For many website designers, developers and eCommerce entrepreneurs, WordPress is
the preferred Content Management System thanks to its vast array of helpful plugins. There are many excellent plugins online that can optimize any WordPress installation
for eCommerce hosting purposes. Here’s a quick rundown of the best options available
for eCommerce sites of all sizes.
8 WP eCommerce Plugins
WP e-Commerce
Considered by many to be the best available eCommerce plugin ever made for WordPress, WP e-Commerce is brought to us by the fine folks at Instinct. Installable in mere minutes, WP e-Commerce features One Page Checkout, a wide array of payment options and seamless integration with the WordPress Update System. It’s the ultimate Swiss Army knife of plugins for WordPress eCommerce management.
WP Auctions
Ebay is not the only way to auction off in-demand products and valuable items. WP Auctions gives you the power to set up your own auction site in a flash, without having to pay fees or share commissions on sales. This handy plugin supports nine different payment options, and allows the management and configuration of nearly every aspect of the auction process.
eShop
A stable and well-supported WordPress plugin, eShop allows users to quickly and easily set up and configure a full-fledged shopping cart in minutes. Featuring compatibility with numerous shipping and payment providers, eShop also gives website owners access to basic statistics and reporting. In addition, it gives users the ability to send out automatic confirmation E-mails after successful purchases and payments.
Shopp
At a cost of $55, Shopp needs to deliver the goods to compete with other WordPress plugins that are freely available elsewhere. Many satisfied buyers are of the opinion that it does, if the popularity of this plugin is any indication. On top of being very SEO friendly, it features every payment option imaginable as well as the ability to configure the interface in any way you see fit. Boasting more features than any other single plugin on the market, it’s well worth the money.
PHPurchase
PHPurchase WordPress Shopping Cart features real-time UPS shipping rates and impeccable inventory tracking to keep tabs on everything you sell and mail out to customers. It also offers the same wide range of payment options as most of the other plugins listed here, as well as one of the most secure, hacker-proof checkout pages available for WordPress eCommerce installations today.
WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart Plugin
A quick and painless way to sell items and accept payments via Paypal, this plugin supports a no-frills checkout area that’s basic but secure. Customers can add or remove items, see what they already have in their cart and the total amount of their bill. It’s not flashy, but it works well without a lot of hassle.
Quick Shop
For those who don’t need a large and complicated eCommerce storefront, Quick Shop is the perfect solution. Specifically designed for those who simply want to add a few items for sale here and there on a website, Quick Shop works flawlessly on any WordPress installation that has Sidebar Widgets enabled.
FireStorm Ecommerce Shopping Cart Plugin
Yet another all-in-one shopping cart solution, Firestorm’s helpful plugin gives users of any ability the necessary tools to turn their website into a complete online store. Supporting secure SSL/HTTPS encryption, fully customizable widgets, Google Analytics and Googlebase integration as well a vast number of other features. Firestorm Ecommerce is easily one of the finest WordPress plugins available for free.
I’ve been using WP E-Commerce for months now and while it’s got a TON of features I’ve found it to be super buggy. For that reason I’m looking at moving to Cart66 or Shopp.
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I like the WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart Plugin because I know that this is very helpful for those who have eshopping card websites for their shopping business. Hope I will know more on how to install this.
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Nice collection, thanks. Had seen most of them, but Shopp is a new one for me. One more to check out
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Another option to consider is the Market Theme.
Market is a premium theme with a built-in shopping cart system. It works very similar to these plugins, without the need for technical integration.
Simply activate the theme, enter a few settings, choose a color scheme (over 20 built-in schemes to choose from), upload your logo, and you’re ready to start adding products. It easily connects with Paypal for payment processing.
You can check out the free online demo at the website before you download, so you can make sure it’ll work for your needs.
MarketTheme.com
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