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Honestly - don’t. Beyond the technical challenges, have you considered: - All the little tax issues for various countries/states - Security in processing payments, avoiding fraud and protecting customer data - Integrating payment processing for credit card companies, Payp et al. and NOT having to deal with constant “account freezes” due to stolen credit card payments, customer complaints etc. For selling software, I…
Just adding to that (especially for software): not only was the development overhead minimal: I think setting up the shop, integrating the license key generation, determining all the pricing etc. took like 1 day including testing?! The savings on accounting were also significant. Had we been the direct seller, we would have driven the (tax) auditors fee ad absurdum. E.g., we would have needed a tax id in every EU sta…
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I also sell 3d printed models online so I've made like 20+ e-commerce websites so far. Most of them are niche website and get 5-10 sales each and some even get zero sales but some websites are seasonal in nature and in some season or event, they blow up in sales. I am trying to capture this windfall but Shopify is not good for this task. They charge per store so I am limited to just having one store which is not good…
OH! Ok that actually makes sense when you put it in context. I would probably develop a framework and do free gatsbyjs/netlify static sites that link back to a centralized payment processor service
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Just adding to that (especially for software): not only was the development overhead minimal: I think setting up the shop, integrating the license key generation, determining all the pricing etc. took like 1 day including testing?! The savings on accounting were also significant. Had we been the direct seller, we would have driven the (tax) auditors fee ad absurdum. E.g., we would have needed a tax id in every EU sta…
Are you referring to using Stripe or Shopify?
If you’re familiar with python and django, then saleor might be a good option: https://saleor.io/
I'm sure there are many but Solidus is one: https://solidus.io/
- How easy is Spree/Solidus to customize?
- Why did Solidus fork from Spree? How does this factor into whether I'd pick one or the other?
- Are Spree and Solidus compatible with each other package ecosystem wise?
- Which one has the most traction as of right now? While Solidus seems to be a relatively recent fork, Spree still appears to have more activity. Why is this the case?
Some managed hosting options at different price levels: Kinsta.com WPXhosting.com SiteGround.com NameHero.com
Some themes, plugins, that can help you get up and running quickly: Elementor.com kadencewp.com/product/kadence-woo-extras/ wpastra.com/woocommerce/ commercegurus.com/product/shoptimizer/
Some other useful links to get you started: woocommerce.com/product-category/woocommerce-extensions/ youtube.com/channel/UCjDuxPEhNQ2qn_qAdjRG4YQ/videos
You can just set up a really simple page, accept payments, and manage orders.
I built a simple example site for your filament: https://oneitem.store/3dfilament
Let me know if you want any more info :)