Top 3 E-Commerce WordPress Themes with Built-In Shopping Carts

admin | April 6, 2012 | 0 Comments

With the right e-commerce WordPress theme, you can turn your WordPress install into a fully-functional online store with just a few clicks of your mouse. While there are tons of different e-commerce themes out there for WordPress users, many of them require a separate shopping cart plugin, which can cause integration issues and lead to more work on your part. Below we’ll take a look at our picks for the top three e-commerce WordPress themes with shopping carts built in.

#1: Store

Store by templatic transforms your WordPress install into a fully functional e-commerce store complete with backend administration and built-in shopping cart.

The reason Store is our #1 pick is because it gives you multiple shopping cart options. You can add a standard shopping cart (with “buy now” and “add to cart” functionality), a shopping cart that allows customers to download digital purchases (eliminating the need for third-party digital delivery sites), or a catalog mode shopping cart for sites that don’t actually sell products online (uses a “Send Inquiry” button instead of an “Add to Cart” button).

You can get a Standard License for Store for $65 (for use on a single domain), or a Developer License for $99 (for use on multiple domains).

Features:

One Click Auto Install
Shopping Cart
Catalog mode
Multiple Payment Gateways
Grid view / List view
User registration
Coupon codes
Four detailed color schemes
Fully customizable front page
Custom Control Panel
Auto-resizing product images
Theme Guide & Tutorials
PSD File Included with developer version
Drop Down & Breadcrumb Navigation
Gravatar Support & Threaded Comments
Built-in Ad Monetization
Search Engine Optimized
Widget Ready with custom widgets
Valid, Cross browser compatible

#2: E-Shopper

Coming in a close second, E-Shopper by ThemeForest allows you to turn your WordPress site into a fully-functional, plugin-free online store. This easy-to-use theme is great if you need to create an online store quickly and don’t have time to play around with code or plugins.

E-Shopper’s shopping cart includes a coupon system, PayPal and Google Checkout support, username purchase tracking, the ability to add different pricing options for each product, and more. E-Shopper comes with detailed documentation, including examples, screenshots, and instructions.

You can get a Regular License for E-Shopper for $35, or an Extended License for $1750.

Features:

Compatible with IE7, IE8, Safari 4, Safari 5, Opera
Plugin Free E-Commerce Simple System
Built In Simple Skin Editor
Semi-Function user purchase/registration system
Front End Profile Editor
Front End New User registration
Latest product homepage carousel slider
2 Home Page sliders
Blog Integrated
Working Ajax Newsletter
Working Ajax Contact Form
60+ Shortcodes
Built In Shortcode editor
WP 3 .X Menus
WPML Translation Support

#3: Woo Store

Woo Store is WooThemes‘ first e-commerce theme for WordPress. Woo Store takes advantage of the new custom post types functionality that came with WordPress 3.0, which means adding slides and products (via WooCommerce) is super easy.

Woo Store comes in third because while it doesn’t technically have its own shopping cart built in, you do need to install the free WooCommerce plugin to use this theme, and WooCommerce comes with its own feature-rich shopping cart. All of the WooCommerce widgets and key components have been restyled to match Woo Store’s elegant design. The WooCommerce shopping cart supports popular payment gateways like PayPal, Google Checkout, Authorize.net, and more.

You can get a Standard License for Woo Store for $70 (includes two bonus themes, PSD file not included) or a Developer License for $150 (includes three bonus themes and PSD file).

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