Top WordPress Plugins Used For E-commerce Purpose

WordPress modules offer a wide range of customization for site administrators, be that as it may, with around 40,000 choices to browse it the WordPress Plugin Directory. All of them being top notch but it can be troublesome arranging the great from the, well, not that great. Here is a list of few plugins that one may find useful.

1. Woocommerce 

Woocommerce is the most popular ecommerce plugin for WordPress. It can easily be added to almost any theme. Just plug and play. The beauty with WooCommerce is it can scale for larger online stores that need additional functionality.

Payment Gateways Supported: 2Checkout.com, PayPal and Google Checkout. Available as an optional add-on: Authorize.net, PayJunction, FirstData/LinkPoint, HSBC ePayments and eWay Payments.

2. WP eCommerce Plugin

WP eCommerce claims to be the original eCommerce plugin for WordPress. There are mixed feelings about the WP eCommerce plugin, some people say it is only for a handful of products, but I’ve seen sites with larger inventories. WP eCommerce has umpteen free and premium themes built using its code, and its seemingly infinite list of features, it really is an essential powerhouse of a plugin.

3. Cart66

When it comes to the security of your e-commerce site, Cart66 would be a clear winner, especially if you have just started your business. It ensures your online store is PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) compliant, which is applicable to the companies (online or offline) that accept credit card payments. For that, you need a well calibrated and optimized WordPress web hosting service provider.

Cart66 helps you sell both physical and digital products by enabling your customers to create accounts while shopping. If you use Cart66 for the first time, you will be allowed free storage from Amazon Web Services, MailChimp subscription, and access to 98 different payment gateways. It also includes a recurring billing engine, which helps you include taxes and discounts at checkout.

Check out our in-depth review of Cart66. Also, read out WooCommerce vs Cart66 for a better understanding of the two big WordPress eCommerce giants.

4. 404PAGE

404page lets you create a custom 404 page that can point visitors to other parts of your store. If you don’t have this plugin, when your users click to a page that doesn’t exist and gives a 404 (which some of them inevitably will), they end up on a page like this: 

Which is okay if you don’t care about branding, building your email list, or keeping your visitors on your site. Many of the visitors who 404 on your site will leave (and not return). Why not keep them on your site by customizing your 404 page to give them options? 

Options like signing up for your email list, suggesting your popular products or content, or even just giving them a peek into your brand like we have: 

404page is compatible with WooCommerce and other eCommerce platforms, so you can stop losing so many visitors to generic 404 pages.  

5.WordPress Shopping Cart Plugin

Tribulant developed this plugin to be super easy to set up. With its fairly easy to use interface, you can set up your multiple products and categorize/organize them into multiple product categories. Add additional images to showcase your products so that users know what they are buying and add digital downloads to products if needed so that users can securely download paid files from your website.

Price: It costs $69 for a single installation and $325 for an unlimited licence.

Payment Gateways Supported: PayPal (Standard), 2CheckOut, MoneyBookers, First Data (Linkpoint & YourPay), Realex Payments (redirect), eMatters (HTTPS), Ogone PSP (Basic), Authorize.net (AIM), eWay (Shared), credit card (POS) and wire transfer.

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