clean URL structures not numbered, etc)

Any alternative advice from other e-commerce website owners.

Thanks in advance!

Josh

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That is why they have the software as a service carts. There are tons of them including:

Shopify
BigCommerce
Americommerce
CoreCommerce
3dCart

This is just to name a few. Pay a monthly fee and spend your time marketing instead of updating plugins, trouble shooting themes or worrying about security breaches.

If you still insist on wordpress, I have been eyeing cart66 more and more as it does have a ton of functionality.

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IdosellShop 7 years ago

I would add Idosell Shop as SaaS offered platform.
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HDRider

9 years ago

I like and use Opencart myself. With a few mods you can make it do whatever you want without constant updates. Search engine friendly yes, with a few changes.

It is free except for a few mods I paid for that were well worth it.

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crunchor

9 years ago

Originally Posted by HDRider

I like and use Opencart myself. With a few mods you can make it do whatever you want without constant updates. Search engine friendly yes, with a few changes.

It is free except for a few mods I paid for that were well worth it.

I use opencart too and it is alright. I dont think any small or medium size store needs to by a paid store software, free kind can do all basic.

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anny1985

9 years ago

I like Shopify, BigCommerce, Prestashop, Woocommerce

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tiana with ecomdash

9 years ago

The company I work for integrates with Shopify, Bigcommerce, Magento, 3dCart and ZenCart. They are all great choices - it really comes down to how much you're willing to spend, how comfortable you are tweaking the site yourself and your target market (i.e. Shopify theme designs are really well suited for fashion, home décor, accessories, and other products that rely on visual appeal to drive purchase).

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onsett

9 years ago

Die hard Shopify fan here. Not only is the platform capable of integrating with most Ecomm services, but their support is incredible - 24/7 chat support... simply amazing.

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sbucciarel

Banned 9 years ago

I haven't had any compatibility problems with WooCommerce and WooCommerce extensions. I don't use a lot of other plugins with my WooCommerce shops as I haven't found any that are necessary, however I have tried All in One SEO, Yoast, Sitemap, etc. and they all work with no compatibility problems, so not sure what you are using that is incompatible.

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ShoppingSignals

9 years ago

I have experienced the upgrade compatibility headaches with WooCommerce & Wordpress. What I have found is that if you use a WooThemes theme, you're much better off when either the theme, WordPress, or WooCommerce releases an update. If you're using any other theme, you're at risk of something breaking every time one of those three gets updated. It's definitely something to consider.

However, for the budget conscious, who also want a robust website platform, WooCommerce/WordPress is hard to beat.

I've used OpenCart and Magenta, which are of course also very budget friendly. But they leave a LOT to be desired on the content management side of things. (pretty much any part of your site that is not product pages or shopping cart) I've tried setting up blogs on both of these platforms and it's a pain in the arse.

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AnthonyKrese

9 years ago

If I'm selling one product, I'll throw it up on Wordpress. Otherwise, I think Shopify is awesome.

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ecommercewidgets 9 years ago

I like to use WHMCS e-commerce platform. Yes, it designed for the web hosting resellers, but you can use it as a simple shopping cart solution.

Advantages;

- simple, but flexible and powerful
- all major payment gateways
- built-in ticket support system
- built-in affiliate program
- product add-ons and custom fields
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- NeshSab 9 years ago
  
  Wordpress + WooCommerce is my choice for small shop (you need at least 4-5 additional plugins to make it work properly.)
  
  And in my opinion, OpenCart is the best eCommerce platform and your first choice for WP alternative.
  
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internationalyoga

9 years ago

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Alex CJ

9 years ago

Shopify is great but when it comes to flexibility, WP with WooCommerce or Magento are better. Magento is very heavy on resources however and there are many benefits to choosing a paid-for service with regards to not having to worry about maintenance.

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JosephI

9 years ago

There's much to be said for all the above mentioned. It comes down to what suites you best.
As for WP and WooCommerce or any cart for that matter, I found it best, with good reason, to stay a revision or two behind and not jump on installing the latest right away. Especially major revisions.
It's rare you don't see an update to the revision such as 2.01 etc within a few weeks or couple months
and in the case of Woo, sometimes days.
Cheers

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AkshPatel 9 years ago

There are many eCommerce platforms available in the market. From them I like Shopnix, Zepo, Kartrocket and Shopify. They are best for building an online store. You can also see more platforms at SoftwareSuggest.com
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DAlgirdas

9 years ago

My favorite is Shopify. It is very easy to learn and to use. I am able to maintain everything myself without any problems. Also a lot of information about it online.

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feedia

9 years ago

I am a big wordpress fan and I use it myself and for many of my clients that I build sites for. The problem, is that overall, even with woocommerce, I have never had the success that I do with opencart as far as customizations, and sales. You can always add a cms to your store, and it can still be wordpress!

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AaronBurton

9 years ago

woo commerce is pretty good

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9 years ago

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dave_hermansen

9 years ago

I agree with what OnlineStoreHelp said above, you are better off going with a hosted solution like BigCommerce or 3DCart and spending your time marketing your business rather than being your own IT guy that has to update the platform, update the theme, patch security holes, etc. Pay a small monthly fee for a hosted platform and let your provider deal with all that nonsense while you focus on building your brand and driving traffic & sales!

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jabro

9 years ago

Originally Posted by dave_hermansen

I agree with what OnlineStoreHelp said above, you are better off going with a hosted solution like BigCommerce or 3DCart and spending your time marketing your business rather than being your own IT guy that has to update the platform, update the theme, patch security holes, etc. Pay a small monthly fee for a hosted platform and let your provider deal with all that nonsense while you focus on building your brand and driving traffic & sales!

This, this ,this. I want to spend time either selling stuff, buying stuff to sell, or marketing my stores. I want to spend as little time possible on the backend as possible. $25/month is cheap as hell to make sure this happens. I guarantee the time spent on that stuff every month is much more in your time invested.

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crunchor

9 years ago

Originally Posted by dave_hermansen

I agree with what OnlineStoreHelp said above, you are better off going with a hosted solution like BigCommerce or 3DCart and spending your time marketing your business rather than being your own IT guy that has to update the platform, update the theme, patch security holes, etc. Pay a small monthly fee for a hosted platform and let your provider deal with all that nonsense while you focus on building your brand and driving traffic & sales!

It is very easy to maintain a technical part of an online platform, pay for monthly fee is horrible choice.

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jackshoes

9 years ago

WP is best because, to manage and upload on WP is quite simple and hacking attack is less on WP, so i suggest you WP.

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NewParadigm

9 years ago

what are the costs/fees assoc with hosted carts vs. a woocommerce etc?? People mention high fees transaction fees but what are they? thanks!

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Lipipaliwal

Banned 9 years ago

I would like to go with Alternative option i.e. According to me, I would like to prefer OpenCart or Magento eCommerce platform as per my business needs. Means, if I would like a single vendor store, then I would like to go with Opencart and If I like to open multi vendor marketplace, then I will move my steps on Magento.

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trevordd

Banned 9 years ago

I prefer wordpress. There are a lot of different commerce templates. I used some free ones from poweredtemplate website. They worked great for me.

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sameera

9 years ago

There are other eCommerce website solutions that are customized and search engine friendly. Though they are not very famous but can help you in getting better results.

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LaurLaurentiu

9 years ago

Chiming in late to this Forum thread. Full disclosure, I Laurentiu work at Bigcommerce.

@anny1985 @OnlineStoreHelp: @tiana @Dave: Thanks so much for the mentions.

There's pros and cons with any platform- opensource or SaaS. It ultimately depends on the needs of your specific business. Since you specifically mentioned compatibility and maintenance, some of the biggest advantages with a SaaS platform, such as Bigcommerce, is that we handle all that for you, including PCI compliance, security, hosting, etc. We take care of the important security and compliance stuff for you so it frees up your time to focus on what you do best- i.e. growing your business.

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AadhyaMehra

Banned 9 years ago

WordPress is the best and easy to manage. But if you want an alternative for this, than Openkart is good. It is an open source tool and easy to work.

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FibeOpBlack

9 years ago

I just moved to WP and Woocommerce from Opencart.

Opencart was fine without any addons or themes, but as soon as I installed a theme the site got super slow.

Also I just find opencart hard to customize visually.

It also takes about an hour to add one product.

I would try one of the others, or if you have the cash, Shopify.

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Dante Galahad

9 years ago

Guys i had a question regarding opencart how deep you need to know about coding ranging from Html, CSS, Java scrip, j query and php. I am not very good with coding but if thats what it take in order for me to be able to customize open cart i will do that like i have a choice. Since i want to save the money from paying monthly fee which it might be risky for me since i did not know if the product would sell to cover all the expanses and inventory and many other. Please please anyone give me a rough idea what is the necessary thing need to understand or at least just enough in coding for you to be able to customize it to your design preference thank you.

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SandraDLaurean

Banned 9 years ago

You can use opencart & woo commerce for creating your website.They also provide plugins & various templates which create an attractive website for your business.

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JyotiRana

9 years ago

One thing what I understand about ranking is it's not an one man show any one who wants to sell their products are Rate the web site one had to rush towards seo experts. Regards

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ksummers

9 years ago

I'm really happy with my Zen cart store. If you can think of something you want added there's usually a addon for that. Support forum is friendly and helpful should you need it.
If you want a customized look you can get one of many free or premium templates that are easy to install, but some php knowledge is helpful for tweaking things/installing add-ons
I like having total control of my site and wouldn't like to use a managed solution but it all depends on what you want.

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Samsaly

9 years ago

I vote for WooCommerce

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HuiBang

9 years ago

I would recommend you to go with Magento.Magento is open source platform and perfect for business with large amount of products. Magento has no limit on the amount of categories or products you can sell and has endless customization options. The another advantage of Magento is advanced SEO features, which is helpful in driving traffic to your store
Magento has an ability to manage a multi-store website all from one single admin panel and allows you to manage several different stores with different products, stock locations, price and more

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ChristopherCook

9 years ago

Try shopify, they even offer free trial

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Arshid

9 years ago

WooCommerce because good community support and more gateways .

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wakerz

9 years ago

I am using woocommerce and i can say i can find almost everything we need for ecommerce. Hundereds of plugins make it super awesome. I vote for WOOCOMMERCE.

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mamoasele69

9 years ago

SEO point of view wordpress is best. But you think like online store then go for Shopify or woocommerce.

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KayaIsmail

9 years ago

For me, the two front runners are Shopify and PrestaShop. Both extremely solid solutions, and they keep getting better.

If WordPress is your thing, I wouldn't stray from WooCommerce.

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Nym

9 years ago

what about wordpress+ wp ecommerce?

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bestbabycare

9 years ago

I think Wordpress, Shopify and Woo Commerce are best eCommerce Platforms.

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Derek Anderson

9 years ago

comments too much, I will not read everything, so forgive me if I repeat smth
so...
I recently also asked which platform is better
after reading a lot of information chose for myself Magento as the most relilable namely this company. and now I have a nice e-commerce site.
This platform is the most popular,pay attention to it. in Wikipedia there are a lot of interesting information.

good luck

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pradeep3120

8 years ago

I think Magento marketplace is a better option. because these have many advanced features -

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malikshahid3232

8 years ago

At first glance, the launch of a platform for e-commerce may seem expensive now. Fortunately, there are plenty of CMS for an online store with open source, which is not only free, but also offer the possibility of flexible configuration, scalability and support for the community, which cannot always be found in corporate decisions:

Of course, the decision to give preference to free a platform for e-commerce, when you are making your first steps in the online marketplace, seems obvious. However, the choice of optimal platform is much more complex. In the end, they all have different strengths and weaknesses.

I'm introducing you to 10 free CMS for an online store:

Magento Community Edition
PrestaShop
Openkart
oskommerche
Zen Maps
Spree Commercial
WooCommerce (WordPress)
Jigoshop (WordPress)
VirtueMart (Joomla)
Drupal Commerce (Drupal)

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CedCommerce

8 years ago

Magento 2 And Shopify are the best options .

E-commerce Platform here-

1. Magento ***
2. OpenCart
3. PrestaShop
4. Bigcommerce ****
5. Volusion
6. WooCommerce
7. Shopify ***
8. 3dCart ***
9. Ecwid
10. Squarespace
11. Wix
12. Weebly
13. Big Cartel

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Ron Killian

8 years ago

I put in another vote for Wordpress/Woocommerce. Been using it for a while now for digital products and it works great. Little to no problems. Plus there are so many theme's and ton's of plugins. Might not be for every one or every situation, but it does work well.

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linux7802

8 years ago

If you are having basic techincal knowledge then you can use Wordpress + WooCommerce and if you have good technical knowledge then you can try prestashop or magento as they are really best for any eCommerce website.

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memogli

8 years ago

I would suggest Magento, then Shopify, Sopify is easy to build but from SEO prospective, there is no more customization in Shopify.
Magento have all great features from Security to Search.

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yelidesign

8 years ago

I prefer Woocommerce, Magento ,PrestaShop and Opencart

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vj3660

7 years ago

It depends on your budget and the way you want to scale.You can use Magento,Woocommerce or Shopify.How many SKUS you are having? Do you want to sync the inventory with Ebay and Amazon?

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zarood

7 years ago

I think most of people use wordpress now a days and these issues may occurs if any theme and plugin not supported in the framework. you can also try shopify or opencart and both these are better than others.

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mindtricks18

Banned 7 years ago

I have used Shopify and woo commerce for the e-commerce website, I like both Shopify best for high securty purpose and it provides some tool like product button, auto social media shairing apps those are best for your product promotion, while WooCommerce lets you have complete ownership of your site.

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Oliver Russell

7 years ago

I read a post on Magenticians blog regarding Magento vs WooCommerce comparison. I am going to summarize what I read there. Keeping in mind the functionality and seo friendliness, I think the best alternative you might want is Magento. Among ecommerce platform, Magento has more features and customization functionality. Some features are, product browsing, catalogue browsing, shipping, payment order mangement, etc. You dont have constantly update Magento either. It also has all the necessary search engine optimization features like meta tags, page speed optimization, site architecture, etc.

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