eCommerce Tycoon

**TWD** · 09-14-2011, 09:58 PM

According to this web app, these are the current top ten most popular
ecommerce platforms, by number of sites found using each.

http://trends.builtwith.com/shop/VirtueMart

VirtueMart 165,830
Zen Cart　　　　83,410
Magento 66,376
osCommerce 66,015
PrestaShop 37,447
Yahoo Store 27,819
Ubercart 25,765
OpenCart 25,588
Miva Merchant 22,799
Volusion 21,096

I was surprised at first by the numbers for VirtueMart.
But I suppose there are a lot of Joomla sites out there.

Also, not sure if it was a problem with the methodology but
I would have expected WordPress eCommerce or one of the the
completing WordPress plugins to make that list.

Of course, the trends are your friends too.
I would caution against anyone starting an osCommerce
shop these days. Even Zen Cart seems heading for the exits.
http://www.google.com/insights/searc...ommerce&cmpt=q

The Open Source players to watch are going to be
Magento, PrestaShop and OpenCart (although I detest
Magento CE, I might be persuaded to give their hosted Magento Go
a try in the future if they lift their game a bit).

**mixa** · 04-03-2012, 02:31 AM

Hello TWD. Thank you very much for this article and statistics you have found. It’s very useful information. Also, it will be very helpful for the beginners in the SEO world.

**chrishirst** · 04-03-2012, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mixa

Hello TWD. Thank you very much for this article and statistics you have found. It’s very useful information. Also, it will be very helpful for the beginners in the SEO world.

And this thread is to do with SEO????? Because ????????

**chrishirst** · 04-03-2012, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mixa

Hello TWD. Thank you very much for this article and statistics you have found. It’s very useful information. Also, it will be very helpful for the beginners in the SEO world.

To paraphrase Marvin!

Here I am brain the size of a planetkton and all they ask me is "Marvin make some tea" or "Marvin, bring the aliens up here" "Life! Don't talk to me about life"

**TWD** · 04-04-2012, 03:08 AM

Just out of curiousity I went back to that site to see how much had changed in the 6 months or so since the OP

VirtueMart 179,176 (up 8%)
Zen Cart　　　　87,148 (up 4%)
Magento 84,373 (up 27%)
osCommerce 68,489 (up 4%)
PrestaShop 44,540 (up 19%)
OpenCart 36,881 (up 44%)
Ubercart 27,059 (up 5%)
Yahoo Store 25,000 (down 10%)
Volusion 20,214 (down 4%)
Miva Merchant 19,723 (down 13%)

Should be obvious that Magento, PrestaShop and OpenCart are the stand out platforms.

**Digmen1** · 04-08-2012, 05:51 PM

Thanks for those stats, they sort of confirm my decision to go for Open Cart.

**fresh-d** · 04-15-2012, 05:35 AM

I've used virtuemart on two of my clients' websites.

Grown familiar with it.

**shiply** · 04-18-2012, 11:37 AM

I know quite a lot of sites using VirtueMart and would also rate them #1 in terms of usability and support.