51 ECommerce Tools to Help You Run your Online Business

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51 ECOMMERCE TOOLS
TO HELP YOU RUN YOUR ONLINE BUSINESS
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Platforms
Choosing your eCommerce platform builder
is one of the most important steps and will
set you up going forward.

1. Bigcommerce
This is the platform to start with if you are planning to
grow big! Plans start at $29.95/month.
ECOMMERCE PLATFORMS

2. Shopify
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Shopify is simple to set up and get going. They have a
Point of Sale system too.
ECOMMERCE PLATFORMS

3. Volusion
The all-in-one solution for building an eCommerce
store.
ECOMMERCE PLATFORMS

4. Weebly
An affordable way to build a beautiful website and
online shop. They even have a free plan. You don’t have
an excuse not to start.
ECOMMERCE PLATFORMS

5. WooCommerce
An opensource eCommmerce platform. Because it is
opensource there are a lot of plugins however you have
to look after security and hosting.
ECOMMERCE PLATFORMSECOMMERCE PLATFORMS

6. Squarespace
A fully hosted, completely managed environment for
creating and maintaining a beautiful website, blog, or
portfolio.
ECOMMERCE PLATFORMS

7. TicTail
Start a beautiful online store for free!
ECOMMERCE PLATFORMS

8. LemonStand
The team are building an eCommerce platform to help
you scale.
ECOMMERCE PLATFORMS

9. Selz
There are no monthly fees, so you only pay a
transaction fee when you make a sale. This is why Selz is
perfect if you’ve got only a few of items for sale, but you
can also build a complete online store.
ECOMMERCE PLATFORMS

10. CrateJoy
Looking to start a subscription model store? CrateJoy is
a platform for exactly this!
ECOMMERCE PLATFORMS

11. SymphonyCommerce
Commerce as a service. If you are a little bit larger and
want everything looked after for you, Symphony is the
way to go.
ECOMMERCE PLATFORMS

Sales & Marketing
Jumpstart your eCommerce marketing strategy.
After setting up your online store with all the products,
you need to sell and market it to your customers.

12. Yopto
Install this now! It is the easiest way to get reviews on
your website and drive sales due to the rise in social
shopping.
SALES & MARKETING

13. Now in Store
An automatic catalogue builder for your products. They
even have a Shopify app.
SALES & MARKETING

14. CrazyEgg
A heatmap to actually see where your customers are
on your website.
SALES & MARKETING

15. Olark
Live chat to talk to your customers.
SALES & MARKETING

16. Polyvore
Polyvore focuses on fashion and homewares, allowing
consumers to create collages and collections of the
items they love. These collections can be made up of
product from online stores including yours. All product
photos link back to your online store. This is a great way
to drive traffic.
SALES & MARKETING

17. Houzz
Houzz is a great marketplace to sell on if you want to
target homeowners and people who are actively
engaged in home decorating, interior design, renovation
and remodeling projects.
SALES & MARKETING

18. Wanelo
A social platform for shopping. It will also your store be
discovered by more shoppers.
SALES & MARKETING

Public Relations
Spread the word with PR. It can be a great way
to get your name out there.

19. PressFriendly
A tool to build and manage your media campaigns.
SALES & MARKETING

Search Engine Optimization
Get your eCommerce website way up there on search
engine results. Some people say SEO is dying however
we think it is important to get the organic traffic you want.
If you are not doing it, your competitor is.

20. Moz
Marketing analytics software for search, links, social,
and brand. Moz will provide you with SEO reports when
you need them.
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION

Social Media
You know that social media is a must so use these tools
to help build your online community.

21. Buffer
Schedule and track your social media posts across
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+.
SOCIAL MEDIA

22. Schedugram
Start scheduling your Instagram posts so you can
focus back on your business.
SALES & MARKETING

Advertising
Get noticed. Use these platforms to roll out,
manage, and retarget campaigns.

23. Boostable
Enter your store URL and Boostable will generate
Facebook ads for you. Definitely worth a try!
ADVERTISING

24. Adroll
A simple and easy-to-use retargeting platform. You
can publish ads across Facebook and web (Google).
ADVERTISING

25. Perfect Audience
One solution for all your retargeting needs, including
Facebook, web and Twitter.
ADVERTISING

26. AdEspresso
Facebook ads made simple! Put in all your images,
titles and descriptions and they will automatically do the
AB testing for you.
ADVERTISING

Shipping & Logistics
Unless you have a digital product, your shipping
options are very important. Shipping pricing and
timing can make or break a sale.

27. Shippo
Helps merchants and marketplaces save time and
money on shipping.
SHIPPING & LOGISTICS

28. Shyp
No matter if you are an individual or a business, Shyp
will send a Shyp Hero to collect, package and send
your item within 20 minutes. (Currently available in San
Francisco, NYC and Miami)

29. Shipwire
eCommerce order fulfilment service and product
distribution for business. They have warehouses in the
US, Canada, UK, and Hong Kong.

Customer Service
As you grow, it’ll get harder to handle all your
customer enquiries. Make sure you have the right
customer support tools in place.

30. Zendesk
The easiest and fastest way to provide great customer
service.
CUSTOMER SERVICE

31. HelpScout
Customer service software without customers seeing
the ticketing system. Sounds pretty cool to me!
CUSTOMER SERVICE

32. Influx
This is customer service as a service. If you get a lot of
the same questions, Influx could be very useful for your
business.
CUSTOMER SERVICE

Email Marketing
Email marketing is a must. You can establish a direct
line of contact with your customers so work your email
marketing lists and keep promoting your products.

33. Mailchimp
No coding required to send effective email campaigns
and newsletters. They have nice templates too.
EMAIL MARKETING

34. Vero
Send behavioural emails to get your customers coming
back. Vero have one of the best email marketing blogs
too.
EMAIL MARKETING

35. SumoMe
Easily collect email addresses with SumoMe’s pop up
box. It connects directly to Mailchimp and other email
marketing platforms.
EMAIL MARKETING

36. Drip
Email marketing automation that is simple to use.
EMAIL MARKETING

Management
Efficiency is key when you run an eCommerce
business, so you need to be on top of managing
your operations.

37. Shopseen
Manage all your listings in one place. Shopseen works
with Square, Shopify, Etsy, Bigcommerce, eBay, and
Storenvy.
MANAGEMENT

38. Divvy
Simplify your content processes with Divvy. No more
emails and spreadsheets.
MANAGEMENT

39. OrderCircle
Manage your wholesale orders.
MANAGEMENT

Productivity
Add more hours to your day with online productivity tools.

40. Trello
Keep track of everything in simple to do lists.
PRODUCTIVITY

41. Asana
Asana allows you to create conversions, projects and to
do lists as a team, all in the one place.
PRODUCTIVITY

42. Google Drive
You can’t go past Google Docs. It is really easy to keep a
live spreadsheet, presentation, or document up to
date between team members.
PRODUCTIVITY

Photo Editing &
Graphic Design
Don’t overlook the importance of good visuals; we
process images much faster than we process text.

43. Canva
Free, easy-to-use design tool and it’s all online. Design
amazing things with their selection of templates,
themes, and stock images. No graphic design
experience required!
PHOTO EDITING & GRAPHIC DESIGN TOOLSPHOTO EDITING & GRAPHIC DESIGN

44. Snapseed
Edit your smartphone photos on the go.
PHOTO EDITING & GRAPHIC DESIGN

45. Pixc
On demand product image editing and background
removal services so you can increase your sales and
focus on the things you love.
PHOTO EDITING & GRAPHIC DESIGN

Stock Photos
If you’re in need of amazing imagery for your marketing
material, stock photos are your best option.

46. Stocksy
Definitely one of the best stock photography websites
out there. All images are beautiful, unique and natural.
They are well priced too if you are going to use them on
your landing page or in marketing material.
STOCK PHOTOS

47. PhotoDune
Lots of images at affordable prices. They also
runGraphicRiver if you need icons and graphics.
STOCK PHOTOS

48. Unsplash
Free stock images, mainly focused on landscapes
however they can work well for marketing material if it
suits your brand.
STOCK PHOTOS

Digital Printing
Going from online to offline is easy if you
have the right tools.

49. Moo
Use Moo for high quality yet affordable business
cards, letterheads and flyers. Use their mini Moo cards
as swing tags for your items if you are starting out.
DIGITAL PRINTING SOLUTIONS

A/B Testing
Find out what converts and what doesn’t with a split test.

50. Optimizely
A/B test your website and ultimately increase your
conversions with their easy to use testing tools.
A/B TESTING

51. Visual Website Optimizer
A/B TESTING
Visual Website Optimizer (VWO) is similar to Optimizely
but more affordable if you’re on a budget.

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