eCommerce Tycoon

**skady** · 07-14-2011, 10:55 PM

I have a wordpress site and I am thinking of adding a shopping cart to it but want to hear about people's experiences with the different options.

I have researched a bit and found some options like:

Getshopped - Wp-Ecommerce
Yak
MiniCart
Shopperpress
Wordpress Shopping Cart Plugin

Do any of you have a shopping cart on your wordpress site? What plugins do you use? What do you like or hate about them?

Thanks in advance

**Alaister** · 07-15-2011, 06:06 AM

IMO if you are looking to build an ecommerce site I wouldn't look to use wordpress as your platform. There are a lot of dedicated ecommerce platforms that will offer you much more flexibility and options. Some great ones include:

Shopify
Magento
OsCommerce
Volusion

If you really must use wordpress I think the wp-ecommerce plugin by get shopped is quite good.

**James-A** · 07-16-2011, 03:35 AM

I agree with Alaister. If you would like to create a WordPress website, if you would like to create an eCommerce website, it is crucial to get into eCommerce hosting plan. An eCommerce hosting plan provides with shopping cart software and it also supports the online payment systems. Therefore it becomes easy to provide the customers with a convenient shopping experience. Moreover the features offered with the eCommerce hosting plan also ensure the smooth functioning of the website and online transactions.

**shanonbishop** · 07-29-2011, 01:12 AM

I agree with Alaister as well. Would you entrust your hard-earned money and products to an open-source platform like Wordpress which is good in its own right but still has enough problems to get frequent updates?

Cost-cutting can do more good than harm in this case.

**chrishirst** · 07-29-2011, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shanonbishop

Cost-cutting can do more good than harm in this case.

Don't you mean more harm than good?

**neema19s** · 08-01-2011, 02:29 PM

I too agree with Alaister.. Wordpress can not be an option for e-commerce business that really to make a good presence. Its only for the hobbyist

**yragcom1** · 08-03-2011, 11:06 AM

I tried forever to build an e-commerce site with WordPress, but in the end it was more trouble than it was worth. I installed the various plug-ins like Cart66 and WP e-commerce, and they all had issues with the various WordPress templates that I used. I agree with everyone else, use osCommerce. None of the free plug-ins for WordPress will really do the job you want without a whole bunch of trial and error.

**diva123** · 09-16-2011, 01:52 AM

Hello Everyone!!

Here you tell the something about WordPress shopping cart there are many shopping cart and plugins but some of them are best for usage.

WordPress provide many different shopping cart solutions for your convenience. Here is the list of them:
Os Commerce: It simply means open source commerce. Especially it works on web server having PHP & MySQL.
Zen Cart: Easy to set up & handle.Have many features & options available.
Magneto: Grow your online business easily with magneto. It provides features with flexibility & scalability.
Virtue Mart: Fully featured eCommerce engine which provides performance, usability and security.

Thank you all in advance.

**TWD** · 09:55 AM

OsCommerce and Zen Cart are both first generation open source ecommerce projects.
If you open a store using either of them, be prepared to switch to some other platform in the future because their respective user bases are dwindling. They are a bit old school these days.

VirtueMart is not a pureblood ecommerce platform. Its an add-on for Joomla, just as Ubercart is an add on for Drupal. If I was looking for something to fill the need of simply being an ecommerce solution I probably wouldn't look at either (although Drupal Commerce for D7 might be a worthy contender when it matures a little more).

As for WP ecommerce, well I think it has gotten dramatically better over the last couple of years. I don't buy into the argument that it is not a "serious" solution. It depends how extensive your needs are.

But if you are looking for a "best of breed" solution, IMHO it comes down to a choice between Magento and PrestaShop.

Magento Community Edition is more suitable for medium to enterprise level companies because it is expensive to maintain (you need specialized server set ups and you WILL need to pay for expensive developer fees at some point).

PrestaShop is a better solution for small to medium size enterprises. It is open source but is being driven by a solid company with offices in Paris and Miami. They won the Packt Press "Best Open Source Ecommerce" prize last year.

If you absolutely MUST take credit cards on line however, forget all of the above.
You'll need to sign up for a monthly hosting plan with the likes of Shopify, Magento Go or Big Commerce. Personally, I like the looks of a smaller outfit, Pinnacle Cart - they have better multilingual/multicurrency ecommerce support than the other three.

**yellowww** · 09-29-2011, 04:59 AM

Take a look at open cart.

**axasa** · 02-07-2012, 11:15 AM

I think best opensource e-shop is prestashop.

**algozone** · 08:28 PM

Where are many shopping carts and you need to know what features you want to have first.
AbanteCart, opencart, oscommerce, zencart, list can be big.

This can help:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari..._cart_software

**TWD** · 02-08-2012, 09:32 PM

Yes the list is big.

But some projects are dying, some projects are growing and some will never really take off.

So choose wisely.
IMHO Prestashop is the best.
Maybe OpenCart will rival them one day.

And unless you are the kind of person who enjoys sticking pins in your own eyes, stay away from Magento.

**bravoo18** · 02-09-2012, 11:55 AM

I have a wordpress site and I am thinking of adding a shopping cart to it but want to hear about people's experiences with the different options.

**TWD** · 03-02-2012, 09:21 PM

http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/e-commerce

http://www.woothemes.com/woocommerce/

http://getshopped.org/

These are all worth a look.
I used the last one on a project. It was a bit painful
but recent versions may have improved.

**ShaneBro** · 03-16-2012, 09:16 AM

This word-press shopping cart is the awesome and you can easily integrate with your online store. This can help the user to easily store the item in which they are intended to purchase and manage.

**accns** · 03-27-2012, 02:18 AM

most Shopping Cart is must pay for ..money, e

**Digmen1** · 04-22-2012, 12:48 AM

Opencart seems to be getting good reviews from developers and its number of users is rising quite fast.

But I have found that it is not so easy to add your own web pages. There is a big learning curve.

There is a need for a shopping cart that plugs into a website.

**evawatson0** · 04-25-2012, 02:43 AM

Wordpress is a free and open source bogging tool and dynamic content management system and it is used to PHP and My SQL.

**jim222** · 07-12-2012, 07:45 PM

Woocommerce is the usual recommendation.