One of the main decisions offline marketers & newbies alike face is figuring out how to sell their products online quickly.  Most people venturing out to sell on the web don’t have to time to build an online product store. They also don’t have the money to afford the upfront cost of getting all of the website stuff put together.

Luckily, today’s applications from developers have made it easier than ever before to get you up and running your own e-commerce store fast. So what are you waiting for?

The only thing you have to do now is choose one that’s best for you.

I’ve put together a list of 35 e-commerce sites that are simple and easy to get going with little to no fuss involved. And much like the previous list on digital product payment solutions, I’ve steered away from anything you have to download, create or host. Just simple, user friendly sources for you to make a well informed decision.

Here’s what you’ll find in this article:

• Snippet critique of each e-commerce solution
• Pros of each particular company
• Cons of each particular company

1. 1ShoppingCart

1ShoppingCart is appropriately the first to grace this post. It has everything you need in a shopping cart solution with an immense set of features and premium support.

It’s really one of the most trusted companies out there to start out for free the first month. However it is a very robust system that may overwhelm some just starting out.

Pros:

• Every feature imaginable for any internet marketer
• 24/7 Premium telephone support
• Very trusted site for many years

Cons:

• May be a bit too much to handle for newbies and non-techies alike
• Have to be at the $99 level to take advantage of the affiliate management system

2. CartFreak

Cart Freak has the claim to fame of being superhuman. It was made by an internet marketer with the main focus of increasing conversions. It does this mainly with their customizable, self hosted order forms. This helps your brand and helps the visitor trust throughout the ordering process.

The price may be hefty at first however with no free trial beforehand. And the support to run this shopping cart may not be the best.

Pros:

• Focus on conversion is a great concept
• Has all the essential features for most internet marketers

Cons:

• Pricey from the start
• No free trial
• Support may be suspect

3. JugemCart

The JugemCart is a simple to use, cost effective e-commerce solution that will have you opening a store in no time. I love the modern design and you really can’t beat the price at $9 for unlimited products.

However, it still has very basic functions. The lack of more advanced features may not be a good fit for some internet marketers.

Pros:

• Modern design agreeable with today’s culture
• Low monthly cost
• Incredibly User friendly
• Can use your own domain name

Cons:

• Could use a few more features for advanced marketers

4. Shopify

Shopify has received quite a reputation in the mainstream online marketing world. It’s endorsed by some very heavy hitters including Daymond John (founder of FUBU). It is extremely user friendly and has a clean, modern look that is very appealing and professional.

However, it is more focused on the selling of physical goods which is fine. You could sell digital goods but clearly it’s not the direct focus for Shopify.

Pros:

• Very modern, professional look
• Mobile friendly
• Can use your own domain
• Favorable reviews from Trusted companies

Cons:

• May need more advanced features for digital sellers
• Have to bump up to higher packages for some features

5. AshopCommerce

AShop is another cool looking e-commerce service. They have a great set of innovative features that comes with a nice ordering process to boot.  It also comes with a couple of ebooks to help you learn how to sell online.

However, if you are interested in selling digital goods or building a mobile store, you have to make the bump to the $69 plan at the least. You also have to get to the $99 plan to get to the affiliate module and support module among others.

Pros:

• A lot of features to choose from
• Nice modern, professional design
• Facebook Social Store integration
• Can use your own domain
• 24/7 chat and phone support

Cons:

• Will have to pay a premium for the essential features

6. AmeriCommerce

AmeriCommerce is another company that has several big businesses using their platform. It has a Facebook app store ready to go and several templates to get your store up and running fast.

Amazingly enough, they are very competitive having price points that fit many budgets. And they provide a very professional looking ordering process as well. Oh…and yes they have a free trial period.

Pros:

• Feature rich system
• Facebook app store capability
• Mobile optimized
• Priced competitively

Cons:

• Could use more features for internet marketers selling digital goods

7. AmazonWebstore

Amazon presents their webstore which may not be new to some. It may be hard to locate initially but they provide one that you can try free for 30 days. So you get to have the power of Amazon behind you.

However, the price to getting this Amazon power can get pricey. But in the grand scheme of things, having the ease of a customer who is already an Amazon subscriber kinda balances out things.

Pros:

• Power of Amazon for traffic
• Power of Amazon for the trust factor
• Competitive pricing

Cons:

• Should have more options in pricing structure
• Not the best in regards to being user friendly

8. CoreCommerce

CoreCommerce is another cool little site with nice templates and premium support…and yes there is a free trial period. Pricing should be favorable for most online marketers. The focus on giving you lots of themes to choose from, even custom designs, is huge. And their feature list is like a scrolling marathon of goodies.

Pros:

• Built in Product feeds w/Google, Yahoo, Buy.com, etc
• Built in Core Commerce Blog
• Built in Newsletter program provided
• Wholesale Discounts for Membership Groups
• Affiliate management system

Cons:

• Could use more autoresponder companies to integrate with

9. BigCommerce

BigCommerce is a simple to use, feature rich e-commerce solution that really looks good. It actually has some very smart tools for conversion and marketing as well. This one is definitely no slouch to providing an incredible shopping experience.

However, you may be taken aback by the lack of bandwidth given for each plan. This may not mean much unless you want to use them for selling digital goods. Otherwise, BigCommerce does the job in a major way.

Pros:

• Customized follow up emails to those who abandon their shopping cart order
• Comprehensive coupon and promotion function
• Autoresponder integration
• Built in product review system
• Single page check-out
• Relevant product suggestion system
• Great support

Cons:

• Could use more companies to integrate with autoresponder system
• Uncommonly low on bandwidth

10. 3dCart

3D Cart has quite a reputation in the industry as it gives you quite a nice package of features with their delivery service. It houses some very cool marketing tools such as an affiliate program to reward customer referrals, a built-in blog with a simple post entry system and a gift registry option. It also is mobile friendly and connects with Facebook easily as well as a 15 day free trial. 3-D cart definitely delivers on providing a service that caters to beginning as well as advance online marketers. Clearly one of the more complete shopping cart solutions on this list.

Pros:

• Decent affiliate program system
• Drag ‘n’ drop store layout creation
• Huge range of features
• User friendly service
• Very competitive rates for all levels

Cons:

• Recurring billing is not available (And I’m really reaching on this one)

 

11. Volusion

Volusion is another e-commerce solution that packs an incredible amount of storefront themes. The pricing is competitive and the features get better as you bump up the scale of their pricing plans.  One key feature is the ability to take phone orders on your site through the Volusion platform. The whole look and feel of this delivery service just speaks out professionalism and security. This  can only build trust to your visitors ordering products from your site.  Support is another gem from this company as well.

Pros:

• Competitive pricing
• Phone order capability
• 24/7 chat, telephone support
• Decent range of features
• Seamless checkout process
• Affiliate management system
• Recurring pricing

Cons:

• Could use a budget plan in-between their $9 to $49 offerings (and that’s best I could do)

12. Magento Go

Magento Go originates from Magento e-Commerce.  They sell the software but we are focusing in on their hosted delivery service.  Their claim to fame is a marketplace with an open community of marketers selling extensions to build your business.  They seem very focused on the experience for the user.  It has several features to help the customer make the purchase with confidence and that’s what you’re looking for isn’t? And while it may not seem as if they don’t have a lot of features, they leave that up to the extensions you can purchase (several are free).  It’s similar to what you see with the WordPress platform…So it’s good or bad depending on what extension(s) you’re putting your trust in.

Pros:

• Extension Marketplace as a tool to improve your site
• Competitive pricing
• Cool themes to choose from

Cons:

• Extension marketplace may not provide you with the security of having those features in-house

13. Fortune3

Fortune3 has a good base of features to satisfy the solopreneur. Adding subscription based products, up-selling and cross-selling, an affiliate program and an email list manager, most online marketers would be pleased.  And outside of that, it has basically everything else you can ask for in an e-Commerce solution.  I don’t think the dashboard or checkout process is up to speed or modern day, in it’s look and feel.  But for big business, this is still quite the norm and thus quite effective.

Pros:

• Great advanced marketing capabilities
• Good support
• Decent training videos
• Professional look for most mainstream customers

Cons:

• Not the most up to date, looking dashboard

14. Avactis

Avactis is another e-commerce solution that builds on it’s software with extensions.  You can buy the software but they offer a hosted plan as well and that’s what we’re focused on here.  Certainly not a whole lot in terms of features but that’s where the extensions come in.  And the look and feel is not as good as some others but they offer a great deal of themes to pick from at your leisure.  The pricing could be better as opposed to others on this list as well.

Pros:

• Ability to improve your site with extensions
• Several templates to choose from

Cons:

• Non competitive pricing
• Support depends on credits (which may or may not be enough)
•  Templates are a bit pricey

15. Instant eStore

Instant eStore is an easy enough site to start selling online.  I think that some parts of the dashboard can be a bit exhausting as the navigation is a bit lacking.  So it’s an easy set up but I’m spoiled by others that are easier.  The seamless integration of a Facebook and mobile store is really special.  Now that’s done very fast and you get this integration on even the lowest plan.  They also offer a very extensive affiliate program, cross-selling and newsletter capability just to name a few features.

Pros:

• Good range of advanced marketing tools for the solopreneur
• Competitive pricing
• 3 Instant stores at once is killer!
• 30 day Free trial
• The ability to set up a separate store for super affiliates to promote

Cons:

• Initial interface seems to be a bit long winded
• Standard templates appear a bit dated

16. Quixl.me

Quixl is by the far the easiest, fastest solution I’ve come across to selling your products online. This is great if you just need to post something fast to sell without the hassle of setting up another page on your site.  The set up happens in real time provided by a preview pane displaying your changes.  It’s cool but I did have some problems uploading images. I believe you can only upload JPEG images so keep that in mind (no big deal). You get a link to an interface with your product and a buy button.  And it really doesn’t look cheesy whatsoever!

The only thing about this one is that there are no other features.  You just list the item you’re selling and basically everything from there, is manual labor.  Whether it is emailing that person the download item or page or shipping off the physical product from the address submitted. So it’s an easy beginning but maybe a headache later.  But this is perfect if you are selling something at a premium with just a few buyers.  You really can’t beat this shopping cart solution for this one example alone.

Pro:

• Fast set up
• Extremely easy to edit all information

Cons:

• No features beyond the sale

17. Izzonet.com

To say that Izzonet has a ton of features will be a gross understatement. I mean its feature page just keeps scrolling on and on and on and on. But you do see a lot of coming soon tags on some features which means they’re not ready yet. However I like with their heads are. They have several ideas of how to market your product and they’re pretty much all good.

They have everything you need or could want in respect to the advanced internet marketer, the newbie, and the lowly non-techie (that’s me). However the pricing structure is somewhat of a mixed bag as you don’t get much if you’re not paying much.

Pros:

• Tons of features although write a bit are coming soon
• Very user friendly
• Quite a few themes to choose from

Cons:

• Logo design option is very unique (although i wouldn’t recommend using it)
• You don’t get too many features on the lower plans which make them basically useless

18. Big Cartel

The gorgeousness of Big Cartel.com is just something to behold. User friendly is defined by the site. They cater to smaller shops which only holds 300 products at a time . They don’t want to deal with the need of big business and that might be fine for you. Less fuss, easy to the eyes dashboard, in simple features complete this e-commerce solution.

Pros:

• Incredibly simple
• It’s a joy to look at
• You can use your own URL

Cons:

• It’s needing at least 1 or 2 more features to make the average internet marketer happy.

19. e-junkie

There’s not much more I can say about E-Junkie that hasn’t already been said. But it basically give you the goods and then some. It is highly regarded as 1 of the top delivery systems on the net and that hasn’t changed in quite some time. It is super fast and ready to go with a ton of features to satisfy even the pickiest of internet marketers.

Pros:

• Absolutely everything sure you can think of
• Listen we fast and getting you up and running
• The pricing structure is ridiculously competitive

Cons:

• I don’t think it’s the most aesthetic with their buy now buttons, et cetera.

20. Storenvy

Store Envy is focused on setting up in e-commerce store for you in the fastest way possible (they say in 5 minutes). You can open up your store with them on their domain or using your own domain . It is extremely user friendly and you get the option to add a store to your Facebook fan page.

Pros:

• Can use your own domain name
• Can offer discounts
• Can list unlimited products

Cons:

• Could use a few more features for advanced marketers
• Can get lost in this community if not using your own domain

21. Shoply

Shoply is e-commerce site that is definitely geared to social engagement. Your products basically are going into their community of buyers but you can brand yourself by getting your own shop URL. You can sell directly from Facebook as well and tweet new products automatically as well as integrate with Pinterest. No more features outside of that as far as this solution but it is very fast and has as very cool looking ordering process.

Pros:

• Easy interface
• Very simple setup
• Great social integration

Cons:

• Could you some more advanced features
• Not set up well for Digital sellers per se

22. UltraCart

Ultracart seems like a very low key site but when you get into it you’ll find that it has a very robust, feature-rich system within. There are plenty of marketing options here including an affiliate management system. You get very comprehensive pricing options for your customers as well as a very extensive shipping platform as well. Actually very impressive all around.

Pros:

• Great marketing tools
• Easy to use dashboard
• Extensive variable pricing options

Cons:

• Could use a lower competitively priced plan

23. WePay

WePay is a very simple payment gateway that sets up you in several different ways.  You can start quickly with a virtual terminal, payment buttons,  or an online store.  You’ll notice right away the modern, subtle design that is very appealing and user friendly.  Something that I love as you may already know.  And they do have decent support as well.

Pros:

• Easy to use Dashboard
• Nice support
• Recurring billing
• Online Donation set up
• Event set up

Cons:

• Could use a few more features

24. tinyPay

tinyPay is another e-commerce solution that gets you started as soon as you slip them your PayPal credentials.  And as soon as you’re in, you are set up to start selling in 60 seconds…or so they claim.  You’re able to sell physical or digital goods and have the the ability to have buyers give feedback.

Pros:

• Extremely quick set up
• Simple to use dashboard
• Donate to Charity option for Seller
• Integrates with social media sites

Cons:

• Could use some more features
• No online store set up

25. RomanCart

Roman Cart can get you started for free or a 30 day trial at $3.95.  You pay more depending on the features you need for your business.  The cart gives you the ability to sell physical and digital products, tickets for events and bookings.  May be a bit costly the further you go along the feature list but relatively competitive for the basics.

Pros:

• Has several features to choose from
• Competitively priced yearly plans

Cons:

• Some of the higher priced plans are expensive
• Dated in look and design

26. Goodsie

Goodsie is another user friendly, modernized eCommerce solution that sets you up with your own store fast.  You can sell digital or physical goods on your own domain if need be.  You also get mobile customization, a flexible coupon system, email integration and facebook integration.  You can get set up for as little as $15 standard or $40 for the premium monthly.

Pros:

• Easy to use dashboard
• Facebook store integration
• Use Custom domain
• Competitive pricing

Cons:

• Could use more storefront layouts

27. FlyingCart

Flying Cart is another cart that claims to be the fastest, easiest way to set up your online store.  You are set up with competitive monthly pricing, the use of your own domain, coupon code capability, social site and email integration.  You can sell physical goods but digital goods are processed through their sister site, Digioh.com.

28. Etsy

Etsy is a large community of shops that has lots of eyes drawn to it.  Being a part of this community can be huge for someone who sells unique things.  And most (not all) items on here are relatively priced a premium.  Pricing for their service is competitive to list products.

Pros:

• Great community of sellers
• Easy set up to list products
• Mobile apps available

Cons:

• Can’t use your own domain
• Can get lost in that community

29. TradingEye

Trading Eye creates an online store for you that is easy to use from the start.  You can use your own domain or register a new one through TradingEye.  They give you a free trial and from there, the pricing is very competitive.  Not many features but you get fully customizable designs, unlimited products, bandwith and storage for the top plan.

Pros:

• Competitive pricing
• Social link capabilities for products
• Customizable designs

Cons:

• Could use a visual tour
• Could use some more features

30. Gumroad

Gumroad is an e-commerce solution that has super cool design. It has an incredibly inviting checkout process that is unlike anything I’ve seen online.  You have the ability to sell digital or physical products which pretty much covers everything.  The only drawback is that you have to wait every other Friday for your payments, so no instant payouts here.  But you gotta love the design…click on the demo there to see what I mean.

Pros:

• Great design
• Easy links set up for your followers
• Seamless payment process

Cons:

• Could use a few more features
• No instant payouts

31. AwdCommerce

AwdCommerce is a feature rich e-commerce solution that packs a lot for a minimum price.  You get options for selling physical and digital goods, event ticketing, online store set up and point of sale. They offer plenty of design templates for your storefront but they are visibly dated.

Pros:

• Competitive pricing
• Premium support
• Several features

Cons:

• Needs an updated look

32. Highwire

Highwire will have you selling in minutes with your own online store.  You can integrate it with Google, Facebook, Ebay, Bonanza and others.  They provide you with a great collection of themes to choose from although some are of the paid variety. You get a coupon system, digital gift certificates, email integration and customer review system.

Pros:

• Great Theme collection
• Easy to use dashboard
• Automatic feed for Google Product Search

Cons:

• Could use some more features

33. 1AutomationWhiz

1AutomationWhiz is another e-commerce solution that has all the features  you need to accommodate your customers.  You get marketing tools like affiliate tracking, split testing and optin forms to name a few.  You also get features such as coupons, recurring billing and upsells.  So advanced marketers should be happy with this one.

Pros:

• Competitive pricing depending on what features you need
• Has all of the essential marketing tools
• Premium support

Cons:

• Could be an expensive initial plan is you need all the features they provide
• No free trial

34. Cafepress

Cafepress has been in the game for awhile.  It has infused their own niche of selling primarily custom t-shirts and expanding it into more clothing.  And then it took it one step further in incorporating more promotional items including stationary, drinkware, home ware, mobile cases and more.  You get to use your own imagination to use your own designs and sell them very quickly.

The great thing about Cafepress is that you can set up your own shop. List your custom designed products and be hands off from there.  They handle the shipping of your products, customer service, returns and exchanges. All you do is design and list and you get a royal payment.  Pretty cool.

Pros:

• Ship products worldwide
• Hands off customer service
• No upfront costs

Cons:

• Can get lost with the other shops in this community
• Not good if you don’t have a creative bone in your body

35. Wazala

Wazala is claiming that you can set up your online store with them in 15 minutes flat.  You are able to sell either physical or digital goods from the same store.  And the checkout process is very inviting and seamless for your customers to buy your products.  With this e-commerce solution you are given the option to build a Facebook store and a mobile e-commerce store.

Pros:

• Great design
• Competitive pricing
• Extensive coupon and discount system
• Quick set up

Cons:

• Could use more marketing tools

Final Analysis

This list is shows you a variety of ways of which you can implement an online cart system.  These eCommerce solutions can have you selling a single item fast to opening up a complete store.   These are hosted services from developers who try to bring an ease of use to you as well as your customers.

Now it’s your goal to find out who does the best job of that in your eyes.  I give examples here, but you have to figure what you can manage in the short and long term.  I think the simpler it is, the better…but sometimes simplicity doesn’t always mean better in regards to the features you need.

You also have to figure out if you want to take on a monthly fee or do a per transaction fee.  What is the most cost effective or manageable solution for your business.  A professional design is crucial to your success as well as it brings about a more secure look to your customers.  So keep all of this in mind in your final analysis.

And that’s it. Happy Hunting!

If I missed some on this list or if some of my info is not correct, please let me know in the comments.  Tell me what you use.  Thanks.

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