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Interested in getting a new webshop for your company? Maybe a new Shopware, Magento or WooCommerce shop to sell your products on? Let's take a closer look at some of the many choices you have when it comes to creating your own webshop solution and getting a customized online shop for your company.
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Read more about webshop solutions here at https://www.alphaweb.dk/webshop/
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Hosted webshop solutions
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If we start out by look at the hosted webshops we have a wide range of solutions.
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Each of these with their own strengths and weaknesses. We have selected three solutions that all have in common that they are among the most used solutions in Denmark.
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ScanNet
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Another similar solution is ScanNet. With ScanNet, you get a variety of design templates to choose from. You choose the colours, layout and content. And that's about it.
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Just like DanDomain, ScanNet offers a responsive design, so your webshop looks great on both computer, mobile and tablet. In addition, you can access HTML and CSS via an external app, so you can customise your webshop as you wish.
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Looking at the prices, ScanNet is at the more expensive end. But ScanNet can be a good solution if you want a hosted webshop solution, with more design options. The design options will give you a webshop that can better keep up with your growing customisation needs. This solution isn't one of my favorite choices.
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Read more about scannet's webshop solution here - https://www.scoopearth.com/is-web-design-and-e-commerce-the-perfect-mix/
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DanDomain
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DanDomain is a classic hosted webshop solution, and is today one of the largest e-commerce platforms in Denmark. With DanDomain, you can get your webshop up and running quickly.
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DanDomain particularly excels with its responsive shops, user-friendly checkout flow, free training and great support options. However, it is still a hosted solution, and this naturally imposes some limitations in terms of new features and extensions.
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But DanDomain can be a good place to start for those who have not tried webshops before. It's a subscription solution without a lot of financial surprises, and by virtue of their free support, it's relatively safe to go for.
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Shopify
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Shopify, unlike DanDomain and ScanNet, is not a Danish solution but still extremely popular here in Denmark. Shopify is widely used worldwide too. This can be an advantage when you want to add new features to your webshop. With a large international market, it is often faster to add any new features to the webshop.
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With Shopify, you also get a hosted solution that is known for offering great design and ease of use.
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You will experience many of the same problems with Shopify that you run into with DanDomain and ScanNet. It's a hosted solution, and therefore there are limitations to customization options.
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Wix
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Another popular closed webshop system is Wix. Not widly used here in Denmark, but in some countries this is a pretty popular online shopping system. It's cheap and pretty easy to use. But also pretty limited when it comes to adding new features.
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Open source solutions
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Among the most popular open source solutions are WooCommerce, Magento, Shopware and PrestaShop. All of these solutions offer classic open source webshops. We also can't avoid mentioning the WordPress solution, WooCommerce. Today, they are responsible for up to 80% of the world's webshops.
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Magento
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Magento is an open source solution for those who want a webshop tailored to their needs. It's easy to download, you can download Magento for free via their website.
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On the other hand, Magento is a somewhat more demanding solution once downloaded, and for most will require some coding knowledge or help from a programmer.
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Magento is considered by many to be one of the absolute best solutions for larger webshops. You get an incredible amount of freedom and the solution works internationally.
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As a small start-up webshop, Magento might not be the way to go. However, if you have ambitions for a larger webshop, an international webshop, or you are about to upgrade your current webshop, Magento may be the right solution for you.
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Ultimately, Magento is best suited for those who can either code themselves, or have the budget to hire the help of a programmer.
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Shopware
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This systems reminds me a lot of Magento, but based on newer techonologies and in my opinion a better system overall. Not as common as the other systems, but still one of the fastest growing webshop systems these days.
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PrestaShop
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PrestaShop, like Magento, is a free open source solution that is particularly useful for medium-sized webshops that may want to expand to more countries. Whereas Magento is quite complex to work in at many points, PrestaShop is by far easier to get to grips with.
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PrestaShop must therefore also be considered a better solution for those who are not necessarily experts in coding, but would like to have an open source webshop.
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With PrestaShop, there is no support team, but you do get access to their online forum, where you can quickly get help for almost any problem. This also makes PrestaShop easier to get into for those who may not yet be a coding whiz.
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WooCommerce
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If you're already familiar with WordPress, WooCommerce will probably appeal to you. WooCommerce is essentially a plugin for WordPress, so if you already have a WordPress site up and running, you can basically just install the WooCommerce module and, poof, you have a webshop. It doesn't get much easier than that. Plus, with WooCommerce, you have access to the coding behind your WordPress site, giving you the freedom to customize the site to your needs. WooCommerce is by far the most used platform for e-commerce here in 2022. Mainly because it's cheap, but also because you can customize it so much.
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But which webshop platform is right for you?
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This is just a small selection of the many different solutions available today for both hosted and open source webshops. Choosing the best webshop solution can be quite the task, and something you would often need help with if don't have any experience with running a webshop.
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Keep in mind that choosing the wrong system can be a very expensive mistake. You not only risk loosing sales, but you may end up having to choose a whole new webshop system if the first choice fails to satisfy your requirements 100%.
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