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My understanding is Shopify can be quite good for ecommerce but the PoS sucks. And they are very up front that there is no support to interoperate with other pl
by throwboatyface 3y ago
My understanding is Shopify can be quite good for ecommerce but the PoS sucks. And they are very up front that there is no support to interoperate with other platforms. I would love to continue using my Square hardware for in-person
- TheNewsIsHere 3y agoI have spent a lot of time as a professional user/customer/dev/admin on Shopify, and while I might phrase your point differently, I think it’s fundamentally an honest take. Shopify has always been very upfront that they’re an e-commerce platform company. They’re not interested in being everything to everyone. If you want to do something “really custom”, you have to engage with (typically other paid) ecosystem services and providers, or write your own code against their APIs. It can definitely be frustrating. I really like WooCommerce (disclaimer: I have a professional and financial interest in the WordPress ecosystem generally, but no real interests in or relationship with Automattic. A lot of my business is in this ecosystem). Others have found great success with Magento and PrestaShop. BigCommerce seems to have a bit of a fanatical following but I’ve only ever been a end “consumer customer” of their merchants. Edit: typos and a minor clarification in my disclosure.