E-commerce Web Hosting

OpenCart

Open cart allows you to achieve your online market goals, no matter how big or small they are. This is one of the very active communities and though actively developed in every aspect of providing better services. This platform is free and includes MVC design patterns with easily developed extensions.

It is popular among small businesses because they don’t have much staff with a lot of programming experience. The best part about OpenCart is that it doesn't drag on your server, you can slow everything down by adding up numbers of plug-ins and for most people, this is one of the fastest options.

Number of online store: 200,000+ Website: https://www.opencart.com

Advantages of OpenCart

• Always ready to use template options
• Multi-lingual mode
• Multi-Store option
• Plenty of options on extensions and modules

Disadvantages:

OpenCart doesn't promise you to serve a very high-performance service unless the user decides to avail additional plug-ins. It doesn't have to be cached too but can be done by adding an extension for boosting up the performance.

Websites using it

Wooden Poster | Choco Concept | Svapostore

Payment processor gateways

2Checkout, Alipay Pay, Alipay Cross-border, Amazon Pay, Authorize.Net (AIM), Authorize.Net (SIM,) Bank Transfer, BluePay Hosted Form, BluePay Redirect (Requires SSL), CardConnect, Cardinity, Cheque / Money Order, Cash On Delivery, Divido, eWAY Payment, First Data EMEA Connect (3DSecure enabled)), First Data EMEA Web Service API), Free Checkout, G2A Pay, Globalpay Redirect, Globalpay Remote, Klarna Account, Klarna Checkout, Klarna Invoice, Lay-Buy, LIQPAY, NOCHEX, Paymate, PayPal (Powered By Braintree), PayPal Express Checkout, PayPal Payflow Pro, PayPal Payflow Pro iFrame, PayPal Payments Standard, PayPal Pro, PayPal Pro iFrame, PayPoint, Payza, Perpetual Payments, Pilibaba for Chinese Checkout, Realex Redirect, Realex Remote, SagePay Direct, SagePay Server, Sage Payment Solutions (US), Secure Trading Payment Pages, Secure Trading Web Service, Skrill, Square, Web Payment Software, WorldPay, Online Payments.

WooCommerce

An open source platform that is free to download and offers you an enormous amount of extended features, even after being extremely flexible both by nature. WooCommerce is a WordPress plug-in that has user-friendly features and functions to provide a better experience to have a perfect e-commerce startup.

It helps you to feel free for an online business that makes it easy to understand easily without any hesitation regarding the services.

Number of online stores: 210,000+ Website: https://woocommerce.com

Advantages of WooCommerce

It never forces the user to go beyond their comfort zone because it helps you with plenty of other options. So that it can help you build an amazing online e-commerce store.

• Numerous customization options
• Simple and professional
• WooThemes
• Great flexibility

Disadvantages:

The main disadvantage of this platform is the plug-ins which aren't free and they play a very important role in development. Even this platform doesn't have a hosted solution which means everything from security to site issues is up to your end.

Websites using it

Sock Box | The Darkroom | Air Stream

Payment processor gateways

Too many to list because they have an ongoing payment module system. You can see the list on their site: WooCommerce Gateways

OS Commerce

It's a platform that may feel a little bit like an outdated version of Amazon but you can say that OS Commerce is been in this business for more than 17 years and should have been performing well in the current markets.

Number of online stores: 210,000+ Website: https://www.oscommerce.com

Advantages of OS Commerce

It is considered to be one of the oldest platforms which gives you a vital reason for building an online store through OS Commerce.

• Quick setup
• easy for a developer to customize
• Secured product management
• Affordable price

Disadvantages:

• Lack of technical support
• Being an entrepreneur through the OS Commerce platform is tough.

Websites using it

Ambi | Rebel Collection | Buy bies

Payment processor gateways

Too many to list because they have an ongoing payment module system. You can see the list on their site: OSCommerce Gateways

Drupal Commerce

Drupal Commerce is a flexible and unique functionality for handling complex payment models easily. Drupal commerce readily integrates with numerous third-party apps and through built-in CMS it makes a very strong content marketing  E-commerce strategy.  Same as like other open source e-commerce platforms the support will cost you.

Drupal Commerce offers some great deals over digital marketing support that can help you a lot through its e-commerce system.

Number of online stores: Unknown Website: https://drupalcommerce.org

Advantages of Drupal Commerce

There is no licensing cost or usage limit over it, you can customize it as per your desire.

• Safe and secured e-commerce platform
• License-free
• Marketing enabled
• PCI Compliant (Payment card industry data security standard)

Disadvantages:

• For the promotion of a Drupal e-commerce it might be too difficult for any new developer
• It is DIY friendly and though not the right platform for CMS too.

Websites using it

Carteir | Chais d’oeuvre | Royal Mail

Payment processor gateways

Amazon Pay, Authorize.Net, Braintree, PayPal, Square, Stripe, Vantiv, Affirm, AliPay, Atom Payment, Bambora, Banklink payment gateway (multiple banks), Bitpayir, Braintree Marketplace, Cashpresso, CC Avenue, China Payments, Coinpayments, Datatrans, DIBS integration, DPS, Dps PxPay, E-Commerce Mellat, EasyPaybg, ECPay, Elavon, Epaybg, ePayco, eProcessing Network (EPN), Euplatesc, Fondy, Forte, Global Payments (Realex), GoCardless, HyperPay, Iats, IDPay, Ingenico, Klarna Checkout, Klarna Payments, Liqpay Gateway, MANGOPAY Direct PayIn, Mollie, Moneris, Moyasar, MultiSafepay, Nets Payment Gateway, Omise, Open Payment Platform, Pagos Net, Pagseguro, Pagseguro Transp, Pasargad, Pay. JP, Payeezy, Payir, Paymill, PayONE, Payplug, Pays.cz, PayTabs, Paytm, Paytrail, PayU Money, PayU Webcheckout, Payway, Postfinance, QualPay, QuickPay, Rave, Razorpay Payment Integration, Rbspayment, Saman Gateway, Satispay, Sberbank Acquiring, Sermepa, Smartpay, Sofortbanking, Suomen Verkkomaksut, Swedbank Payment Portal, Swisscom Easypay, Tpay, Transbank Webpay, Trustpay, USAePay, Vipps, Wayforpay, Webpay.by, WeChat Pay, Worldline, Worldpay, Xem, and Zarinpal

XCart

It is the platform that helps you to go online easily across global markets by providing you access and full control over everything. XCart supports OOP to PHP7-8 and the database is user-friendly too and is made up of MySQL, MariaDB, and so on.

Number of online stores: 50,000+ Website: https://www.x-cart.com

Advantages of XCart

• Analyze and track sales properly
• 24×7 support
• Highly Secured

Disadvantages

• The platform is not perfect though but still needs to have a lot of improvements.
• XCart has a very high upgrade fee which requires manual coding to set up.

Websites using it

Roto Pax | Collectibles of the game | Corvette Store Online

Payment processor gateways

Too many to list because they have an ongoing payment module system. You can see the list on their site: XCart Gateways

ZenCart

Zen Cart is a platform that is more user-friendly and helps you to scale up quickly even if you don’t have much advanced skill overdeveloping.  It has a great product management system with controlling inventory to creating specials and sales all at your fingertips. This platform is made to take merchants and shoppers' requirements as prior.

You can say that Zen Cart has a variety of add-ons and community that contribute modules with customizable templates that are ready to run always.

Number of online stores: Unknown Website: https://www.zen-cart.com

Advantages of Zen Cart

• It focuses on the user’s need
• Easy to set up the programming
• Complete freedom to customize the store

Disadvantages

• No good layout
• Stressful upgrades which are hard to do.
• Requires expertise level on PHP

Websites using it

Cosmic-gestiox | Bread and Butter (Co.Nz)

Payment processor gateways

Authorize.net AIM  (SIM also supported, but AIM is recommended for its security benefits), PayPal Website Payments Standard (IPN), PayPal Express Checkout, PayPal Website Payments Pro, LinkPoint API, YourPay API, C.O.D., Check/MoneyOrder.

VirtueMart

You can say VirtueMart is an online expansion for Joomla. The core system of this platform is very small; it can be worked easily by 4-5 developers actively over it. VirtueMart is an open-source e-commerce B2B solution which is been there since 2004.  This open-source platform is very easy to use for beginners and experts too, it has an enormous number of built-in functions which make your store look professional in a few minutes.

VirtueMart is not just a usual platform but helps you with improving your web-based business site. This platform is not friendly to people who are not aware of techs; you will surely need a developer who is well experienced with Joomla CMS system and PHP.

Number of online stores: 105,000+ Website: http://www.virtuemart.net

Advantages of VirtueMart

• Shop Statistics option
• Directory extensions

Disadvantages

• Requires Joomla to work.
• The platform doesn't include any ability to sell downloadable products and has to set up all the sales plug-ins that are paid versions too.
• VirtueMart has a complicated payment process and doesn't have many options on payment gateways too.

Websites using it

Straight Razor Designs | Stand Up Paddle Sports

Payment processor gateways

Too many to list because they have an ongoing payment module system. You can see the list on their site: VirtueMart Gateways

CubeCart

Whether you are a retailer looking for an online store or a webmaster seeking an e-commerce solution for a client; CubeCart is a powerful free e-commerce solution enabling thousands of merchants globally to sell digital or physical products online.

Number of online stores: Unknown Website: https://www.cubecart.com/

Advantages of Cube Cart

• CubeCart is 100% free and completely customizable.
• A plethora of extensions are available from payment gateways to shipping calculators.
• Professional technical support is available directly from our developers.

Disadvantages

• Not the best layout.
• Stressful upgrades which can be hard to do.
• Takes time to learn.

Websites using it

matatraders.com | avazzia | geekcore

Payment processor gateways

Too many to list because they have an ongoing payment module system. You can see the list on their site: Cubecart Gateways