Windy City Sites offers a number of ways to put your products and services for sale on the Internet. Each of them allow you to place items for sale on your site and collect payments automatically.
WOOCOOMERCE
WooCommerce is an open-source eCommerce plugin that allows you to sell anything online. Built to integrate seamlessly with WordPress, WooCommerce has quickly become one of the world’s favorite eCommerce solution, and for good reason. It gives both store owners and developers control over both the look and the functionality of their store’s online process.
WooCommerce can be integrated with most major payment gateways such as Stripe, Authorize.net, QuickBooks Merchant Services, and PayPal. We can help you choose the right one(s) for you.
SHOPIFY
Shopify is a fast-growing proprietary e-commerce platform for online stores. The platform offers online retailers a suite of services, including payments, marketing, shipping and customer engagement tools.
Unlike WordPress, Shopify is its own standalone hosted ecommerce platform. So there is some trade-off in terms of flexibility and simplicity: where WooCommerce gives you a lot more flexibility than Shopify, Shopify is a bit simpler to use. We can recommend the best choice for your business needs.
PAYPAL
PayPal itself provides an easy and inexpensive solution for entry-level e-commerce or businesses that want to ‘test the waters’. No merchant account is necessary, you pay only a percentage of the transaction.
AUTHORIZE.NET
We also develop ecommerce sites with a direct interface to Authorize.net. This option gives you another choice for simple ecommerce sites that may not need a full-service shopping cart, such as a donation page.
OTHER SYSTEMS
We also have experience developing ecommerce sites using Yahoo! Stores and MIVA Merchant. Feel free to consult with us regarding these or other options.