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> Why didn’t you just use a Shopify template? If I could go back to when I first created the website, I would have made it a simple Shopify store with a custom

> Why didn’t you just use a Shopify template? If I could go back to when I first created the website, I would have made it a simple Shopify store with a custom theme. That's the biggest take away here. Unless you have a unique need, use an off the shelf solution.

raverbashing 4y ago
Yeah then people wonder why people prefer going with Wix/Squarespace etc That's why. It also tones the "customer nitpicking every detail" way way down, when you can only pick from set choices.
- 999900000999 4y ago
  It really gets you 95% there. Like try to explain to a non technical person how to deploy a website on AWS with a real domain. Zryo is actually cheaper than Wix if you just need to put up a static site. Yeah I can do it for free on S3, but it's easy to design my Zryo site and it looks nice.
  - Nathanba 4y ago
    I don't find any wix templates that would be anywhere near as good as what he has now. And trying to customize the wix/shopify template stuff to work exactly how he wants it is not trivial either. It's really mostly his frontpage with the bad line/vector graphic that is the problem and what made the design seem bad and the whole story seem so outrageous at first. When I actually visit the site all his other pages look very good and clean. Of course I still think that the agency basically architected this situation and it amounts to a scam in my opinion, practically holding his work at ransom and then demanding that he pay more. I don't think that they ever intended to finish the work for 7k.
    - 999900000999 4y ago
      I'm pretty sure if you find someone experienced with Shopify they can make something pretty damn nice for 7k. It's a better bet than paying $40,000 for a basic website, what about maintenance. What happens when he needs to update the site ,?

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> Why didn’t you just use a Shopify template? If I could go back to when I first created the website, I would have made it a simple Shopify store with a custom

by 999900000999 4y ago

raverbashing 4y ago
Yeah then people wonder why people prefer going with Wix/Squarespace etc That's why. It also tones the "customer nitpicking every detail" way way down, when you can only pick from set choices.
- 999900000999 4y ago
  It really gets you 95% there. Like try to explain to a non technical person how to deploy a website on AWS with a real domain. Zryo is actually cheaper than Wix if you just need to put up a static site. Yeah I can do it for free on S3, but it's easy to design my Zryo site and it looks nice.
  - Nathanba 4y ago
    I don't find any wix templates that would be anywhere near as good as what he has now. And trying to customize the wix/shopify template stuff to work exactly how he wants it is not trivial either. It's really mostly his frontpage with the bad line/vector graphic that is the problem and what made the design seem bad and the whole story seem so outrageous at first. When I actually visit the site all his other pages look very good and clean. Of course I still think that the agency basically architected this situation and it amounts to a scam in my opinion, practically holding his work at ransom and then demanding that he pay more. I don't think that they ever intended to finish the work for 7k.
    - 999900000999 4y ago
      I'm pretty sure if you find someone experienced with Shopify they can make something pretty damn nice for 7k. It's a better bet than paying $40,000 for a basic website, what about maintenance. What happens when he needs to update the site ,?