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Good suggestion, but he said budget is very low, so is there a free solution out there?
I use wordpress + woocommerce(amazon pay) I dont think this entire setup costs 200 dollars.
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#42WordPress with WooCommerce. In the end there are only a handful of subtle differences between off the shelf solutions.
This does the job for me. Plus then you get a wordpress/php website. Im very happy now that I understand php and was able to make a custom theme.
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#43She ignored me and contracted a local development company, ended up paying £1200 for a Wordpress/WooCommerce site that could have been set up for peanuts.
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This does the job for me. Plus then you get a wordpress/php website. Im very happy now that I understand php and was able to make a custom theme.
A Wordpress website isn’t an advantage, it’s a nightmare in terms of security and maintenance.
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#46To the rest of the posters... __READ__ what he is writing.. He want total control and a low budget. Have any of you even tried Shopify ? It's low control and it's expensive as hell. Ok, so i'm actually running a pretty large store on Django Oscar. But i would say that it really depends on what you are building The only reason i choose Django oscar over something like shopify is that we sell a highly customizable prod…
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#47To the rest of the posters... __READ__ what he is writing.. He want total control and a low budget. Have any of you even tried Shopify ? It's low control and it's expensive as hell. Ok, so i'm actually running a pretty large store on Django Oscar. But i would say that it really depends on what you are building The only reason i choose Django oscar over something like shopify is that we sell a highly customizable prod…
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#48Shopify or Etsy to MVP until there's traction. Don't prematurely optimize by thinking you need to use Django or write the shop yourself in the beginning. > Budget for building online store is very low. I want to full control over it and independent? Don't do this. Your time is worth something. Just keep an eye as things develop as to how you're going to get the data out of your prototype into a bespoke system, eventu…
Good suggestion, but he said budget is very low, so is there a free solution out there?
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#50Drupal or Wordpress, full control, very low budget, very low expertise needed. From a business owner's point of view, Drupal and Wordpress are amazing. But if you ask any coder, they'll tell you they're a pile of shit, so don't ask :).