iPages Essentials versus Shopify
Shopify | iPages | |
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Pricing Package | Comparable solutions in Shopify are the Shopify Starter () or Premium pack () | iPages eCommerce Essentials |
Hosting | Not included – need to provide an external partner | Included |
Design | Theme based design | Tailored and amendable design |
Transaction Fees | 2.4% and additional 2% | No transaction fees |
CRM | Not included | Included |
Storage | Limited to 1GB to 5GB respectively | No limit |
Products | Limited by storage | No limit |
Mobile Site | Supported | Supported and amendable |
Security | None | Monitored servers, PayPal payments security not ensured |
Reports | None | Best seller reports |
Product offers | None | Product discount vouchers, timed offers and promotions |
Product attributes | None | Product attributes and variants |
iPages Essentials versus Magento
Sadly, this is not the type of website that Magento support. Magento Go (for small businesses) was closed down earlier this year.
iPages Compared to Volusion
Volusion | iPages | |
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Pricing Package | Comparable solutions in Volusion are the Volusion Pro or Premium £49 or £89 | iPages eCommerce Essentials |
Hosting | Not included – need to provide an external partner | Included |
Transaction Fees | No transaction fees | No transaction fees |
CRM (Customer Relations Manager) | Included | Included |
Storage | Limited to 10GB to 35GB respectively | No limit |
Products | Limited to 1000 | No limit |
Mobile Site | Supported | Supported and amendable |
Security | None | Monitored servers, PayPal payments security not ensured |
Reports | None | Best seller reports |
Product offers | None | Product discount vouchers, timed offers and promotions |
Product attributes | None | Product attributes and variants |
Scalable? | No – These are the top packages Volusion offer so if you require further functionality, you need to find a plug-in | Yes – there are further features available as you upgrade your iPages package to the eCommerce Standard |
iPages Compared to Wordpress
Wordpress | iPages | |
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Pricing Package | Comparable solutions in Wordpress will require something like: 1. Wordpress hosting, priced between £7-£19/month plus annual fee to point to your own domain 2. Ecwid eCommerce plug-in, priced between 35-99/month |
iPages eCommerce Essentials |
Hosting | Hosted for between £7-19/month | Included |
Transaction Fees | No transaction fees | No transaction fees |
CRM (Customer Relations Manager) | Not Included | Included |
Storage | Limited to 10GB to 35GB respectively | No limit |
Products | Limits from 2500-Unlimited for 99/month No limit | No limit |
Mobile Site | Supported | Supported and amendable |
Security | None | Monitored servers, PayPal payments security not ensured |
Reports | None | Best seller reports |
Product offers | None | Product discount vouchers, timed offers and promotions |
Product attributes | None | Product attributes and variants |
Scalable? | No – These are the top packages Wordpress offer so if you require further functionality, you need to find a plug-in | Yes – there are further features available as you upgrade your iPages package to the eCommerce Standard |
Support | Live Chat support (99/month) | Phone and email support (from our trusty team!) |
Upgrades | Risk that your version of Wordpress becomes out of date and therefore any upgrades will ‘break’ your plugins… | iPages is managed from our own servers and therefore upgrades managed centrally – meaning there are no plugins to break! |