Ecwid (e-commerce widgets) offers a simple online shopping cart solution. Unlike most shopping carts, Ecwid is not a hosted service. Ecwid is used by over a million merchants in more than 175 countries. It integrates with over 40 payment gateways and has partnered with PayPal to handle in-person credit card transactions.
Ecwid eCommerce Plans and Pricing
Ecwid offers business 4 pricing plans to choose from: –
Free – Forever
- Online store
- Mobile responsive shopping cart
- 10 products
- Unlimited bandwidth
- Sell simultaneously on multiple sites
Venture – $15 per month ($12.50 if paid annually)
- Online store
- Facebook shop
- Mobile POS
- Android and iOS store management app
- 100 products
- Free domain for 1 year
- Digital goods – 100MB per file
- Abandoned cart saver
- Discount coupons
- Chat support
Business – $35 per month ($29.17 if paid annually)
- Online store
- Facebook shop
- Mobile POS
- Marketplaces
- 2500 products
- Digital goods – 1GB per file
- Chat and phone support
- Staff accounts – up to 2
Unlimited – $69 per month ($57.50 if paid annually)
- Online store
- Facebook shop
- Mobile POS
- Marketplaces
- Point of sale
- Unlimited products
- Digital goods – 10GB per file
- Unlimited staff accounts
- Chat, phone and priority support
- 12 hours of custom development
Source: https://www.ecwid.com/pricing
To see how they compare, have a look at: UK Merchant Account and Debit Card Processing Fee Comparison.
Ecwid eCommerce Features
- Those listed under plans and pricing, plus on certain plans
- Your own, branded iOS and Android shopping app
- Free domain for 1 year
- Discount coupons
- Automated tax calculations
- Inventory management
- Social media tools
- Google shopping
- eBay integration
- Square POS integration (US, UK, Canada, Japan and Australia)
- Large selection of platforms, including WordPress, Wix, Weebly and Squarespace
- 50 languages available
Company Background
Ecwid’s CEO, Ruslan Fazlyev, was a co-founder of X-Cart which was the world’s first PHP eCommerce platform. This was in 2000. Ruslan enjoyed the success of X-Cart but saw that there were many small businesses that had existing websites and all they wanted to do was sell online. Ecwid was designed for these businesses in mind and began selling its product in 2009.
Ecwid has two offices, one in San Diego and one in Ulyanovsk, Russia. The company is growing quickly and now has over one million small businesses using its shopping cart solutions.
Ecwid eCommerce Pros & Cons
The following pros and cons are based on information available on Ecwid’s website and from reviews on Trustpilot.
Pros:
- No transaction fees
- Interface easy to understand and use
- Looks good across all devices
- Lots of out of the box widgets, styling and customisation options
- Reasonably priced
Cons:
- Not easy to set up without basic eCommerce knowledge
- Doesn’t have the bells and whistles of more robust shopping carts
- Lack of customisation
- No 24/7 support line
- Need another plan between Venture and Business
Ecwid eCommerce Reviews
- Trustpilot: 2.5 out of 5 based on 5 reviews
Based on the reviews on the above sites, our Merchant Machine score is 2.5 out of 5.
Website: https://www.ecwid.com