5 Outstanding Free Open Source eCommerce Platforms

2. In the last few years, the online business market has grown on a wide scale of success, which has developed a number of business opportunities in the eCommerce market. For eCommerce website development various platforms are available. But some of the platforms that are best for a particular site might not be so appropriate for another as the requirements differ. That's why it is very difficult to find the best solution. So before proceeding for the online store, it is better to take the expert advice first. In this article, we will discuss about the top 5 eCommerce technologies that are quite different in usability and performance. 1. Magento Magento is the most preferred eCommerce platform for the businesses around the globe. It was developed by Varien & launched on March 31, 2008. Later, it's was renamed as Magento Inc. This fastest growing eCommerce platform was built by using the Zend Framework. Magento is the most powerful, responsive and cost effective eCommerce solution. Even, the big brands like Nike, Samsung, The North Face, etc., have used Magento for their eCommerce website. Moreover, due to its usability and flexibility, Magento is a significant solution of open source eCommerce. When it comes to the comparison between Magento and WordPress, both are revolutionized and have dominated the space they targeted as Magento in eCommerce and WordPress in Blogging and content management. Features of Magento    It is develop in stable and reliable structure A powerful Open Source platform It allows to add new features and adjust existing ones

3.  Magento contains excellent features that help in increasing the online business such as the shopping cart, catalog management and administration functions It is SEO friendly  2. OsCommerce Built in year 2000 in Germany, it was developed by Harald Ponce de Leon. OsCommerce is one of the oldest open source platforms that is used as eCommerce platform. Moreover, it is one of the finest online store management software programs that is already used by more than 15,000 websites. When it comes to the backend part, OsCommerce uses PHP language for server-side programming, and MySQL for relational database management system (RDMS). OsCommerce have some excellent features and benefits along with some limitations, which are similar to Magento's community. In a secure hosting environment, through OsCommerce you can use any web hosts of your choice. Features of OsCommerce  Open source platform  Free to download  Can be hosted anywhere  It has free templates and premium templates, both  Add-ons available from community members  Customer and order management from the admin dashboard  It require the assistance of a designer/developer 3. OpenCart Another powerful eCommerce platform, known as OpenCart, is an incomparable open source shopping cart system. As the most protected eCommerce platforms, it provides online stores a established platform where they can grow their business, and lope their eCommerce economically and smoothly. OpenCart can be used with any web server with PHP and MySQL running on it. Being a top eCommerce platform, OpenCart provides excellent usability for online merchants and their customers, both. Through this exclusive platform, you can create an unlimited number of categories, sell a number of products, apply various currencies and use different languages, as well as offer supplementary option of payment and shipping method. It also provides multiple choice of tax payment in different countries. 4. Zen Cart In September 18, 2012, a new eCommerce platform was launched by the Zen Cart Development Team, known as Zen Cart. Just like OsCommerce, it is a powerful online store management system, but its Zen Cart's structural changes and easier to change appearance as CSS based, provide its uniqueness and easy accessibility. With its exclusive features, it facilitates online retailers with a huge number of customer management as well as with promotion tools such as gift certificates, coupon codes, discount and

4. sale rules, automatic email order confirmation, and much more. Zen Cart is highly simple to use, modify and install. Even, the developers who have less technical knowledge can also develop an effective eCommerce website through Zen Cart. 5. WordPress Initially, the Wordpress was launched on May 27, 2003, by its developers Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little. By September 2013, it has come up with its latest version 3.6. Originally WordPress was designed as a blogging platform, but later it is converted into a most powerful and flexible CMS system with a wide range of plugins, which can easily transfer a site into an online store. In comparison of Magento, it is another most efficient eCommerce platform that is used by the developers. But another main reason that makes developers to become Wordpress Developers and make an online store in WordPress, is Magento requires relatively a high learning curve, and only those people who have complete knowledge of the Magento, can develop an online store. But, the people who have little or no knowledge of coding, as well as cannot hire Wordpress developers India, it is the best eCommerce solution for them. In addition, the Wordpress have some plugins that support in converting the site into an online store, and can be easily downloaded, configured, and locate, without using any additional software outside of the need for a payment processing service. Conclusion: By reading the above article, you know about the most outstanding free Open Source eCommerce Platforms that you can easily use for creating and developing your very own eCommerce store. If you can't do it yourself, you can hire top eCommerce platform developers to do this for you.