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Just transitioned a client from Wordpress/WooCommerce to Shopify. Can’t believe how fast monthly costs run up, especially on their ‘app store’. I’m glad devs ar
by slurpyb 3y ago
Just transitioned a client from Wordpress/WooCommerce to Shopify. Can’t believe how fast monthly costs run up, especially on their ‘app store’. I’m glad devs are being paid but jeez… i’ve spent a lot of time constructing workarounds for apps my client didn’t want to pay for, and its highly likely me and my hourly rate to code these solutions would of paid for those apps twice-over. Lol.
- ezekg 3y ago> I’ve spent a lot of time constructing workarounds for apps my client didn’t want to pay for, and its highly likely me and my hourly rate to code these solutions would of paid for those apps twice-over. I always find it funny how much money new business owners will invest in order to avoid a monthly business expense. Once you get a bit more experience, the question of build vs buy gets a bit easier.
- mattmanser 3y agoThey don't seem to understand that they'll be paying for this for years anyway. I've a client I do some work on for BigCommerce. He already had a bunch of javascript on the checkout page to add warnings and notes and stuff rather than try and have a fully customized dashboard. I've added a couple more. Most of them broke a couple of months ago after BC made some changes to the checkout. Cue me having to do some emergency fix work. And that is why it's often better to pay for a monthly app, it's not just the functionality, it's the keeping it up-to-date.