A Comparison of the 4 Top eCommerce Platforms: Magento, Shopify, Volusion, Bigcommerce

Not all eCommerce shopping carts are created equal. Many look similar on the surface, but deep down have way more to compare than just price and features. Most merchants will only ever use a fraction of the features offered, so don’t let things like unlimited bandwidth and unlimited product listings be your main criteria. And unless you need complete customization and you have IT staff to help, full-fledged open source solutions are probably not the choice either. In our experience, small and mid-size companies have the best experience with mid-priced eCommerce platforms with a solid feature set and expandable design.

This chart compares four leading eCommerce shopping cart providers: Magento, Shopify, Volusion and Bigcommerce.         (more…)