5 MOST POPULAR E-COMMERCE PLATFORMS REVIEWED & COMPARED

1. 5 M O S T P O P U L A R E-COMMERCE PLATFORMS REVIEWED & COMPARED

2. PRESENTATION OVERVIEW E-commerce Platform: Why Do You Need It? Selected Competitors For The Review & Comparison Aspects For Review & Comparison ·       Pricing ·          Features ·          Social Media Integration ·          Customers Reviews ·          Free Trial Period

3. The success of your business depends on your dedication to customer experience. Therefore, the e-commerce platform you choose to empower your business matters a lot. It plays an important role in preparing your business for scalability and growth. TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU TO CHOOSE, WE HAVE REVIEWED SOME OF THE POPULAR PLATFORMS THAT ARE MIGHTY GIANTS IN THE E-COMMERCE BUSINESS.

4. E-COMMERCE PLATFORM: WHY DO YOU NEED IT? It is a software that allows you to run an e-commerce business. It provides you with an online store and gives you the freedom to develop and manage your site.

5. ASPECTS FOR COMPARISON SELECTED COMPETITORS FOR THE COMPARISON PRICING SHOPIFY FEATURES EKM SOCIAL MEDIA BIGCOMMERCE INTEGRATION BIG CARTEL REVIEWS MAGENTO FREE TRIAL

6. Pricing PRICE OF BASIC PLAN PRICE OF ADVANCED PLAN $299 / month PLATFORM NAME $9/ month Shopify £32.49 (+VAT) / mon £541.66 (+VAT) / mon EKM $249.95 / month $29.95 / month BigCommerce $29.99 / month Big Cartel $9 $3,417/month Magento Free

7. SHOPIFY Unlimited products, Free SSL Certificates, Ability to sell offline by POS, Integrated payment solutions, Abandoned cart recovery. EKM Unlimited products, Free SSL Certificate, No transaction fee, automatic stock control, bulk discounts, major payment gateway. FEATURES BIGCOMMERCE POS included, unlimted products, free dedicated SSL, coupons, 40 integrated payment methods, abandoned cart recovery. BIG CARTEL Option to use your own domain, real time stats, mobile friendly sites, promotional tools, order and inventory management. MAGENTO Catalogue browsing, POS included, numerous themes & extensions, free support for first year.

8. SOCIAL MEDIA INTEGRATION Provides paid Offers integration Offers social Provides social Provides social for Facebook social network channel network media integration store and integrations for integration for for Facebook, integration for Instagram but it is Facebook, Google+ Facebook, Pinterest, Facebook, a paid feature. and Twitter Pinterest Instagram Twitter, YouTube

9. CUSTOMER REVIEWS Big Cartel has 2-star rating and 3.6/10 TrustScore. Magento has 3- star rating with 6.0/10 TrustScore BigCommerce has 4-star rating and 7.3/10 TrustScore. EKM has 5-star rating at Trustpilot with 9.5/10 TrustScore. 1-star rating and poor customer reviews at Trustpilot.

10. SHOPIFY It provides 14-day free trial without any credit card utilisation. EKM It provides 28 days free trial period. FREE TRIAL BIGCOMMERCE It provides a free trial period for 15 days without giving your credit card. BIG CARTEL They provide a free plan which includes 5 products. So you can use it for trial. MAGENTO They do not offer a free trial period.

11. FINAL JUDGEMENT You can choose Shopify if you want an easy to set-up and all in one e-commerce solution. · EKM can be the best alternative for UK business owners. With their free trial, you can definitely give them a chance. The biggest advantage of BigCommerce is that it is one of those few platforms which provide solutions for B2B sales. · Big Cartel is comparatively easy to set up but it has limited features. There is no trial period but you can check their free plan. You should choose Magento only when you need advanced and enterprise level platform.

12. CONCLUSION Hence, which platform is best for you, depends on your business type and needs. If you are aware of your requirements then you can easily find a suitable platform for your e-commerce business. However, we suggest you to critically analyse all the aspects before purchasing any plan from a platform.