Top 5 Free Open Source E-commerce Platform

Mar 13, 2013, by admin

Here i Have Listed top 5 free open source E-commerce Platform Each one has its own set of pros and cons and has been designed with a slightly different user in mind. Uploading products and customizing your store can be very time consuming, so make sure you have given several platforms a try before you make that final decision and integrate one into your site.

1.Magento

Magento is an open source e-commerce web application that was launched on March 31, 2008. It was developed by Varien (now Magento Inc) with help from the programmers within the open source community but is owned solely by Magento Inc.. Magento was built using the Zend Framework. It uses the entity-attribute-value (EAV) database model to store data.The Magento Community Edition is the only free version of Magento available.

2.os Commerce

osCommerce is absolutely free under the GNU General Public License and caters very well to most people’s needs. Unsurprisingly, considering how easy it is to set up and run, it’s extremely popular, powering over 228,700 online stores. Such popularity does come with a significant downside however- it makes it harder for you to differentiate your store from the thousands of others out there. If you want to stand out from the crowd, you’re going to need to use some of the 5,800 add-ons available, some of which cost money.

3.opencart

OpenCart is an open source PHP-based online shopping cart system. A robust e-commerce solution for Internet merchants with the ability to create their own online business and participate in e-commerce at a minimal cost. OpenCart is designed feature rich, easy to use, search engine friendly and with a visually appealing interface.

4.Spree Commerce

Spree Commerce (also known as Spree) is an open source e-commerce solution based on Ruby on Rails. It was created by Sean Schofield in 2007 and has since had 311 contributors. On July 1, 2011, Spree received $1.5 million in seed funding from Aol and True Ventures. Prominent companies using Spree include Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) and GeneTree. Spree has been downloaded 137,130 times as of October 1, 2012.

5.Prestashop

PrestaShop is another robust, professional-grade e-Commerce solution that you can download, install, and use for free. On the back end, you’ll use a full-featured back-office application to manage your online business (including inventory, orders, shipping, and customers) in real-time. Your customer’s payments are sent directly to your commerical bank account using the latest security technology.