American payments and business software from Block, not available for card payments in the Netherlands.
Square Online is from Square, part of Block, Inc. (address in Oakland, California). According to Square’s help centre you can accept card payments with Square only in the US, Canada, Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Spain. The Netherlands is not on that list, so Square is not available here for card payments. We state no prices.
Below are the e-commerce platforms we checked.
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Online store · for SMEs and large companies
German open-source e-commerce platform for SMEs and enterprise, as a free Community Edition or a paid cloud version.
On the Shopware website
Online store · for freelancers and SMEs and large companies
Web shop platform with its own checkout, Shopify Payments with iDEAL, a large app store and multi-channel selling.
On the Shopify website
Online store · for freelancers and SMEs
Web shop platform from Oss for small businesses, with Mollie, shipping integrations and bol.com link from Premium.
On the Mijnwebwinkel website
Online store · for freelancers and SMEs
Website builder with web shop features from the Core plan, Wix Payments with iDEAL and Dutch-language customer service.
On the Wix eCommerce website
Online store · for freelancers and SMEs and large companies
Dutch webshop software with its own payment service, an app store for shipping and marketplaces, and phone support.
On the CCV Shop website
Online store · for freelancers and SMEs and large companies
Free open-source web shop plugin for WordPress that you host yourself, with plugins for payments and shipping.
On the WooCommerce website
Online store · for freelancers and SMEs
Website builder from Eindhoven with a web shop in Pro and Business, iDEAL and shipping labels for PostNL and DHL.
On the JouwWeb (webshop) website
Online store · for SMEs and large companies
Web shop platform with product management, multiple languages, an app store and POS, carrier and accounting links.
On the Lightspeed eCom website
Online store · for SMEs
Webshop software from Amsterdam with hosting and updates, integrations with bol and Amazon and a Dutch support team.
On the Shoptrader website
Online store · for freelancers and SMEs
Web shop builder from hosting company Mijndomein, with Mollie and Stripe, shipping cost calculation and email included.
On the Mijndomein MijnWebshop website
Of the alternatives to Square Online we checked, Shopware has the lowest starting price, at €0 per month. Community Edition is free, but you arrange hosting and implementation yourself. Paid plans: Rise from €600/month excl. VAT (first 30 days free), Evolve from €2,400/month; the price depends on your revenue through the shop. Also check what the cheapest plan includes.
Shopware and WooCommerce have a free plan. Do check what it includes; it is often limited.
All 10 we checked: Shopware, Shopify, Mijnwebwinkel, Wix eCommerce, CCV Shop, WooCommerce, JouwWeb (webshop), Lightspeed eCom, Shoptrader and Mijndomein MijnWebshop.
Of the alternatives to Square Online we checked: Mijnwebwinkel, Wix eCommerce, CCV Shop, JouwWeb (webshop), Lightspeed eCom, Shoptrader and Mijndomein MijnWebshop.
Of the alternatives to Square Online we checked: Shopware and Mijnwebwinkel.
Shopify, Mijnwebwinkel, Wix eCommerce, CCV Shop, WooCommerce, JouwWeb (webshop) and Mijndomein MijnWebshop are aimed at freelancers.
All e-commerce platforms compared
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