Choosing the right ecommerce platform is an important decision for any business looking to sell their products online. The three options below are tried-and-tested ecommerce platforms that are used by thousands of merchants.

WordPress + WooCommerce

WordPress is one of the most popular CMS systems around. WooCommerce is an open source e-commerce plugin for WordPress. It is designed for small to large-sized online merchants using WordPress, the plugin quickly became popular for its simplicity to install and customize and free base product.

  • Catalogue: Small (less than 100 SKUs)
  • Products: Single SKUs with more advanced customisation if required
  • Plugins: Limited free and paid for plugins for more advanced functionality
  • Custom Development: Scope for some custom development
  • Themes: Themes and/or bespoke theme development

Shopify

Shopify is a complete commerce platform that lets you start, grow, and manage a business. Create and customize an online store. Manage products, inventory, payments, and shipping.

  • Catalogue: Small/Medium (less than 500 SKUs)
  • Products: Single SKUs with simple options (size/colour drop downs)
  • Plugins: Limited paid for plugins for more advanced functionality
  • Custom Development: No custom development
  • Themes: Themes + limited custom code

Magento 2

Magento is an ecommerce platform built on open source technology which provides online merchants with a flexible shopping cart system, as well as control over the look, content and functionality of their online store. Magento offers powerful marketing, search engine optimisation, and catalog-management tools.

  • Catalogue: Medium/Large (more than 500 SKUs)
  • Products: simple SKUs, customisable products, and bespoke product pricing
  • Plugins: Large collection of free and paid plugins for advanced functionality
  • Custom Development: Scope for significant custom development
  • Themes: Themes and/or bespoke theme development

Hello, I'm Keith, a website developer in Belfast, Northern Ireland working with PHP, Magento, Shopify and WordPress.

I've been building websites for over 10 years, from custom website development to bespoke web applications, Shopify and Magento ecommerce and Online Leaning Environments. I've worked on a range of projects and am always looking out for the next interesting project.

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