{"id":127440,"date":"2020-08-13T11:28:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T10:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/?p=127440"},"modified":"2024-02-20T11:23:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T11:23:32","slug":"best-free-ecommerce-website-builders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/websites\/ecommerce\/best-free-ecommerce-website-builders\/","title":{"rendered":"The 9 best free ecommerce platforms for small businesses for 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Startups.co.uk is reader supported – we may earn a commission from our recommendations, at no extra cost to you and without impacting our editorial impartiality.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n[vc_column_text title_type=”h1″]Building an online store needn’t cost the earth, and there are some brilliant ecommerce platforms<\/a><\/strong> that will let you do it at remarkably low cost. But can you create an online store for free? As ever, the answer is “yes, but…”\n

With Square Online<\/strong>, our top free ecommerce platform, you can sell an unlimited number of products without signing up for a paid plan<\/strong>. Creating a store and product inventory is all free to do. Now for that “but” – you will need to pay a small percentage fee on your sales to Square. This may still be an attractive pricing model, depending on the scale of your business.<\/p>\n

But that’s not the only way to have a free online store – many top website builders offer free plans or free trials. This includes Wix<\/strong>, our best ecommerce platform with a great free trial<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In this article, we’ll separate the ‘free forevers’ from the ‘free for a whiles’ and, based on genuine user testing and in-depth research, give our ranking of the best free ecommerce platforms you can use to create your online shop.[\/vc_column_text]\n <\/p>

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