How to Create an eCommerce Website with WordPress

WordPress is a awesome blogging platform. It has proved by many people. Until now WordPress continuously growth and become a choice of web developers to create websites or make a wordpress as CMS (content management system).

WordPress is the art for website developers. Flexibility becomes a power that makes wordrpress can be used for many things as needed. Because of that’s flexibility Instinct, a New Zealand development company, trying to build a plugin for e-commerce that will help us all wordpress users. That plugin is WP e-Commerce plugin.

To know more about the WP e-Commerce let us read the explanation of Instinct about their work:

The WordPress e-Commerce plugin is a state-of-the-art e-commerce platform with a focus on Aesthetics, web standards and usability. It is both free and priceless at the same time.

Let’s see how to use WP e-Commerce

To use WordPress as a CMS for e-commerce with this plugin may not be very satisfying for those who are already very familiar with code and website developer. But maybe it would be different if you want to create a website for your small business. You do not feel the need to spend too much money to start and want to try to finish your own work.

You can try WP e-Commerce. Some web developers say this wordpress plugin is not too perfect and has several weaknesses. But I think this plugin is worth a try if you want to build e-commerce site with Wordpress.

Integrates with Trusted Payment Processors

WP e-Commerce can easily integrate with Google Checkout, Paypal, Authorize.net, Payment Express and other payment processor. This is very good to make transactions with your customers easy since online customer not using one payment processor for their transaction.

Installation is easy, watch the video below

You can create e-commerce website in 5 minutes. You may think that it would be difficult, but wait until you see this video. In this video you will see the creation process of e-commerce site with Wordpress as a CMS in just five minutes.

If you want to use WP e-Commerce as a plugin to build your website you can download WP e-Commerce here.

What features on WP e-Commerce?

• Google Checkout – Level 2 Integration
• DPS / Paystation Integration
• Paypal IPN integration
• Paypal Payments Pro integration
• Ajax powered DropShop Shopping Cart
• Ajax powered Sliding Shoping Cart
• Audio Player Module for selling MP3 files and digital downloads
• Purchase records downloadable as CSV file
• Support for USA & Canada Tax

WP e-commerce still needs further development to be a solution for e-commerce website. But I think that for beginners it still worth to try WP e-Commerce, at least you can use a plugin to help make simple transactions each month.

Please note that WP e-commerce may not the top notch wordpress plugin for e-commerce. You can see some reviews that criticize WP e-commerce. So, like I said for beginner it is still worth to try.

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