E-commerce is the process by which businesses and consumers buy and sell goods and services through an electronic medium.
Following are several types of e-commerce.
- Business to consumer
- Business to business
- Consumer to business
- Consumer to consumer
Shopify, Magento, WordPress(Woocommerce) and opencart are 4 most common platform used for eCommerce.
WordPress/Woocommerce
WooCommerce is an open source WordPress plugin. It helps you setup your online stores easily if you have a WordPress site. WooCommerce can help you give maximum scalability and control over your website.
Magento
Magento is an open-source platform system for e-commerce websites. It is a widely used listing and cart tool among e-commerce sites. It is built on PHP and Linux platforms and supports cross-platform deployment and has both – a community and an enterprise edition.
Shopify
Shopify is a SaaS-based pay-as-you-go e-commerce website solution that allows you to setup online store within hours. Shopify is currently the leading online platform for e-commerce sites globally.
OpenCart
Opencart is another open-source system for e-commerce web sites. The Community Opencart edition is quite popular in Europe and Australia..
Conclusion
Magento is the best option for users who have huge store with very large number of products.
Shopify is the best option for users who are looking for an easy and fast to setup hosted store.
OpenCart has an excellent UI. It is highly customizable and gives you complete control.
WordPress continues to be everyone’s favorite when used with WooCommerce plugin. WordPress is a highly competent CMS option for creating E-commerce websites.