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- October 11, 2011
wordpress ecommerce plugin comparison
review of wordpress plugins for commerce
why choosing wordpress for ecommerce instead of ecommerce solutions like prestashop or magento :
PROS
- WordPress is a constantly evoluting platform
- very efficient for writing articles and content, always necessary to complement product display
CONS
- plugin might not follow wordpress evolution : a good indicator is the last update time of the plugin in the official worpdress repository
we have reviewed below some examples of wordpress solutions for eshopping : they all develop very interesting features, additionnal checks you might want to look before you test a solution are
- what payment gateway do you need to install ? is this payment gateway developed for that solution
- what languages are you going to  use ? is that solution localised in your language ?
- does the system handle automatic creation of order process pages : shopping cart, order review, order process, account information with previous orders
General comparison of wordpress e commerce plugins
| price | product options | stock management | shipping | seo | |
| getshopped (formerly wp ecommerce) |
free | Y | Y | flat  rate, table rate, weight rate |
wordpress SEO plugin |
| shopplugin | 55$ | Y | Y / email alerts | flat rate, order, qty | internal custom fields |
| cart66 | 89$ | Y | Y | ||
| caart 66 lite | free | Y | N | ||
| jigoshop | free | Simple, grouped and configurable products | Y | flat rate and table rate (29$) | 5$Â custom field extension |
Note : all solutions reviewed here allow physicial and digital product management including automatic download
Detailed comparison : ordering and order management
| configurable order statuses | create order manually | custom checkout customer fields | |
| getshopped (formerly wp ecommerce) |
N | N | Y |
| shopplugin | Y | N | Y |
| cart66 | N | N | N |
| caart 66 lite | N | N | N |
| jigoshop | no | Y | Y |
One Response to “wordpress ecommerce plugin comparison”
January 6, 2012 - admin
New plugins are out there
http://www.woothemes.com/woocommerce/
and market press
http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/e-commerce
working on evaluation…