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Ecwid
Sell anywhere ecommerce platform
As of 30 August 2026, Ecwid is free to use. Ecwid is a shopping cart and ecommerce platform that enables businesses to sell products anywhere - on their website, social media, mobile apps, and marketplace. Softwr lists it under E-Commerce. Ecwid is launched in 2009, available on Web.
Overview
What Ecwid does
Ecwid is a shopping cart and ecommerce platform that enables businesses to sell products anywhere - on their website, social media, mobile apps, and marketplaces. It's designed for small businesses and entrepreneurs who want to expand their sales channels without complexity.
What people use it for
- E-commerce store setup with no transaction fees charged by Ecwid
- Multi-channel selling across Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and Pinterest
- Automated email marketing with abandoned cart recovery campaigns
- Inventory management and order tracking across all sales channels
- AI-powered product photo background removal and enhancement
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Ecwid.
- The $5 a month Starter plan caps the catalogue at 10 products
- Staff accounts start at the Business plan, and are limited to 2 until the Unlimited plan
- Abandoned cart recovery requires the Business plan at $65 a month
- In person selling through POS integration is Unlimited only, at $149 a month
- The Venture plan at $35 a month still caps products at 100
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Pricing
What Ecwid costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- Up to 10 products
- Basic storefront
- Standard payment methods
- Community support
Unlimited
$99.08 /mo
- Unlimited products
- Advanced features
- Priority support
- Advanced integrations
Capabilities
Features
Omnichannel selling
Product catalog
Payment processing
Inventory management
Email marketing
Analytics
Mobile app
API access
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Does Ecwid charge transaction fees?
Ecwid states on its site: no transaction fees. However, pricing tiers and their specific features are not disclosed on the vendor's public pages.
SourceIs there a free version of Ecwid?
Ecwid offers a free tier to launch a store and start selling. Specific upgrade tiers and costs are not listed on the vendor's website.
SourceHow much does Ecwid cost?
Ecwid does not publish pricing details on its website. The vendor directs users to contact sales or view pricing, but specific rates are not displayed publicly.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Ecwid
- Company
- Ecwid
- Based in
- San Francisco, CA
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- Square
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- Shopkeep
- Amazon Shopping
- TikTok Shop
- Poshmark
- Temu
- SAP Commerce Cloud
- 3dcart
- Algopix
- OpenCart
- Medusa
- Printful
- Square for Retail
- SAP Commerce Cloud
- 3dcart
- Algopix
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