Shopify - still the best for new, high-ish value AV website

[VEX]

Is shopify still the best for ease of use, simple processing and good presentation.

As in title it is going to be a fairly high end shopfront for an evolution of my business.

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[ymwoods]

I would still say yes to hgh-end.

I recently moved away from Shopify in fairness for a more simple way of managing items (and stock) on my website and various other selling platforms such as Ebay. Shopify can do these things but they are all "bolt-ons" and apart from being messy get very expensive too. That being said I sell low-Medium end items and aimed at teens/young adults.

[axisadman]

For a hosted shop yes. BigCommerce volusion or square space are worthy competitors wooCommerce is free if you are using WordPress but I guess you aren't.

HTH

[Evolved]

If you’re happy with off the shelf builds, I guess so.

[VEX]

Evolved said:

If you’re happy with off the shelf builds, I guess so.

Realistically, yes I’ll use/ buy a design and go off the shelf initially. But if I wanted bespoke are you suggesting a different platform or complete custombuild?

[buggalugs]

Start with Shopify so you can focus on your business, you may well outgrow it but cross that bridge when you come to it.

[axisadman]

Number of products/variants is the key. If you have only 50 products and are happy using a payment gateway then building a site from the ground-up is easy. Totally tailored and easy for you to change.

More products/variants points towards a hosted solution or Magenta, depends on your offer's USP; product or that you can buy this product on-line.

The other kicker is re-marketing, an area custom solutions are normally weak.

[LDN]

I find BigCommerce a better solution VS Shopify now.