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June 1, 2013
The following are just a few of the more popular systems out there, and new ones are popping up all the time, particularly as the WordPress community continues to expand.
As you can see, the ability to sell products on a WordPress site has come a very long way. Jordan 13 Sale With all of the amazing plugins and frameworks that have been developed in this space, ecommerce on WordPress certainly deserves real consideration for any new online store project.
1. WooCommerce
Just last month, WooThemes released its ecommerce framework, WooCommerce. This is arguably one of the most comprehensive shopping cart solutions available for WordPress. It originated as a fork of the popular Jigoshop plugin, and offers a host powerful features including multiple product types (simple, configurable, downloadable, etc.), inventory management, comprehensive shipping and tax options, marketing tools and powerful reporting features. The admin user experience is powerful yet easy to use. air max pas cher pour homme Like everything from Woo, it can be as simple or as complex as you want it to be.
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Cart66 is a plugin for WordPress that offers all of the common ecommerce functionality we’ve come to expect, including product configurations, shipping and tax options, and inventory tracking, among a long list of other features.
The thing that sets Cart66 apart from its competitors is its focus on premium membership subscriptions (recurring billing) and selling both digital and physical products. Nike Flyknit Uomo This is a good choice if you’re selling premium web content on a recurring basis, or mailing magazine subscriptions or the like.
The fully functional Cart66 plugin can be licensed for for $89-$399. Chicago Bulls A “lite” version with limited functionality is also available as a free download.
3. Shopp
Then there’s Shopp, another ecommerce plugin for WordPress. mochilas kanken mini This one has been available for quite some time, so you know it’s been developed and improved quite a bit over its lifespan. What stands out about Shopp is its simplicity of design customization.
Shopp is licensed as a core framework ($55 – $299, depending on the number of sites you wish to use it on). Like WooCommerce, Shopp offers additional functionality as premium add-ons, most of which are $25. These include multiple payment gateways and shipping services integrations among other things.
One interesting upgrade available for Shopp are the “Priority Support Calls.” This is an interesting offer since almost all WordPress products go with a typical support forum with a day or two response time. Mens Nike Air Max 90 These paid add-ons ($49-$199) give store owners faster response times when they’re in need.
4. WP E-Commerce
Also known as GetShopped.org, this long-time ecommerce solution for WordPress takes a simpler approach to selling products on your WordPress site. cheap adidas shoes uk Again, this one gives you most of the common ecommerce functionality, plus a few stand-out features like its ability to work with WordPress multisite “out of the box.” This one is also highly SEO optimized, though to be fair, all of these solutions are.
Like some of the other solutions, the core version of the WP E-Commerce plugin is available as a free download. Nike Air Max 2016 Dames Rood Additional features can be purchased as premium extensions.
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Carla Reis is the founder of QVivid Search Marketing (formerly Quest Quality Solutions Inc.), a company specializing in online marketing, search optimization, web design and branding identity. Over the past thirteen years, the company has grown with emerging technologies to help clients across Europe, North and South America stay ahead of trends and maintain a compelling web presence to stand apart from competitors in the online environment. Her expertise in achieving this by subscribing to ethical practises is demonstrated by the number of loyal Qvivid clients have worked with her for more than nine years, practically a lifetime in this sector. As an educator and web marketing specialist, Carla set out to create her own company after a number of years with Enquiro – one of the biggest search engine marketing companies in North America - as their training manager. This provided the ideal foundation for the work QVivid specializes in – creating leading-edge websites and providing search engine marketing, graphics and print design. In addition, she draws upon more than three decades of work experience as a teacher, trainer, web designer, and business development professional. Whether leading her expanding team on marketing projects, or educating clients on new innovations in the digital world, SEO and social media, Carla brings her expertise, enthusiasm and integrity to the table every time. You can find Carla’s on Google+, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. Over the past 10 years, Carla has provided advice and help to over 800 business’s owners. She is sort of a Captain Kirk of the Search Engine Marketing.
