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Overview
Shopify is a commerce platform that allows anyone to easily sell online, at a retail location, and everywhere in between
Start selling in minutes. Ecwid provides freelancers and small businesses a quick way of setting up an online store and shopping...
- Platforms supported
- Web-based
- iPhone app
- Android app
- Windows Phone app
- Typical customers
- Freelancers
- Small businesses
- Mid size businesses
- Large enterprises
- Customer support
- Phone
- Online
- Knowledge base
- Video tutorials
- Platforms supported
- Web-based
- iPhone app
- Android app
- Windows Phone app
- Typical customers
- Freelancers
- Small businesses
- Mid size businesses
- Large enterprises
- Customer support
- Phone
- Online
- Knowledge base
- Video tutorials
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Pricing
Starting from
- Free trial available
- No credit card required
- Free account
- Subscription based
Starting from
- Free trial available
- No credit card required
- Free account
- Subscription based
User reviews
4.5
5
4
3
2
1
2,181
1,092
208
45
36
- Value for money
- Ease of use
- Features
- Customer support
4.6
5
4
3
2
1
321
131
19
2
1
- Value for money
- Ease of use
- Features
- Customer support
Pros
Pros
Cons
Cons
Key features
- Total features52
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Management
- Advertising Management
- Automated Sales
- Automatic Notifications
- Content Library
- Content Management
- Credit Card Integration
- Credit Card Processing
- Customer Accounts
- Customer Database
- Customer History
- Customer Segmentation
- Customizable Branding
- Customizable Reporting
- Customizable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Data Synchronization
- Data Visualization
- Discount Management
- Drip Marketing
- Electronic Payments
- Electronic Signature Capture
- Email Alerts
- Email Invitations & Reminders
- Email Marketing Management
- Email Templates
- Gift Card System
- Image Library
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Tracking
- Label Printing
- Mobile Integration
- Multi-Channel Communication
- Multi-Channel Management
- Multi-Channel Marketing
- Multi-Language
- Multiple User Accounts
- Order Confirmation
- Order Management
- Order Processing
- Order Tracking
- PCI DSS Compliance
- POS
- Product Catalog
- Product Data Management
- Ratings & Reviews
- Retail Inventory Management
- Returns Management
- SEO Management
- SSL Security
- Sales Orders
- Sales Tax Management
- Shipping Management
- Shopping Cart
- Third Party Integration
- Visual Analytics
- Website Integration
- Website Management
- eCommerce Management
- Total features14
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Management
- Advertising Management
- Automated Sales
- Automatic Notifications
- Content Library
- Content Management
- Credit Card Integration
- Credit Card Processing
- Customer Accounts
- Customer Database
- Customer History
- Customer Segmentation
- Customizable Branding
- Customizable Reporting
- Customizable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Data Synchronization
- Data Visualization
- Discount Management
- Drip Marketing
- Electronic Payments
- Electronic Signature Capture
- Email Alerts
- Email Invitations & Reminders
- Email Marketing Management
- Email Templates
- Gift Card System
- Image Library
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Tracking
- Label Printing
- Mobile Integration
- Multi-Channel Communication
- Multi-Channel Management
- Multi-Channel Marketing
- Multi-Language
- Multiple User Accounts
- Order Confirmation
- Order Management
- Order Processing
- Order Tracking
- PCI DSS Compliance
- POS
- Product Catalog
- Product Data Management
- Ratings & Reviews
- Retail Inventory Management
- Returns Management
- SEO Management
- SSL Security
- Sales Orders
- Sales Tax Management
- Shipping Management
- Shopping Cart
- Third Party Integration
- Visual Analytics
- Website Integration
- Website Management
- eCommerce Management
Integrations
- Total integrations803
- Authorize.net
- BigCommerce
- Constant Contact
- Dropbox Business
- Google Analytics
- Magento Commerce
- Mailchimp
- PayPal
- QuickBooks Online Advanced
- Salesforce Sales Cloud
- Shopify
- Slack
- Stripe
- WooCommerce
- Wordpress
- Xero
- Zapier
- Zendesk
- Total integrations72
- Authorize.net
- BigCommerce
- Constant Contact
- Dropbox Business
- Google Analytics
- Magento Commerce
- Mailchimp
- PayPal
- QuickBooks Online Advanced
- Salesforce Sales Cloud
- Shopify
- Slack
- Stripe
- WooCommerce
- Wordpress
- Xero
- Zapier
- Zendesk
Security
- Encryption of sensitive data at rest
- HTTPS for all pages (web-based apps)
- Reports/alerts for security breaches
- Multifactor authentication options
- Customer data removed upon service cancellation
- Encryption of sensitive data at rest
- HTTPS for all pages (web-based apps)
- Reports/alerts for security breaches
- Multifactor authentication options
- Customer data removed upon service cancellation
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Happiness Ifiok
Online Media, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 1+ years
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The support is excellent. It is easy to use and has a low learning curve. Since it's prehosted users doesn't have to worry a out hosting and SSL
Too expensive compare to woocommerce and ecwid
Belinda Babbage
Alternative Medicine, self-employed
Used weekly for 1+ years
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Shopify has been the easiest and most convenient online store platform I've used to date - it has easily replaced VirtueMart, Ecwid and Square and greatly simplified things for me. It now takes a fraction of the time, for myself and my clients, to set up and complete transactions and browse my online store. It's powerful - I've kept all the functionality of my previous online stores (and gained some new ones) - and support is always efficient and friendly. I've been recommending it to most of the small business owners (like myself) that I meet or know, and am looking forward to expanding my wholesale business with ease.
Stable, easy to use, good value for money, savings on shipping with Canada Post, POS.
Unable to split payments across different payment methods.
Peter Lau
Consumer Electronics, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 4+ years
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Ecwid is a great e-commerce solution for small business owners who wish to focus on selling their products, not troubleshooting IT. It is one of the easiest e-commerce platform to set up. Highly recommended for beginners.
Easy to Use, can sell on your own site quickly.
Lacking some newer functions found in Shopify or Magento.
Anonymous Reviewer
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 11-50 employees
Used monthly for 1+ years
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I love the multilingual functionality, especially when compared to Shopify
This is definitely best for a small or medium sized business, rather than a large one.. So if you are planning on growing significantly, you will have to switch over eventually.
Jean-Frederick Benoit
Computer Software, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 1+ years
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We can offer a cheaper alternative to shopify yet compromising the quality.
Very intuitive and provide good marketing tools.
The only downfall is that I am in Canada, and them in Russia, which make the Customer Service a little bit out of time zome.
Anonymous Reviewer
Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 3+ years
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Loved being able to embed my shopping cart anywhere I want and a drag and drop cart is a nifty feature
Wish it had plugins like shopify does so integrations are easier. Countdowns and things like that would be a cool addition
Russell Cragun
Religious Institutions, self-employed
Used weekly for 1+ years
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Ecwid is getting better at what they offer. They had a great customer support and it will help you get what you need.
They don't have the budget or support that shopify and others have. So they are not able to offer you as much.
Santiago Altriaga
Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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One of the things that constantly worried us was the integration with our header site, with Ecwid we have successfully and in record time, integrate without difficulty or additional payments what our store needed. Besides, we get a complete platform to enhance our products to other business niches, participating in social networks with the full support they put at their disposal. Another solution,...
One of the things that I like most, is the simplicity that they offer to all their clients, it is one of those platforms that allow you to venture into e-commerce, without the worry of going through long training processes, it is as simple as register and start uploading all the products you have available to the platform. It is a platform that does not abandon you in the sales process, on the contrary,...
I have been using Shopify for years, and I can say with responsibility, that Ecwid is the rival that in a short time will give a surprise to the world of E-commerce, I have no negative aspects to identify so far, on the contrary, it is simpler and more intuitive than its Shopify, a platform that causes a lot of headaches for many reasons.
Andrea York
Retail, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 3+ years
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I've been using ecwid for a year and a half; it suits my small business needs and I'm happy with the features. Two features I would like to see added are more partnership with shipping services (I use ShippingEasy which integrates well) but not many of the other services integrate with Ecwid so that could be a problem for some people. I also would like to see ecwid offer shipping services for different size boxes - 99% of my shipments are the same size but for the other products I had to get creative to incorporate the shipping costs.
It's easy to use, and integrates with ShippingEasy for easy shipments.
It's small compared to shopify which means not all add-ins integrate well. I also would like to see ecwid to allow multiple shipping locations in Canada and USA
Hardik Shrestha
Education Management, 1-10 employees
Used weekly for 1+ years
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A solid solution to creating e-commerce platforms. I've sold my own club's merch using Ecwid and am pleasantly surprised with the results. Would definitely reccomend as an alternative to Shopify.
Very easy to master the interface. Relatively straightforward to plug in your merchandise into a website if your choosing. The stores are very responsive. Also works seamlessly with social media. Their onboarding checklist helps new users integrate themselves into ecwid quickly. The pricing is very fair, and free for smaller sellers.
Phone support costs far too much, there is no alternative than to use it from my laptop. SEO support is integral, and it costs a bit.
Devonna Lewis
Wholesale, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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