Ecommerce

What is E-commerce and E-Commerce business?

E-commerce: buying and selling of products through an electronic medium – like the internet.

Today, when someone refers to e-commerce they are mostly referring to the buying and selling of products over the web. However, any transaction that is completed through electronic measures is also considered to be e-commerce.

E-Commerce Websites

Who’d have thought that computers would be as important as they are today? You can be bet your bottom dollar that most companies are taking full advantage of all the internet has to offer. E-commerce, or electronic commerce, is the use of internet technology to trade products, services and pretty much anything else you can think of.

Open Source Ecommerce Platforms

  • WooCommerce
  • OpenCart
  • Magento
  • Drupal
  • PrestaShop
  • nopCommerce

WooCommerce

If you want to utilize WordPress for your eCommerce website, WooCommerce will help you out.

Technically, we are using WordPress as the platform and WooCommerce as a plugin/extension to enable the features needed for an eCommerce website. Potentially, a lot of people know how to use WordPress - so it will be easier to create using WooCommerce.

You shouldn’t have a problem using WordPress, being one of the best open source website builder out there. It’s easy to use, reliable and supports a ton of extensions and integrations for your online store.

OpenCart

If you are planning to start an eCommerce business, or are already having an eCommerce store and looking to migrate, then OpenCart is the obvious choice due to many reasons.

OpenCart is a feature rich shopping cart system that is built on the open source platform. It is robust, has a strong architecture and is user-friendly. With OpenCart you will be able to offer your shoppers a host of products across different categories, optimize your workflow and get valuable analytics. What’s more, you get these set of features at a fraction of the cost when compared to other eCommerce solutions.

OpenCart eCommerce development services provider with hands on experience in OpenCart web development and customization. We work across different industry verticals and cater to the needs of large, mid-sized and small enterprises. Our core competency is in OpenCart web design, development and integration services.

Magento

we has extensive expertise on the Magento e-Commerce platform and delivers custom Magento development services at affordable prices. We configure and optimize Magentoexactly as per your needs.

Today Magento is the most popular and widely used open-source e-commerce platform that is used by many well-known global brands to run their online stores. It’s greatest advantage is that it is highly customizable and offers extensive features and functionalities. Additionally, there are several third-party plugins that are easily available which can be used to fill any minor gaps and build high performance websites.

In case you have an existing eCommerce store, or want to develop a brand new eCommerce store from scratch, then we can guide you through the process and suggest you Magento themes, extensions, 3rd party integrations, and online promotions that would not only optimize your sales, but also enhance the online experience of your customers.

Drupal

Drupal is another open-source CMS platform that is suitable for creating an eCommerce website.

Drupal is a powerful framework that has inspired a new generation of digital experiences. To help you get up to speed, the community has curated expert documentation to help you get started.

Drupal is an essential part of your marketing ecosystem - with content-first, commerce-first, and community-first marketing solutions to achieve the most ambitious business goals.

PrestaShop

PrestaShop is yet another open-source eCommerce platform that you can utilize.

An actively maintained open-source solution with an official marketplace for themes and extensions. it is quite easy to set it up.

It features a lot of options while being easy to use at the same time. our lot of users trying out PrestaShop - you should take a look as well!

nopCommerce

nopCommerce is a free and open-source eCommerce platform based on ASP.NET Core.

It offers mobile commerce, multi-store support, vendor management, marketing, shipping and payment processing functionalities within a suite. The product caters to both both physical and digital goods markets.

nopCommerce features mobile commerce, which allows users to build e-commerce apps for tablets and smartphone devices. The product also offers multi-store support, which allows users to track categories, suppliers, products, prices, orders and shipping details for stores across multiple locations. Users can also track payments and taxes for each of their stores.

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