{"id":7866,"date":"2016-04-14T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.webguru-india.com\/blog\/?p=7866"},"modified":"2022-09-26T06:51:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T11:51:16","slug":"popular-e-commerce-platforms-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webguru-india.com\/blog\/popular-e-commerce-platforms-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular E-Commerce Platforms in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the E-Commerce world, there is no single solution that can work for every kind of business. E-Commerce platforms help host business online. They also offer a B2B(Business to Business), B2C(Business to Consumer), C2C(Consumer to Consumer) solutions as well.<\/p>\n<p>The advancement in technology,consumer demands and intensifying competitions have raised the need for light-weight, powerful, innovative functionalities. Now a days, offering only an easy set up with standard features is not enough. Additional features such as mobile friendliness, Membership Accounts, Monthly subscriptions, Order tracking, Cancellations and Returns, Product Reviews, Analytics, Search Engine Friendly etc., all now forma part of the standard E-Commerce fundamentals. Based on the diverse requirements, you need to select a platform which will offer you the maximum<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Flexibility, in terms of access devices<br \/>\n&#8211; Scalability, in terms of functionalities<br \/>\n&#8211; Efficiency, in terms of performance<br \/>\n&#8211; Simplicity, in terms of admin panel operations<br \/>\n&#8211; Cost effectiveness, in terms of your budget.<\/p>\n<p>There is no universal winner in this case. You will need to choose one based on your requirements and the degree to which the platform can cover and implement them successfully. Sometimes, it also depends on your familiarity with the platform.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Some of the most popular E-Commerce platforms to look for are as follows:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Shopify: <\/strong>Shopify has consistently evolved itself with the changing needs of E-Commerce processes. It provides the following key features:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Business specific subscription plans.<br \/>\n\u2022 Free and paid themes<br \/>\n\u2022 Free and paid mobile apps<br \/>\n\u2022 Shopify\u2019s own payment gateway for all credit cards<br \/>\n\u2022 Shopify\u2019s POS (Point of Sale) for selling products in person<br \/>\n\u2022 Shopify\u2019s online store with an extensive order management system<br \/>\n\u2022 Other online channels of Shopify \u2013 Shopify Buy Button for Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter<br \/>\n\u2022 Shopify Plus \u2013 it is the enterprise version for high volume merchants. It is cloud based, fully hosted platform which provides enterprise level selling capabilities. It mainly focuses on design, marketing and manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Magento<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Magneto provides developers a complete code visibility. It is an open-source platform and enables code customization for unique features.<br \/>\n\u2022 Its enterprise version provides an incentive feature for repeated purchases, in turn building customer loyalty.<br \/>\n\u2022 It automatically generates Google SiteMap and create metadata products, categories and content pages.<br \/>\n\u2022 Magento provides 24\/7 dedicated technical support.<br \/>\n\u2022 The Magento Enterprise Edition comes with the Magento Mobile SDK, which provides native shopping apps in iOS and Android that can be customized as well.<br \/>\n\u2022 It can control multiple websites and stores from one admin panel. It can manage multiple country sites from the same store or environment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Woo-commerce<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 It is also an open-source platform, that allows code visibility and customization as well.<br \/>\n\u2022 Built as free WordPress plugin, woo-commerce is one of the most popular open source communities.<br \/>\n\u2022 Woo-Commerce allows you to convert your woo-commerce store to Mobile App by using a few third party plugins.<br \/>\n\u2022 It has a number of free and paid extensions that helps to extend the website functionalities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Big Commerce<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Big Commerce claims to enable merchants to sell more and scale up faster than any other solution.<br \/>\n\u2022 You can use custom designs as well as choose from their stunning design templates.<br \/>\n\u2022 It boosts conversion by simplifying checkout through PayPal One Touch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Square Space<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 All of the Square Space Templates are designed as per the standards of modern browsers and mobile devices<br \/>\n\u2022 It has a variety of customizable settings and configurations which helps to make every website look unique.<br \/>\n\u2022 It allows the installation of multiple templates onto a single website and work on all of them per page basis.<br \/>\n\u2022 It has a unique mobile experience for every design.<br \/>\n\u2022 It has a fully responsive and interactive graphical charts.<br \/>\n\u2022 Each design has a customizable content area.<br \/>\n\u2022 Custom CSS can be applied to any built in design templates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><br \/>\nIt is clear that each platform has been built to support some standard and pre-assumed features in the best way the developers felt fit. All your requirements may not be covered by a single platform, at-least not in the way you planned them to. That does not make it in competitive. You will need to assess the features you need to retain and those you can let go for the best possible business results.The best way is to consult with <a title=\"Ecommerce web design and development\" href=\"https:\/\/www.webguru-india.com\/ecommerce-website-design-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">professional E-Commerce design and development <\/a>companies and compare their expert opinions. Hence, outline your vision with your requirements, with room for adjusting them to the future market demands and select your E-Commerce platform accordingly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the E-Commerce world, there is no single solution that can work for every kind of business. E-Commerce platforms help host business online. They also offer a B2B(Business to Business), B2C(Business to Consumer), C2C(Consumer to Consumer) solutions as well. The advancement in technology,consumer demands and intensifying competitions have raised the need for light-weight, powerful, innovative&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.webguru-india.com\/blog\/popular-e-commerce-platforms-in-2016\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Popular E-Commerce Platforms in 2016<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[340],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":3319,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webguru-india.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7866"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webguru-india.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webguru-india.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webguru-india.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webguru-india.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7866"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.webguru-india.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12519,"href":"https:\/\/www.webguru-india.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7866\/revisions\/12519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webguru-india.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webguru-india.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webguru-india.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webguru-india.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}