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One of the wonderful things about WordPress is being able to work for yourself from anywhere in the world. A great way to get involved is with ecommerce. You can create a product and sell it online, reaching a large and significant customer base.
It can seem intimidating to start an online business, but these four plugins make it much easier. Some help keep track of your finances while others allow for easy checkout. All will get you on your way to making a living online through ecommerce.
WooCommerce
It wouldn’t be an ecommerce roundup without WooCommerce. With over 1 million active installs and it’s own conference, WooCommerce is a leader in the WordPress ecommerce world. You can completely customize your site to accommodate any item you’re selling whether it’s physical, digital, or a mixture of both.
Once you start selling, WooCommerce still has your back. You’ll be alerted if you get low on inventory and receive reports on how your business is going. This is a complete plugin that will grow with your company.
Ecwid eCommerce Shopping Cart
You have a product to sell and your website looks great, now you need a way for people to start buying. This plugin supplies you with your shopping cart. It gives you the ability to sell on iPhone and Android, and offers unlimited storage and backups.
You pay as your company grows, so the plugin starts out free when you only have 10 products and the cost increases as you start selling more.
WP eCommerce
Because you’ll be selling online, shipping is a crucial part and WP eCommerce offers strong shipping tools that partner with popular couriers. The plugin also offers built-in marketing tools so you worry less about getting customers and more about making excellent products.
It is completely customizable and integrates with many different payment gateways. You can make your business exactly how you want it, from how people pay to the way things are shipped.
eCommerce Product Catalog
A huge part of selling anything is displaying your products properly. eCommerce Product Catalog makes sure buyers can see everything you have to offer in a beautiful, easy to read layout. Add multiple images, product descriptions, and price all in a WordPress post and the plugin will create a perfect catalog.
Begin with a homepage that just shows the images you want to display, then customers can click to learn more. The plugin is designed to work with almost every theme without a lot of design changes.
With these plugins, you have the power to start selling today, you just have to find the perfect product.
I’d like to mention one you’re missing. NextGEN Pro which is an addon to NextGEN Gallery and designed specifically to sell images.
i feel woocommerce is only stable solution for ecommerce with wordpress.