Want to create an online store to sell different products? The ability to create a good looking ecommerce store that is powered by wordpress has become so much easier with the introduction of wordpress e-commerce plugins, some which are free and others which you will need to pay for. The nice part about building a store using wordpress over a traditional site like Joomla which you could use the virtual mart plugin with is that wordpress comes with many features which helps driving traffic to your site and promoting it much easier.

Here is a list that I have put together of the current wordpress e-commerce plugins available. If i have missed out any feel free to leave a comment and let other readers know about others.

Wordpress Ecommerce Plugins

1. Wp E-Commerce – Has been around for quite some time, some people swear by it, other people just swear about it Its free but they do have an gold cart module available which is $40 for bloggers and $195 for business. It lets you also import products into your facebook marketplace and google base. Works with google checkout, paypal, authorize.net, payment express, bluepay, chronpaypal, eway, protx, paymentexpress, ideeal, paystation.

2. Shopp Plugin – Really nice looking, will cost you though $55,  it does work with by default 2 checkout, paypal standard, paypal express, google checkout and then additional module syou have to pay for if you want to use these are authorize.net, eway, first data, HSBC epayments, ideal, netcash, pay junction, paypal pro, and payson

3. Quick Shop – Works with wordpress themes that have widgets installed, basically lets you show items in the cart in your sidebar. You can download it here free

4. EShop – Works in pages or posts, lets you create products, list multiple items, add cart on a single page, stats, download data. This is free

5. Wp Live Shopping – Lets you do it using a widget, you can see a demo on the site

6. Yak Shopping Cart – 3 paged plugin, orders, product management and sales reports. It works with  paypal, google checkout and authorize.net Its free

7. Are Paypal – Seems to be having issues right now. Basically it works with paypal.

8. Paypal Shortcodes – Insert paypal buttons in posts or pages using short code, no management panel though.

9. Tribulant – costs $49.99 is a full shopping cart plugin to help you get an online shop going, you can categorize, organize and add categories fairy easily. It workds with paypal, 2checkout, moneybookers, bankwire, and credit card.

10. ShopperPress – Pretty darn good its a shopping cart theme, so not just a plugin but an entire theme making the whole process of getting setup very very quick and it works with every payment gateway you can imagine! There is a free trial version costs you nothing to download, a vip version which is $69 and developer version which is $175 I would highly recommend checking this out if your looking for a fast solution that looks good.

11. ArtPal – For artists integrates with your blog and works with paypal only. totally free

12. StorePress – Costs $49 very similar to shopper press, works with paypal and its a theme and cart together

13. Market Theme – Costs $55 or $150 for developers, is a theme and cart and i must say its pretty good. It works with paypal only though, though there is a google checkout module available