1. Comparison of nopCommerce with its competitors
By: Maor Almog
Comparison of nopCommerce with its competitors

2. What are we going to talk about?
The comparison of nopComemrce to WooCommerce (wordpress plugin)
From a Project manager point of view
General Review
KEY Points
Pros & Cons
Questions & Ideas
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3. Built from the ground up as a full featured eCommerce dedicated system
General Review Basic points
Based on:
Microsoft ASP.NET MVC
Microsoft SQL Server
Built from the ground up as a full featured eCommerce dedicated system
Based on:
PHP
Oracle MySQL
Is a plugin addition for the Wordpress platform
Many features are not free and need to be purchased separately
Totally free with a vast amount of features right out of the box
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4. PHP vs #C based open source
General Review
PHP vs #C based open source
Open source cart solutions in the ASP.NET world (are there any?)
nopCommerce against the world
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5. Performance Manageability Flexibility Costs Key Points
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6. Lets talk about it Performances Standalone system Plugin
Must have wordpress installed
Lets talk about it
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7. Managing
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8. Complex mission that will take much time to complete
Flexibility
> Can be updated by a professional only > No theme updates > Updates for core plugins only
Complex mission that will take much time to complete
Easy updates can be done by the user from the admin panel
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9. Costs
TIME IS MONEY !
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10. Pros & Cons Performances Managing Flexibility Costs Install
One install
2 installs
Plugin
> Needs to be uploaded to directory
> Install within the wordpress interface
ADD-ONS
Comes with full ecommerce build-in add-ons (payments, shipments etc.)
Add-ons installation needed , the add-ons is installed over the plugin
Seo
Meta tags for every product, category and more…
don't have, meta tags for product need code customization
Url
Friendly url , can be modified easily
Generic URL, to achieve friendly URL - customization is needed (source :
Shipping
Full featured shipping methods
None A plugin is needed
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CMS
Managed from nopcommerce
The actual site is managed from the wordpress panel
Theme
Good basic theme, easy to start your own design. Not enough free themes
Very poor basic design, to start you have to download and install a theme Many free themes
Updates
Complicated to accomplish
Very easy, directly from admin, no need of data base work / changing files.
DataBase
MSSQL
MYSQL
Performances
Managing
Flexibility
Costs
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11. Comparing nopCommerce to WooCommerce
Bottom line
Comparing nopCommerce to WooCommerce
woocommerce is a plugin! A great one maybe, gets the job done, but still –
(only) a plugin… > Better for small shop owners who already use wordpress
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12. Comparing nopCommerce to WooCommerce
Bottom line
Comparing nopCommerce to WooCommerce
nopCommerce is a full featured eCommerce solution > Compatible to run any sized shop > Great developing flexibility
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13. HOW CAN WE MAKE NOPCOMMECE BETTER ?
COMMUNITY DISCUSSION 1
WHY WOOCOMMERCE IS SO POPULAR? 2
HOW CAN WE MAKE NOPCOMMECE BETTER ?
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14. <Theme Customizer Demo/>
We need
Free
Themes
& Design help tools
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15. <To make an easier user experience/>
We need
Tutorials
& and articles
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16. <Help developers to solve issue />
Share
Our Knowledge
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17. <Sell & Buy themes and plugins of each other/>
Encourage
Nopcommerce partners working together
<Sell & Buy themes and plugins of each other/>

18. <Lets make nopCommerce more popular/>
THANK YOU !
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