E-commerce Development Case Studies

Shopify is a perfect platform for small businesses (less than 100 products) which eCommerce operations are simple. It’s extremely user-friendly for newbies and doesn’t require any technical skills. It has all the basic eCommerce features that will help your store to perform well.

Moreover, Shopify is a hosted solution, so you don’t have to worry about hosting issues and the site’s performance. Nevertheless, self-hosted eCommerce solutions like Magento allow you to make all the necessary adjustments to boost your site’s performance. 

When it comes to scalability and business opportunities Magento leaves Shopify nothing to chance. Magento is an open-source platform which means that you can customize it in the way you like to meet your business needs. Magento is extremely friendly to the third-party integrations. There won’t be any problems to integrate your ERP, CRM, shipping, payment, accounting and SEO solutions.

Shopify uses a subscription-based payment model. The cheapest option costs 29 $ per month. You also need to know that there are some “hidden fees” in Shopify. It charges a transaction fee for payments made by PayPal, Braintree and others payment gateways. 

Salesforce Commerce Cloud is a SaaS-based eCommerce solution which means that all the support, upgrades, platform maintenance, security works are made by Salesforce. It offers strong native merchandising, omnichannel and internalization (multicurrency, multilanguage)  features. Moreover, it has built-in a/b testing capabilities. 

When it comes to built-in functionality Salesforce outstands all the existing eCommerce platforms. In terms of scalability, these two platforms are the same. 

If you need a strong cloud-based B2C/B2B eCommerce platform and don’t want to manage its infrastructure, Salesforce is for you. If your business requires lots of customizations and adds-on you want to use, you should better choose Magento. It takes less time and efforts to complete a third-party integration on Magento rather on Salesforce. 

One more important thing to consider is pricing. Despite required customizations, Magento will be more economical as its price is stable (if you use Commerce or Enterprise editions). Don’t forget about the Community edition which is free. Salesforce is GMV-model (it’s based on initial commits) and merchants can also face penalty fees. 

BigCommerce is a SaaS eCommerce platform for rapidly growing online stores. It meets the needs of cloud-based small, medium and enterprise businesses. It accepts online payments, can be integrated with popular apps, can manage shipping, has omnichannel and B2B functionality. 

The platform includes built-in CMS to create and manage products and pages in real-time. It’s very solid for those who have no code experience. It supports all the popular payment gateways like PayPal, Braintree, Stripe and etc. Moreover, you won’t be penalized for using non-standard payment solutions. 

BigCommerce synchronizes your inventory across Facebook, Pinterest, Amazon and eBay. Omnichannel functionality will help you increase your brand’s visibility, managing the inventory from one place. 

Ideal BigCommerce merchant: fast growing, has a small budget, seeking for nice out-of-box solutions and quick go-live time, don’t want to worry about platform’s infrastructure and administration. 

You won’t have any problems with technical and administration problems. Nevertheless, as BigCommerce is a SaaS platform you hands are tied. You have to play the eCommerce game strictly obeying their rules.

WooCommerce is a free plugin based on WordPress. It’s extremely easy-to-use for WP users. This CMS provides users with basic features for maintaining online stores. It requires you to find a host platform yourself. The system supports add-ons and themes which can be purchased both in WooCommerce market or on other websites. Advanced options are available in paid add-ons and extensions. In general, WooCommerce users are small and mid-size merchants. 

If you already have a WordPress site and want to start a small budget eCommerce business, WooCommerce perfectly suits you. 

The platform is 6 times popular than Magento due to its user-friendliness. However, Magento is more popular among people with bigger plans and successful online businesses. Its extensions are impressive but require a developing team that specializes in Magento. If you’re going to be big from the beginning you won’t find a better platform than Magento.