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.
WP e-Commerce plugin for WordPress
Description: 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
Description: 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
Description: 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
Description: 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
Description: 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
Description: EasyDonation allows WordPress users to easily embed a PayPal donation button with one tag.
WP Auctions plugin for WordPress
Description: 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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23 Oct, 2008
Great list. Bookmarked and will be a great reference in my WP projects. Thanks. :-)
25 Feb, 2010
I think it would be nicer if you guys included Datafeedr here. It’s really a powerful e-commerce plugin. It consolidates many many many affiliate sites then put it in your wordrpess site. http://vasquezprince.net76.net/datafeedr-changing-the-lives-of-affiliate-marketers-around-the-world/
23 Oct, 2008
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…
30 Dec, 2009
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
19 Jan, 2010
Tech support is dire for both paid and free versions.
20 Apr, 2010
Your program stinks and you have terrible support.
30 Apr, 2010
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.
5 May, 2010
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.
17 Jul, 2010
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.
25 Jul, 2010
Why not try http://www.dukapress.org?
20 May, 2010
Why does WordPress slow down significantly after loading your plugin?
13 Jun, 2010
Ouch..!! No reaction or help for the users with problems.? Scary.
10 Aug, 2010
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.
27 Oct, 2008
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.
29 Oct, 2008
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.
30 Oct, 2008
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.
30 Oct, 2008
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
31 Oct, 2008
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.
1 Nov, 2008
Great tips! Big thank you from china. Im using wp-liveshopping now…
16 Nov, 2008
Thanks for the ArtPal plug! :)
24 Nov, 2008
@ 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 ;)
1 Dec, 2008
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
12 Dec, 2008
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.
14 Dec, 2008
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
29 Mar, 2010
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?
28 May, 2010
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.
2 Jan, 2009
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/
16 Jan, 2009
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.
17 Jan, 2009
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!
25 Jan, 2009
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) ;)
26 Jan, 2009
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!
28 Jan, 2009
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.
12 Feb, 2009
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
17 Feb, 2009
WP e-Commerce is horrible, horrible, horrible!
I’ve recently come across Shopp, and its a life saver: http://shopplugin.net/
6 Mar, 2009
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?
23 Mar, 2009
Helpful post, I think I will try out the WP e-Commerce for my Personal Development Blog.
7 Apr, 2009
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
21 Apr, 2009
Nice ecomerce plugin
27 Apr, 2009
try this too http://www.sitemile.com/storepress.php
it is very easy to install and has lots of features
5 May, 2009
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.
15 May, 2009
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.
18 May, 2009
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
28 May, 2009
I thought wp ecommerce sounded promising. Their website does not load. Very bad sign! I’ll look elsewhere.
5 Jun, 2009
want to try this plug in ..hope i can get sale
5 Jun, 2009
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)
23 Jun, 2009
wow good plugin . thanks for share
10 Jul, 2009
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!
9 Aug, 2009
This is just what I was looking for, I will definitely try the first one and eshop. Thanks for the heads up.
28 Aug, 2009
Thank you very much for this post. Finally a good made one about wordpress+ecommerce!
;-)
13 Sep, 2009
i just search it, thank you very much.
30 Sep, 2009
Its a nice collection!! Thank you very much for sharing.
7 Oct, 2009
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!
12 Oct, 2009
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
13 Oct, 2009
thank alot… i will try.
21 Oct, 2009
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.
26 May, 2010
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.
21 Oct, 2009
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.
21 Oct, 2009
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.
26 Oct, 2009
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?
6 Nov, 2009
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!
10 Nov, 2009
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.
17 Nov, 2009
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.
22 Nov, 2009
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
28 May, 2010
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.
28 Jun, 2010
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.
24 Nov, 2009
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.
30 Nov, 2009
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.
14 Dec, 2009
Please have a shot at Zingiri Web Shop. A new e-commerce plugin for WordPress with plenty of features.
29 Dec, 2009
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.
8 Jan, 2010
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
8 Jan, 2010
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!
14 Jan, 2010
Thank you for sharing.. I will be downloading this cool plug in.. sure it will be use full for my sites..
22 Jan, 2010
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.
29 Jan, 2010
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.
2 Feb, 2010
wp-ecommerce is pain in the ass… i always got different bug/error on my every turn..
17 Feb, 2010
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.
7 Mar, 2010
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.
13 Mar, 2010
nice list and share.thank you…
27 Mar, 2010
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.
30 Mar, 2010
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.
23 Jul, 2010
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.
7 Apr, 2010
Thanks for the list.I needed one for my client.
Thanks once again.
11 Apr, 2010
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/
21 Apr, 2010
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.
25 Apr, 2010
Thanks for very informative post.
27 Apr, 2010
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.
24 May, 2010
We’ve begun using Shopp instead of WP-ecommerce and it seems alright so far
9 May, 2010
Thank you very much Great post…thanks for share this. uu
19 May, 2010
Shopp Plugin is still better than WP-ecommerce simply because it has customer accounts section with order status and order tracking features
3 Jun, 2010
thank you everyone for the wonderful comments and links… clap clap.. life made easy by sharing
4 Jun, 2010
I will going to test these plugins to put in my site for payments.
6 Jun, 2010
Nice e-commerce collection ! Thanks you very much.
7 Jun, 2010
Zingiri all the way. It’s the best shopping cart for WP so far.
16 Jun, 2010
WP store is best i think. i am using it long time.
23 Jun, 2010
The things which need to look forward are new shipping modules and the variations that make better user interface.
28 Jun, 2010
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.
8 Jul, 2010
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.
10 Jul, 2010
Nice try dude. Good work..
15 Jul, 2010
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.
21 Jul, 2010
@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.
27 Jul, 2010
online shopping is very exciting because you do not need to go on a shopping store to purchase items.,.`
2 Aug, 2010
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.
4 Aug, 2010
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.
11 Aug, 2010
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11 Aug, 2010
Nice list and very helpful. Surprised that you dont have shopperpress on your list!
12 Aug, 2010
yeah, this is what i want … a lists abou e-commerce plugins …
13 Aug, 2010
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14 Aug, 2010
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).
24 Aug, 2010
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!
24 Aug, 2010
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!
31 Aug, 2010
Currently, which one is the best plugin for simple e-commerce ?
Thanks.