which platform for e commerce site?

[Standartuye]

Hey

i heard about wordpress CMS is not ideal for e commerce site? do you suggest any other platform or wordpress is good enough?

 

[wealthyslacker]

I used to always run oscommerce then switched to zencart

Magento is powerful but very complex, I almost used it but found zencart to be better for my needs

 

[AffiliateIrene]

I used to always run oscommerce then switched to zencart

Magento is powerful but very complex, I almost used it but found zencart to be better for my needs

Are these platforms free? What kind of sites you can build there?

 

[NobelNerd]

Magento is best if you can manage it

 

[ndnstyl]

+1 on magneto, I used to manage a site that used ajax and dynamically loading content/products and Magneto handled everything we threw at it. It certainly has a learning curve if you are new to it, because there is a ton of functionality. But in the end it is a premium e-commerce solution and their support is awesome if you happen to run into hiccups.

 

[kriwil]

Currently using opencart
or you can use magento as well

 

[Aluminium]

Magento seems to be the most common platform, but it's all about personal preference in my opinion.

 

[Devil Rider]

yeah...I also judge the Magento the handle to used the common platform...

 

[Standartuye]

why so much people hate woocommerce?

 

[loedown]

Small - Medium business -> WordPress + WooCommerce
Big Business -> Magento

Or shopify/bigcommerce.

 

[Aty]

Magento is the way to go, however it can be a bit hard to set up for some people.

 

[abhijit369]

magento comm version, but it has some learning curve plus its too heavy compared with others. If you are good in dev, you can easily reduce the loading speed to 1 or 2 sec. If you are new, then i would suggest prestashop. Its free and perfect for newbies.

 

[ashumoney1]

aweosme dude ur work fab....

 

[charliebrooker]

woocommerce is ok with wordpress but the free version isn't very powerful.

Nobody has mentioned opencart yet, I use that and it's very good and free.

 

[lewwy789]

Definitely Magento once you understand it you fall in love with it, you can literally do anything you can think of and more.

 

[AntonioCodery]

For ecommerce best option is Opencart. It's flexible open source.

 

[kickthat]

Magento is a good platform but it needs a good hosting to go with it. Wouldn't advise running it on shared hosting! As others have said, it can also be tricky if you're new to coding. I was never good enough with Magento to get a big store to load quickly. I like Woocommerce - it's pretty easy to setup and I find Wordpress admin a lot less hassle than Magento.

 

[JaceyRep]

Woocommerce is my favorite ecommerce platform. it's wordpress and flexible with lots of plugins and themes options available.

 

[Adrian112]

100% Wordpress if you are new in this business

 

[darko1x]

magento can be expensive, the plugins are great but too expensive and you'll need an expert if you don't know what you're doing. IMHO if you're going for a small business woocommerce is the way to go, if you're willing to invest big Cash = magento is you solution!