Choose the e-commerce system adapted to your needs

How to choose between Prestashop, Woocommerce, Magento, Opencart, Shopify,.. for your e-commerce website

Choose the e-commerce system adapted to your needs

How to choose between Prestashop, Woocommerce, Magento, Opencart, Shopify,.. for your e-commerce website

There are many systems to build an e-commerce site, and it is not always easy to choose. They are more or less simple to install, more or less simple to use on a daily basis, more or less complete in the available functions (payment mode, products management…), more or less adapted to the products that one wants to propose or to the targeted customers, more or less expensive to install and to use.

The choice of the system is however important for a reliable solution, adapted to the needs for a certain duration. But whatever the choice made, the management of the generated activity can be realized with e-Tiaris, e-commerce management with the ERP/CRM Dolibarr

The offer in terms of creation of e-commerce sites is increasingly vast, but many solutions are compatible with e-Tiaris, the e-commerce management of Dolibarr. Here is a small comparison.

Woocommerce

Probably the most used system, because it is easy to install, and has a large number of extensions (plugin), many of which are free. Woocommerce is based on the Wordpress system, the well-known blog system, to which an e-commerce function is added. However, many users have noticed that installing too many plugins can quickly make a site unstable, slow or create security holes that make the site vulnerable to malicious attacks. The use of a specialized agency is recommended.

The Woocommerce system is adapted to create simple e-commerce sites, with a low number of products (100-200).

The e-Tiaris system is adapted to manage Woocommerce sites with the ERP Dolibarr, with necessary adaptations according to the installed plugins.

Prestashop

Un système solide capable de répondre à de nombreux besoins. Il comprend de manière native de nombreuses fonctions pour gérer les produits, commandes, clients (déclinaisons, prix par clients, statuts de commandes variés, multi-langues et multi-devises …). Un grand nombre d’extensions (addons) gratuites ou payantes est disponible, développées par des partenaires et vérifiées et commercialisées par la société Prestashop..

Prestashop est une solution polyvalente. Elle est de loin la plus utilisée en France. Elle est adaptée pour des catalogues produits importants (plusieurs dizaines de milliers de références) . De nombreuses agences web proposent leurs services aux entreprises pour adapter Prestashop à vos besoins.

Le système e-Tiaris est compatible pour gérer des sites Prestashop avec l’ERP Dolibarr y compris bon nombre d’extensions disponibles.

Opencart

Not very widespread in France, but very widespread in the Anglo-Saxon countries, and in Asia, this system deserves to be more known. It is very effective for sites with large catalogs with high traffic (for example the site of the English Red Cross), it offers multiple modes of payment, shipping, linkage with marketplaces, multi-languages, multi-currencies, affiliation, recurring sales … and also has a marketplace offering free and paid extensions to complement its native functions.

It is a versatile and adaptable solution for creating e-commerce sites.

The e-Tiaris system can be used to manage Opencart sites with ERP Dolibarr. Adaptations may be necessary to support the installed extensions.

Magento

Magento is a more complex solution to install and configure than the previous ones. It is better to work with a specialized agency. It is a powerful solution for particular needs : configurable products, huge catalogs, multi-boutique sales, multi-languages, multi-currencies….

The system e-Tiaris is compatible with Magento, adaptations are always necessary to support the configuration of the system and its multiple extensions to be able to manage a Magento site with the ERP Dolibarr.

All these solutions are open-source and can therefore be customized. Many offer a hosted cloud solution, but they can all be downloaded and hosted by the company that implements them. There are many agencies that specialize in these systems.

Online solutions

The trend of the moment is to create an e-commerce site from a cloud system to which you just have to subscribe to be able to create and configure your site. Shopify, Wix, Wizishop … are some examples. Their simplicity of implementation seduces and is their main asset. They are paying (subscription + commission on sales). Specialists note that the referencing is not as good as with autonomous solutions. It is also advisable to find out how to recover data (customer orders, product sheets) if the service is stopped.

These services are recommended for beginners in e-commerce and for small catalogs. Once the activity increases, they reach their limits or become too expensive to use.

Linking with other systems (like Dolibarr ERP) can be more complex, as it depends on the system provided by the solution. E-Tiaris can be adapted to these solutions on request

Conclusion

The choice of an e-commerce CMS and the investment that it represents must be reflected for an adapted solution that will serve you for a long period. Also the link with an ERP like Dolibarr must be carefully analyzed so that the e-commerce and ERP Dolibar systems communicate in an optimal way and adapted to your processes.

For most of the standalone solutions, the e-Tiaris system will allow you to automate the update tasks from the Dolibarr ERP and to build an efficient and durable multi-channel sales system.

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