Joomla or wordpress for selling multiple products online?

[homeriscool]

Hi all, im confident with using wordpress but im alien with joomla, i have not been through any learning curve. Would wordpress do a good job of selling multiple items online? What payment options are there for wordpress apart from paypal?

 

[webgeek]

Wordpress is a great option if you don't have too many items, just like when using it as a CMS it's great as long as you don't have too many pages.

There are ecommerce plugins that can put tons of payment options at your fingertips - it's very mature indeed.

Of course the other option is to create a social commerce site using Facebook + Payvement and eliminate the need for a self-hosted site completely

 

[homeriscool]

Wordpress is a great option if you don't have too many items, just like when using it as a CMS it's great as long as you don't have too many pages.

There are ecommerce plugins that can put tons of payment options at your fingertips - it's very mature indeed.

Of course the other option is to create a social commerce site using Facebook + Payvement and eliminate the need for a self-hosted site completely

Thanks good tip, but what about SEO for marketing? is it even worth it or is facebook business really that good?

 

[webgeek]

You can build links to any destination URL, so the choice of platform really isn't a factor. Product descriptions are the same either way, so the on-page is about the same as well.

The only advantage is that about a billion people are already on Facebook spending hour after hour and don't always want to leave there to do what needs done.

 

[iboxsecurity]

Would suggest Wordpress over Joomla if your needs are simple and you don't need complex shipping/tax settings.

We have setup numerous wordpress and joomla ecommerce. Look around and find out your exact needs but chances are a Wordpress ecommerce site would probably suit you just fine.

 

[antropy]

If you want to sell online it may be best to go for a platform that's been designed and built from the ground up for that purpose. WordPress is really a blog platform and Joomla is a web CMS.

You should investigate something like OpenCart (http://www.opencart.com) as everything about it is designed to sell products online.

There are a few others here: http://www.antropy.co.uk/blog/shopping-cart-review/

 

[davidmichaelkeenan]

If you want to sell online it may be best to go for a platform that's been designed and built from the ground up for that purpose. WordPress is really a blog platform and Joomla is a web CMS.

I agree. I wouldn't use Wordpress or Joomla as nether are really shopping carts at heart. OpenCart would be a good option for you and would save you a lot of messing around as you have a working shop from the second it's installed. If you can install Wordpress, then you'll have no trouble installing OpenCart.

 

[IzzoNet]

Hello

I would suggest wordpress becuase of the friendly interface, easy to use , lots of plugins and defently fits to large amount of products.

good luck!