Simple e-Commerce Theme for WordPress!
Simple e-Commerce for WordPress is LONG overdue. For the past few years I’ve been developing websites, and have gained experience with all sorts of e-Commerce solutions. I’ve also read numerous articles and forum posts about over-complicated e-Commerce solutions. Every e-Commerce solution available is either too complicated for people use, costs too much per month to operate, and/or looks poorly designed, compared to larger e-Commerce websites.
As a web designer, I’ve also struggled over the past few months with trying to find an e-Commerce solution that I wanted to work with. I researched all kinds of solutions and nothing seemed to be right for me (I’m very particular when it comes to web design!).
I looked at Yahoo! Stores to run my e-Commerce website, but wasn’t willing to pay $20.00+ per month to have a mediocre e-Commerce website.
I researched OS Commerce but realized that I’d be deciphering code for weeks before I could manipulate the website to look and function the way I wanted. And if I didn’t want to do this for myself, I can only imagine what a non web designer might think! Don’t get me wrong: I’d gladly set up an OS Commerce website for someone else who wanted to pay for it.
About two years ago I started expanding my web design skills to develop for WordPress. And after getting under the hood of WordPress I realized that there is an extremely powerful foundation for a possible e-Commerce solution. I loved WordPress because it simplified owning a website, so that anyone could set one up in just a few hours, without any coding knowledge. I started searching for e-Commerce solutions for WordPress through various themes and plugins, and I thought I found the perfect solution.
WP e-Commerce is a plugin that is supposed to turn any WordPress website into an e-Commerce solution. I added it to my WordPress test website and began messing around with it. I found that even WP e-Commerce was difficult to set up and navigate. I thought I might be alone on this so I entered the WP e-Commerce support forum and found that many other people were having a lot of trouble with set up and installation of this plugin.
The developers of WP e-Commerce had the right idea. There is some extreme coding and development that went into this great plugin, but like I said before I still felt this was too difficult to use. I also found that many of my WordPress clients were having trouble installing and using this plugin. In some installations, WP e-Commerce even destroyed their WordPress websites, and the clients had to install backups of their site.
A few months ago I finally decided to take some action. I was determined to strip the fat from most over-complicated e-Commerce solutions, and make an extremely simple e-Commerce solution that anyone could use. Enter Simple e-Commerce for WordPress.
After months of design and development I was able to build the Simple e-Commerce theme, which I’m hoping will solve the problem of over-complicated e-Commerce solutions and open up doors for more people to run internet stores using WordPress.
If you already know how to use WordPress, you’ll have no problem installing, setting up, and using Simple e-Commerce. If you are new to WordPress, do some research online to find out how extremely easy WordPress is to use, then come back and grab the Simple e-Commerce theme to build your e-Commerce site in just a few hours.
No matter what product you are selling, Simple e-Commerce is the way to sell it using WordPress. This theme is still undergoing testing and final detailed construction, but will be released on Monday, July 13, 2009. The cost is yet to be determined, but downloading and installing Simple e-Commerce will likely be a one-time fee between $50.00 and $80.00. This is an extremely cost-effective e-Commerce solution compared to most other e-Commerce solutions. For more information on Simple e-Commerce for WordPress please visit the demo site at SimpleEcommerceTheme.BorelliDesigns.com.
I will be announcing the initial release of this theme on Monday!
