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Show HN: TinyStore - A minimal store for your Shopify Lite plan

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Re: Show HN: TinyStore - A minimal store for your Shopify Lite plan

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Post by kevincox »

whylo wrote: post #31

I'd really encourage you to download a screen reader such as NVDA (or use VoiceOver if you're on a Mac), make use of the Lighthouse accessibility audit in Chrome dev tools, and try using your site with just a keyboard to test for accessibility. At the moment the biggest problem is you've used divs with click handlers rather than tags for your product links, which can't be focussed with the keyboard, so anybody using…

Additionally you loose out on basic browser features such as opening in a new tab and copying the link.

Re: Show HN: TinyStore - A minimal store for your Shopify Lite plan

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Post by vira28 »

throwarayes wrote: post #46

I’m going to be the contrarian here :) I would just pay $29/month for Shopify basic plan. Is the $20 difference worth self hosting and tweaking a custom thing? You’ll quickly lose that $20 in time better spent running your business. I’d rather have reliable hosting... Not to bash a cool side project. Just want to say it’s not a panacea.

actually savings is only $15.

Re: Show HN: TinyStore - A minimal store for your Shopify Lite plan

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Post by giarc »

twalling wrote: post #48
throwarayes wrote: post #46

I’m going to be the contrarian here :) I would just pay $29/month for Shopify basic plan. Is the $20 difference worth self hosting and tweaking a custom thing? You’ll quickly lose that $20 in time better spent running your business. I’d rather have reliable hosting... Not to bash a cool side project. Just want to say it’s not a panacea.

I was wondering this too. The price difference is actually $16 not $20. Shopify Lite ($9) + TinyStore ($5). It seems like a pretty narrow niche and easily killed should Shopify address the narrow gap there. I would also wonder if Shopify already has the data to be able to make the judgement call that this narrow price range doesn't have the demand.

>I would also wonder if Shopify already has the data to be able to make the judgement call that this narrow price range doesn't have the demand.

They have obviously made the decision that it doesn't make sense for a $134b company to solve this problem. But it probably makes sense for a guy solving his wife's problem to create this solution.

Re: Show HN: TinyStore - A minimal store for your Shopify Lite plan

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Post by vira28 »

Since its relevant going to ask for recommendation here.

I am setting up an online store for my parents. I can host and manage it at least for the initial days where they can validate the idea.

These two looks promising.

1. https://woocommerce.com/ 2. https://magento.com/

Found more alternatives https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/best-woocommerce-alterna...

Wondering anyone has experience/feedback on any of these projects. Thanks.

Re: Show HN: TinyStore - A minimal store for your Shopify Lite plan

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Post by teknolog »

vira28 wrote: post #54

Since its relevant going to ask for recommendation here. I am setting up an online store for my parents. I can host and manage it at least for the initial days where they can validate the idea. These two looks promising. 1. https://woocommerce.com/ 2. https://magento.com/ Found more alternatives https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/best-woocommerce-alterna... Wondering anyone has experience/feedback on any of these pr…

Safely hosting anything on the internet today is a HUGE operational headache.

Woocommerce is built on Wordpress, which is one of least secure platforms out there. You'll have to apply patches at least weekly.

Use a hosted service, like Shopify or Squarespace or anything really.

Re: Show HN: TinyStore - A minimal store for your Shopify Lite plan

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Post by wdb »

whylo wrote: post #31

I'd really encourage you to download a screen reader such as NVDA (or use VoiceOver if you're on a Mac), make use of the Lighthouse accessibility audit in Chrome dev tools, and try using your site with just a keyboard to test for accessibility. At the moment the biggest problem is you've used divs with click handlers rather than tags for your product links, which can't be focussed with the keyboard, so anybody using…

I think for some common patterns e.g. (clickable or partial clickable) cards, and similar we could use some good guidance documentation. Maybe my Google skills aren't up to scratch but I can't really find out how to handle these correctly. There always seems to conflicting issue e.g. selecting text and using an anchor element for the whole card etc.

Re: Show HN: TinyStore - A minimal store for your Shopify Lite plan

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Post by alanz1223 »

I am looking to experiment with ecommerce a bit and Ive signed up for shopify trials but since I want to extensively customize my store, learning liquid has been something i keep procrastinating on and this seems like a more approachable and affordable way to launch experimental stores but I want to understand what exactly you offer.

You're charging $5/month for the front end and hosting of the tiny store/website and on top of that I need to have the additional $9/month shopify lite plan correct?

Re: Show HN: TinyStore - A minimal store for your Shopify Lite plan

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Post by harrisonjackson »

Love how minimal the landing page is but maybe an FAQ or something below the fold? I see you have an FAQ hidden in footer but I'd drop something more on the apex landing page. Some context like...

Shopify Lite is Shopify's Cheapest Plan. It does not include a hosted storefront but they do give you a "Buy Now" snippet which takes you straight to a checkout page.

TinyStore gives you a hosted storefront to display and customize all those "Buy Now" snippets like a full-blown ecommerce website.

The combined price ($9 for Lite and $5 for TinyStore) is cheaper than Shopify's Basic Plan ($29).

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