Eager to start an online store? Compare your options to find the best website builder for your electronic commerce business.
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There are some brilliant builders of electronic commerce websites to choose from. However, the appropriate platform for a business may not be the best for another.
When choosing a website builder, think specifically about the priorities of your store. Do you need a platform that gives access to a specific number of personnel accounts? Or is it a small business owner that seeks the cheapest plan possible?
To help you accelerate your comparison of each platform, we have provided rapid but effective descriptions of eight of the main website builders.
Shop
Shopify is an excellent platform to create an online store.
They offer a free three -day test that we have tried and tested. According to our research, we have shared tips and information on how to start a shopify store and maximize profits.
To start selling in Shopify, you must update a free test to a paid plan. At the time of writing this article, each plan costs only £ 1 per month during the first three months before increasing the complete monthly cost:
- Essential – £ 25 per month for standard analysis reports
- Shopify – £ 65 per month for standard analysis reports and five personnel accounts
- Advanced – £ 344 per month for a custom report constructor and accounts of 15 employees.
The three plans include 10 inventory locations. There is also a 25% discount on each plan if you pay annually.
Wix
An online store is just one of the many types of websites that can build with Wix.
When you join Wix, you can select what type of website you are starting. In addition to an electronic commerce site, there is the option to create a blog, an event site, an online portfolio and more.
Wix does not offer a free test as such. However, they give him the opportunity to recover his money in the first 14 days if he is not happy with the platform.
They have a wide range of plans paid in monthly and annual subscriptions. Here are the monthly comparison costs:
- Light – £ 9 per month for 2 GB storage space and access for two collaborators. It also allows you to use a light marketing suite.
- Center – £ 16 per month for 50 GB storage, access for five collaborators, basic site analysis and the opportunity to accept payments. The marketing suite updates from light to basic.
- Business – £ 25 per month for storage of 100 GB, access for 10 collaborators and sites analysis. Marketing suite becomes a standard level (as opposed to light or basics).
- Business Elite – £ 119 per month for unlimited storage space and access for 15 collaborators. It also offers advanced characteristics for marketing suite, sites analysis and more.
- Enterprise – Contact Wix for an appointment. This plan is aimed at larger companies (such as those with multiple websites) to support their growth.
All these plans have a free domain for a year. To see the complete characteristics of each plan, click on the link below.
Squarespace
Squarespace has fewer plans than Wix, but still offers some excellent features to help him start and expand his online store. For example, they have a variety of tools to help business leaders with things such as SEO, email marketing and logos creation.
It is a very well established platform and has been used by millions to create websites.
At the time of writing, these are the monthly costs of their plans:
- Staff – £ 16 per month for your most basic plan. This includes access to customizable templates, but does not allow you to take payments or access advanced analysis.
- Business – £ 24 per month to access advanced analytics and pay in your domain. In this plan, Squarespace charges a 3% transaction rate for selling physical products, services, digital downloads and gift cards.
- Commerce (basic) – £ 28 per month to remove the transaction rate. It also allows you to access tools to increase sales.
- Commerce (advanced) – £ 43 per month for the same characteristics as the basic trade plan, plus advanced shipment, discount and the opportunity to sell products weekly or monthly.
You can save between 17% and 29% of the cost paying annually instead of monthly, but savings vary according to the plan.
WordPress
Similar to Wix, WordPress allows you to create many types of websites. But if it is an online store you want, your trade plan provides you with all the characteristics you need.
Electronic commerce characteristics are provided by Woocommerce accessories that are automatically installed with the plan.
It is also possible to sell individual products or services in other WordPress plans, but they will not provide all the tools to create and run your online store.
At the time of writing, these are the complete monthly prices of each WordPress plan:
- Staff – $ 9 (∼ £ 7.10) will give it storage of 6 GB and unlimited pages and users. There are also many issues and sources to choose from and you can collect payments with Stripe. However, there is no access to site analysis.
- Premium – $ 18 (∼ £ 14.20) for the same characteristics as the personal plan plus the storage of 13 GB. With this plan, you will obtain an analysis board of in -depth sites plus the ability to take pays by PayPal.
- Business – $ 40 (∼ £ 31.50) provides a storage of 50 GB, all the characteristics of personal plans and premium plus the ability to install accessories.
- Trade – $ 70 (∼ £ 55.20) for all the characteristics of other plans of electronic commerce and optimized accommodation of Woocommerce.
You can save 35 – 55% paying annually.
To see the complete list of what each plan covers, in addition to a lot of useful information on how to start, see the WordPress website.
Damned
Compared to other website builders, Weebly has relatively low monthly costs.
They even have a free plan. This could be ideal if you are only configuring your electronic commerce business and you want to adapt to the new store before paying monthly costs.
The free plan includes safety of the secure plug layer (SSL) and the opportunity to add a third -party embedding code. However, it does not allow you to have a personalized domain, so you will not look as professional as a store with a paid plan.
At the time of writing, these are the monthly costs and the key characteristics of the site of each paid plan:
- Staff – For £ 7 per month you can connect the store to a personalized domain.
- Professional – At £ 12 per month, this plan includes a free domain, unlimited storage, advanced site statistics, password protection and the opportunity to eliminate ads for Square (a company that has merged with Weebly).
- Action – By £ 22 per month, you will get access to more characteristics that help you grow the business, such as advanced ideas of electronic commerce, articles reviews, emails of abandoned carts and more.
You can save money on each plan paying annually instead of monthly. For more information about each plan, such as its characteristics of electronic commerce, marketing and support, click on the link below.
Ecwid
Like Weebly, Ecwid allows you to start an online store for free.
If you try the free plan and you are happy with the ECWID platform, then you could consider updating to a paid plan.
Here is how much their plans paid at the time of writing:
- Company – £ 25 per month for the opportunity to sell 100 products, live chat support, automated taxes and more.
- Business – £ 45 per month for the same characteristics as the venture plan, plus the opportunity to sell 2,500 products, have subscription services, two personnel accounts, telephone support and more.
- Unlimited – £ 105 per month to sell unlimited products, have unlimited personnel accounts, priority support and more.
We have listed the monthly subscription costs here, but you can save 16% paying annually.
Cell
If you plan to sell printed products on request, it is worth considering Sellfy. This is an aspect of electronic commerce on which they focus as a platform, and is an excellent way to obtain a passive income.
However, printing on request is not the only way to sell through Sellfy. You can also sell physical and digital products, together with subscription products and video transmission services.
Sellfy says on his website that he can start his store in just five minutes. As they offer a free 14 -day test, there is the possibility of trying the platform and quickly discovering if it adapts to your business.
There are three plans available in Sellfy. These are your monthly costs (correct at the time of writing):
- Incoming – $ 29 (∼ £ 23) per month to obtain up to $ 10,000 (∼ £ 7,900) each year in sales. You can sell unlimited products, connect your own domain and make email.
- Business – $ 79 (∼ £ 62) per month for the same characteristics as the home plan more. Additional features include the option to obtain up to $ 50,000 (∼ £ 39,500) each year in sales, additional sales products, eliminate the SELLFY brand, migrate the design of its store, use its cart abandonment function and start the affiliate marketing.
- Premium – $ 159 (∼ £ 125) per month for the opportunity to obtain up to $ 200,000 (∼ £ 158,000) each year in sales, migrated products, access priority support, as well as all the characteristics of the business plan.
There are discounts available to pay annually. Go to your website for more information, including complete details about each plan.
Bigcommerce
Bigcommerce services are divided into two key categories: essential and company.
The essential side of the platform is aimed at small businesses, and includes three different plans. You can try it for free for 15 days and then choose one of the following:
- Standard – $ 39 (∼ £ 31) per month and includes up to four inventory locations, maximum online sales of $ 50,000 (∼ £ 39,500) per year and more.
- Besides – $ 105 (∼ £ 83) per month and includes up to five inventory locations, maximum online sales of $ 180,000 (∼ £ 142,200) per year and more.
- PRO – $ 399 (∼ £ 315) per month and includes up to eight inventory locations, maximum online sales of $ 400,000 (∼ £ 316,000) per year and more. To sell on that $ 400K limit, you must pay additional $ 150 (∼ £ 119) per month for an additional $ 200,000 (∼ £ 158,000) in online sales.
However, the business plan has personalized prices depending on the size of your business. It is the most suitable for large -scale electronic commerce websites and growth centered. Go to the Bigcommerce website for more information and obtain a quote.
