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Ecwid

How do you pronounce Ecwid? What does this word mean? "Ecwid" is short for e-commerce widgets. It is pronounced like "eck-wid", "eck-quid". Ecwid is a web hosted solution for building an online store. Unlike competing products such as Shopify, Bigcommerce and Volusion, which allow you to build a new website with e-commerce functionality, Ecwid is geared more towards people who already have a website and simply want to add an online store to it.

Ecwid allows you to set up ‘catalogs’ of products, and add photos, pricing, weight etc. for each. You can define shipping rates, accept credit card payments and so on – all the standard stuff that you’d expect to be able to do using an e-commerce solution. Where it differs fundamentally from competing products like Shopify, Volusion, Squarespace and Bigcommerce is that it is not a 'standalone' solution but a \

widget that gets placed on other sites – (hence the name Ecwid: it stands for ‘E-commerce Widget’).

FREE PLAN Unlike many similar products, Ecwid offers a completely free plan. Granted, it's a pretty basic plan, where features such as discount coupons and support are not available, and it only allows you to sell up to 10 products - but this may actually be sufficient for some users, and availing of it is a good way to try the system out.

PROS AND CONS OF ECWID

PROS

· Simple way to add e-commerce to any existing website

· Responsive designs

· Point-of-sale functionality

· Free plan available

· Supports multi-language versions of your store

CONS

· You will need to spend a little time configuring Ecwid so that it functions well from an SEO point of view

· Phone and live chat support is only available on the more expensive plans

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