10 Powerful Shopping/Ecommerce Plugin Solutions For WordPress

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This article came about after a comment from Andrew Pitchford on the article 10 Amazing WordPress Plugins for Flickr, he had enquired about eshopping plugins. So here we are, 10 of the most powerful shopping/ecommerce plugins for WordPress.

This article has been updated, for fresher WP ecommerce resources click here: The Ultimate WordPress Shopping/Ecommerce Toolbox (Plugins and Themes) »

WP e-Commerce plugin for WordPress

Wordpress Shopping PluginsDescription: The WP e-Commerce shopping cart plugin for WordPress is an elegant easy to use fully featured shopping cart application suitable for selling your products, services, and or fees online.
WP e-Commerce is a Web 2.0 application designed with usability, aesthetics, and presentation in mind.
Note: This is by far and away the most complete and powerful Shopping Plugin you will find for WordPress. The feature list goes on and on, have a look for yourself here: WP-Ecommerce Features.

Quick Shop plugin for WordPress

Wordpress Shopping PluginsDescription: QuickShop supports any WordPress that has the Sidebar Widgets installed, really. It adds a SideBar widget that shows the user what they currently have in the cart and allows them to remove the items, not to mention a TinyMCE button to easily allow you to add products to your posts/pages.
Features: A TinyMCE button. This is practically a copy and changeover from the NextGen Gallery ; Full range of formatting for widget layout in Admin -> Options -> Quickshop ; Two widgets – one is Paypal, the other is set for your custom solution ; Now has both Paypal Subscription and Donation tags ; Ability to create different product options in a drop-down.

eShop plugin for WordPress

Description: There is a fair few features for this powerful plugin, here are some: use WordPress pages, or posts, to create products ; list multiple products, with add to cart form, on a single page ; products can have multiple options ; upload downloadable products ; basic Statistics ; download sales data ; 3 methods for calculating shipping charges, plus various zone settings via Country or US State… and a few more.

WP Live-Shopping plugin for WordPress

Description: This widget enables you to display all relevant live shopping offers within your WordPress blog in one single widget. You can add the widget to your sidebar and customize its appearance as you like inside the boundaries of LiveShoppingWidgets presentation options.

YAK Shopping Cart plugin for WordPress

Wordpress Shopping PluginsDescription: YAK is a simple shopping cart plugin for WordPress, associating products with weblog entries — thus the post ID also becomes the product code.
An options screen is used to configure settings for the shopping cart. There are 3 pages in the WordPress Management screens; one for showing and fulfilling orders, another for product management, and basic sales reports.

Are PayPal plugin for WordPress

Wordpress Shopping PluginsDescription: This plugin is used to monetize wordpress blog content using PayPal. It is designed to sell your knowledge.
Features: Post/Page can be set to contain hidden content ; Instead of the hidden text user is shown a message about the action he has to take to be able to see the content ; Content can be set as hidden for unregistered users and visible for registered ; Content can be set as hidden for unregistered-unpayed users and visible for registered-paid users ; Gogglebot can index hidden content so users can search for a hidden content but can not see it. Other search engines will see only visible content ; Administrator can grant users to access payed content ; All the features are configurable using administration screens ; Plugin uses PayPal IPN – Instant Payment Notification protocol so payment/content delivery process is fully automated.

Paypal Shortcodes plugin for WordPress

Wordpress Shopping PluginsDescription: This plugin allow to insert Paypal buttons in your posts or pages, just using a shortcode. This plugin doesn't have a management panel at this time, you will need to edit paypal-shortcodes.php and follow the comments.

EasyDonation plugin for WordPress

Wordpress Shopping PluginsDescription: EasyDonation allows WordPress users to easily embed a PayPal donation button with one tag.

WP Auctions plugin for WordPress

Wordpress Shopping PluginsDescription: WP Auctions is a revolutionary plugin for WordPress which allows you to host auctions on your blog and to sell ANYTHING, completely fee-free!
You no longer need to worry about listing fees, seller fees, final value fees, gallery fees or any other type of fee for anything you want to sell online from this day on! Once you list your auctions, you can register your plugin with the WP Auctions Live page and generate some traffic for your website.
Features: Create and host as many auctions as you like ; Upload multiple images for each auction ; Sell items only on ‘Buy It Now’ basis ; Show 3rd party ads when there are no auctions *new ; Get payment via PayPal (PayPal account required) ; RSS feed for your auctions, and many more…

ArtPal plugin for WordPress

Description: ArtPal is a free (GPL) WordPress plugin, originally written for Artists, to seemlessly integrate PayPal with their WordPress blogs so that they can sell their work online.
Features: Easy PayPal integration–all you need to supply is your PayPal email address ; Real-time sales updates–as soon as your item sells, ArtPal will disable it from being sold. You’ll never worry about your item selling twice ; Professionally supported–businesses mean business. Digital Sublimity provides commercial support, so you can be rest assured that your critical application will stay up and running when you need it.

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  • http://www.topiphoneresource.info shriya

    Great list. Bookmarked and will be a great reference in my WP projects. Thanks. :-)

  • http://www.instinct.co.nz/e-commerce Dan Milward

    Thanks for writing about WP e-Commerce and posting a screenshot. We are working on our next release which we think is better and brighter then ever.

    The most notable things to look forward to are new shipping modules, faster loading times, variations overhaul and a better user interface.

    Thanks again…

    • Luis

      We have had tons of issues with WP-Ecommerce. I can’t believe how many errors are in your code! Buyer Beware if you get this plug-in

      • http://10thpla.net Andy

        Tech support is dire for both paid and free versions.

      • Em Dash

        I’m afraid I have to agree with Luis. I had to re-write a LOT of the functions to simply make WP e-Commerce work as advertised, and I’m now stuck being unable to upgrade as it’ll re-break everything ever…

        After spending a good 80+ hours recoding EVERYTHING to make the stupid thing work for our client, I have to say that WP e-Commerce was responsible not only for hundreds of lost client e-commerce sales, but a good $8,000+ of non-billable hours for my studio.

        I know the $40 price for Gold Cart seems like a small investment, but the hidden cost of using fundamentally broken software is massive.

    • Randy

      Your program stinks and you have terrible support.

      • http://www.bobdebilder.net Bob

        very sad to read the feedback about

        instinct’s e-commerce

        as the poor support has been a complaint for a few years already.

        this puts this eCommerce plugin to the back of the list yet again

        Bob

    • greg

      WP-Ecommerce is not easy to use.

      In fact, it is a nightmare to implement and has wasted me significant time and money with at least two ecommerce clients. In addition, the support forum provides little help. I still have an unanswered request for help on the board from ages ago.

      We just dumped WP-Ecommerce with a client last week and are seeking a decent cart plugin for them now.

      Perhaps this plugin is easy to use for programmers, but I am not one; and I bet most users of this plugin are not either.

      • http://www.robbellwebdesign.com Rob

        I too am suffering under the awful support provided by Wp-Commerce, which frankly lets the product down completely.

        The support forum doesn’t support, if you email the support address as a paid user, you shouldn’t expect a quick response – it won’t be forthcoming.

        Shame, because I quite liked wp-commerce even with the bugs – it’s let down completely by its support though.

      • Jonathan

        I wasted 4 weeks trying to get wp-ecommerce to work. It installs easily enough and looks like it should work but the plugin is restrictive and does not allow you to manipulate categories as a nested menu list. To me this is something fundamental to even the most basic ecommerce site. That coupled with the unanswered questions on the forum from years back tells me the wp-ecommerce plugin is best avoided.

      • http://dukapress.org Kelvin
      • http://www.paulmccrodden.com mccrodp

        Thank God other people agree. This has wasted me way more time then I’d have liked. I find the interface basic but ok for what I wanted. The code and non existent API docs however are just awful. It makes no sense to me at all coming from the superb Ubercart module for Drupal. The support for wp-ecommerce was pretty poor in my case too, non existent!

        I will now try eShop and failing that go premium on a different plugin as there seems to be a few to choose from.

        ~mccrodp

      • zoran

        I spent 7 days in hardcore programming just to clean up the code from the wp commerce plugin and all the bugs and at the end i just gave up, I’d rather write my own plugin than fixing someone elses spaghetti code.

      • http://rocknrollvapor.com Jeff

        I agree Greg, this has been the worst experience I have ever had with webdesign I have EP ecommerce and the Gold cart plugin and I have wasted weeks and lost business. They have zero support and bugs in the software. awful!

    • Greg

      Why does WordPress slow down significantly after loading your plugin?

    • http://www.249designs.com/ David B

      Ouch..!! No reaction or help for the users with problems.? Scary.

    • Mikey

      I have to say WP eCommerce is one of the most painful plug-ins I’ve ever had the displeasure of having to implement. I’ve personally fixed stacks of errors, and have you guys ever heard of Web Standards or Validation? Seriously the code output by WP eCommerce is embarrassing.

    • http://www.bunderfulife.com Kristin Parker

      WP e-Commerce is HORRIBLE. There are issues documented in your forums that still haven’t been addressed years later. Google Checkout creates a nightmare on the backend of extra sales logs with false dates, no user address info, and wrong itemized receipts. The final order cost of any Paypal orders is wrong in the sales logs due to some rounding of values going on in the PHP code, so users are agreeing to pay one amount upon checkout on your site and a slightly different amount when they actually pay via Paypal. This is unacceptable. Your users are actually writing code to fix all these problems because your company won’t.

    • withheld by request

      WP e-Commerce is a great idea in concept but it is total rubbish in execution.

      After months of frustration and embarrassment my client and I had a (thankfully) civil parting of the ways. I lost all of the fees for site development, not just the lost time trying untangle the plugin mess.

      The copywriters and owners of the company behind WP e-Commerce should consider the implications for their organisation should someone bring a case under New Zealand’s Fair Trading Act or Consumer Guarantees Act.

      Not fit for purpose, does not deliver as promised.

      That said, I wish the gushy ‘reviewers’ who write in sites like this – see posting above – would actually try installing and configuring the software/plugin before they trust and simply re-purpose the blurb put out by the people hawking substandard software. Just as contemptable, IMHO.

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  • http://www.andrewpitchford.com Andrew Pitchford

    Impressed and grateful! Just returned from New Zealand where I spent a week with the flu and a migraine in meetings. This was a ‘nice surprise’ to come back to and start reviewing.

  • http://www.danmassicottespositiveliving.com/ Daniel Massicotte

    These are all free right?

    If they are, this is a big WOW! I can’t believe the tools. Everyone should have the auction feature especially with paypal’s secure payment systems.

  • http://shopplugin.net Jon Davis

    There is also Shopp which is a new e-commerce plugin for WordPress. It’s still in beta, but progress is fast and furious. You can still apply for the beta to get a copy to try out.

  • http://whoishenry.com Henry

    I’m installing WP e-Commerce on a clients site and learning how this great tool works. If we like it, more of our members will be pointed towards this application for their shopping carts. I hope to have my first site going by the weekend and use it as a demo for my presentation at our next Outsource Workshop the first weekend in November. I just blogged about WP e-Commerce today before I found your site.

    Henry Griner
    WP Lover ;-)
    I.M. Technology Consultant
    http://whoishenry.com

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  • http://www.laughingliondesign.net Jennifer Farley

    Very helpful list. I’ve used wp-ecommerce on a couple of sites for clients now and it works really well, but I hadn’t seen many of the other plugins you’ve listed. Thanks.

  • China

    Great tips! Big thank you from china. Im using wp-liveshopping now…

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  • http://freerobby.com Robby

    Thanks for the ArtPal plug! :)

  • http://www.instinct.co.nz/e-commerce Dan Milward

    @ Andrew; Cheers mate. It is always good to see and talk to other Kiwi based WP fans :)

    @ Henry; stick with WP e-Commerce and you’ll be right!!!

    The WordPress e-Commrece plugin is gearing up for another release. The next version is hot… ouch ;)

  • http://www.jonahcoyote.com Jonah

    Don’t overlook this one either – it looks to be a major contender with WP e-Commerce: http://tribulant.com/products/view/10/wordpress-shopping-cart-plugin

  • http://www.hilta.nl opicron

    I am missing the Shopp plugin on this list. This is an brand new eCommerce plugin which is in my opinion one of the best. Currently I am using it in various sites. The UI and functionality is way ahead of any plugin in the field.

    • Dave

      I agree, after reading bad reviews of wp-ecommerce, I found Shopp and, I was pleasantly surprised with how well this plug-in works!

  • http://www.instinct.co.nz/e-commerce Dan Milward

    Heads up. The WordPress e-Commerce plugin is about to release another version.

    Speaking of APIs a lot of the core code behind the WordPress e-Commerce plugin has been written from scratch making it still the best e-Commerce solution for blogs on the market ;P

    We have spent a lot of time on WordPress 2.7 integration. I am positively shaking at the knees – I can’t wait to get your feedback on this one :)

    Functionality wise we have been following all e-commerce plugins and we still do one or two things that other plugins do not. The WP e-Commerce plugin is mature and has been in active development for over 4 years :P

    • Michael

      Dan, this isn’t your personal marketing site. You post all over blogs and while I understand you want to get your product out, you are border-line spamming.

      Maybe you ought to spend more time just focused on work?

    • http://inweb.com.au Stef

      Dan maybe instead of hyping up your product you could be on here answering the list of upset users that have posted here??
      I also have wp-commerce running on a few client sites – yet I’ve come here looking for a better solution.

      • http://www.sandstonedigital.com Doug

        Same here, Stef.

        Too bad Dan seems to keep talking about a bigger and better version…every time I’ve upgraded WP eCommerce has been a nightmare of bug fixing.

        Just make a product that works…people will flock to you, Dan.

  • http://effectiveclassywebsites.com Herrin

    Their os a new kid in town and he can run pretty fast. Nice user interface and reliable support. Check out the Shopp plugin at http://shopplugin.net/

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  • http://laughingliondesign.net/2008/08/27/creating-speech-bubbles-in-photoshop-using-the-custom-shape-tool/ Jennifer Farley

    Very useful thanks. I’ve used WP-ecommerce on a site for a client and found it to be pretty good. Only problem was the lack of documentation. Will be looking at all of your other suggestions now.

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  • Sharry

    Avoid WP-ecommerce like the plague. Purchased a commercial license & the gold cart to allow protx payments last week. There are so many bugs with this plugin, Protx only in test mode, constant changing permalinks, cart showed to only logged in users…I know its good for a free plugin, but if you fork out $200 for something you expect some support. They have support forums which are not answered by staff, just their friends who charge $75 [http://www.stasticdesigns.com/wpecommerce/] for 1hr WP-Ecommerce support. Avoid!

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  • http://www.instinct.co.nz/e-commerce Dan Milward

    WP e-Commerce Plugin Update: The WordPress e-Commerce Plugin is rock solid… especially with the release of the WordPress e-Commerce Plugin 3.6.10 which is pure poetry.

    The Protx payment gateway has been updated to work with WordPress 2.7 and the latest Gold Cart files.

    Support is always given to nice people with big smiles (but not on the Weekends NZT) ;)

    • http://www.sandstonedigital.com Doug

      ROCK SOLID?!? You haven’t been to your own forums lately, have you?? This is almost 2 years later and the thing is still riddled with bugs.

      ROCK SOLID?!? Really??

      • Whisper

        You can’t be serious.. I purchased a Gold Cart, I have a forum support listing that is unanswered for over 12 months now, I have had one user reply trying to offer some help and another reply from a user also (no staff) stating they are having the same problems.

        Seriously bad support, I think it is very greedy and selfish of you to sell your product and ignore support, you just keep on flogging your dead horse on here without even addressing any of the hundreds of posts slamming your product?

  • David Bourkeoviz

    I agree with Sharry, WP e-Commerce is bug ridden, and very very hard ot make work right, the forums have one awesome guy called shayne, but aside from that there is no help at all!

  • http://www.instinct.co.nz/e-commerce Dan Milward

    More ninkenpoopery from David (if that is your real name)…

    The WordPress e-Commerce Plugin team have been contributing code to the WordPress community for well over 4 years – that is more then most Davey boy so show some respect ;)

    The WordPress e-Commerce Plugin is a great tool with many great features designed for retailers and people wanting to sell goods online.

    The WordPress e-Commerce Plugin team (us) are in our own forums every day, I am in our Blog every day, and we respond to as many emails as humanly possible… every day.

    This reminds of a Bob Dylan song… “So how many bombs must be dropped before someone stops them forever?”

    The WordPress e-Commerce Plugin just got featured on Smashing Magazine, which is a big site that do their research.

    If the WP e-Commerce Plugin is good enough for them. Good enough for the thousands of people running paid upgrades then it is going to be good enough for the well to do readers on this blog who just want to get on with business and sell.

    Use the WordPress e-Commerce Plugin.

  • Will

    Sheesh Dan, Sharry and David were not attacking you or the wp e-commerce software. But it seems that something they said really ruffled your feathers. wp e-commerce has some great features, but to say it is “rock solid” may be one of the over statement of the year. I’ve used it with high hopes, and still hoping and watching for the bugs to be exterminated. But the truth is, I’ve lost clients because of the MANY bugs, and I’ve learned to only use it with clients and wordpress sites that won’t be using things like table rate product pricing, variation pricing and stock, and some other features that just are not usable. wp e-commerce really is one of the more mature wordpress ecommerce solutions out there, and maybe that’s why it’s so hard to take the fact that there are enough bugs to make it scary. A project this mature should have most of these things taken care of.

    Now with that said, I’d really like to be a support to a project as worthy as yours. Where do I sign up? Is the best way to visit your website and leave a donation? ;-)

    Keep up the good work, and get rid of those bugs as soon as it is possible.

    Will

  • MJ

    WP e-Commerce is horrible, horrible, horrible!

    I’ve recently come across Shopp, and its a life saver: http://shopplugin.net/

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  • Bimal

    Is there an e-commerece plugin which can show different pricing based on user group. For instance, if you are a regular customer, Retailer or Distributor?

    • Charlie

      Hi Bimal did you find what you wanted?

  • http://makemoneynotexcuses.com Michelle Green

    Helpful post, I think I will try out the WP e-Commerce for my Personal Development Blog.

  • http://www.tobacamp.com ivan

    i think eshop, a plugin for wordpress is quite powerful for ecommerce and they are (currently) total open source.

    we created a theme using eshop, and its quite satisfying

  • http://songlyrics.topliriklagu.com Dewi

    Nice ecomerce plugin

  • Roger Sanjay

    try this too http://www.sitemile.com/storepress.php
    it is very easy to install and has lots of features

  • Dawn Sinclair

    I wanted to like WP e-commerce.. I really did.. I should have taken the hint when after installing the plugin I go to Ecommerce>Settings>Shipping and select the USPS module and saw the message “Known issue: USPS doesnt support shipping inside the US, cutomer zipcode needed, which we dont have before checkout”

    Not to be discouraged I decided to use table rates instead. Only there’s one small hitch.. No way to support a separate rate table for international customers or even a way to add an additional handling fee for international customers.

    In the end I mainly ended up ditching WP e-commerce because the shipping functions did not allow me any options to work with both domestic and international customers. Had there been a working fully functional USPS option, it would have solved my international shipping issues.

    I’ve also used eShop. This plugin allows you to easily create products using WordPress Pages. While the setup of shop categories and products requires a little more “manual” work than WP e-commerce, I was able to ease the “manual” work by making use of the “Duplicate Post” plugin Enrico Battocchi.

    The shipping options in eShop are limited to variations of different table shipping options. There are no tax options in eShop, but I worked around that by configuring the PayPal account to collect taxes during the PayPal payment process, and this worked just fine. (I made sure to inform customers that if they resided in X state, the tax would be added) Overall I had less issues with plugin incompatibilities using eShop than I did with WP e-commerce.. (I found that WP e-commerce had to be activated BEFORE all of my other plugins or some of the tables it needed would not be created or populated during the install)

    IMO however, neither of these solutions is ideal for stores with more than 10-20 products. I think I will opt to NOT build anymore e-commerce sites using WordPress plugins (unless the client has 10 or less products to offer), but I will continue to keep an eye on these plugins. I hope to see some better shipping and tax options offered in future releases for both of these plugins as I think they are the closest to fully functioning e-commerce solutions available for WordPress.

  • http://korbyimagery.com Shanna

    Where can I go for an honest review of WP eCommerce plugins? Every site I find has (apparently) the same two people flaming each other over how great/terrible WP eCommerce is. I think I will try something else to avoid the conflict and hopefully get honest and helpful responses.

  • http://crikey.com.au Joe Dreyfus

    Is there a e-commerce wordpress plugin which allows me to choose which payment merchant I integrate with?

    I don’t like using paypal, and this is severely limiting my options

  • http://www.smallbusinessmarketingtoolkits.com Rich Geasey

    I thought wp ecommerce sounded promising. Their website does not load. Very bad sign! I’ll look elsewhere.

  • http://www.miwmedia.com Fazli S

    want to try this plug in ..hope i can get sale

  • http://www.seoautomatic.com Scott Hendison

    We’ve done over a dozen WP_ecommerce projects, and I have a complete love / hate relationship, due to the bugs.

    We’ve added well over $2o00 to their development through one project and a few donations, and in many / (mostly ALL cases) been extremely happy.

    On the other hand, it IS hard t ocustomize, upgrades keep breaking things, and getting support and answers from them CAN be like pulling teeth – like this one – http://www.instinct.co.nz/affiliates-beta

    I’m in need of a data import to shopping cart this week, I want an integrated affiliate program too, and I think I’m going to have look into one of these other carts here, and bail on Wp-ecommerce for this project ;(

    (It’s buggy, but I like it a lot)

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  • http://spacesocietyshoponline.com/ njandjj

    wow good plugin . thanks for share

  • http://simpleecommercetheme.borellidesigns.com Shaw Borelli

    I’m about to release an extremely simple solution for WordPress e-Commerce. ‘Simple e-Commerce’ is a theme I’ve developed to utilize the existing functionality of WordPress CMS to provide an e-Commerce solutions for all WordPress users. With the ‘Simple e-Commerce’ theme, there are no bulky plugins to install, no confusing administrative back-end files to navigate, and no tricky installation proceeds that normally cause extreme headaches. Should WordPress e-Commerce really be that difficult? I certainly don’t think so!

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  • http://www.platinummango.com Jordan Foutz

    This is just what I was looking for, I will definitely try the first one and eshop. Thanks for the heads up.

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  • http://www.kittyrulez.com Kim

    Thank you very much for this post. Finally a good made one about wordpress+ecommerce!
    ;-)

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  • http://www.zhuzhiyan.com zhuzhiyan

    i just search it, thank you very much.

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    Its a nice collection!! Thank you very much for sharing.

  • Tim Smith

    I recently placed an order for the Shopp Plugin based on reviews I’ve seen but ran into a problem during the order. Though my payment went through on PayPal, the Shopp site wouldn’t let me download the plugin. It says “awaiting payment.”

    I tried to go through the company’s support process with no success. Jonathan Davis responding to my support request initially, but now will not respond. I would have liked to use the plugin, but since I can’t even place a successful order for it and download it, I wonder if it doesn’t work very well for virtual/downloadable products. Now I have to go through the hassle of PayPal dispute resolution to try to get Ingenesis Limited to give me my money back.

    My recommendation is to stay away until the company can get it’s support and service in order. I can only imagine if my customers couldn’t download their products because of a faulty store software, what they would think!

  • http://www.magicspellsnow.com Vicki Mitchell

    This sounds like just what I was looking for. Thanks for the great post, I was going to get the WP-ecommerce one but now think sshop may be the better choice having read the coments

  • http://www.jagoane.com jagoane

    thank alot… i will try.

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  • Roger

    I can attest along with quite a lot of us trying to use wp-ecommerce that it simply doesn’t work out of the box. And if Dan Milward spent more time answering questions in his forum as opposed to defending a poorly implemented and documented plugin, more of us would be willing to say nice things about this plugin. It sucks.

    • http://www.beaureview.net beautyblogger

      Rightly said Roger. It’s incredible how difficult it is to get help from the WP E-commerce people and why on earth would they try to be defending themselves on other blogs when CLEARLY they have a problem and should spend more time on quality control.

      They’re also not answering questions directly, or proving that anyone else is wrong in their negative statements about it.

  • Adam

    Everyone reading this should check out ShopperPress,( http://www.shopperpress.com/ ) a very polished e-commerce plugin for WordPress that deserves some attention here, especially among those dissatisfied with WP-Ecommerce. Mark Fail is the man.

    and uh Jonah, tribulant should try putting together a demo that will successfully load before attempting to sell anything. lol.

    • http://www.asthormania.com Neo

      This theme is totally full of bugs.. I been dealing w/ Mark fail for almost two Years and for every bug or problem you have to wait for the next update.. so i been waiting and waiting and so far no solutions to same bugs..

      They have a support dept. but even like that .. each update to fix bugs is always around 4 to 5 months.

      So far my web site never had sold anything due to check out process that it has a lot of problems.. already explain the problems to support but same answer .. “Wait for next updates” and when they provide the new version updates.. new bugs came with it.. If you get this theme application expect to be waiting months for problems to be solve..

      Nothing against Mark … But seriously for a costumer that have same bug problems w/ this application for about two yrs is a shame ..

      And I have proof of that..

  • Eli

    It hasn’t been mentioned yet, but there’s another alternative that might be perfect for what a lot of you are looking for.

    It’s called “Market”, and it’s actually a theme with a shopping cart system built right into it.

    Market Theme
    It’s perfect for the beginner who isn’t a technical wiz, or an experienced web person who just wants to save time so they can get to the next project.

    The benefit of being a theme, is that it’s super quick and easy to setup, and you don’t have to worry about things not working right.

    If you already have a WP theme that you like and don’t want to change, a lot of Market theme owners simply install a brand new instance of WordPress into a sub-folder (named store or something), and then just place a link on their homepage navigation to the store.

    It’s easy to upload a logo, and change the colors around through the settings area, so you can make it fit right in with your existing theme colors if you desire.

    There’s a demo version up and running on the Market theme website if you’d like to try it out before you commit to anything.

  • http://www.mythemesongs.net Thomas Pedersen

    I have been looking for a shopmodule for WP. Started out with WP e-commerce, but sees alot of people wirting about Shopp. One problem was that I’m not sure how easy it would be to set it up, so that I can play a musicfile on every productpage, because I wanted to sell music, and it should be possible to prelisten to part of the music.

    So I decided to get the WP-ecommerce Gold version plus the mp3 module, so I go to the site and clicks the buy button, and it just keeps loading and loading, but never puts anything in the basket.
    If I press F5 to update I will see the product in the basket, but not before.
    I used IE8 though it seems to work well enough in FireFox 3.5.
    Should I assume that they use the module themselves at this is the one not working well in IE8?

    Or does anyone else know about a owrking system where it would be possible to setup a player on each product to prelisten to the music I want to sell?

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  • http://www.pyramedadesign.com Mark

    Great list! I am looking forward to trying out WP e-commerce and seeing how it compares to osCommerce which is what I have been using for a while now. In any event, thank you for this compiled list!

  • Kendall

    This is a great list and very helpful. There is a fairly new plugin at http://www.PHPurchase.com that we are using on our website. We used to use Shopp but recently switched. It was much less expensive and I really like how easy it is to configure. We only sell a couple products so we didn’t need all the fancy grid layouts and such that some of the other plugins have.

  • Paul

    I have been trying to get some support from the WP-Ecommerce guys.. and they are absolutely useless. there are so many bugs with their system it’s not funny. I’ve had to start from scratch on a client site now.. I won’t be touching WP Ecommerce ever again.

  • http://www.instinct.co.nz/e-commerce Dan Milward

    WP e-Commerce Plugin Update
    I’m sorry to hear that Paul – something weird must have happened. I wish we could have been of more help. Unfortunatly you must have fell through the support network – I’m sorry you’re so upset.

    To say we’re useless is not true. We work really hard at what we do and for most people it just works – you would have been more accurate saying something went wrong and it did not work for me. Heck for all we know it may have been your theme or your server or even conflicting Plugins.

    The official WordCamp organizers chose WP e-Commerce to sell tickets on the WordCamp website and over 730 attendees bought tickets successfully without any glitches – all the attendees know that WP e-Commerce works. Unless you think they are all useless too ;)

    We had no issues installing WP e-Commerce on the wordcamp.org server. We copied the files into the correct MU folder on the wordcamp.org site. We clicked activate like most people do. We added the products. We helped setup Paypal and bingo it just worked.

    The latest version of WP e-Commerce is pretty much rock solid. Also stay tuned for the book – I think the readers here should choose the WP e-Commerce Plugin that publishers choose because it must also have worked for them since they are about to release a new book.

    WP e-Commerce Plugin works for
    http://www.icondock.com
    http://2009.newyork.wordcamp.org/attendees/
    http://www.packtpub.com/wordpress-2-8-e-commerce/book
    http://www.children-of-grace.org

    • http://inweb.com.au Stef

      Dan you are soooo defensive!

      Maybe do what I do when a little upset…
      1. type out the response you really want to send – but don’t hit that submit button
      2. Go make yourself a coffee (alcohol just wont work for this)
      3. come back to your desk, drink the coffee while reading the response
      4. now delete it all and type the response that is going to benfit your business not harm it further – and NEVER blame the customer!

      I’ve been reading thru these posts and I cant see where you’re actually offering any help as opposed to defending your product. And suggesting something weird happened without trying to establish “what” is just poor.

      • Roy Gabe

        Wow – I didn’t realize the folks from WP E-Commerce spend more time responding to negative feedback about their plugin than they do responding to their paying customers who need support. Another reason to look for something else.

    • daniel

      Hey Dan Milward –

      Why do you advertise that FirstData is supported in WP eCommerce Gold Plug-in?

      And then when it does not work, you refuse to answer a trouble ticket about it?

      If your product does not integrate with FirstData Global Gateway, why advertise as such?

      Beginning to think my client deserves a refund, but would rather just see the thing work.

  • http://www.teevotee.com Kbuntu

    I’m to lazy to read all of the comments but another one is http://www.shopplugin.net/

    Took me a while to implement it but it has some awesome features. Worth Checking out.

  • http://www.fullmotiongroup.com Mayur

    I’m in the process of selecting an ecommerce cart solution to sell web design and SMB marketing products to my clients. I have about a dozen different products ranging from web design reviews for $99 to hosting for $29 a month, to custom design packages for $1499.

    Many of the products will have options, some will have monthly recurring fees, some will have yearly payment options (if they don’t want to pay monthly), and some will have partial payment options (like paying 75% for the premium web site package). Some will have digital delivery of the end product, accompanying manuals and getting started books. Down the road, I want an affiliate program as well (probably unnecessary to mention but it could be important).

    I know its a lot to ask, but I’m wondering if something like this even exists that could work. I prefer wordpress driven but I’m open to any open source or saas based solution too. I haven’t seen anything that fits the bill perfectly quite yet.

    • http://districtwebdesign.com/ Mia Orantes

      Mayur, what did you end up going with?  I have the same question….

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  • http://www.zingiri.com Erik

    Please have a shot at Zingiri Web Shop. A new e-commerce plugin for WordPress with plenty of features.

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  • http://multizoneamplifier.com Robin

    Just install WP e-Commerce. No products to sell yet.

    Hope it works like you say Dan, rock solid when my e-trade starts running! Gonna trust you on this.

  • http://sitemast.com SiteMast

    Thanks so much for this post. It saves the rest of us so much time when beginning research on a topic if someone has put together a list and given a little commentary.

    Michael

  • http://brotherspage.com Rob Page | NH & Maine WordPress Designers

    Thanks for putting this together. I tried wp-ecommerce and a slew of others. Are there any that have slicker galleries? I don’t have an example, but Im looking for overlays that slide out versus page after page of info.

    Either way, I’ll suffer through this stuff to keep it all in wordpress.

    Rock on!

  • http://www.ohlalashopping.co.uk Shop UK

    Thank you for sharing.. I will be downloading this cool plug in.. sure it will be use full for my sites..

  • http://www.phpurchase.com/ Brian Jordan

    Thanks for providing a great list of websites that handle the e-commerce solutions for WP.

    @Rob Page, I have been looking at http://www.phpurchase.com/ and they look very good as well.

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  • Tommy

    Thw WP e-Commerce plugin doesn’t work with google checkout. It should, but bugs make it v difficult to get working.

    This is worth knowing if you want to go the google route rather than the paypal route.

  • genim

    wp-ecommerce is pain in the ass… i always got different bug/error on my every turn..

  • http://wholehousewaterfilter.us Whole House Water Filter

    I have wp-ecommerce and cannot get it to work. I purchased the Bible hoping that would solve my problems. No luck. I’ve tried to work with the wp-ecommerce bible forum but they have been very unresponsive. They basically told me they were to busy and not responsible for any problems with the plugin. The whole ordeal has been disappointing to say the least.

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  • Forrest

    Okay, if you actually have gotten down to this comment, I have been trying the WP E-commerce solution and it was a pain. That is not to say that it is not powerful or that it cannot be set up correctly but I am just saying it was a bigger mess then I thought it should have been. I had to change drastic amounts of code to make it do what I wanted. In the end I dumped it because it simply was more trouble then it was worth ( I had spent 24 hours of my time slogging through and finding things and changing them half the time was spent just figuring out what module held what )

    Look it is a fine e-commerce solution and you can plug it in really quick to get something going, just not for the project I worked on. I am sure it would have been fine if I was using it in a different way.

    Anyway, I think success with that plugin will depend heavily on what you are using it for. Don’t not try to use it but I would suggest if after an hour you are still trying to make it do what you want then dump it, as I said I spent far too much time trying to force it to do what I wanted.

  • http://turkbuy.com hepsiburada

    nice list and share.thank you…

  • http://www.drinkmealice.com.au Alicia

    I use SHOPP Plugin and I love it. It is paid, but well worth it. If you are running e-commerce and are not interested in PAYING for your application you are kidding yourself. SHOPP is fantastic.

  • http://24point0.com Kalyani

    Hi!
    I downloaded this Shopp plugin and installed it from the website http://www.hipperz.nl/shop/leren-shopper-legend-blauw/
    but it doesn’t seem to be working fine. The product pages become garbled and instead of showing thumbnails of related products, only links to related products are displayed.
    I have posted on the forum related to this and tried doing everything that has been suggested but not to much avail.

    Can u help? I use thesis theme and version 2.9.2 MU of WordPress.

    • http://hunterex.com Hunterex

      Can I please get the template you used? I purchased shopp and they treat me with zero respect so I gave up on them.

      I need a simple template that looks like you layed out.

  • http://www.rajneesh.me/ Rajneesh saini

    Thanks for the list.I needed one for my client.

    Thanks once again.

  • http://www.infopint.com Shan

    Thanks for very informative post.

    I personally like e-Shop. I have very nicely used it in http://www.stylehaute.com.

    In fact it has become my default e-commerce solution.

    I have built a word-press based e-commerce solution called Infopint E-commerce.

    I would like share more information if requested.

    http://www.infopint.com/infopint-e-commerce-start-your-online-store-today/

  • http://imrozbaig.com ImrozB

    Thanks, Good to have all of them in one post. which one is good for selling services and not products, also multiples currency and payment options like bank transfer and paypal.

  • http://doinganngui.com Khoa

    Thanks for very informative post.

  • Madfatter

    I came across this post as I recently finished a site using wp-ecommerce and have been so disheartened by it’s many bugs and lack of support that I think I need to search out a new stable solution and redo my client’s site. Does anyone know if any alternatives have come up since this article was written? Does anybody have any additional information on the Shopp plugin?

    Thanks.

    • http://www.getwordpressed.com Scott

      We’ve begun using Shopp instead of WP-ecommerce and it seems alright so far

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    Thank you very much Great post…thanks for share this. uu

  • Umar

    Shopp Plugin is still better than WP-ecommerce simply because it has customer accounts section with order status and order tracking features

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  • http://www.ozairrao.com Oz

    thank you everyone for the wonderful comments and links… clap clap.. life made easy by sharing

  • http://mafiakid.com Mafiakid

    I will going to test these plugins to put in my site for payments.

  • http://bestpricetrade.com WK

    Nice e-commerce collection ! Thanks you very much.

  • http://www.importpieseauto.ro ImportPieseAuto

    Zingiri all the way. It’s the best shopping cart for WP so far.

  • http://www.shopztop.com John

    WP store is best i think. i am using it long time.

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  • http://www.artocommerce.com Shopping Cart

    The things which need to look forward are new shipping modules and the variations that make better user interface.

  • Roy Gabe

    WP E-commerce is one of the worst plug-ins I have ever used. It’s full of bugs. The developers have no interest in supporting their community, and they are rude. I don’t encourage anyone to use WP E-commerce. Look for something else.

  • Spoon Man

    WP E-commerce is crap, even after all this time they have fixed F all, anyone would be crazy to purchase this plugin. WP E-commerce is a joke.

  • http://supermilan.wordpress.com Wiedz

    Nice try dude. Good work..

  • William

    It’s so funny that Dan (wp ecommerce) is giving all the notification of plugin update here. Who wants to use this bullshit plugin which is full of bugs? They only comes first in the search result as they developed this plugin earlier. In their support forum they don’t even reply to the customer. One reply might come in every 6 months. I would rather buy WP eStore plugin.

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  • alex

    @Dan, your plug-in needs work. Ignore the flamers
    WP e-Commerce Plug-in misses several very important features a well designed e-commerce solution should have. I looked at the gold cart, but all I could see was that money was being spent on more payment methods. I installed it, tried it, found it didn’t meet my needs and uninstalled it. the recommendation above or Smashing and the flaming means little. I’ll check the others noted, but will probably stick with a non integrated solution.

  • http://www.liposuctionmagazine.com Isaac Gonzalez

    online shopping is very exciting because you do not need to go on a shopping store to purchase items.,.`

  • http://www.hairregrowthreview.com Paul

    I ftp wp-e-commerce half way when i read the comments on how bad is the plugin is.

    Since it’s half way through, I will just try it out as I’m urgently looking for a plugin that convert wordpress to an online shopping cart for my client.

    And thanks for this compilation of plugins.

  • Alex

    Shopp Plugin would be perfect if they only had invoice adjustment. Once an order is placed, you can’t go into the order and change it. This might be crucial if you were out-of-stock on something and need to refund the difference, change the shipping address after the fact. Seems even wp-commerce is missing this functionality.

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    For all kind of WordPress solutions, from theme customization, integration and development of plugins, to creating wordpress templates and widgets, contact us at

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  • http://freetrialspyware.net Get Rid Of Spyware

    Nice list and very helpful. Surprised that you dont have shopperpress on your list!

  • http://www.entermad.blogspot.com madd

    yeah, this is what i want … a lists abou e-commerce plugins …

  • http://www.evontech.com/ seema

    WordPress is magic. It is one of the best blogging platforms, which has become as good as a CMS now. You can even build a complete website with it.

    While working for all these years in WOrdPress, we have realized how flexible it is when it comes to customization and integration of themes and plugins.

    We have also build numerous templates, themes, and plugins for WordPress which have been used for many of our clients’ projects.

    The plugins which you have mentioned here work great for e-commerce portals. We know, because we have tried it. Good job. Nice post.

    outsource@evontech.com

  • http://4realarts.com,robinurton.com Robin Urton

    Does anyone know if any of the WP Integrated shopping carts can be used on both WP AND html sites? I design both, mostly for artists who need web galleries they can sell from. I’d prefer something that’s very customizable so that it can work with my current designs instead of creating a totally different look that I can’t integrate.

    If there isn’t such a thing as a single package that does this, is there one that is an open source for html sites that also has a WP-interface, so that I won’t have to completely re-learn the software for both applications? (I create my html sites with Dreamweaver, if it matters).

  • http://www.roddesignz.com rodrigo

    Hi guys!
    could you advice me what wordpress e commerce plugin could help me to create a order form similar to this http://www.canvasondemand.com/orderform.asp I want to start a business printing canvas online and it has been really hard to find it…

    I would be really appreciated
    Thanks!

  • http://www.roddesignz.com rodrigo

    Hi guys!
    could you advice me what wordpress e commerce plugin could help me to create a order form similar to this http://www.canvasondemand.com/orderform.asp where people can upload his own photo and send it to print it on canvas, I want to start an on-line business of canvas printing and it has been really hard to find it out…

    I would be really appreciated
    Thanks!

  • http://www.jakarta-apartment.net Jakarta Apartment

    Currently, which one is the best plugin for simple e-commerce ?
    Thanks.

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  • http://www.ghilliesuithq.com Ghillie Suit HQ

    Thanks for the list. Trying our the wp-e-commerce but getting an error 500 trying to activate it.

  • http://amtype.com mating

    This is just what I was looking for, I will try WP e-Commerce. I would be really appreciated
    Thanks!

  • http://headbangers.in Subhramani

    Useful list. Couldnt really get WP E-commerce to work properly or its too complicated for me :P

    Dukapress sounds promising. Will try it out once I get back home!

  • http://www.baiyunconsulting.com swcool

    Nice list, 10-pick is good enough and is better than 100-pick.

  • Marini

    There are some good WP shopping cart plugins here, will avoid e commerce though. I have a WP shopping cart plugin review here http://mariniello.net/45/an-unbiased-wordpress-plugin-review-yak-shopping-cart/

  • http://kalakay.com kalakay

    this is awesome articles. it make me know what is best shopping cart plugins for my wp.

  • http://www.ebwaydev.com Jonathan

    Wow! What a great list of information, although it seems like there’s no clear winner here… :(

    Could it be that we (WordPress Lovers) are trying to make it into something it isn’t? I’m just saying…

    It’s a fantastic Blog/CMS, but I don’t think it’s ready for heavy duty e-commerce? I’m just giving you the other side of the coin here… My company specializes in e-commerce and I’d love to use WordPress, but using open source applications to take credit cards and other really sensitive customer data – I’m out. It’s just not worth the risk, for me.

    Sure it’s probably fine for selling a couple widgets, but a full blown estore… You better have one heck of a security suite! Sure, you can use PayPal – if you like the high fee’s – but I’ve had PayPal accounts get hacked, so we’ll give client’s the option, but it’s never the main payment gateway! Never.

    My main problem with WordPress for e-commerce is this:

    - No one here has mentioned back-ups or import/export yet? Don’t forget about the future of your client’s store – I’m sure they won’t want to add all the products in, again.
    - Security? I see only a couple here that support PCI+SSL, but you’ve also got to remember the applications security as well – WordPress + whatever you install into it!

    Unfortunately, there’s little if no information on Product Data Exporting, Security, Customer Management, Shipping, and everything else an e-commerce client should expect.

    Anyways, thanks for all the great links, posts, and info! This was one of the better ones I came across in my search – nice job everyone!

    PS. STORE OWNERS / DESIGNERS:
    If you’re truly looking to build a functional, safe, and dynamic store – and you’re serious about your client/products. It’s usually better to pay for something – Open Source is great and all, but it’s meant for Social, Ministry, Probono, Education type work – If your charging clients, give them what they pay for…. Quality. Don’t get me wrong, WordPress is fantastic – so if you do use it for a smaller e-commerce project, don’t be afraid to pay for the e-commerce plugin you’re going to use.

    In the end, I see a lot of folks complaining that WordPress won’t do this or that, or that the plugins suck because they don’t integrate with FedEx or whatever, you name it – it’s been complained about. The truth is this – WordPress is never going to be a Magento, Shopify or Business Catalyst – So, be happy with what it is. A great blogging platform and a good small-business CMS.

    I wonder… When did we get so cheap? Myself included!
    (makes me remember my Joomla days, never again – never again.)

    That’s my 2 cents.

    • http://www.jeronone.com Sandeep Goyal

      @J

      True words, mate!
      If you really want a e-store, head over to magento, or some other ecommerce cms.
      Wordpress is best with what it is.
      Nothing can be perfect in all.

      but i still have a few customers with a few products (10-15), who want to integrate a shopping cart with their wordpress site.
      That’s why i came here to find a stable shopping cart plugin with a thought of wp ecommerce.
      But after seeing many of folks complaining here to it, i think, i should give a chance to shopp plugin.

    • http://profile.yahoo.com/QWKD4B4BPE7TRLO67HDQZZ7PBE Jonny Parker

      Well put. Most just do not want to style a cart to look like a wordpress themes. There is really no point in putting a cart which is generally a larger software within wordpress. Yeah if you have one or two items you not selling in volume may be worth using a plugin.
      Selling on WordPress

  • http://www.101bestwordpressthemes.com Alex – 101BestWordpressThemes.com

    Great list of plugins. I’ve just done a post of my favourite e-commerce themes for wordpress.

    Take a look.

    http://www.101bestwordpressthemes.com/blog/wp-commerce-themes.html

  • Dave

    Lots of interaction on this post. I like it.

    I use Market Theme for my store, and love it. Simple to use and looks nice.

    Plus, the posts in the forum actually get read and answered.

    They get an “A” from me.

  • http://usacoax.com LMR

    I tried WP e-Commerce for usacoax.com and it just flat didn’t work. Questions were never answered and I dumped it and went to Shopperpress. It actually didn’t take a PHP wiz to get working!

  • http://www.submitshop.co.uk John

    The post has really helped me in selection shopping cart for my wordpress sites thanks

  • http://www.patronagesystems.com ajay sharavat

    I have started on working wp-ecommerce jus now. But i am not facing any problem in that. May be i face later but the reason to use that it best suits my requirements.

  • http://www.groovytube.com.au/ Karl

    Glad I read this, i’ve done wp-ecommerce once, and i was looking for a better solution. Looks like that solution is phpurchase. Never heard of it before until this thread and i’ve looked far and wide. With custom post types it seems you should be able to do almost anything, yay!

  • http://www.zencartindonesia.22web.net Marzuki

    Nice list, i’ll used wp-ecommerce on my next sites, thank you.

  • http://wpstorecart.com wpStoreCart

    Another high end, open source WordPress e-commerce plugin is wpStoreCart:
    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpstorecart/

  • http://corner-desk.org John corner desk

    Wp-ecommerce is still my favorite selection for business online. And thanks a lot for a nice post. It is so helpful for me. I am on the lookout for such information!

  • Wordpress addict

    Great post, I wish I found it months ago… After long searching I found WP Paypal button plugin http://payspree.com/834/relic000 and it was not free but cheap and doing exactly what I wanted (and more): easy adding of paypal pay button. currently looking into a solution beyond paypal, so thank you for this post :)

  • Thomas

    i’m thinking about switching over to SHOPP, everything looks good except i’m having trouble having a question answered…

    i know you can sell physical and digital products with them. but can you sell a physical product (like a music cd) that comes together with a digital download?

    any additional feedback on SHOPP would be great too, because i’ll have to drop cash on the australia-post shipping module as well. don’t really want to spend $80 on the whole system and stop using it the next day! :)

    thanks everyone

  • Thomas

    in respect to my above comment, i just heard back from SHOPP and no – you cannot pair a physical shipped product with a digital download.

    which is a real shame, the rest of the system looked very good.

  • Scott

    I have used Wp E-commerce twice and both times it has been a NIGHTMARE. It is riddled with bugs and the code is shockingly poorly written.

    I strongly urge people to look at other options when trying to find a cart for WordPress. If you doubt me just check out their forums. So many unanswered problems it makes me sick.

  • http://www.tokoribbon.com Willy

    It’s very useful information. Today I try to use wordpress e-Commerce

  • http://winmacbd.com Winmac

    Thank you guys. I was looking for a best E-commerce plugin for me. here I have found lots of true answer.

  • http://newwpplugins.com/ Susan

    An awesome list, bookmarked!!

  • http://www.beautifulwebgallery.com/ Fiha

    Very Useful reference

  • http://VirtualHelpSquad.com/webdesign vic

    Hey you WordPress Ecom wizards out there:

    Which WordPress ecommerce plugin can handle BOTH single product purchases (one time buys with no repeated credit card access) AND AT SAME TIME handle the buying of monthly subscription purchases (ongoing monthly purchases with repeated credit card access) …

    Any suggestions?

    Vic
    VirtualHelpSquad@gmail.com

    • Shredeo

      vic, did you ever find an answer for this question? I’m looking for the same thing.

  • http://www.huntervalleyhampers.com.au/ Brendan

    Really interesting to see all the negative feedback. What is the recommended soultion then? It is helpfuol to have some constructive comments too.

  • ZACH GRIMM

    DO NOT USE WP-ECOMMERCE!

    The shipping will never work with pay pal pro.
    There are scores of threads on their forums about this very problem and none of them have been resolved.

    Don’t put out a plugin that doesn’t work Dan, you wasted hours and hours of my time.

  • http://www.juggler.com.au/ Juggler

    Anyone know of a WordPress shop plugin that does not require you to have a shopping cart but still allows you to have multiple pictures for a product like the Shopp plugin.

    We want this setup but without the option to buy.

    http://www.loridennis.com/shop/shop/organic-bamboo-towels/

  • http://IShopInSeconds.com Tony Yarquest

    I never got this piece of crap to work either. I don’t mind paying for a solution that works, don’t get me wrong, but if the basic one doesn’t work, why should I believe the “Gold” pay version will? I am now looking at ShopperPress.com anyone else here care to comment? I really am done wasting my time. I need something that works, and am very willing to pay for it.

    Tony

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  • melanie

    Glad I found this. I have a client that uses wp eStore which worked flawlessly but only has google and paypal gateways. He wants to change over to authorize.net so I started looking for a plugin. eCommerce? Spent hours trying to get it to work with PP Standard just to make the switch. Finally got it to process order only it leaves every order pending. Search their support to find out this problem is 2 YEARS old and authorize.net has the same issue. No Thanks…
    Shopp looks promising but I have to pay $25 more to get authorize.net gateway.

  • http://www.techbridge.ca Sasha Baksht

    I think Shopp is the best!

  • Cline

    Same here, stumbled upon this just after leaving the Shopp site. I’d rather pay $ and be confident about the support and compatibility than a free plug in. Maybe a thorough review of the Shopp plug in is in order?

  • http://5angelsaccessories.com/ brian Abella

    thanks for sharing, better if you can put a screenshot demo for each cart plugin.

  • http://www.prescottech.com Tyler

    Thanks, but I haven’t had good luck wit ecommerce

  • http://www.fitnessworldcenter.com Javier

    Yeah, I have read all kind of comments about wp e Commerce. My problem with it is that the free version does not come with a grid layout for the store, and the paid version seems to be unsupported by now.

    Any suggestion for a great plugin?

  • http://www.wponlinestore.com garfield

    Saw this post and thought i would throw my hat into the ring so to speak. My team are about a week away from creating the “holy grail” of wordpress ecommerce a fully functional and secure osCommerce plug in for WP.

    Yes it is a monster task, but thankfully i have a genius running the team and we are 80% with no issues to date.

    We are also looking for beta testers..you can sign up at http://www.wponlinestore.com

    Cheers
    Garf

  • http://www.emcom.co.uk jim mccann

    I’ve used a few ecommerce sites in the past and have installed Shopp on a customer site.

    It is my first and last Shopp implementation.

    The cart is limited, documenation is lacking support is terrible, and forum is not very active.

    A terible experience.

  • http://pasarbatikpekalongan.com batik

    nice articles… thanks for sharing..

  • http://www.ecommerce-web-developers.com Ecommerce developer

    Nice plugin ecommerce solution, its really helpful to lots of ecommerce developers and some ecommerce development company. thanks for your wonderful plugin.

  • Cataylor Ava

    Got a question….
    I want to have a products page on my site (WP) however, I don’t need them to checkout (like a shopping cart) because I will guide them to a actual site that they will checkout on. I want to be able to feed though the products through google base and such. What plugin would you recommend? I tried downloading the wp ecommerce site but it didn’t download correctly. Any suggestions from you brilliant people. :)

  • Andy Donovan

    New kid on the block checkout:

    http://jigoshop.com

    Free version available in a few weeks, built on WP3.0 framework, custom post types and taxonomies, attribute filtering, reviews, up sells, cross sells, one page checkout, it’s going to be great!

  • Prosthetic Lips

    @Cataylor Ava: I have the same issue, with a twist — my products are not off-the-shelf items, but more of a “tell me what you need, and I’ll give you a quote.” So, I’d like a system that can give me simple buttons (6 chairs, 1 table), but also a place for the user to tell me what they would also like. I’m evaluating Quick Shop for this, but I’m seeing some enhancements I’m going to have to make (ugh).

    Any suggestions for something where I want to be able to suggest items, but let the user specify, and send to me as a “quote” system?

  • stratfordweb
  • http://www.firstpropertycroatia.com/ Property Croatia

     WP e-Commerce is definitely the best WP plugin for e-commerce web sites based on wordpress cms although is not perfect and has some issues. For serious e-commerce web pages i would recommend joomla because it is better cms for these kind of web sites. By my opinion wordpress i better blogging tool while for business solutions joomla still has advantage over wordpress. WP e-Commerce is definitely the best WP plugin for e-commerce web sites based on wordpress cms although is not perfect and has some issues. For serious e-commerce web pages i would recommend joomla because it is better cms for these kind of web sites. By my opinion wordpress i better blogging tool while for business solutions joomla still has advantage over wordpress. 

  • Cart66

    I had shopp and hated it. But I really like this one.

    http://www.customgraffiti.com/?p=813

  • http://twitter.com/Jigowatt Jigowatt

    We also had a nightmare using the Shopp plug-in for a few of our customers but the last straw came when helped them out fixing their Sagepay payment module and they still wanted to charge us for additional support. Eventually we thought the only way we could offer our customers a reliable stable solution is if we built one ourselves. 

    Well I can now announce that after months of development and many late nights we are launching Jigoshop. http://jigoshop.com. The feature packed free version will be on WordPress.com on Tuesday 31st May the Premium version should follow over the next few weeks. 

    It would be great if you’d give it a try and let us know how you get on. It may finally be an eCommerce solution that actually works.

    • rashid

      Thanks jigowatt, I just installed Jigoshop for a new client, and I have to say, that its a decent plugin, though haven’t got to code around it yet, but its simple, effective and actually works and I hate wp_ecommerce so much now :) Just one thing, Is it possible to do something like icondock.com with jigoshop without too much coding? Is ajax thing built into it?

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  • Thomas Williams

    Wp e-Commerce is ok, albeit quite complicated to use. Personally, I prefer ShopperPress. It’s certainly the best in its price range. I can use it as an affiliate store. An online shop, or even use it as a download store to sell music. It definitely gets my vote. Cheers.

  • Liranamitai

    hi guys, i have a question
    i would like to turn my WP blog into an e-commerce store, but i dont want to loose my ranks,did someone ever done that before?i thought about switching to magento but i m afraid  to “kill” my siteplease advise!

  • JSA

    Is it possible to set up user forms in WordPress and assign application fees to the forms, so that they are not submitted to the admin unless the fee payment has been made?

    There would also need to be a way for the admin to associate the submitted form with the payment received (from whatever payment portal was being used).

    Any plugin help or advice would be greatlyappreciated. Thanks!!!

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  • t-shirt printer

    thanks,
    I want to use a shopping cart for t-shirt shop, any solutions. not magento as bit large for tees store.

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  • Ian

    I’ve just DONE wp-ecommerce and I won’ touch their service or product again. The whole process is shambolic and unprofessional I don’t care how pretty they make their front page look.

  • Bchihi

    Thank you, concise great information

  • http://lakewooditsupport.co.uk/ Adam

    I’m looking for a simple checkout plug-in that will guide buyers straight to checkout after clicking buy now.

  • Nir Bar Sade

    Hi Paul
    I would like to point out my plug-in SyncFu which enables any WordPress site to offer group buying deals (or daily deals if you may) on any blog or site. The integration is very simple and easy to use
    you can check the integration process in herehttp://www.slideshare.net/barsade/word-press-plug-in-flow
    Thanks
    Nir

  • http://www.3-60hosting.com Eryn

    Thanks for the list. Plugins are hard to review unless you have installed and used them all.

  • http://www.3-60hosting.com Eryn

    Thanks for the list. Plugins are hard to review unless you have installed and used them all.

  • Lunargrrl

    WP-Ecommerce is a NIGHTMARE. If you buy the Goldcart ugrade, the multi-image, multiple image function does not work. The support is non-existent and I highly recommend checking out the current complaint list before even trying to use GetShopped or any of their products.  I have wasted days trying to manipulate this to work and I can safely say I actually know what I am doing. I can imagine the horrible problems people who don’t know how to program are having. Check out this page before buying or installing. http://getshopped.org/forums/

  • Marcel

    Do not use tribulants shopping cart plugin unless you want endless conflicts, bad support and when you finally give up you will get told its against our policy to give refunds. What a joke, what sort of company wont give a refund for an unsuitable product!

    Don’t make the same mistake i did!

  • Danniel Peters

    What a nightmare wp ecommerce plugin is and whats worse I purchased gold ecommerce and still things were bad, little support even though I apaid for it. Really cheesed off with it

  • http://www.onsecrethunt.com/ Varinder Pal Singh

    Many thanks for this great and informative post.

  • Mitko

    I would like to suggest Wazala as well.

    http://www.wazala.com/start/help/wazala-store-on-wordpress/

    They have 2 weeks free trial.

  • James

    Stay away from getshopped.org’s wp-ecommerce.   The support will cost you thousands of dollars in lost time.  I could never get it working and paid for support too.   They refuse to refund me.  I tried other ones and could see quickly if they worked or not and finally settled with thecartpress.com’s plugin.  Their excellent support really made it an easy choice.

  • Alex

    Does anybody try that http://readyshoppingcart.com guys?

  • http://magento.ikantam.com/ Alex

    Who uses WP for e-commerce? Can’t get this.