Choose an eCommerce software for your business . List of 10 popular ones .

E commerce has grown into one of the most feasible ways to establish a market presence. More and more online shopping website open in these days . They are the cheapest and efficient solution for product distribution . Now ,setting up an online shopping is not a hard working task . We can do it quickly with an eCommerce software . You can use many software for creating a shop online ,both of commercial and non-commercial platform . In this post ,I've just want to list Open source eCommerce softwares which are popular in the market . I hope you can find the best for yourself .

1. Zen Cart

It’s a free and compatible open source shopping cart software ,developed by a group of shop owners, programmers, designers and  consultants . This is one of the most popular eCommerce platform .
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2. Ubercart

This is a module for Drupal, combining it with best CMS application. It serves in selling physical goods; file downloads as well as site access/membership with auto renewal. It works with a number of payment systems like Cyber Source, Authorize.net, PayPal & more.
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3. Magneto

A new eCommerce application but quite good . For user as well as admin, this software has some  features to support e-commerce. It allows multiple stores to be managed from a single admin interface. It's suitable for all-size and all-kind of online shop . But I got a little trouble with this software ,its loading time is a bit slow . Anyone of you have encountered with this trouble like me?
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4. dasCommerce

It’s a multilingual and fully customizable app. dasCommerce offers theming support with unlimited categories and unlimited images to be added to the product.
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5. osCommerce

It is one of the oldest free e-commerce software that offer several marketing options and supports most of the payment system. This multilingual and SEO friendly app works with PHP/MySQL. In the first versions ,I think this software hard to use . Not-friendly interface and admin panel ,template is coded in table ,not standard CSS . It's better in recent versions . But I think it's not a good one if user have no knowledge on HTML,and PHP ... (just my opinion ^^)
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6. Prestashop

Very easy to use ,sleek and simple interface in Web 2.0 style - this is the advantage of PrestaShop . With this open source you can create special deals such as gift vouchers, price reductions, tag products, sell virtual goods and service. I love this software .
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7. Wordpress

When this plugin comes to life ,it proved that Wordpress can work as a platform for eCommerce . Many discussions for its security ,but I think this aspect is improved . It’s a plugin that includes all the vital features of wordpress for managing content. Those who are acquainted with wordpress  themeing can do lot for their  store. I've never see any large store in internet using this solution ,but with a small ones ,I think it quite good . Using and modify Wordpress's plugin is always easier than others .
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8. OXID esales

The app encloses most of the essential ecommerce features as well as other additions such as powerful marketing integration, B2C, B2B and social commerce scenarios, integrated CMS, SEO friendly URLs etc.
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9. VirtueMart

This is an ecommerce system for Joomla(and Mambo) . It's good for all kind of online store ,lot of features and easy to install ,configure and use .
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10. Simplecart(js)

I've never considered SimpleCart as an ecommerce platform . It's just contain some script files and we can make only shopping cart with this software .No dashboard,no stock management ...Checkout process via the PayPal. The products are displayed in a single page with an outstanding interface . If you has a large store and want to make big money ,SimpleCart is not for you . But if you have a blog in Blogger and want to sell somethings ,you will love it . I made a tutorial for using SimpleCart in Blogger for a shop ,you can see it here
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In this post ,I listed some popular ecommerce softwares ,included my opinions .I hope it useful for you . If you have experience in using these software ,feel free to sharing your thought here in comments . Thank in advance .

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