So far 2012 has been an exciting year for online business. New entrepreneurs have come in, old ones have got a firmer hold and there is an overall sense of positivity. eCommerce stores have been the surprise package for the year 2012 with it seeing unprecedented growth. The terrific support of developers has further helped businesses offer robust, trust-worthy and user-friendly websites. Commonly eCommerce stores run with the help of software which is otherwise called content management systems (CMS). Let us take a look at 7 such eCommerce software that you should be looking out for this year:
- Magento: Undoubtedly, Magento is the most powerful and widely used eCommerce software available in the market today and it works with PHP and uses MySQL as the database. It has a very strong admin level that allows you to create, modify, and edit your website the way you would want. Moreover, Magento can work in more than one language further widening the scope of its usage. With the help of secured payment gateways, Magento is integrated with PayPal, Google Checkout etc.
- osCommerce: One of the oldest and most popular eCommerce software available in the market, osCommerce definitely is a name you can trust. Having a multilingual setup with several marketing options and integrated with almost all known payment systems, this is a comprehensive CMS.
- dashCommerce: Another highly customizable content management system that is multilingual and offers PayPal as the default payment gateway. With the help of dashCommerce, you can create unlimited categories on the site and upload unlimited images for the products. For developers keen on working on an ASP.NET framework to begin an eCommerce store, dashCommerce offers the perfect solution.
- Ubercart: A feature-rich application, the CMS is offered by Drupal. From selling physical goods to allowing file downloads you can promote any product, any service on the software. Since it works with direct collaboration with the robust Drupal CMS, it is a strong software that allows installation of multiple plugins. Payment gateways like Cyber Source, Authorize.net, PayPal and many more are all supported by Ubercart.
- Zen Cart: This is a state of the art open source eCommerce application which takes care of all the needs of an online business. It allows you to sort your products into categories and sub-categories and controls your stock levels at the back end. It also provides special attributes to products such as color, size, technical specifications to increase your conversion rate.
- VirtueMart: For businesses using Joomla or Mambo CMS, VirtueMart is the eCommerce solution you should go for. Apart from the regular features, it has many functional features such as stock management to instant currency conversion. It also supports live credit card processing and is integrated to popular payment gateways.
- OpenCart: This PHP-MySQL shopping solution may have a simple look but is a strong software to work with. You can have unlimited categories, work with different currencies and languages on this software. Easy to follow steps coupled with safe payment gateway makes OpenCart very popular.
