PayPal Business offers a simple in-person and online payment processing solution. Its features include invoicing, mobile payments, recurring payments, more than 20 currencies, chargeback and seller protection, and an embeddable “buy now” button. In our review of the best merchant services providers, PayPal earned an overall score of 3.86 out of 5 and came out…
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Shift4Shop Review: Free but Complex Ecommerce Platform
Shift4Shop, formerly 3dcart, is an ecommerce platform that offers retailers an inexpensive option to build an online store without sacrificing features. Overall, my Shift4Shop review found it to be a great option for US-based merchants looking for a free platform with robust features. In my evaluation, Shift4Shop earned 3.83 out of 5, earning it a…
Square Online Store Review: Top Free Ecommerce Platform
Square Online is an ecommerce platform and website builder that provides an all-in-one online store and payment processing solution. My Square Online Store review shows it offers the best free ecommerce platform for small businesses and is ideal for brick-and-mortar retailers that need basic online store functionality. With a forever-free plan and monthly paid plans…
Remote.com Review: Pricing, Features & Alternatives
Remote offers human resource (HR) solutions and services for managing international payroll, taxes, benefits, and compliance for all business sizes. Benefits packages tailored to specific countries are also available, plus its employer of record (EoR) services allow it to handle payroll and hiring needs in countries where you don’t have business entities. It also offers…
Guru Review: Features, Pricing, and More
Guru is one of the original hiring sites for freelancers, having been around since 1996. Its interface is not as modern as similar sites, but it’s less expensive and offers easy-to-use tools for finding freelancers, posting jobs, hiring, paying for work, and managing projects. Plus, it has freelancers in a variety of highly technical fields,…
Square for Restaurants Review
Square for Restaurants is a cloud-based restaurant point-of-sale (POS) system built on the popular Square small business platform. On our annual ranking of the best restaurant POS systems, Square for Restaurants earned a 3.86 out of 5. You can use the system for $0 per month, with no long-term contracts; all you pay are processing…
SpotOn Review: Pricing, Features & More
SpotOn is an incredibly functional full-featured restaurant point-of-sale (POS) system, offering excellent employee management and loyalty functions alongside affordable payment processing and robust industry-grade hardware. SpotOn develops its tools with the guidance of a “Restaurant Advisory Council” of successful restaurant operators. SpotOn’s clever software updates and insightful support reflect this influence. SpotOn recently added a…
BigCommerce Review: Pricing, Features & More
BigCommerce is best for high-revenue and growing businesses. Its lack of transaction fees and multi-storefront capabilities set it apart from competitors like Shopify.
In my review of the best ecommerce platforms, BigCommerce came in a close second with a score of 4.60 out of 5 based on 38 data points and my hands-on test of the software. It was a close fight between BigCommerce and Shopify during my evaluation. BigCommerce’s monthly costs are the same as Shopify’s—starting at…