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Shopify vs Zen Cart: What are the differences?

  1. Customization and Flexibility: One key difference between Shopify and Zen Cart is the level of customization and flexibility each platform offers. Shopify is known for its user-friendly interface and extensive range of themes and plugins that make customization easy for users with little technical knowledge. On the other hand, Zen Cart provides more control to experienced users who prefer coding and want to customize every aspect of their online store.

  2. Scalability and Performance: Shopify is a hosted platform, which means it takes care of all the technical aspects like hosting and server maintenance, resulting in better scalability and performance without the user having to worry about it. Zen Cart, being a self-hosted platform, requires users to manage their own hosting, which can affect performance and scalability based on the server's capabilities and maintenance.

  3. Support and Community: Shopify offers 24/7 customer support through various channels like live chat, email, and phone support, making it easier for users to get help when needed. Additionally, Shopify has a large community of developers and users who contribute to its extensive documentation and forums. Zen Cart, on the other hand, relies more on community support through forums and user-generated content, which may not always provide immediate solutions.

In Summary, Shopify and Zen Cart differ in terms of customization and flexibility, scalability and performance, and support and community involvement.

Decisions about Shopify and Zen Cart
David Swift
CEO at SwiftERM · | 7 upvotes · 121.4K views
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We devised SwiftERM to generate additional income from existing consumers on ecommerce websites. Available for those using Shopify, Magento, Woocommerce or Opencart, it runs in alongside (not instead of) existing email marketing software like Mailchimp, Drupal or Emarsys. It is 100% automatic so needs zero additional staff. It uses predictive analytics to identify imminent consumer purchases. The average additional turnover achieved is 10.5%. It is the only software in the world authorised to send Trustpilot to send product ratings in outbound emails. Developers and ecommerce retailers are invited to try to it for free, to establish viability this predictive analytics system is. SwiftERM is a certified Microsoft Partner MPN ID 6197468.

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BrandLume Inc
President at BrandLume · | 3 upvotes · 80K views
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we've had alot of shopify clients and do alot of those website builds, but we decided a little while back to transfer any client possible to woocommerce, for our e-com web development, as there is alot more functionality available with zoo-commerce. you can have a look at our examples and even our own website in the link provided.

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Pros of Shopify
Pros of Zen Cart
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    Affordable yet comprehensive
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    Great API & integration options
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    Business-friendly
  • 10
    Intuitive interface
  • 9
    Quick
  • 3
    Liquid
  • 3
    Awesome customer support
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    POS & Mobile
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    Dummy Proof
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    Nopcommerce
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    Cons of Shopify
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      User is stuck with building a site from a template
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      What is Shopify?

      Shopify powers tens of thousands of online retailers including General Electric, Amnesty International, CrossFit, Tesla Motors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Foo Fighters, GitHub, and more. Our platform allows users to easily and quickly create their own online store without all the technical work involved in developing their own website, or the huge expense of having someone else build it. Shopify lets merchants manage all aspects of their shops: uploading products, changing the design, accepting credit card orders, and viewing their incoming orders and completed transactions.

      What is Zen Cart?

      Create a shopping cart offering physical or digital products; offer payment via a number of gateways; manage fulfillment. It is an open source shopping cart written in PHP using the LAMP stack.

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      What are some alternatives to Shopify and Zen Cart?
      WordPress
      The core software is built by hundreds of community volunteers, and when you’re ready for more there are thousands of plugins and themes available to transform your site into almost anything you can imagine. Over 60 million people have chosen WordPress to power the place on the web they call “home” — we’d love you to join the family.
      Weebly
      Weebly is an AJAX website creator that allows you to create pages with template skins and content widgets. Users can easily drag-and-drop content widgets like pictures, text, video and Google Maps in WYSIWYG-fashion.
      ClickFunnels
      ClickFunnels is the only website builder that doesn't just build pages, but actually builds entire sales funnels.
      GoDaddy
      Go Daddy makes registering Domain Names fast, simple, and affordable. It is a trusted domain registrar that empowers people with creative ideas to succeed online.
      PrestaShop
      PrestaShop is written in PHP, is highly customizable, supports all the major payment services, is translated in many languages and localized for many countries, and is fully responsive (both front- and back-office).
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