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eCommerce Shopping Carts Software Reviews

Reviews of eCommerce Shopping Cart Software Providers

Choosing an eCommerce platform is about more than having an attractive storefront, though that’s really important too. You need to deliver engaging experiences to your customers, ship out on time, manage your inventory and keep your storefront up to date. All this can be overwhelming, and that’s why we’ve investigated the top eCommerce platforms for you. Read our reviews to find out which platform suits your eCommerce needs (present and future) the most.

  LAST UPDATED: June 11th, 2016

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Shopify

Need a high-end store? Shopify offers one of the most extensive lists of eCommerce features along with a wide selection of apps with which to extend that functionality. Shopify is very easy to use and every shop comes with a blog section for connecting with your customers.

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BigCommerce

Want everything? Bigcommerce provides a full package of features for your every eCommerce need. Novice website builders shouldn’t be scared by this, however, as Bigcommerce is well-known for how easy it is to use. Choose a template that makes your store mobile-friendly.

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Volusion

Only a few products? Volusion is a solid eCommerce platform, offering much of what its competitors do. However, it’s not the easiest software to use, and the templates look a little dated. All plans have limitations and the overage fees can quickly add up.

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Squarespace eCommerce

Have beautiful images? Squarespace’s eCommerce offering fully supports its website builder’s emphasis on luscious image-rich pages. With 45 highly-visual templates to choose from for your online store and a fully-loaded set of eCommerce features, your Squarespace storefront will definitely attract attention.

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3dCart

Just a start-up? With its intuitive interface and excellent customer support, 3dcart is a great choice for those who are new to eCommerce. There’s a wizard that walks you step-by-step through the setup process, along with video tutorials.

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Weebly eCommerce

Have multiple product variations? Weebly’s eCommerce platform for its website builder is as fully featured as any stand-alone eCommerce software. Plus it lets you create dedicated product pages, category pages and displays of multiple product variations. Your shoppers can easily post your product pages on social media.

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LemonStand

Rapidly growing business? LemonStand is for business owners focusing on their business growth and prepared to hire an IT professional to create their eCommerce site. A LemonStand store adapts quickly to a rapidly growing business, though you do need to have a developer do this.

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CoreCommerce

Looking for great support? CoreCommerce has excellent customer service through the usual phone and email support, but they also offer live chat, which is quite rare. CoreCommerce is best for small to medium-sized businesses as they do charge fees for exceeding the monthly storage and bandwidth limits.

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Wix eCommerce

More than a store? If your eCommerce business needs more than a storefront, then consider using Wix’s eCommerce platform supported by the huge selection of business apps in the Wix App Market. These add business functionalities such as email, marketing tools and customer contact apps.

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Magento

Are you tech savvy? As an open source eCommerce platform, Magento comes with an extensive set of eCommerce features and a marketplace of over 7,000 Magento apps. To fully use Magento, you need to be able to code, or to hire someone to do so for you.

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Pinnacle Cart

Need marketing help? PinnacleCart offers free web hosting along with a fairly standard set of eCommerce features. The company is known for being geared towards marketing and provides a variety of marketing tools. Custom marketing services for a fee are also available.

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1ShoppingCart

Starting small and growing? 1ShoppingCart comes with a full roster of eCommerce features that fledgling businesses can grow into, though they may seem overwhelming at first. There’s a useful affiliate program as part of the strong marketing package to help promote your business.

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PrestaShop

Willing to pay for templates? PrestaShop, a self-hosted platform, comes with a full built-in feature set for whatever functionality your eCommerce store needs, but with only one free design template. However, over 2,000 professionally designed templates are available for a fee, and most of these are mobile-responsive.

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CS-Cart

Like lots of choice? CS-Cart comes with a whopping 242 themes for your storefront template. So the chances are you’ll find a theme that won’t need much, if any, customization. Customization is easily accomplished and you can have a different look for each of your many storefronts.

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WooCommerce

Adding onto WordPress? WooCommerce is the most popular eCommerce platform on the Web, which is good news for WordPress owners who can plug it into their WP site. WooCommerce itself is free though you sometimes have to pay for the apps which extend its functionality.

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Zen Cart

Seeking a self-hosted platform? Zen Cart is one of the older self-hosted eCommerce platforms. You need coding skills to customize its basic default template, but can then choose from over 2,000 plug-ins to extend your store’s functionality.

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Spark Pay

Have more than one store? Spark Pay has good news for eCommerce barons – you can run multiple storefronts through one admin account. This is useful if you’re targeting different demographics or if you have different kinds of goods to sell.

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Big Cartel

Selling art or music? Artists without any coding knowledge or web design skills can use BigCartel to create a professional website to reach their fans and to sell their creative products. BigCartel is best suited to independent artists who want to remain in control of their own sales.

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HighWire

On a strict budget? Highwire has only two plans but both are cost-effective. However, Highwire still provides all the features need to run a full eCommerce store, though not necessarily with all the extensive bells and whistles of some of its competitors.

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X-Cart

Not sure about hosting? If you’re undecided about going the self-hosted route, X-Cart offers both a self-hosted and a cloud-based hosted version of its eCommerce platform. Both versions require some technical knowledge and patience to make full use of the extensive features available.

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Ecwid

Want to sell from anywhere? Ecwid is a plugin that lets you add an eCommerce store to your own website. You can sell from your WordPress blog, from Facebook, from a Google site and anywhere else. Setting this up is usually straightforward.

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UltraCart

Want a “Buy” button? Perhaps as an eCommerce retailer you don’t want to build a store, and this is where UltraCart comes it. You add a “Buy” or “Add to Cart” button to your existing website and your cart is hosted in UltraCart’s cloud.

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Shopping Cart Elite

Need back office support? eCommerce is so much more than just selling products and Shopping Cart Elite has that hidden side of the business well covered. Order management, shipping and inventory facilities, along with fast data entry and product sharing, facilitate back office work.

BigCommerce

Want everything? Bigcommerce provides a full package of features for your every eCommerce need. Novice website builders shouldn’t be scared by this, however, as Bigcommerce is well-known for how easy it is to use. Choose a template that makes your store mobile-friendly.

Shopify

Need a high-end store? Shopify offers one of the most extensive lists of eCommerce features along with a wide selection of apps with which to extend that functionality. Shopify is very easy to use and every shop comes with a blog section for connecting with your customers.

Squarespace eCommerce

Have beautiful images? Squarespace’s eCommerce offering fully supports its website builder’s emphasis on luscious image-rich pages. With 45 highly-visual templates to choose from for your online store and a fully-loaded set of eCommerce features, your Squarespace storefront will definitely attract attention.

3dCart

Just a start-up? With its intuitive interface and excellent customer support, 3dcart is a great choice for those who are new to eCommerce. There’s a wizard that walks you step-by-step through the setup process, along with video tutorials.

LemonStand

Have multiple product variations? Weebly’s eCommerce platform for its website builder is as fully featured as any stand-alone eCommerce software. Plus it lets you create dedicated product pages, category pages and displays of multiple product variations. Your shoppers can easily post your product pages on social media.

Spark Pay

Have more than one store? Spark Pay has good news for eCommerce barons – you can run multiple storefronts through one admin account. This is useful if you’re targeting different demographics or if you have different kinds of goods to sell.

CoreCommerce

Looking for great support? CoreCommerce has excellent customer service through the usual phone and email support, but they also offer live chat, which is quite rare. CoreCommerce is best for small to medium-sized businesses as they do charge fees for exceeding the monthly storage and bandwidth limits.

Wix eCommerce

More than a store? If your eCommerce business needs more than a storefront, then consider using Wix’s eCommerce platform supported by the huge selection of business apps in the Wix App Market. These add business functionalities such as email, marketing tools and customer contact apps.

LemonStand

Rapidly growing business? LemonStand is for business owners focusing on their business growth and prepared to hire an IT professional to create their eCommerce site. A LemonStand store adapts quickly to a rapidly growing business, though you do need to have a developer do this.

Magento

Are you tech savvy? As an open source eCommerce platform, Magento comes with an extensive set of eCommerce features and a marketplace of over 7,000 Magento apps. To fully use Magento, you need to be able to code, or to hire someone to do so for you.

Pinnacle Cart

Need marketing help? PinnacleCart offers free web hosting along with a fairly standard set of eCommerce features. The company is known for being geared towards marketing and provides a variety of marketing tools. Custom marketing services for a fee are also available.

1ShoppingCart

Starting small and growing? 1ShoppingCart comes with a full roster of eCommerce features that fledgling businesses can grow into, though they may seem overwhelming at first. There’s a useful affiliate program as part of the strong marketing package to help promote your business.

PrestaShop

Willing to pay for templates? PrestaShop, a self-hosted platform, comes with a full built-in feature set for whatever functionality your eCommerce store needs, but with only one free design template. However, over 2,000 professionally designed templates are available for a fee, and most of these are mobile-responsive.

CS-Cart

Like lots of choice? CS-Cart comes with a whopping 242 themes for your storefront template. So the chances are you’ll find a theme that won’t need much, if any, customization. Customization is easily accomplished and you can have a different look for each of your many storefronts.

WooCommerce

Adding onto WordPress? WooCommerce is the most popular eCommerce platform on the Web, which is good news for WordPress owners who can plug it into their WP site. WooCommerce itself is free though you sometimes have to pay for the apps which extend its functionality.

Zen Cart

Seeking a self-hosted platform? Zen Cart is one of the older self-hosted eCommerce platforms. You need coding skills to customize its basic default template, but can then choose from over 2,000 plug-ins to extend your store’s functionality.

Big Cartel

Selling art or music? Artists without any coding knowledge or web design skills can use BigCartel to create a professional website to reach their fans and to sell their creative products. BigCartel is best suited to independent artists who want to remain in control of their own sales.

HighWire

On a strict budget? Highwire has only two plans but both are cost-effective. However, Highwire still provides all the features need to run a full eCommerce store, though not necessarily with all the extensive bells and whistles of some of its competitors.

X-Cart

Not sure about hosting? If you’re undecided about going the self-hosted route, X-Cart offers both a self-hosted and a cloud-based hosted version of its eCommerce platform. Both versions require some technical knowledge and patience to make full use of the extensive features available.

Ecwid

Want to sell from anywhere? Ecwid is a plugin that lets you add an eCommerce store to your own website. You can sell from your WordPress blog, from Facebook, from a Google site and anywhere else. Setting this up is usually straightforward.

UltraCart

Want a “Buy” button? Perhaps as an eCommerce retailer you don’t want to build a store, and this is where UltraCart comes it. You add a “Buy” or “Add to Cart” button to your existing website and your cart is hosted in UltraCart’s cloud.

Shopping Cart Elite

Need back office support? eCommerce is so much more than just selling products and Shopping Cart Elite has that hidden side of the business well covered. Order management, shipping and inventory facilities, along with fast data entry and product sharing, facilitate back office work.

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