If you want to use WordPress to sell your products on-line, there are Ecommerce Plugins that will turn your website into an on-line store.
WordPress is by far the most popular blog publishing platform available. However because it is so versatile WordPress can also be used by small businesses to power a Content Management System (CMS) or with the help of Ecommerce Plugins, even a fully featured Ecommerce Website accepting credit cards on-line.
Below is my list of the Top 5 Ecommerce Plugins for WordPress. I judged their popularity based on the number of times the plugin has been downloaded. Also the ecommerce plugins listed below are all compatible with the latest version of WordPress (v 3.0.4), and all have been updated in the past month, showing that they are still actively maintained by the developer.
eShop Ecommerce Plugins
- FREE Ecommerce Plugins for WordPress
- Uses WordPress pages or posts, and custom post types, to create products.
- Products can have multiple attributes (options)
- Allows you to sell downloadable digital products
- Various shipping options
- Automatic email notification after successful purchase
- Configurable email templates
- Basic Stock Control
- Configurable Out of Stock message
- Supports various discount options
- WPMU, Multisite compatible
- Supports Authorize.net, Paypal merchant gateways
- Product pages and checkout templates are editable.
WP e-Commerce
- FREE WordPress Ecommerce Plugin (charges for premium add-ons)
- Easy to use fully featured shopping cart
- Single-page product data entry
- Suitable for selling products, or services
- Import your products into the Facebook Marketplace and Google Base
- Store front templates are easy to customize using template tags, WordPress shortcodes and Widgets.
- One Page Checkout
- New Products widget
- Suitable to setup members only and subscription sites
- Flexible coupon/discount pricing rules
- Supports Authorize.net, Paypal, Google Checkout, and Chronopay merchant gateways
- Integrates with UPS, USPS for real-time shipping rates
- Free shipping options
- Email notifications of orders
- Print invoices and packing slips
- Multi-lingual and support for multiple currencies
- WordPress Ecommerce Plugins for WordPress are extendable with Premium Themes, Upgrades and free Community Plugins
Shopp Ecommerce Plugins
- Cost – $55 for a single license and $299 for a developers license (additional charge for premium add-ons)
- Works out-of-the-box with any theme
- Single-page product data entry
- Handles multiple product images
- Support for selling digital & physical products and donations
- Basic inventory management and low-stock e-mail alerts
- Discount options using promo/coupon codes
- Customizable shopping templates for seamless integration with your website’s theme.
- Supports PayPal, 2CO, and Google Checkout
- Flexible built-in shipping rate calculations.
- Add-on available to Integrate real time shipping rates with FedEx, UPS, Canada Post, and US Postal Service.
Ecwid Shopping Cart
- Cost is FREE – (charges for premium plans)
- Does not require software installation
- Easy to setup and Integrate with your site
- AJAX interface with drag and drop support
- Supports the sale of digital downloadable products
- Real-time shipping estimates based on customer IP
- Configurable to allow customer can to checkout without creating profile
- Supports product attributes (options)
- Support for PayPal, Google Checkout, Authorize.net, 2Checkout, and Beanstream
- Customizable e-mail notifications
- Invoice printing
- Extendable features with Premium Plans
WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart
- Cost is FREE
- Not just Ecommerce Plugins for WordPress, the WordPress Simple shopping cart can be easily integrated to any existing site or Facebook profile in minutes
- Very easy to use
- Allows you to sell products or services
- Allows you to add an ‘Add to Cart’ button on any posts or pages
- Supports product attributes (options)
- Customers can attach files to orders
- Integrates nicely with NextGen Gallery
- Multiple language and multiple currency support
- Uses a return URL to redirect customers to a specified page after Paypal has processed the payment
Best Ecommerce Plugins
Ecommerce Plugins for WordPress are probably best suited for small businesses with only a few products to sell. I have not tried all these Ecommerce Plugins, but I did setup a WordPress shop using the free version of WP e-Commerce I choose this one because, of the 5 Ecommerce Plugins that I researched, WP e-Commerce seemed to be the most professional. It had the most features, and the support forums were very helpful. I didn’t even have to ask a question, all my questions and answers were already there.
In my opinion WP e-Commerce is very simple to set up and get started. It is destined to be one of the very best Ecommerce Plugins For WordPress.
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