What is Ecwid
Ecwid (pronounced as “eck-wid”, short for “e-commerce widgets”), is a revolutionary shopping cart that seamlessly integrates with your existing website. Ecwid can be added virtually anywhere you have an online presence. You have the freedom to operate multiple online stores including on your website, social media channels, and mobile devices.
Plans and pricing
Although it’s packed with high-value features, Ecwid is absolutely FREE. You’ll pay no setup charges and no transaction fees, making it a no-cost, high-return solution for today’s e-commerce businesses.
However, there are some limitations in free plan. You can create maximum 10 product and 2 product category on your store. If you like Ecwid and need to add more products or categories, you should upgrade it to a premium plan with a small fee.
How to add Ecwid to a WordPress website
Adding your Ecwid store to your WordPress website is very easy. First of all you need to upload the following free plugin to your website; Ecwid Shopping Cart
When plugin is installed and activated navigate to Ecwid Store → General page in your WordPress admin backend and follow the instruction provided there.
Once you install the plugin you will be able to add your store to your WordPress site or create a new Ecwid account. So you can create a new store, or connect your existing Ecwid store to the site. The plugin will create a page called Store on your site.
You can find more information about setting up Ecwid in the official help page of Ecwid.
Go to official Ecwid website
Custom Design
Ecwid store has a very basic responsive design and it fits all themes but creating a custom design with css is possible. If you don’t have enough css knowledge, you have two option;
1) You can hire a web developer or buy a customization service
2) You can buy a WordPress theme which has a built-in custom css file for Ecwid.
Following WordPress themes are fully compatible with Ecwid and has a custom store design for Ecwid;
