#1 most frequent
United States of America
32.8%2,175 installations of 6,624
What is nopCommerce?
nopCommerce is an open-source eCommerce solution that is iASP.NET (MVC) based with a MS SQL 2008 (or higher) backend database. The vendor says their shopping cart solution is uniquely suited for merchants that have outgrown existing systems.
Categories & Use Cases
Media
Top Performing Features
Product catalog & listings
Products are easy to browse; listings include descriptions, photos, 360-degree views, and/or videos.
Category average: 8.2
Product management
Product catalog can be easily updated.
Category average: 7.9
Branding
Storefront is part of a unified customer experience of the brand across channels (social media, physical store, website, etc.)
Category average: 7.5
Areas for Improvement
Bulk product upload
Admins can upload products in bulk using spreadsheets.
Category average: 7.6
CMS
Beyond product catalog, includes basic content creation and management features such as blogging capabilities.
Category average: 7.1
Personalized recommendations
Display or recommend certain products depending on the customer’s identity or shopping/browsing history.
Category average: 6.9
Who Buys & Uses nopCommerce
#2 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
8.9%591 installations of 6,624
#3 most frequent
Canada
4.0%265 installations of 6,624
nopCommerce - The ecommerce platform that grows with your business
Pros
- The nopCommerce team has created a platform that can be extended to solve a broad range of ecommerce needs. Rather than trying to force a client's business requirements to adapt to the solution, the solution can be customized to meet their goals. We are able to do this in a way that still allows upgrades in the future!
- The nopCommerce platform roadmap is heavily based on feedback from the development community and from customers. They actively engage developers and end-users in discussions regarding new features and technology.
- Frequent releases on the latest, supported, Microsoft .NET framework.
- The nopCommerce team has created a very active developer support community.
- A plugin & theme marketplace for off-the-shelf customizations.
Cons
- The nopCommerce team has been consistent at providing frequent release updates. Third-party plugins require upgrading when a new release is launched. Some plugin vendors lag behind by a few weeks which can cause delays if you need to leverage new functionality right away. The good news is that many plugin vendors offer an option to purchase source code so that you can do the upgrade yourself, if needed right away.
- CMS functionality is very basic if you want to manage a lot of robust content pages. We solve this with an in-house plugin that we developed to extend this functionality.
Return on Investment
- The nopCommerce platform is one piece of the puzzle in building a successful ecommerce website. It's an excellent foundation for all of your future marketing campaigns to drive traffic to your online store.
- Implementation cost can be higher when you are building a solution around custom business requirements and integrations. If you don't have custom requirements, you might consider an off-the-shelf hosted solution.
Alternatives Considered
WooCommerce, Shopify, Shopify Plus and Magento Open Source
Other Software Used
Progress Sitefinity, HubSpot CRM, Azure DevOps Services (formerly VSTS)
nopCommerce - A 100% truly open source and best eCommerce platform
Pros
- 100% open source eCommerce solution
- Covers all basic functionalities of an eCommerce platform
- Mobile friendly support, online payment support
- Tax calculation, shipping integrations
- Multi-vendor support, marketplace features
- Multi-language and multi-currency support
- Public and admin REST API's
- Theme support
- Plugin support
Cons
- More enterprise features
- MongoDB database support
Return on Investment
- Customers own the source code of their solution developed by a software developer
- Can scale the solution the way a business needs
- Can develop large scale as well as mini eCommerce applications
Alternatives Considered
Magento Commerce, part of Adobe Commerce Cloud, Shopify, OpenCart, PrestaShop and WooCommerce
A great eCommerce solution for all kinds of needs
Pros
- Excellent modular architecture, which makes it very easy to customize for different kinds of needs.
- It is open source, free and is constantly updated to keep it up to the latest technologies.
- The latest version in ASP.NET Core runs in Windows and Linux with excellent performance (Google Page Speed of 100/100).
- It has a very active community which helps to enhance the solution, develop extensions and themes and helps other users.
- It is full of features including Multi-Store, Multi-Vendor, and Multi-Warehouse.
Cons
- Easy upgrades.
- Improve discount features.
Return on Investment
- It has been our sole platform for developing online stores for the last 9 years and our business have been growing year to year.
- The disadvantage of nopCommerce is that it is not as well known as other competitors, which makes it more difficult to sell.
Alternatives Considered
Magento Open Source, OpenCart and PrestaShop
Powerful open-source e-commerce tool
Pros
- Shopping cart and related functionalities
- Open source: code with easy customization that allows the development of powerful additional tools
- Plugins availability
- Products management
Cons
- Could be more free templates available
- Integration with payment solutions
- Performance
Return on Investment
- We have several clients that are using nopCommerce so it is very important our business
- We use nopCommerce to sell events tickets (it can be a very profitable business model)
- It is free, so we can keep our costs very low
Alternatives Considered
Magento Commerce Cloud (formerly Magento)
NopCommerce SEO, CMS, Cart, The perfect Combination.
Pros
- Simple setup and install
- Easy to integrate most merchant services with
- Robust couponing engine
Cons
- More community templates would be great.
- Some of the pricing can be a bit tricky, especially configured items... there is a likelihood of mispriced items with the current structure
Return on Investment
- We saved a ton of time, effort and cost by utilizing this off the shelf option and not having to build from scratch
- It solved some very specific requirements VERY well
Other Software Used
SendGrid Transactional Email, Amazon Route 53, Vonage
