Need eCommerce site for new business

Discussion in 'eCommerce' started by Chachii, Jul 3, 2015.

  1. #1
    Hi,

    I'm looking to launch an eCommerce site for my new business, but I have limited experience in web design. My needs are as follows:

    -Ability to customize orders with checkboxes and a text field
    -Able to handle PayPal's Website Payments for checking out
    -Submission sends an email with order info to my company

    Any recommendations on where to start? I've already looked at using Wix, but I don't want to get too deep into it only to find out it can't meet my needs.

    Thanks!
     
    Chachii, Jul 3, 2015 IP
  2. Mathew Tom

    Mathew Tom Greenhorn

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    I recently launched an e-commerce website with the help of Intersmart, a web design company. They fulfill all my requirements and I will provide you the link to contact them. They will definitely helps you to attain your needs.
    www.intersmart.ae
     
    Mathew Tom, Aug 6, 2015 IP
  3. tinman47

    tinman47 Greenhorn

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    #3
    Everybody seems to be spamming their services and not answering your question.

    A great shopping cart platform I recommend for you to get started is WooCommerce coupled with Wordpress. It does everything your asking and is relatively easy to setup.

    But as a recommendation, its still quite the task to setup a storefront. If you want this executed properly, you may need to hire a professional.
     
    tinman47, Aug 31, 2015 IP
  4. ClickOB

    ClickOB Greenhorn

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    #4
    WooCommerce is awesome site we're also using it at one of our sites. It has all the features one can want in an eCommerce platform. Plus it works in WordPress thus you can ad amazing plug ins to get help in your social media sharing, following and SEO etc. But yes you can make changes to your front through. Also I would recommend to to add sharing and following buttons using jQuery.
     
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  5. ClickOB

    ClickOB Greenhorn

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    Also there's a set up of Presta Shop another amazing eCommerce theme. you can make changes according to your requirements but it doesn't need a lot of changes. It can be used as a whole online shop in itself. You wont be needing to work hard to set it up. Just add your products and promotional material like banners etc and get started. I've used this theme.
     
    ClickOB, Sep 3, 2015 IP
  6. rodion

    rodion Active Member

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    #6
    Here are few recommendations:
    Shopify
    Pros: Simple interface and lots of plug-ins.
    Cons: Limited design tools, transaction fees

    Sellbeing
    Pros: Unique design tools, user-friendly admin panel, mobile-friendly templates, no transaction fees
    Cons: A bit limited functionality

    BigCommerce
    Pros: Tons of features
    Cons: Complex and frustrating admin interface, limited design tools, not all templates are user friendly, transaction fees
     
    rodion, Sep 4, 2015 IP
  7. husain saify

    husain saify Greenhorn

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    hey you can try The Cart Script it is a free ecommerce script in php
    http://blog.hackerkernel.com/index.php/2015/08/29/the-cart-script-1/
     
    husain saify, Sep 6, 2015 IP
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    Anyone heard anything about econostores.com? They want less than others, and it looks real easy.
     
    Jonny88, Jun 30, 2016 IP
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    Meenu12345 Greenhorn

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    According to your requirement, I will recommend you to use YoKart for your new business. You don't need to have any technical knowledge to use this e-commerce platform and it is very easy to use.
     
    Meenu12345, Jul 14, 2016 IP
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    Thanks![/QUOTE]
    Is wordpress or prestashop better for e-commerce website?
     
    myslef, Jul 15, 2016 IP
  11. RayKT

    RayKT Member

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    Yokart is pretty crap on smaller screen. A lot of things are out of place
     
    RayKT, Jul 15, 2016 IP
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    Meenu12345 Greenhorn

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    RayKT, thanks for reporting issue with Yo!Kart. We would like you to know that on our end we have done a rigorous user-experience testing on all standard mobile screen sizes, however, if you are facing issues with it, you may please send us details
     
    Meenu12345, Jul 18, 2016 IP
  13. Santosh Prasad

    Santosh Prasad Greenhorn

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    #13
    Dear Chachi, If your number of products are 20-50 then its better to go with Wordpress and install the Woocommerce plugin. It will work great for you. Else Magento continues to be number #1 platform for large e-commerce sites.

    Don't consider Magento if you have small scale business as every additional feature will cost you money.

    Let me know if you have more questions.


     
    Santosh Prasad, Jul 20, 2016 IP
  14. Sopu

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    #14
    Wix doesn't have any advanced feature to build an ecommerce. If you really want to build your ecommerce site then Magento is my personal recommendation. But Magento is lot more critical than any other ecommerce platform. If Magento seems difficult, you can use opencart. It has lot more easy features as if you could easily build your website.
     
    Sopu, Jul 21, 2016 IP
  15. renadohotshot

    renadohotshot Greenhorn

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    Dear Chacii
    Go to this link https://www.udemy.com/opencart-2-0-video-quickstart/ and login with your gmail id and create the ecommerce site according to your requirments.
    you can build an exact site like this https://www.buymobile.com.bd/
     
    renadohotshot, Jul 23, 2016 IP
  16. x-tremesofts

    x-tremesofts Active Member

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    #16
    Dear Chacii,
    Good evening,
    very good two platform for eCommerce website,
    1. opencart
    2. Magento
    both are popular in the eCommerce industry, you can google it, if anything else you need so i can give you more solution on that
     
    x-tremesofts, Jul 25, 2016 IP
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    I would also recommend you to choose Magento, while it is the most flexible and feature rich, so you will not have problems when your business grows, but usually startup businesees do not use this platform due to problems with website hosting (not all servers are capable of Magento websites hosting) and website theme installation (conflicts might occur while installing). I can have a look at the solution called Browuse. It adapts Magento to the needs of small and mid-size businesses. If you are interested you can google Browuse and find it.
     
    Irene_Loor, Jul 30, 2016 IP
  18. hafizur_rahman

    hafizur_rahman Active Member

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    #18
    I recommend you to choose woocommerce and I can help you as I am an experienced wordpress developer.
     
    hafizur_rahman, Aug 27, 2016 IP