Ecwid by Lightspeed is a hosted cloud commerce platform used by hundreds of thousands of merchants in 175 countries, 50 languages and offers the easiest way to add an online store to any website, social site or multiple sites simultaneously. With Ecwid, you get everything you need to start selling online in minutes. Easily embedded into any web presence and leading POS systems, you can market, merchandise and sell products and services from multiple online stores with mobile management and point-of-sale integration anywhere at any time. Start selling now with Ecwid!
Ecwid by Lightspeed (ecwid.com) has 430 customer reviews on Five Star Index, with an average rating of 4.0 out of 5.
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ecwid.com
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IT & Communication
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New York, New York
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2026
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I saw someone (paid) on YouTube that this is all Free. Ok. I made an account, started to add products, you can add Only 5 products. So it's not Free!!! Let's be serious, who wants an online store with 5 products?
Response from Ecwid by LightspeedJan 25, 2024
Hello,
This is Nazrin from Ecwid by Lightspeed Customer Care team.
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. I understand your concerns regarding the limitations of our Free plan, I’m sorry it is not suitable for you.
Ecwid tries to serve a wide range of businesses, including the ones that are just starting. The Free plan is made to help new merchants check out the features of our e-commerce solution without any costs, which is useful for small businesses.
Yet, we recognize that every business has unique needs and that a limit of 5 products might not suit everyone. For those who need to list more products, we offer various pricing plans that can suit larger businesses.
Also, we do have an idea of adding a plan that will allow you to construct your personal plan basically, to select the needed features and pay only for selected ones, for example, select which product limit would you like to have.
For now, we could offer you a discount on any paid plan. So please, contact us via email [email protected] if you need any help and discounts on paid plans. Thank you!
DB
Dionne B.
Brilliant
I have been using Ecwid for a year now im on a mid tier and use it with my preium wix site.
Its easy, I know nothing about selling online but this was easy for me to set up and is completely user friendly. I had some teething troubles and the customer service was second to none. I sell I send invoices I track stock and fulfill orders with no issues, it brilliant and more than enough for my needs. 4 stars purely because I dont use to full potential so cant comment on everything, but I love what I use of it. Its made my life so much easier and is exteremly reasonably priced.
RO
Roxana
A éviter pour petite boutique vêtements
Le service client est réactif, mais je le déconseille pour des petites boutiques de vêtements.
Vous découvrirez très rapidement que pour pouvoir mettre les tailles de vos articles, il faut choisir l'option Business à 39€/mois, ce qui est exagérément cher pour une boutique avec moins de 100 types de produits
Response from Ecwid by LightspeedDec 5, 2023
Veuillez noter que ce message a été écrit à l'origine en anglais et traduit par un outil de traduction automatique. Vous pouvez trouver la version originale ci-dessous.
Salut!
C'est Nikita de l'équipe de service client Ecwid by Lightspeed. Merci de noter Ecwid.
Ajout d'options de produit telles que la taille, la couleur,etc. est disponible à partir du plan d'abonnement Venture qui coûte 19 USD/mois. En savoir plus à ce sujet ici: https://support.ecwid.com/hc/fr/articles/207099959-Options-des-produits
Si je comprends bien, vous deviez suivre l'inventaire de vos options de produits. Dans ce cas, le stock d'options de produits est disponible à partir du plan d'abonnement Business qui comprend des variations de produits (combinaison d'options) avec contrôle des stocks.
Je comprends votre frustration concernant les prix des abonnements, mais c'est ainsi que fonctionnent actuellement les prix, désolé. Néanmoins, nous avons une idée pour permettre aux commerçants de créer des plans d'abonnement personnalisés en activant uniquement les fonctionnalités premium dont ils ont besoin. Si c'est quelque chose que vous recherchez, faites-le moi savoir afin que je puisse vous ajouter à notre liste d'attente interne. Veuillez noter que les demandes sont soumises à un processus d'examen, nous ne pouvons donc garantir aucune mise à jour ou calendrier pour le moment. Si vous êtes sur la liste et que cette mise à jour est disponible, nous vous en informerons.
Si vous décidez d'être inclus dans la liste d'attente, faites-moi savoir votre identifiant de magasin ou l'adresse e-mail associée à votre compte Ecwid.
J'espère que ces informations vous aideront.
AN
Anon
Elements of their platform don't work…
Elements of their platform don't work and they estimate a bug fix of at least a month to fix.
Really poor communication. Meant to have 24/7 live chat but totally misleading as there is no live chat available half the time and it just sends an email instead.
I'm losing sales and customers because of the ineptitude of Ecwid. It seems user friendly enough at first but there are too many bug issues for me that affect sales and they aren't resolved in a timely way. Also does not integrate with Royal Mail Click and Drop. They could be so much better as the platform really does seem quite useable but things constantly keep going wrong. Would not renew my subscription. Just such a pain as I spent so long setting my shop up.
Response from Ecwid by LightspeedOct 27, 2023
Hi there,
This is Ruby from Ecwid by Lightspeed team.
I'm sorry for the bad experience!
I should say that our chat is open Mon - Fri 24/7, still, if you're not able to get to the chat, we should definitely investigate the issue further and report it to our developers. I'm sorry you faced these difficulties.
I can see that you've reported several ongoing issues with your Ecwid store and I'll be glad to take a look at each of them and provide you with the best solutions possible.
I've requested your information in order to get in touch — please, share an email your store is associated with in a reply. This way, I'll be able to check your account and provide you with further details.
Also, you can also contact us at [email protected] and I'll get back to you shortly.
Thank you!
MA
Mathieu
ask for refund
i use ecwid for 3 days not good so i ask for refund until now no one contacted me
Response from Ecwid by LightspeedOct 22, 2023
Hi Mathieu,
This is Ruby from Ecwid by Lightspeed team.
I'm sorry you didn't enjoy using Ecwid and would like to cancel your subscription. We'd really appreciate your feedback regarding the reasons for your decision. Your opinion will help us figure out what Ecwid needs to improve or learn what exactly made you leave.
As for your refund request, please, contact us at [email protected], so that we can check your account and provide you with further details about cancelation your subscription.
Thank you!
TA
Tara
Ecwid supports unethical apps
Ecwid supports unethical apps
I reported an app to ecwid for fraud and they called me "emotional'.
Ecwid is my website provider. They have an app marketplace similar to Amazon where they vet and provide apps that you can add to your site for functionality/workflow etc.
I needed an app that blocked certain IPS, emails, phone numbers and countries.
Ecwid approved Dsign Softech Block Orders, an India based company.
I downloaded the app and it was very simple to use.
Orders that are associated with fraud or abuse I would enter the relevant details to block them from purchasing or visiting my site.
In Dec I noticed the orders were not being blocked.
I emailed the app for 3 weeks and he refused to respond.
I forgot about the matter, to be honest, it was my busiest month and I just dropped the ball.
In August I went to renew the app. The app was displaying cost in Indian Rupees. It was not converting to USD. So I had to go online convert and figure out what it was. It was 2400INR which at the time of conversion was just under $29USD.
I clicked "pay" and Paypal popped up with $40.
I canceled and went back to check out to see if I missed fees or something. Nope.
So I did it again, and it said $40. I surmised it was a Paypal issue, (Ive had issues with GBR and EUR before) so I hit OK and it still processed $40.
I reached out to the app and they said it was because of Ecwid's fault. Then changed their mind and said its' because Paypal costs too much. I explained they still had to include that in the cost.
They ignored me
Then, on Sept 14, the app LOST ALL MY DATA--over 2 years worth.
It was gone. Every IP, every email, every phone number, two years worth of investigations. Gone.
The way the app works is you input directly from site. There is no way to export the data or back up on your end. That is what the app is paid to do.
The app owner said their AWS Amazon server failed.
I looked up amazon heath status and that was a lie.
He said they didn't back it up and it was gone.
I asked him how a data management co could possibly not be backing up as required by law.
He called me ignorant, incompetent, a rotten apple, mentally ill and told me he'd rather just refund me than explain himself to me and that he'd be processing my refund. He then disabled my access to the app so I could not even determine if I could retrieve or restore my data.
So I left him a 1 star review
So he responded in retaliation said he'd be keeping my money and then continued to harass me.
I told him I'd be reporting him for his price fraud as well and he then went into his site, modified his page and responded with an updated web page and "USD has always been there"
Little did he know I'd already recorded his entire site including the checkout so I caught him modifying his web page to conceal the fraud.
I called him out, and he finally admitted it.
Then he continued to call me names over and over.
I asked SIX TIMES for him to stop contacting me.
Ecwid was copied THIS ENTIRE TIME.
So then I had to file a paypal dispute.
I included the screenshot where he said he disabled my access and was going to refund me.
He responded providing falsified screenshots showing I was an "ACTIVE USER"
The app was completely removed from my site, so this was a lie.
Ecwid emailed me and said they were so sorry he was so mean to me, but could I please cancel my dispute because it was affecting this app's workflow and Ecwid needs the apps for their Indian market.
WHAT??? I told them I was disappointed they would place more value on their own profit from someone violating all these laws and committing fraud -- than protecting their customers. So I called Paypal to appeal and recorded the conversation.
I confirmed THREE TIMES this man sent false records in to try to keep my money.
They refunded my money after 7 days of fighting.
I followed up with Ecwid, again, who had been on every single email witnessing everything and asked them to call me to discuss the app.
They refused.
I found the app was overbilling as well--they renewed my account the day I paid instead of waiting until my expiration, thus stealing the 25 days I had previously paid for.
I informed them I had additional serious information and needed contact and they refused.
For 3 weeks I asked for legal or someone to contact me. They finally did...
They responded and said they felt I was just emotional and they wouldn't be taking action.
The app falsely advertised the price of the app
The app failed to provide a service it was paid to provide
The app failed to back up data
The app falsified documents
The app tried to illegally keep my funds and provide false statements during a legal dispute
The app was overbilling
The app owner called me names, harassed me via email, had literal temper tantrums via email
But I was emotional... Maybe if my name was Mike, they wouldn't have called me emotional, maybe they would have just called me...
Response from Ecwid by LightspeedOct 25, 2023
Hello Tara,
This is Ecwid by Lightspeed Team.
We appreciate you taking the time to leave feedback on our service. Thank you.
First and foremost, we would like to express our deepest apologies for the situation you faced. We truly understand that this is not acceptable behavior from the third-party side that offers a service to you through our brand.
Thus, we want to mention that we took the situation under control and held a conversation with the app developer explaining that the language they used was inappropriate and unprofessional. And that should never happen again.
Also, the email that you received from our Legal Department had some phrases about emotional language that we shouldn't have used. We have discussed this at length internally and our solution is that our Support Team will work together with the Legal team to improve the level of communication in replies like this. The bar has to be raised, and we fully take responsibility for ourselves here and we are sincerely sorry.
We value our merchants the most, so your comfort is our biggest priority. That’s why we decided to act on our part as well, even though the initial issue you had was with the third-party app. We have issued you a full refund of the equivalent total amount you paid for the whole period using the "Block Orders: Prevent Fake Orders" app (2-3 years).
Moreover, we will make sure that the process of buying applications available in our App Market is more transparent. We are working with our Apps and API team to find a solution for such cases that would work the best. This action is a direct result of your feedback, so thank you for helping us improve.
Thank you!
TT
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Peter D.
I was nearly finished setting up my…
I was nearly finished setting up my store, which was a time consuming concept, and then it deleted everything and all that time o spent all day trying to set the store up. I am very angry and I want to delete my store which has now got nothing on there. It is also very difficult to do this. Can someone please advise me how to do this? I will be starting my store with big cartel. Thanks for nothing.
Response from Ecwid by LightspeedOct 9, 2023
Hi,
Adam's here from Ecwid. I understand your feelings. I am sorry you had to go through such an experience.
We want to help you sort this and understand what exactly happened there. The very first thing that comes to my mind is that you may have two accounts — the one where all your work is and a newly created one that has nothing set up so far.
To check this theory and investigate further, we've sent you an email at your address associated with your Ecwid store.
Please, reply to it with the details — we'll get to the bottom of it!