To build an ecommerce site, you’re going to need a content management system to build the foundations.
Some content management systems extend into an ecommerce platform – or vice versa – or have plugins or extensions to support online shopping.
Today we’re going to point you in the direction of some of the top current content management systems for 2002 to build better ecommerce foundations.
Shopify
The flexible platform has a ton of features that users can utilize. With increasing popularity, more than 800,000 businesses now use the platform, which has supported the sales of around 41 billion products.
Shopify is highly accessible for small merchants, who can easily setup their online stores, manage products, and handle orders.
Some of its features include easily customizable storefronts, the ability to use your own domain name, accessibility to a full CMS as well as the CSS and HTML of your site, and the enablement of mobile ecommerce and gift cards.
Magento
One of the leading open-source ecommerce platforms on the market. Magento is developed in PHP and supports businesses of all shapes and sizes – from B2Bs and mobile to omnichannel.
It handles around $100 billion in merchandise each year and holds a community of around 300,000 developers around the world. In addition to this, its huge marketplace of extensions is easily accessible.
Some of its features include a user-friendly interface, the personalization of content, integration with B2B functionality, multi-channel marketing support, inventory and order management, product recommendations, and built-in themes. 
WooCommerce
The ecommerce extension of WordPress. The market share of WooCommerce is around 22% of the top million ecommerce sites.
Like its CMS sister, WooCommerce comes with a universe of themes and extensions as well as the support from WordPress’ gigantic army of users and developers.
Some of its features include easy setup, multiple payment methods, a modern interface, mobile app capability, and its universe of extensions.
BigCommerce
With multiple built-in features and options for customization, BigCommerce powers the ecommerce capabilities of around 55,000 companies, including Toyota and Martha Stewart.
It provides swift scalability, advanced SEO integration, and brand awareness capabilities. Some other features of BigCommerce include easily editable pages, customization, optimized for mobile, B2B functionality, and cross-border fulfillment support.
OpenCart
Another well-known open-source ecommerce platform on the list. One of the big benefits of OpenCart is that its broad ecommerce community has access to customizable plugins without any monthly fee.
Its environment is populated by 14,000 extensions and themes and can integrate with over 20 payment gateways.
Its main features include the option of providing discounts and coupons, managing multiple stores from one interface, a full view of customers, orders, and sales and sales analytics.
PrestaShop
This is a freemium and open-source ecommerce platform that powers around 300,000 businesses. Besides its built-in functionality, PrestaShop provides plenty of themes of plugins. 
Its features include the quick creation of products, allowing customers to upload customizable products, the ability to write out-of-stock messages, the customization of the store, and the configuration of the checkout page.
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