Hi, guys. I have a small fishing supplies. And I decided to boost my income by creating a website. My business partner told me that we could try Magento system for it. Do you have any insights? Which CRM would you suggest?
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How to create my ecommerce website?
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I don't know too much but there is also shopify and you can use services like SquareSpace to make a website, its really easy for any one that is computer savvy.
That being said, gaining customres to come to your site for purchases would be difficult. You might wan to list on ebay and Amazon where all the customers are searching.
EDIT: I checked squarespace and the buil-in WYSIWYG editor is pretty horrible, try another service. Weebly was better.
That being said, gaining customres to come to your site for purchases would be difficult. You might wan to list on ebay and Amazon where all the customers are searching.
EDIT: I checked squarespace and the buil-in WYSIWYG editor is pretty horrible, try another service. Weebly was better.
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Squarespace is easiest, followed by Shopify, followed by WooCommerce. You can do anything with WooCommerce but you need to be a developer (or be able to pay for a lot of plugins) to do it. I would only recommend one of those three and would not recommend Magento. That recommendation could change, though. The landscape is constantly shifting on this. Good luck!👍🏻
One other thought. You mentioned a CRM. If you’re thinking about something like Salesforce or Hubspot or Active Campaign, you’ll want to create a website and e-commerce platform that can connect to the CRM, preferably natively. Might be worth a chat with your top CRM options to ask about that specifically. If you have a preferred CRM, you can let their tech team guide you to their preferred e-commerce platform. Be prepared to hire a web developer.
You can go with WordPress if you want to create an attractive and SEO-friendly website, as there are various plugins through which you can include a lot of features in your website and also make it user-friendly to improve the user experience.
If you do not have much time and you don't wanna put much effort into it, then Shopify can be a good option to go with.
Hope it helps.
If you do not have much time and you don't wanna put much effort into it, then Shopify can be a good option to go with.
Hope it helps.
To create a new e-commerce website you can select any platforms such BigCommerce, Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, Magento, and more. but if you are new in IT you can choose WordPress for a simple starting.
Our company has replatformed from Magento to Shopify Plus, for someone who's a beginner in this, I suggest to use Shopify. To ensure Magento configured properly, you will need to know PHP, database and etc. Shopify has cheaper tiers like ($49 a months plus transaction fees) it's worth a try, there are ready made templates, and there are apps as well you can add to your site. It's pretty good.
I run a pretty decent size e-commerce site https://toolcurve.com selling woodworking tools. The website is built on WooCommerce / Wordpress and I custom code and design the entire site. I have a pretty good background with all the platforms. The decision comes down to two main things. Are you looking to get a site up and going and focus on your product, or do you want more control over the site and the functionality?
If you are looking to just get the site up and running then I would go with Shopify, it's very user-friendly and easy to get going but it's not as easy to add or adjust certain things that are not built into the core function of Shoify.
If you know how to code or have a developer then WooCommerce is what I prefer since it's open-source and you can adjust/modify anything you want with the right skill. You also have a lot more control over the SEO, and make adjustments when looking to fix things in the theme for google's core web vitals.
If you are looking to just get the site up and running then I would go with Shopify, it's very user-friendly and easy to get going but it's not as easy to add or adjust certain things that are not built into the core function of Shoify.
If you know how to code or have a developer then WooCommerce is what I prefer since it's open-source and you can adjust/modify anything you want with the right skill. You also have a lot more control over the SEO, and make adjustments when looking to fix things in the theme for google's core web vitals.
I would stay away from anything with Godaddy, overall it's very basic and won't scale well at all. if you don't want to host it yourself just go with shopify.