Friday, July 26, 2013

Learn How To Establish An Online Store With Wordpress

By Jack Dickens


Creating an eCommerce site was previously a very expensive and time-consuming process but that's not the case anymore. These days everyone can build a feature-rich online shop by using Wordpress. Normally this software is used for blogging but with the correct plug-ins you can use it for just about any purpose. There are numerous e-commerce plugins available in the market and they all appear perfect at first glance. Because of this, making the right choice can be quite hard. In the following paragraphs we've outlined the top five e-commerce plugins on the web.

JigoShop - JigoShop has not been around for as long as other e-commerce plug-ins on this list yet it is regarded by many as the ideal Wordpress store plugin available on the market. Countless small business owners are using it to sell products. Using this wordpress plugin it is easy to manage everything from coupon codes to inventory and from taxes to shipment expenses. In addition it works with a whole array of stunning templates designed to increase your returns and help you take full advantage of your WordPress website.

Cart66 - If you're looking for a Wordpress plugin that has all the features required for e-commerce and at the same time allows you to sell both digital and physical products, Cart66 is the way to go. With this plugin you can easily sell things like videos, MP3 tracks etc. Similarly if you're planning to sell magazine subscriptions or premium web content that involves recurring billing then there is no plugin better than this one. Cart66 also allows you to set tax and shipping costs, do inventory tracking and configure your products. You can also integrate it with the gravity forms plugin, which gives you a whole lot of new possibilities.

WooCommerce - If you've been working with WordPress for a while then you should have heard of WooThemes. It's one of the best places to get a professional Wordpress theme. Recently they introduced WooCommerce, a robust e-commerce program specifically designed for WordPress users. It has some features that can't be found in any other e-commerce system. For instance the 'Dynamic Pricing' feature offers a system for creating volume savings and price alterations. Regardless of what kind of store you wish to build, WooCommerce can help you.

Before establishing a WordPress based online store you need to take a couple of important things into account. First off, an e-commerce site can be quite resource intensive. If you want to avoid downtime then you need to get a VPS rather than a shared web server. Doing so won't only decrease the likelihood of downtime but will also ensure that your site is speedy and responsive.




About the Author:



No comments:

Post a Comment