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.
Also known as
ecwid.com
Website
ecwid.com
Category
IT & Communication
Location
New York, New York
Listed on Five Star Index
2026
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This app makes building a successful business easy. Amazing design, wonderful customer service. Very easy to use and the app makes it extremely easy to build a business without having to be in a computer
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Simon T.
Verdensklasse service
Har prøvet mange forskellige website-builders. Ecwid er ikke bare den billigste løsning og super brugervenlig – da jeg havde brug for hjælp, fik jeg svar inden for 24 timer, og hjælpen var tilmed udover mine forventninger.
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Laszlo D.
Absolutely nice and helpful side
Absolutely nice and helpful side! Thank You Guys
Regards
Laszlo Deak
Canada
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Monk Marketing A.
Don't listen to the negative reviews about their customer service
I have read several negative reviews about Ecwid's service team and I disagree wholeheartedly. Yes, their service team is based in chat, but I have never received a robot, always a person. They always go above and beyond to solve whatever problems we have presented to them and are always willing to schedule a video conference if they are unable to resolve the issue via chat.
The platform itself is very well handled when it comes to an eCommerce platform and I have found it very simple to integrate within my website designs (other bigger name eCommerce platforms require 3rd party paid apps to integrate into a website other than their platform).
Many of my web design clients are not very tech savvy and they find the Ecwid App simple to navigate and manage their storefront and products.
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Sadey D.
incredible features for small business
incredible features for small business
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EagleMike E.
I cannot recommend this company
I cannot recommend this company. The software is great, but the support is horrible. They use chat for support, and sometimes one only gets a bot. They promised to elevate and respond quickly, which turned into 2 lost days of business. They didn't live up to this and other commitments in my situation. Now I have to start all over building a site. Major stress and lost effort. I paid for a year, and they say no refunds. I'm very disappointed.
Response from Ecwid by LightspeedJun 22, 2023
Hello,
This is Ecwid by Lightspeed team.
So sorry for this experience! You're referring to the account with Store ID: 82701923, aren't you?
If so, although it is already deleted, you should have received a partial refund of 495 USD as our team decided to issue it as an exception since according to Ecwid Terms of Service: https://www.lightspeedhq.com/legal/lightspeed-service-agreement/ subscription charges are indeed non-refundable. This means that normally we do not provide refunds for the subscription to premium plans.
As for the escalated case, the agent, who was working on it, was waiting for a reply from a third-party team before emailing you. Anyway, we apologise for the waiting time!
By the way, the case is still open as we're waiting for a response from the payment gateway team.
In case you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us — our chats and emails are processed by human-beings rather than bots.
Just in case, you can email us at [email protected]. And if you decide to go to the chats, they are available 24 hours from Monday till Friday.
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Bexi H.
Great support, but can't communicate. Also stuck in the pre-digital era
I signed up with Ecwid in April on the recommendation of the company that helped me set up my LLC. While filling out my billing and payout information, I provided the secondary account my business uses to keep track of taxes owed. This account is through Chime Bank. My information was accepted and I was told that I may receive an email regarding additional information needed for verification prior to receiving my first payout from orders received. I made sure not to have my online store front open until I received this email, but I never received any correspondence from Ecwid and my profile showed that I was approved to accept payments. So I opened my store front and accepted a few orders. June 11 was when I first received payment for the orders, but I barely received the payout today, June 20. Prior to receiving my payout I reached out to support for assistance twice. The first time I spoke with them, I was told that my application to receive payouts was in a long queue for manual verification and that it could take up to 4 business days to be approved and for me to receive my payout, or for them to notify me that they need additional info. The second time I spoke with them was after those 4 business days had passed and I still hadn't received my payout or an email. This time they told me pretty much the same thing, only they said it could take up to 2 business days. I finally received an email the day after my 2nd correspondence stating that they don't work with Chime Bank. I uploaded my primary bank info, and then finally received my payout 3 days later.
The support team was very polite and helpful, and I appreciate their assistance. My complaint at this point is that 1) Ecwid should have provided notice of banks they don't work with prior to signing up, or have their software coded to not accept certain routing numbers. 2) In addition, there shouldn't be a need for manual verification when other e-commerce platforms will approve your information almost immediately and send payouts that same day. The long delay in receiving my payout interrupted my ability to purchase materials for other orders and impacted my business by causing some orders to be canceled. 3) If additional information was needed to approve my application, it should have been requested immediately, not 2 1/2 months later. If my application was actually pending for 2 1/2 months prior to reaching out to support, then that's another issue with the company altogether.
I have closed my Ecwid account and moved my store to another e-commerce platform. No issues receiving my payouts there. I wouldn't recommend Ecwid to anyone starting their own business because they aren't diligent in their communication with their customers and their process is apparently too slow.
Response from Ecwid by LightspeedJun 28, 2023
Dear Bexi,
This is Vladi from Ecwid by Lightspeed Customer Care Team.
Thank you for your feedback, which is of great value to us, as it helps us grow, improving our services everyday to match the needs and expectations of our customers.
I have also forwarded your feedback to our Lightspeed Payments team, and can assure you that the necessary measures are already being taken, in order to prevent this uncommon instanance from repeating.
As much as I am sorry to see you go, I would still like to mention that in case you ever decide to go back, Ecwid allows you to configure many other online payment options, thanks to our integrations with different payment gateways. One of the more popular ones being Stripe, Square, and PayPal.
To see the full list of available payment options for US, please refer to this detailed guide from our Help Center: https://support.ecwid.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003054660-Payment-options-for-the-United-States-USA-
Thank you once again for sharing your experience with us. Wishing you a pleasant day!
Sincerely,
Vladi.
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P.Kamal
Misleading, malfunctional, unethical and dishonest company.
I purchased the Ecwid premium plan because they initially promised to connect my ecommerce site with Meta, Ebay, Amazon etc.. I quickly realized that I was not able to be connected to Facebook shop due to configuration and odd policy. I also realized that to be connected to eBay and other platforms " there are additional hidden charges "which was not disclosed to me before I purchased their service". They have also charged tax when I was exempted from tax in the UK in the first year trading as my turnover was below the threshold. To add insult to injury, they were malfunctional with configuration issues and they are not helpful. All in all, a very bad experience and obviously a brand with a very bad culture.