Above all, E-commerce is now the most certified and reliable way of buying and selling online. While it is a tough competition for regular stores (brick and mortar), it has bred aggressive price battles and business strategies to retain customers. The possibilities of e-commerce would never be possible without CMS, as now stores can convey accurate and precise information to the consumers. In addition, CMS has improved content creation over the internet by making them enticing and appealing to the customer and boosting sales.
CMS, a content management system, consists of two functional elements – the CMA (content management application) and CDA (content delivery application). The former allows anyone, regardless of their knowledge of Webmaster of HTML, to remove, change, modify, and create content for a website. CDA enables information on a website to be updated efficiently without hiccups. So it is the component that works behind the scenes to ensure the front-end looks good and delivers as supposed to.
CMS will not work without a website, and there are two options for building e-commerce websites today. They are via a hosted e-commerce platform or open-source CMS platforms. While both are effective, it all depends on your technical know-how and type of e-commerce website.
As the name suggests, these are eCommerce sites based on a Software-as-a-service system or SaaS. Stores can sign up with the platform; run their shops without having access to the server or coding software. Despite this seeming setback, it has some excellent benefits, such as:
Zero maintenance and development needs as the host arranges and cares for all problems that might arise.
In addition, they have the best technical support – because they monitor all sites using the platform, they can provide instant help in case of trouble.
Extremely user-friendly and no technical hiccups give people with no computer or coding knowledge access to strive by concentrating on their stores. Examples of hosted eCommerce platforms are Shopify, BigCommerce, Wix, and Squarespace.
Open-Source (self-hosted) E-Commerce platform
Furthermore, an open-source eCommerce CMS offers more liberty to manage and modify your website. If you are looking to gain complete control of your online shop, choose this platform. However, it would help if you had some computer and coding knowledge or got a good developer to help you out.
Ability to customize – create content, edit the theme, make changes, and it will not limit you or what you seek to do.
Superior functionality – seamlessly explore countless plugins, themes, and add-ons on any store, from simple to complicated ones.
Increase or decrease product number – because they are self-hosted, you have absolute control over what can be done on your website, including product addition or removal.
Excellent Community System – whether hosted or self-hosted, CMS eCommerce platforms have incredible support service that aids new users. Here you can ask questions and get an answer from real-time users. Examples of open-source c-commerce CMS platforms are Magneto, WooCommerce, Opencart, etc.
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Eric and his team really know their stuff. The website that they created was not only good looking, it was functional and user friendly. Eric was always easy to get a hold off to make any changes and great to work with. I was impressed with how knowledgeable they were in all the ways that a website can be enhanced through search optimization and social media. I highly recommend Idea Forge Solutions for all of your web needs.
I shopped around for a couple different companies to design my website and logo and stumbled across ideal forge and boy am sure glad I did. I really cannot say enough about this group. Eric’s and his team did a fantastic job on the website and nailed my new company logo on the second draft. Great People.
Idea Forge can help you with a free consultation of what fits your needs best. The decision is made whether to use a hosted or self-hosted solution and is based on a number of factors, including the size of the store and its items. If you have a small online store, you can use a hosted platform such as Shopify or Wix. If your business is large or growing, you’ll need platforms that allow you to customize your store with unique and incredible functionality. In this case, self-hosted or open-source eCommerce content management system systems such as Magento and WooCommerce are viable options. Magento 2 is the platform to use if you want to build and execute personalized solutions for your online shop. Please feel free to schedule a free conference call, Google Meet or Zoom consultation with us below.
