Recommendations to build my Shopify site?
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skintemma said:
If people aren't using Shopify/Big Commerce, what other platforms are available? I'm looking to launch a niche fashion product in Sept - only a limited range but with colour size variations, etc. What would people recommend?
Try Squarespace...https://www.squarespace.com
You can knock up a decent looking website that looks very professional in around 4 hours.
gizlaroc said:
skintemma said:
If people aren't using Shopify/Big Commerce, what other platforms are available? I'm looking to launch a niche fashion product in Sept - only a limited range but with colour size variations, etc. What would people recommend?
Try Squarespace...https://www.squarespace.com
You can knock up a decent looking website that looks very professional in around 4 hours.
The key is use a decent theme and the customise it, out of the box/free ones aren't very good, but get a reasonable paid one and fiddle a bit, or pay someone else to fiddle, and you can have something very decent looking for a couple of hundred pounds. You'd be surprised at some of the websites out there which are actually Shopify sites.
skintemma said:
If people aren't using Shopify/Big Commerce, what other platforms are available? I'm looking to launch a niche fashion product in Sept - only a limited range but with colour size variations, etc. What would people recommend?
Look at Magento then use Shopify with a clothing (size / colour ) plug in will do it quite economically and the payment gateway is built in.
DSLiverpool said:
skintemma said:
If people aren't using Shopify/Big Commerce, what other platforms are available? I'm looking to launch a niche fashion product in Sept - only a limited range but with colour size variations, etc. What would people recommend?
Look at Magento then use Shopify with a clothing (size / colour ) plug in will do it quite economically and the payment gateway is built in.
veevee said:
Just use Shopify, I used to agree with gizlaroc, but it has got a lot better over the last couple of years. Once they support multiple storefronts I'll probably move all of my sites over.
The key is use a decent theme and the customise it, out of the box/free ones aren't very good, but get a reasonable paid one and fiddle a bit, or pay someone else to fiddle, and you can have something very decent looking for a couple of hundred pounds. You'd be surprised at some of the websites out there which are actually Shopify sites.
I have gone the other way. The key is use a decent theme and the customise it, out of the box/free ones aren't very good, but get a reasonable paid one and fiddle a bit, or pay someone else to fiddle, and you can have something very decent looking for a couple of hundred pounds. You'd be surprised at some of the websites out there which are actually Shopify sites.
I have closed my Shopify store today, and will open with squarespace next week.
I will let you know if it is a mistake!
gizlaroc said:
veevee said:
Just use Shopify, I used to agree with gizlaroc, but it has got a lot better over the last couple of years. Once they support multiple storefronts I'll probably move all of my sites over.
The key is use a decent theme and the customise it, out of the box/free ones aren't very good, but get a reasonable paid one and fiddle a bit, or pay someone else to fiddle, and you can have something very decent looking for a couple of hundred pounds. You'd be surprised at some of the websites out there which are actually Shopify sites.
I have gone the other way. The key is use a decent theme and the customise it, out of the box/free ones aren't very good, but get a reasonable paid one and fiddle a bit, or pay someone else to fiddle, and you can have something very decent looking for a couple of hundred pounds. You'd be surprised at some of the websites out there which are actually Shopify sites.
I have closed my Shopify store today, and will open with squarespace next week.
I will let you know if it is a mistake!
gizlaroc said:
veevee said:
Just use Shopify, I used to agree with gizlaroc, but it has got a lot better over the last couple of years. Once they support multiple storefronts I'll probably move all of my sites over.
The key is use a decent theme and the customise it, out of the box/free ones aren't very good, but get a reasonable paid one and fiddle a bit, or pay someone else to fiddle, and you can have something very decent looking for a couple of hundred pounds. You'd be surprised at some of the websites out there which are actually Shopify sites.
I have gone the other way. The key is use a decent theme and the customise it, out of the box/free ones aren't very good, but get a reasonable paid one and fiddle a bit, or pay someone else to fiddle, and you can have something very decent looking for a couple of hundred pounds. You'd be surprised at some of the websites out there which are actually Shopify sites.
I have closed my Shopify store today, and will open with squarespace next week.
I will let you know if it is a mistake!
LDN said:
gizlaroc said:
veevee said:
Just use Shopify, I used to agree with gizlaroc, but it has got a lot better over the last couple of years. Once they support multiple storefronts I'll probably move all of my sites over.
The key is use a decent theme and the customise it, out of the box/free ones aren't very good, but get a reasonable paid one and fiddle a bit, or pay someone else to fiddle, and you can have something very decent looking for a couple of hundred pounds. You'd be surprised at some of the websites out there which are actually Shopify sites.
I have gone the other way. The key is use a decent theme and the customise it, out of the box/free ones aren't very good, but get a reasonable paid one and fiddle a bit, or pay someone else to fiddle, and you can have something very decent looking for a couple of hundred pounds. You'd be surprised at some of the websites out there which are actually Shopify sites.
I have closed my Shopify store today, and will open with squarespace next week.
I will let you know if it is a mistake!
Nothing really to report back.
It seems to do what I want from it, and happy with the look, it was really a test as we swapped over with only a few weeks left of the season so we will launch properly in August.
I suppose it is OK to post a link as there is not really any product on there worth talking about at the moment, and none reduced online currently either even though everywhere is in sale, so won't be classed as advertising.
But this is squarespace. That took two days to do from scratch (although a couple more to add variations, ie sizes etc.)
I think it allows you to build a pretty decent looking site pretty quickly, and the back end is very easy for my staff to understand...
www.middletonsclothing.com
This is what comes up when the staff click on one of the products, which allows them to check/adjust stock levels etc. if they sell it in store..
I have started using Vend POS as well, which annoying does integrate with Shopify.
If I had known I was going to start using that I would have probably stuck with shopify, but Vend are talking about Squarespace integration, so fingers crossed.
It seems to do what I want from it, and happy with the look, it was really a test as we swapped over with only a few weeks left of the season so we will launch properly in August.
I suppose it is OK to post a link as there is not really any product on there worth talking about at the moment, and none reduced online currently either even though everywhere is in sale, so won't be classed as advertising.
But this is squarespace. That took two days to do from scratch (although a couple more to add variations, ie sizes etc.)
I think it allows you to build a pretty decent looking site pretty quickly, and the back end is very easy for my staff to understand...
www.middletonsclothing.com
This is what comes up when the staff click on one of the products, which allows them to check/adjust stock levels etc. if they sell it in store..
I have started using Vend POS as well, which annoying does integrate with Shopify.
If I had known I was going to start using that I would have probably stuck with shopify, but Vend are talking about Squarespace integration, so fingers crossed.
Edited by gizlaroc on Sunday 17th July 20:13
[quote=_MIKE_]I'm currently in the middle of building a shopify site and had a few hiccups, but that was purely lack of knowledge on my part having never done something like this before.
One question I have, currently I'm still using the 30 day free trial whilst I put it together, and I have linked the domain I bought from godaddy to it (after watching a YouTube video as I was stuck) but my store still goes to the shopify domain rather than my .co.uk. Is this because I haven't yet signed up to a plan? If I type in my .co.uk it just says store opening soon.
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Your in set up mode you haven't posted it live yet, PM any questions happy to help.
One question I have, currently I'm still using the 30 day free trial whilst I put it together, and I have linked the domain I bought from godaddy to it (after watching a YouTube video as I was stuck) but my store still goes to the shopify domain rather than my .co.uk. Is this because I haven't yet signed up to a plan? If I type in my .co.uk it just says store opening soon.
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Your in set up mode you haven't posted it live yet, PM any questions happy to help.
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Whilst writing your content is it best to try and include as many keywords as possible throughout all of the pages to help with people searching for products on Google?
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Sent you a PM - on checkout delete the text that says "all info will be sent to America" or similar - it's a checkout killer
Whilst writing your content is it best to try and include as many keywords as possible throughout all of the pages to help with people searching for products on Google?
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Sent you a PM - on checkout delete the text that says "all info will be sent to America" or similar - it's a checkout killer
Edited by DSLiverpool on Monday 18th July 20:27
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