Ask HN: Shopify self hosted e-commerce alternative?

#1

Post by econcon » Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 3:39 AM UTC

What do you recommend to physical product business which gets about 25-100 sales a day?

In case you are curious, what I sell it's 3d printing fimament which I make in my garage: https://medium.com/endless-filament/make-your-filament-at-home-for-cheap-6c908bb09922

I am a programmer but I do not like building something which already exists and e-commerce platform is boring for me also Shopify while is good but I need self hosted one for ideological reasons.

Re: Ask HN: Shopify self hosted e-commerce alternative?

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Post by arkadiyt » Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 3:59 AM UTC

I'm sure there are many but Solidus is one: https://solidus.io/

Re: Ask HN: Shopify self hosted e-commerce alternative?

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Post by quellhorst » Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 4:24 AM UTC

Woocommerce is built on top of Wordpress and is open source.

Re: Ask HN: Shopify self hosted e-commerce alternative?

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Post by w-ll » Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 4:26 AM UTC

What's the problem your trying to solve?

Paypal button on a static site?

Dont like Paypal, you can use crypto (it's the only thing one can actually self host as in receiving payments)

Re: Ask HN: Shopify self hosted e-commerce alternative?

#5

Post by desdiv » Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 4:27 AM UTC

arkadiyt wrote: post #2

I'm sure there are many but Solidus is one: https://solidus.io/

To add to that, Spree Commerce: https://github.com/spree/spree

Re: Ask HN: Shopify self hosted e-commerce alternative?

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Post by ecesena » Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 4:33 AM UTC

Woocommerce. Can you elaborate more on "ideological reasons"?

I'm genuinely curious why you don't feel ok to pay less than $1/sale to shopify to keep your store up & running but are ok paying much more on fulfillment/shipping.

Re: Ask HN: Shopify self hosted e-commerce alternative?

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Post by omniscient_oce » Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 4:36 AM UTC

desdiv wrote: post #5

arkadiyt wrote: post #2

I'm sure there are many but Solidus is one: https://solidus.io/

To add to that, Spree Commerce: https://github.com/spree/spree

Coincidentally, they both run on Ruby on Rails it seem.

Gonna check out these two they seem cool.

Re: Ask HN: Shopify self hosted e-commerce alternative?

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Post by companyhen » Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 4:38 AM UTC

I dislike the monthly fee for Shopify apps so I go with WooCommerce most the time. I like designing in Elementor, but the Storefront theme is free and decent out of the box.

If it's for a site I want to get up fast I'll go with Shopify.

Re: Ask HN: Shopify self hosted e-commerce alternative?

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Post by mccolin » Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 4:52 AM UTC

Spree e-commerce is a solid Rails engine that can be used a fully skinnable site and offers a full API for any integrations, customizations, or other apps you want to hook up down the line. It also has robust configurations for your product line, fulfillment, and shipping setups. Have built enterprise-level online stores on it, but it is geared for business the size you describe.

https://spreecommerce.org/

Re: Ask HN: Shopify self hosted e-commerce alternative?

#10

Post by theluketowers » Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 4:55 AM UTC

Check out Shopaholic for October CMS: https://octobercms.com/plugin/lovata-shopaholic (Disclaimer: I'm the lead maintainer for October CMS but I have no affiliation with Shopaholic).