If you plan on selling goods and/or services through your website, you will need the right technology to do so. If you decide to allow users to financially transact with you online, you will need to choose the right platform for your business model. Here are some popular small business e-commerce platforms:u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cstrongu003e- u003ca href=u0022https://woocommerce.com/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noreferrer noopeneru0022u003eWooCommerceu003c/au003e: u003c/strongu003ethis is one of the world’s most popular e-commerce platforms as it can turn your WordPress website into an online store. Like WordPress, there are many plugins available, and it attaches to WordPress, which makes it extremely flexible. There are many free and premium themes pre-built for WooCommerce. If you are not tech-savvy, you will most likely need a WordPress developer to help you set it up and use it. WooCommerce also offers a very high amount of capabilities and scalability that your small business might need.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cstrongu003e- u003ca href=u0022https://www.shopify.com/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noreferrer noopeneru0022u003eShopifyu003c/au003e: u003c/strongu003ethis is a cloud based e-commerce platform that allows you to create and customize an online store, and to manage products, inventory, payments, and shipping. It is not a WordPress extension like WooCommerce, it is a standalone platform that is hosted on the Shopify server, so if you have a main website, your e-commerce site would technically be separate from that. You can link to your Shopify account from your regular website built with WordPress, Drupal, etc., unless your main website has a Shopify integration plugin.u003cbru003eFeatures include unlimited products, unlimited bandwidth, fraud analysis, discount codes, reports, and much more. The key benefits of Shopify are that you do not need a developer to set up a store, and everything on the backend is already set up for you when you subscribe. The downside is you do not have as much control or flexibility over your store as you would with WooCommerce.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cstrongu003e- u003ca href=u0022https://www.shopify.com/plusu0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noreferrer noopeneru0022u003eShopify Plusu003c/au003e: u003c/strongu003ethis is Shopify but with a higher level of customization, more staff accounts, and international e-commerce options. It also has a higher level of support. However, all of this obviously comes with a higher subscription cost, and it still does not have all the flexibility and customization abilities as WooCommerce.