In the current times, launching an eCommerce store is a profitable deal. To help you choose the best eCommerce platform for the startup, we have outlined all the details about these platforms and compared them, helping you choose the right one for your business. Must read this amazing presentation and know more.
2. Introduction
With global eCommerce reaching $26.7 trillion, launching an eCommerce
store is a profitable deal. However, when looking for eCommerce
development services, the most confusing decision is to choose the most
suitable eCommerce platform amongst the most popular platforms
Shopify, WooCommerce, and Magento. Each of the platforms is packed
with unique features andfunctionalities.
3. WooCommerce is used by more than 4.4
million websites, with an eCommerce market
of nearly 27.86% as of January 2021.
Magento is being actively used by more than
250,000 merchants worldwide
Top eCommerce
platforms:
Magento, Shopify,
and
WooCommerce
Today, Magento, Shopify, and WooCommerce
together power the majority of all eCommerce
sitesonthe internet.
Shopify has over one million stores, and the
number is constantlyrising.
4. Overview
MAGENTO
The platform comes withseveral
interesting built-in features that
make it suitable forstartups.
With Magento, you can easily
change languages and
currencies, add coupons,apply
discounts for the selected
products, etc.
SHOPI
FY
Launched in 2004, with Shopify,
you can easily set up a functional
eCommerce store. Itcomes with
amazing options for you to
create limitless merchandise,
Google analytics integration,
24/7 support, integration with
social media platforms, multiple
extensions, etc!
WOOCOMMERCE
WooCommerce is an
eCommerce plugin for
WordPress that comes with
several built-in features like
geolocation support, responsive
design, Google analytics
integration, SEO optimization,
etc.
6. MAGENTO
The platform comes with advanced SEO functionalities
with inbuilt and efficient analytics. It offers SEO-friendly,
URLs, meta descriptions, and easy Google site maps
integration which is auto-generated in websites.
SHOPIFY
This eCommerce platform is well-optimized for SEO. It
comes up with great SEO-friendliness and features such
as title tags, meta tags, ALT tags, etc. However, the only
problem is that you cannot experiment much with
customizations.
WOOCOMMERCE
You can make use of multiple plugins and extensions
available on WooCommerce, for great SEO performance.
You can make customizations and change SEO settings
as per your eStore’srequirements.
Comparison
on basis of
SEO
effectiveness
Winner:WooCommerce&
Magento
7. MAGENTO
It is an extremely powerful platform and can seamlessly
allow you to enter multiple products. The platform is also
capable of handling heavy website traffic, without
affecting your store’sperformance.
SHOPIFY
Shopify comes with a great website speed and
performance. Since website speed plays a vital role in
determining the success of any eCommerce website,
therefore, Shopify is preferred by many for its increased
website speed. However, when it comes to scalability, it
falls short.
WOOCOMMERCE
WooCommerce offers excellent performance. Although
WooCommerce enables scalability, you will have to take
help from a reliable woo-commerce website development
company to get developers who can help you to scale up
your website.
Comparison
on basis of
Scalability &
performance
Winner:Magento
8. MAGENTO
With more than 300,000 members, the Magento platform
holds a strong community. If you have any issues, you can
easily find Magento developers to get quick support.
However, the platform’s direct customer support is not
very effective.
SHOPIFY
The platform provides impressive 24×7 customer
support. In case of any issues, you can directly get in
touch with customer support and seek help.
WOOCOMMERCE
WooCommerce is a WordPress plugin, you get the benefit
of a large WordPress community. To handle critical
issues, you can submit a user support ticket for
WooCommerce to get the necessary help.
Comparison
on basis of
Community
support
Winner:Shopify
9. MAGENTO
Magento is not easy to learn and use unless you have
professional training. If you want to set up a high-
performing store and manage it, you will have to take
help from Magentodevelopers.
SHOPIFY
Setting up, designing the store, and maintaining it is
very easy with Shopify. To operate this platform, you
need no prior knowledge of coding or website
development.
WOOCOMMERCE
Even WooCommerce comes with plenty of free themes
and plugins that are easy to use. However, when you
are in need to make customization as per your
requirements, WooCommerce can gettricky.
Comparison
on basis of
ease-of-use
Winner:Shopify
10. MAGENTO
Magento comes with two different price options i.e.
community and enterprise. Its community version is free
and easily available to download while the cost of the
enterprise version of Magento is determined by the size of
the company.
SHOPIFY
The platform comes with three different pricing plans.
The basic plan is at $29 a month, the standard plan is
$79 per month while the advanced plan which is $299
per month and includes all of the functionalities &
capabilities.
WOCOMMERCE
WooCommerce is free to use and can be easily
downloaded from the WordPress website. However,
while using WooCommerce you will have to pay for a
domain name ($15 or more), an SSL certificate, and
website hosting (around $120 per year).
Comparison
on basis of
pricing plans
Winner:Magento
11. MAGENTO
Amongst all the three platforms, Magento offers the
make
SEO,
most options for customizations. you can
unlimited changes to the theme, features,
layouts, and muchmore.
SHOPIFY
Though Shopify is easy to use, it does not provide
much room for customization.
WOOCOMMERCE
This platform also gives you room for customizations
so that you can customize your eCommerce store and
give it aunique look.
Comparison on
basis of
customizability
Winner:Magento
12. Conclusion
As you go through a detailed comparison between these three platforms
you realize that all these platforms have their own sets of advantages
and disadvantages. Depending on your unique requirements and
priorities of how you want your eStore to look like and function, you can
choose amongst the three of them.
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