Squarespace al­tern­at­ives

With the IONOS eCommerce Website Builder you can design your online store with a re­spons­ive web design with little effort and in no time. Ad­di­tion­al software is not required because the setup occurs in the browser without any pro­gram­ming knowledge. The store can be set up in up to 15 languages (Plus plan or higher) and linked to other sales platforms and mar­ket­places such as Amazon, eBay, Facebook, or Google Shopping.

Design and man­age­ment are intuitive and can be con­figured via the mobile eCommerce app. A domain and email address are included. All the major payment and shipping methods are supported and sales data can be analysed using in­teg­rated stat­ist­ics tools.

Shopify is one of the most suc­cess­ful cloud-based eCommerce systems for online stores and, as SaaS (Software-as-a-Service), offers plenty of flex­ib­il­ity and ease of use. Shopify can be used to create a modern online store and can be expanded through apps and ex­ten­sions without prior pro­gram­ming knowledge. The system makes it easy to manage inventory, stat­ist­ics, payment pro­cessing and product data as well as marketing strategies from a single interface. It’s easy to create an appealing store tapping into the large selection of store building and man­age­ment tools and pro­fes­sion­ally designed templates.

Big­Com­merce much like Shopify, is a practical SaaS solution for creating a powerful, scalable online store. Design tools make it easy to create store and sales pages in the theme of your choice. Numerous other tools for SEO, stat­ist­ics and sales pro­cessing are included. The backend is very user-friendly for managing sales options and offers built-in con­nectiv­ity to popular sales platforms. Support is excellent and use of the system is re­com­men­ded for both beginners and large merchants.

Strik­ingly is a website builder that lets you create com­pre­hens­ive websites in no time. The software offers both a low-cost plan with standard features and templates for beginners and a Pro plan for up to three websites, ad­di­tion­al themes, and per­son­al­ised domains. Creation is intuitive and in­cor­por­ates drag-and-drop, with no prior pro­gram­ming skills required; blog features for content marketing and mobile op­tim­isa­tion are in­teg­rated.

PrestaShop is a free open-source software to create an optimally scalable online store based on PHP. However, basic pro­gram­ming skills are required to create and manage a store, and customise functions. Thanks to a large selection of designs, templates, ex­ten­sions, and SEO tools on the PrestaShop mar­ket­place, the use of PrestaShop can be adapted to suit your eCommerce plans. Since the system is modular, you can include or remove tools for payment pro­cessing and shipping.

Woo­Com­merce is a free WordPress plugin with plenty of ad­di­tion­al features (e.g. POS or widgets) to turn your WordPress website into a powerful online store. It is easy to use because Woo­Com­merce draws upon all the ad­vant­ages of the CMS.

Even though the plugin is tech­nic­ally free, you should factor in some costs with Woo­Com­merce when creating a highly per­son­al­ised store.

Volusion is a cloud-based eCommerce software for creating online stores that offers numerous features such as a website builder and com­pel­ling analytics, marketing, sales, and business tools. In­teg­rated features include drop­ship­ping, mul­tichan­nel sales, and POS support, among others.