A Guide to Ecommerce Software
We talked to 917 users of ecommerce software and discovered Shopify is most recommended, bandwidth overage charges are (still) a problem and most users don’t want to rely on a developer.
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Company
Description
Customer Satisfaction
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Shopify
Industry leader— loved for its intuitive interface and app store.
98% -
Squarespace
Perfect for selling a few products.
94% -
Big Cartel
Users recommend Big Cartel for stores just starting out.
91% -
WooCommerce
Wordpress plugin with many useful extensions.
90% -
OpenCart
Open source ecommerce software with plenty of extensions.
88% -
Jumpseller
Strong customer support.
86% -
GoDaddy
Easy to use but limited.
83% -
Core Commerce
Good pricing and support but difficult to use.
80% -
BigCommerce
Targets mature or growing stores.
79% -
Ubercart
Open source ecommerce software that integrates with Drupal.
78% -
Wix
Website builder that’s added ecommerce in the last few years.
76% -
Weebly
Website builder that’s added ecommerce in the last few years.
74% -
Magento
Highly customizable but difficult to use.
74% -
3dcart
Poor customer support and frustrating bandwidth charges.
72% -
PrestaShop
Plenty of modules but difficult to use.
70% -
Spark Pay
Difficult to use with frustrating bandwidth overage charges.
65% -
Goodsie
Good for beginners but expensive.
65% -
Volusion
Expensive and difficult to use.
51%
About this Guide
Wise Buyer publish in-depth guides to software (all our guides). We take inspiration from companies such as The Wirecutter. If you'd like to hear when we publish new guides, you can join our newsletter.
While the research for our buyer guides is a team effort, Steve Benjamins writes the guides. Steve founded Wise Buyer in late 2016. He’s also the founder of Site Builder Report— where he writes in-depth reviews of website and store builders. In the evenings he also makes music which you can listen to here.
We’re always trying to find ways to improve our guides so if you have any comments or suggestions please email steve@wisebuyer.com.
How we calculate customer satisfaction
Customer satisfaction is the percentage of users that we talked to that recommended the product. We talk to a minimum of 30 users / company in order to calculate the customer satisfaction. (If we're not able to find 30 users, we don't include the company in our guide.)
When was this guide published?
This guide was published Dec 21 2016.
