There are a variety of high-quality open source eCommerce platforms to choose from these days that any of them could help you build your online store. In this blog post, we take a look at 5 most popular platforms that you should consider.
Magento Open Source
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Magento is a very popular open source platform with a fairly large community. Being a free solution, it also offers a paid version to upgrade your business if necessary. Magento has in-built SEO features, allowing integration with Google Analytics and Checkout. You will have total control over your web design as well as functionality. However, Magento requires some coding knowledge to fully utilise its potential.
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WooCommerce
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WooCommerce is a free WordPress plugin that supports various payment options and provides multiple ways to customise your store with themes. It also has multiple marketing features as well as geolocating built-in to the plugin. This allows for discounts, user-based ratings and estimated shipping cost calculations. However, certain features of WooCommerce will still need to be bought. Similar to Magento, there is a learning curve for WooCommerce. If you are a beginner, you may need a professional to upgrade your website for you.
PrestaShop
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PrestaShop is a user-friendly platform that is easy to install. It has a user-friendly interface with easy inventory management and store maintenance. PrestaShop provides an interface for creating websites and offers multi currency and multilingual opportunities. Being lightweight, PrestaShop won’t slow down your site. However, PrestaShop offers limited scalability opportunities, which makes it more suitable for small or medium businesses. PrestaShop extensions are also quite costly.
Drupal Commerce
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Drupal Commerce is designed for developers. It has a large community and offers useful forums, social pages, and blogs for support. There is an extensive help guide on Drupal’s website and a video library. Drupal websites have strict development standards to provide high quality. It has built-in caching, enabling advanced speed and performance. There are multiple Drupal modules for payment, shipping and fulfilment, analytics and reporting, marketing, etc. However, it is a complicated platform with a steep learning curve due to its sophisticated interface and limited development guidelines. You may need a professional to help you with your store.
OpenCart
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OpenCart is free to download and has low startup costs. Being user-friendly, OpenCart is perfect for startups, enabling cost-effective and easy store setup. OpenCart marketplace offers multiple themes and extensions for product feeds, shipping, and payment gateways. However, OpenCart does not have as many features as Magento. Additionally, you may require some costly OpenCart add-ons to fully maximise your store’s potential. Beginners will have a hard time as knowledge of PHP and other programming languages are necessary.
Be sure to check out these open source eCommerce platforms if you are looking to enter the thriving world of eCommerce. If you need assistance with your digital transformation, A&H Digital Solutions is here to help you. Book a no obligation consultation with us today!
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