About AbleCommerce
A Pioneer in Ecommerce Since 1994

AbleCommerce is one of the earliest commercially available ecommerce platforms on the internet. Founded in 1994, we have helped businesses build, manage, and scale online stores for more than three decades.

As a division of Able Solutions Corporation, a privately held company based in Washington state, AbleCommerce delivers a self-hosted ecommerce platform designed for performance, customization, and long-term business control.

From startups to established enterprises, our customers choose AbleCommerce for stability, flexibility, and ownership. 

Built for Long-Term Control

Ecommerce has changed dramatically since the 1990s. Business fundamentals have not.

AbleCommerce was built on the principle that merchants should control their own infrastructure, data, and growth strategy. Our platform is licensed software installed on your server or cloud environment — not a rented SaaS storefront.

That means:

  • No platform lock-in

  • No revenue sharing

  • No forced migrations

  • Full access to your database and codebase

We provide the foundation. You control the future.

What We Deliver

A Complete Self-Hosted Ecommerce Platform

AbleCommerce combines merchant usability with developer flexibility.

For merchants:

  • Secure, browser-based administration

  • Inventory and order management

  • Integrated payment and shipping support

  • Full operational control

For developers:

  • Structured, object-oriented architecture

  • Customizable source code (with eligible licenses)

  • Seamless integration with external systems

  • Flexible deployment options

Whether you need a streamlined storefront or a deeply integrated commerce system, AbleCommerce provides the architecture to support it.


Proven Stability in a Changing Industry

Many ecommerce platforms have come and gone. AbleCommerce has remained.

Our longevity reflects disciplined engineering, practical architecture, and a commitment to long-term customer relationships. We have continuously evolved alongside advances in hosting, security, and web technologies while preserving the stability businesses depend on.

When you build on AbleCommerce, you are building on decades of refinement and production use.


Flexible Licensing

We offer licensing options designed to meet businesses at different stages of growth.

  • Perpetual license options

  • Annual licensing based on admin users

  • Plans starting at $295 per year

From a free startup license to full source-code ownership, AbleCommerce provides a cost structure that scales with your operational needs.


Experience You Can Trust

For over 30 years, we have supported merchants navigating changing technologies, shifting marketplaces, and evolving customer expectations.

Our focus remains consistent: deliver a reliable, extensible ecommerce foundation that businesses can own and control.

AbleCommerce is not just a storefront.


It is infrastructure for serious commerce.

Founded in 1993 in Vancouver, Washington, the vision and the potential of the world wide web was starting to unfold.

Version 1.0 of ColdFusion was the foundation for the first version of AbleCommerce's online store building software, first released in November of 1994 under the name of StoreBuilder.

An exciting year! AbleCommerce 2.6 released. Able Solutions honored for Innovations in Electronic Commerce award presented by CommerceNet. James R. Borck with InfoWorld quotes "This is a powerful yet affordable I-commerce solution that I can certainly recommend.

Just before Ebay came along, we created and released AuctionBuilder Enterprise 1.0.

Released in 2001, AbleCommerce 3.0 is the most comprehensive and affordable ecommerce solutions for merchants. We go head to head with Microsoft Commerce Server and IBM WebSphere Commerce. Keith Schultz with InternetWeek states, "AbleCommerce from Able Solutions does a pretty good job of looking like David to IBM's and Microsoft's Goliath".

AbleCommerce® 4.3 released, the very latest addition to our best of breed, electronic commerce shopping system.

AbleCommerce® 5.2 released with content management and electronic software delivery.

An explosion of ecommerce shopping this year! AbleCommerce now offers hosting and a new partner program. Official launch of the AbleCommerce Community Forums.

A Secure Visa/MC PCI compliant solution with AbleCommerce 5.5 CFMX.

Released in 2007, AbleCommerce's 7.0 Asp.Net 2.0 based store building software is in it's seventh generation. AbleCommerce wins asp.netPRO Readers’ Choice Awards for Best e-Commerce Package and Product of the Year! "With a variety of products and services from which to choose, it takes quite a following to take top honors in this category,” said David Riggs of asp.netPRO.

We make ecommerce affordable for all merchants by dropping our price to $995 and it continues to be at a very low price for a full ecommerce package.

AbleCommerce software was officially PCI certified under the new, and stricter, PA-DSS v1.2 standards on June 1st 2009. AbleCommerce was one of the first shopping cart software products to be certified under the new PA-DSS certification process.
AspnetPro Award AbleCommerce wins asp.netPRO Readers' Choice Awards for Best e-Commerce Package again!

Powering more than 10,000 stores world-wide!

The all new AbleCommerce Gold e-commerce shopping system incorporates everything we have learned as true pioneers of e-commerce.

Celebrating 20 years in business with a A+ BBB rating and so many loyal customers.

The 11th release of AbleCommerce Gold as we continue to create an affordable feature rich electronic commerce shopping system. Our latest version includes a new Mobile Responsive template

The 12th release of AbleCommerce Gold includes a back in stock notification, 93 new payment gateways, Improved WEB API by exposing customers and orders information and many other enhancements.

Added new development staff to speed up development of our next major release.

Beta released of AbleCommerce 9 with the first draft of content management platform.

Final version of AbleCommerce 9 with content management features and language string resources available.

Continuing development of AbleCommerce 9 with massive improvements to SEO and Security features. A new integration with Zapier to integrate with thousands of apps.

Continuing development of AbleCommerce 9 with new integrations for Paypal PayFlow Pro and Cybersouce. Upgrade support added for old versions of AbleCommerce.

Continuing development of AbleCommerce 9 with support for Google Analytics 3, Stripe payment gateway, and an upgrade to Avalara's Avatax Rest API v2.

Continuing development of AbleCommerce 9 with new integrations for UPS (OAuth), FedEx (OAuth) and Quickbooks.

Continuing development of AbleCommerce 9 with new Point of Sale integration with Square POS and Square Payments. Also added Google Tag Manager.

Continuing development of AbleCommerce 9 with a new shipping integration for USPS (OAuth) and PayPal Complete Payments.

Company shifts focus to SaaS with ecommerce hosting and continued development of AbleCommerce 9.