There are two primary ways/solutions
that are widely used in building e-Commerce website. They include:
- A hosted e-Commerce shop building website, which is more user friendly, for example shopify.com or wix.com.
- Custom or self-hosted open source shopping cart e-Commerce software, for example Magento, WooCommerce or Cs-cart, which are more advanced.
Lets see how hosted e-Commerce building website work:
Hosted shopping cart software is much more user-friendly. Essentially,
the online e-Commerce developers provide e-Commerce tools or
features, and take care of all the technical system managerial aspects of managing
a website, hence one can rapidly and easily set up an e-Commerce website/store
and start selling.
The initiative here is that they do not provide any codes, but create easy
and non-technical user interface for one to create a website using drag and
drop technology in order to insert the content such as images, galleries, descriptions
among other useful information, upload the products, connect the e-Commerce website
to a payment processor, so that the business is fully set up and operational.
What are the main advantages of such hosted e-Commerce websites?
- It is very quick and easy to build a functional e-Commerce store.
- Coding knowledge is not needed, it can help but it is not necessary.
- It does not require hiring of expensive developers
- They have devoted teams of end user support staff who
assist whenever there is need. The technical team helps in managing
technical parts of the operating software like hosting, coding, security
among other areas.
Here are three prominent websites that will help you to build and host your e-Commerce website:
Shopify:
This is certainly the most common and the
best e-commerce software available in the market with over 175,000 Active Online
Stores/businesses. It is suitable all varieties of
businesses ranging from small businesses all the way to big businesses making millions
of dollars in selling products online. Shopify is all in one e-commerce website
designer which simplifies the challenges of developing an online store to drag
and drop.
Bigcommerce:
This is another well known e-commerce website that is a great competitor to
shopify with 95,000 and above stores/online businesses. It allows one to build
an e-commerce website without being twisted in technology. It is suitable for
both small and large businesses.
Wix e-Commerce:
This is a pure drag and drop e-commerce website builder with more than 87,000
stores/online businesses. It gives much precision as to where to place images,
content, slideshows among other contents. When compared to shopify and Bigcommerce,
it is little less advanced.
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