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Shopify also bumped their prices 33% earlier in the year. As a small-business Shopify merchant, I would appreciate more competition in the market.
by nness 3y ago
Shopify also bumped their prices 33% earlier in the year.
As a small-business Shopify merchant, I would appreciate more competition in the market.
- eatonphil 3y ago> more competition in the market Genuine question: Isn't it a pretty crowded space? Do not SquareSpace, Square, Wix all have variations of Shopify products/offerings?
- nness 3y agoI think the larger challenge is competing with the broad business value that Shopify provides — Its not just payment processing, but also email marketing, theme and API services, a app marketplace, shipping integrations, etc. Wix/Squarespace, at least last time I checked, treated e-commerce as an add-on to their core service (building websites.) Square is a payment processor which with an e-commerce add-on, but is heavily templated.
- joshuahedlund 3y agoCommentSold? Disclosure: my current employer
- tebbers 3y agoWooCommerce is free plus a $5 a month VPS if you want to do e-commerce yourself. If you want support + hosting + security features then pay for a SaaS.
- maxk42 3y agoWooCommerce was purchased by Automattic and since then it's been very difficult to implement without paying for SaaS components. Still possible, but no longer straightforward.
- kderbyma 3y agoMedusaJS - may be worth the try
- TheCaptain4815 3y agoBigCommerce is up and coming and basically a "better" version of Shopify. Having managed multiple 7fig stores on Shopify, you're in a constant state of battle against the platform to have it do what you want.