Today it is fashionable to have an online store, whether to expand your business or even as a viable solution to earn extra money.

This post assumes that you already have your supplier and want to put your products online to sell and make money.

Depending on your objective and your wallet, you will see which is the best e-commerce platform to create an online store in 2023.

The platforms I'm going to mention were tested by our company, as some of them are free and others offer a period for you to test. Don't think you're going to set up an online store without spending money, that's a lie, and I guarantee you that your project will die quickly. It will be like any business, you make the investment and then reap the profits.

 

  • Shopify - Paid Software

Shopify is a Canadian commerce company that develops its own ecommerce software, making it available to customers in exchange for a monthly fee that may vary depending on the functions this software offers and the customer's needs.

It is aimed at beginners and large companies, as this software is very versatile, adapting to all types of products, whether selling clothes or technology.

The company hosts the software on its own servers, you pay the monthly fee and only have to worry about managing the online store.

It can be used by entrepreneurs from all over the world.

 

  • Mangento - Free Software

Magento is an open source e-commerce web system based on PHP and MySQL, it is free and requires hosting.

This software is aimed at medium and large companies, it is one of the most complex and therefore requires longer learning.

Even for people with basic programming skills, I always recommend hiring a company or freelancer to get this software tuned to create a stable online store with a future.

This software offers a lot, being able to create an online store for any line of business.

 

  • Prestashop - Free Software

PrestaShop is an Open Source E-Commerce system, developed in PHP and MySQL, it is free and also requires hosting.

This software is aimed at all types of companies and business sectors, it is our favorite.

It requires basic learning and with this software you can create a large store with many resources, as it has a large community of developers who sell their plugins to adapt this software to your needs.

 

  • Woocommerce - Free Software

WooCommerce is an open source e-commerce plugin for WordPress. It is designed for small to medium sized online merchants using WordPress. It's free and one of the most used worldwide, due to wordpress.

As I mentioned, it is a plugin and not ecommerce software, which brings major limitations.

The only good point is the advantage of wordpress for SEO, in addition to the large community.

It is widely used for small projects, but I don't recommend it for creating stores with multiple languages.

Also regarding hosting and the learning curve is basic, if you are familiar with wordpress it will be easy to work with woocommerce.

 

  • ePages - Paid Software

ePages is an eCommerce software that allows merchants to create and manage online stores in the cloud, it is comparable to shopify software.

It is normally sold with hosting companies that offer the rental of online stores, such as the company AMEN.

It is easy to learn and is a good bet for beginners.

In short:

There are many software programs for creating an online store, they are all a good option, it depends on your objective and your experience, I only mentioned some that we have tested, but there are many others.

A very important note:

If you are a beginner and have no experience, you should choose paid software, as they are usually turnkey. You simply have to make small configurations and adapt the design to your business.

If you already have some experience, you better understand what I'm going to say, choose software like prestashop for ecommerce, as it was designed for this purpose and if for some reason you want to migrate to another platform, you can easily do so, as the software is yours.

Believe it is a headache to migrate from paid software to free software, a lot of SEO is lost, as paid software doesn't give you the freedom that free software does.

Remember if you choose:

  • via wordpress + woocommerce: be careful with the hosting you choose, As it is one of the most hacked software, extra security settings are required on the server.

I hope this post helps you with your decision, I advise you to identify your needs so you can choose the right software to have a successful online store in 2023.

If you are looking for a new clothing supplier, whether for your physical store or your online store, you can count on us, the company Clothing supplier Diferente Fashion has years of experience selling clothing to stores and boutiques. We also offer a dropshipping service, so you can fill your new online store with the beautiful clothes we provide.