Which is the best E-Commerce Platform for an online shop?

There are many E-Commerce Platforms in the market , all have thousand extensions , plugins and modules there .. so it is not easy to find best E-commerce platform between them . but we can list pros. and cons of them and try to study more closely to choose better one .

Thing to consider to before selection of the Platform

• E-Commerce platform should have Responsive themes , now a days almost all people using mobile to browse the website . so if you are not with responsiveness than you can’t compete

• E-Commerce Platform should have Add to Wishlist and Multi wishlist option , so also comparison between product is available that will be great for users to choose better options and Platform should have remember past orders or not completed orders so it can suggest best when client come back.

• Best / Top Sellers widget / Module is good when people can see Best seller or top seller and indirectly influence them to buy it .it should have Best / Top Seller widget

• Related products widget / Module is good feature also where Platform suggest other product related to current product which is user should buy , suppose i buy Mobile , it also suggest them mobile cover , Mobile Data provider etc..

• E-Commerce Platform should have Content management so you can write article or blog about the products

• E-Commerce Platform should have Invoice Management where customer can access easily their invoice related to their purchases

• E-Commerce Platform should have Inventory Management , so suppose product is not in stock than it should be show out of stock or not shown to customers , either people order which is not in stock and lead customer dis satisfaction

• E-Commerce Platform should have ability to manage Unlimited categories in tree view if required.also should have easily manageable Unlimited Numbers of Products .

• E-Commerce Platform should have widget / module for Customer support so customer can ask support easily . Ticket management module / Widget also good option so Customer generate Ticket and support team help based on it

• Gift vouchers is good way to attract more new customers. E-Commerce Platform should support it , Discount Coupon module / Widget is also help on this

• Customer can see track their Product shipment . Map tracking or status based tracking is good way to inform about the customer about the shipment status

• is E-Commerce Platform ready for Multi-Vendor . if you want to make Multi vendor Marketplace . Platform should have features like Unlimited number of Vendors accounts ,Dashboard for Manufacturer , Seller shipping processing Module , Super admin can Manage providers / customers , plan and subscription for vendors

• in Admin , E-Commerce platform should have different type Stats and reports like how much sells in last week or last month or last year by data , chart , Graph

This is the list of Possible E-Commerce Platform

Magento , WooCommerce , Shopify , BigCommerce , OsCommerce , X-Cart , Cs-Cart , OpenCart , nopCommerce , PrestaShop , Virtuemart , Zencart , CubeCart Shopware , Drupal Commerce

So All E-Commerce Platform have their plus or minus points , one E-Commerce platform cant be good for all kind of E-shop , so its varies one e-shop to another ,so following is the list Pros. And Cons. of the E-Commerce Platform.and you can pick which is best suit to your requirement . still got an question don't hesitate to contact us

Magento

Pros.

• Magento is Open Source - it means its free to download and use , you can customize as you want . it is good to full control over the code
• Magento have thousand of free and paid themes ,
• Magento is self Hosted Platform ,
• Magento the most popular e-commerce platform
• Magento have powerful SEO, marketing and catalog management tools to meet the exclusive business needs of merchants.

Cons.

• Magento have complex architecture in code and admin which is not easy to manage
• Magento come with good size in disk space and it consume good amount of memory which lead more cost
• Magneto had no support until you buy Magento Enterpise Version ,

WooCommerce

Pros.

• WooCommerce very easy to install and easy to use , and free open source
• WooCommerce have variety free plugin for Payment gateway or shipping or any other standard feature we need at E-Commerce shop
• Code and admin is easy to manage in Woocomerce .

Cons.

• WooCommerce itself a plugin in WordPress , it is not standalone platform . so you cant get variety of free plugin based on it as respect to WordPress
• no support aviliable from the WooCommerce

Shopfiy

Pros.

• Shopify is SAAS (Software as a Service) so Hosting space included in the Script price
• Shopify have many free and paid plugin to extend the functionality of the E-Shop
• Shopify POS is good fetaure offered by Shopify and Shopify POS can run in multiple Device and it not cost you extra . all inventory and activity synchronized with shopify admin and front
• Shopify is very good for inexperienced users .

Cons.

• Shopify is not open source . you cant check core or modify coding . so less control over the functionality
• Advance shopify cost you 300 per month . which is good as recurring expense per month as script , i personaly perfer one time paid script or free E-Commerce Platform

BigCommerce

Pros.

• BigCommerce Offer Multichannel integrations

Cons.

• BigCommerce dont have visual editor to customize the design
• BigCommerce only have two free theme and other all are paid theme so it cost you
• BigCommerce dont have good blog or CMS functionality

Summary

Small business owner can start with open source Ecommerce Platform . because you don't need to pay for initial draft. you need to pay for customization of the open source to your need , you can start with Woocommerce , Vitruemart , Opencart , Magento Community , Prestashop , Oscommerce . at later stage , when you get fund , you can upgrade or expand the current functionality if you want or change the platform to more advanced