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WordPress is widely held as one of the simplest ways to get your presence onto the web. You could have your personal hosting available, so you pick the name of your website, or you can have WordPress actually host everything for you, at no cost.
Because WordPress is so popular, a lot of people opt for it with their business sites. Business sites are those which are representing a business, or selling products in some manner.
If you do wish to engage in WordPress eCommerce, then it is possible. Originally, WordPress was strictly a blogging platform and was just used for small sites. Since then, individuals have embraced the woking platform. It has result in many, many developers writing pieces of software called Plugins.
Plugins give you the ability to add specific functionality to your WordPress site. If you can think of it, there's a good probability that a Plugin exists for it. In addition to this option, there is a large and healthy market that deals in WordPress Themes. A style may be the layout of the website - with specific colors and sometimes images as well. This is often referred to as 'framework' from the site.
For the purpose of this short article, we will be taking a look at WordPress eCommerce Plugins, plus some eCommerce Themes.
1: WP e-Commerce (www.instinct.co.nz). Wp e-Commerce is really a Plugin that has been around for some time. This means that it has been thorough;y tested by users and had lots of bugs and issues fixed. Shopping specific templates are in fact included, so there is no have to spend anymore than you absolutely have to. Features include the ability to sell physical and digital products, have automatic stock control and simple adding of product pictures. There's a fully function user discussion board at the companies websites and buying the Plugin provides you with the benefit of free upgrades for any specific amount of time.
2: PHPurchase (www.phpurchase.com). PHPurchase is yet another taken care of WordPress Ecommerce Plugin. It provides a very powerful order fulfillment system, and includes options like automated payment plans and membership options. The web site provides extensive reviews from past customers - all positive.
3: YAK for WordPress (WordPress.org/extend/plugins/yak-for-WordPress). This can be a fully featured WordPress eCommerce Plugin that is actually free. Not really a cent needs to be paid to get this Plugin. It features all the usual options that make life easier when selling products or services (stock control, easy adding of products), and there's a very active community. What you won't get, is product support with this particular Plugin. Because it is free, there isn't any company to give advice should anything wrong happen. Also, features and updates can be a little slower in being added, because the developer is doing it for that passion for making the Plugin!
Now to look at the best WordPress eCommerce Themes:
1: ecommerce themes (demos.ecommercethemes.com). This is a paid for theme that's been optimized for search engines. This means that search traffic has more of a chance of finding your website. There's quite a large community of users who use this Theme.
2: Store (templatic.com/demo/store). Store is really a Theme that does what it says around the tin! It's many front-end and tailgate end features, and is completely customizable in the manner that products and services are displayed.
3:eShop (templatic.com/demo/eshop) is another Plugin distributed from the same company as above, however with another feel into it. If you've ever admired the Apple interface, this Theme is going to do you proud. Apart from the different look, the features list continues to be same. Built in product support and inventory tracking are all standard.
From this short rundown of what's available when searching for WordPress eCommerce solutions, you can aquire a good picture of the features that you want, and just what could be useful to you. Good luck in choosing!
