11 Trending Ecommerce Plugin Businesses [2024]

Updated: July 24th, 2023
Start An Ecommerce Plugin

An e-commerce plugin is a piece of software that allows businesses to sell their products online. These plugins typically include features such as a shopping cart, payment gateway, or product catalog.

To build an e-commerce plugin, you need to be familiar with the different types of e-commerce platforms and have a good understanding of how to develop plugins. You may also need to have strong coding skills.

The demand for e-commerce plugins are growing as online stores are looking for ways to improve their processes. Plugins can help businesses add new features and integrations, and they can also help save time and money by automating tasks that would otherwise be done manually.

Looking for some examples of a ecommerce plugin?

Interested in case studies of a successful ecommerce plugin? Check out our full list of success stories.

1. WooCommerce

Sell online with the fully customizable, open source eCommerce platform built for WordPress.

Where they're located: La Cautiva, Córdoba, Argentina
Website traffic: 3.31M/month

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2. Kiwi Sizing

Kiwi Sizing helps increase sales and lower returns with size recommendation system and size charts. Perfect for fashion shops on Shopify, Big Commerce and other e-commerce platforms.

How much they make: $432K/year
Where they're located: San Francisco, CA, USA
How much did it cost to start: $300
Current team size: 1

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How I Developed A $36K/Month Ecommerce Sizing Plugin

Kiwi Sizing is an e-commerce plugin that simplifies size charts and offers fit recommenders, generating over $36k/month in revenue with a 5% month-over-month growth, and serving over 13,000 active stores worldwide.

About
Samping started Kiwi Sizing almost 6 years ago
Revenue
Samping grew the business to $36K/month
Costs
It cost Samping $300 to start the business
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Learn more about starting an ecommerce plugin:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start an ecommerce plugin?
-> Pros and cons of an ecommerce plugin

Need inspiration?

-> Other ecommerce plugin success stories
-> Marketing ideas for an ecommerce plugin

Other resources

4. The Top WordPress eCommerce Plugin by WP EasyCart

WP EasyCart offers a WordPress eCommerce Shopping Cart solution that is easy to use. Try it risk-free for 14 days, start your trial today!

5. Churn Buster

Dunning is our specialty. Upgrade your subscription billing with the most customer-friendly tool for recovering failed payments. Used by leading brands in eCommerce, SaaS, and memberships since 2013.

How much they make:

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6. Get Shopped! – WordPress Ecommerce

7. Custimy.io

Generate powerful insights by connecting the right customers, with the right products, on the right marketing channels at the right time.

How much they make: $600K/year
Where they're located: Copenhagen, Danmark
How much did it cost to start: $875K
Current team size: 30

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We Built A $600K/Year SaaS Platform For E-Commerce Brands

Custimy.io co-founders Kristoffer and Martin created an e-commerce data platform that uses machine learning to help SMB stores make better decisions based on higher-quality customer data, raising the biggest pre-seed funding round in Denmark at the time and currently having 50K USD in monthly recurring revenue.

About
Kristoffer started Custimy.io almost 4 years ago
Revenue
Kristoffer grew the business to $50K/month
Costs
It cost Kristoffer $875000 to start the business
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9. Bagisto

Bagisto allows you to build your own free eCommerce website and various post commerce solutions using the opensource laravel eCommerce platform.

How much they make: $600K/year
Where they're located: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
How much did it cost to start: $10K
Current team size: 47
Website traffic: 80K/month

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How We Built A MillIon Dollar Ecommerce Platform [India]

Open-source e-commerce platform Bagisto has generated over $1 million in revenue in the past four years, with $350,000 annual recurring revenue for the past two years, has over 70,000 downloads, 5,000 Github stars, 5,000 community members globally, and over 150 contributors enhancing its features.

About
Saurav started Bagisto over 5 years ago
Revenue
Saurav grew the business to $50K/month
Costs
It cost Saurav $10000 to start the business
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10. CartFox.io

Scale your profits with SMS marketing platform CartFox | SMS notifications for abandoned carts | Discount coupons | Try today with 300 free SMS

How much they make: $18K/year
Where they're located: Mengeš, Slovenija
How much did it cost to start: $120K
Current team size: 7

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How We Built A $1.5K/Month SMS Marketing SaaS With Just A Plain PHP Tech Stack

Slovenian eCommerce business owner turns internal solution into SaaS product CartFox, with over 150M EUR revenue generated through several brands, but still breaking even $1.5K/month with salaries included from CartFox.

About
Simon started CartFox.io about 2 years ago
Revenue
Simon grew the business to $1.5K/month
Costs
It cost Simon $120000 to start the business
Read by 1,631 founders

11. Patrick Posner

WordPress Plugins for specific purposes. Password protect WordPress, create secure document libraries or make your entire website static with a single click.

How much they make:

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