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online store, looking for best free/cheap website for online bussiness
#27967609 - 09/25/22 01:48 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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Hello, im looking to start a website to sell plants and seeds, etc.. Any suggestions on a good affordable website host appreciated.
ive been selling on ebay a long time, it doesn't seem to be going anywhere, after the cost of shipping and ebay fees, it's like i'm almost working for free, and that's with prices set as high
i started a weebly website but never got it finished, it would be 40$ a month, not finished because i don't have internet at home, so i just havn't had time. +40$ a month would be as bad as the ebay fees, and with less customers.
so any suggestions for a marketplace to sell stuff online, or a free website would be awesome, but i doubt that exist.
amazon would be 40$ a month the last time i checked. etsy the same as ebay.. Any advice much appreciated.
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Re: online store, looking for best free/cheap website for online bussiness [Re: ellomello]
#27967806 - 09/25/22 04:11 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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You might want to check out Zyro. If you pay yearly it's $8/month, plus ~$10/year for a custom domain. For the first year the domain is free and the plan is only $5/month, so it's $60 to get started and a little over $100 to renew after a year. You can also add business e-mail for $2.90 a month, but that's not required, it just looks more professional if your e-mails are from sales@ellomellostore.com instead of ellomellostore@gmail.com.
You could do the same thing for free (except the custom domain) if you set up your site with an outfit like InfinityFree, install ZenCart or OpenCart through Softaculous, configure Paypal as a payment provider, and point it at your Paypal Business account. But I don't think the aggravation is worth the cash you'd save. Especially if you don't have internet at home.
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Re: online store, looking for best free/cheap website for online bussiness [Re: Ythan]
#27969324 - 09/26/22 04:38 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Thanks Ythan, that is super helpful! going to try the infinityfree for now, just can't beat free. i do plan to get internet eventually, when i can afford it, just made new account, looks like i have a lot to learn.
just for fun here's old site i never finished; https://woodrosegrove.weebly.com/ *note: this site is not up to date, and i almost never check messages for this site.
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Re: online store, looking for best free/cheap website for online bussiness [Re: ellomello]
#27969397 - 09/26/22 05:19 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Make sure you also check who provides there servers if they are not in house. A lot of places use AWS and they can be shitty with what they allow to be hosted on there servers. For domains check out epik for server Vultr is great.
As for free options you can host a free static website on github and just have people email you for the first few months until things pickup.
Also if your going to service Europe you have to have a GDPR Compliance published on the site they where quick to hit me up as soon as I started servicing the EU.
There is a lot to keep track of when doing this so your probably best off just getting a site built for you by one of the hosting companies if your going to be selling strictly "legal" items there shouldn't be any issues but if your going to offer "illegal" items then you may have to use a private company to host it or host it yourself.
And again if there is any legal grey area make sure you know exactly like the exact address of there the site will be hosted each country has its own laws.
Most of depends on the legality of what you will be selling.
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Edited by croyleje (09/26/22 05:22 PM)
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Re: online store, looking for best free/cheap website for online bussiness [Re: ellomello]
#27970777 - 09/27/22 02:42 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Completely agree.
Maybe drop a post in the vendor forum see who some of the trusted vendors are using also.
Again I think most of these decisions hinge on how insulated you need to make yourself from the transaction. There are definitely ways to anonymize yourself but most of the people that get caught, get caught because of simple mistakes just ask Ross Ulbricht aka The Dread Pirate Roberts.
And if you are planning on doing anything illegal make sure you buy a new computer with cash never log your home wifi, rotate the mac address and learn how to use linux.
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Re: online store, looking for best free/cheap website for online bussiness [Re: croyleje]
#27970815 - 09/27/22 03:04 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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well actually if you compare the rates, most of them are pretty much all same fees, or not worth listing on.
i don't know where you get the idea i'm trying to sell anything illegal, just plants, seeds, and nothing illegal!
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Re: online store, looking for best free/cheap website for online bussiness [Re: ellomello]
#27970818 - 09/27/22 03:08 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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i tried a few different cart options, trying thirtybees now, still haven't really figure out how to edit any of them, yet.
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Re: online store, looking for best free/cheap website for online bussiness [Re: ellomello]
#28001933 - 10/16/22 03:20 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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what about Shopify? If you want to promote your website without spending a fortune on different marketing campaigns, you can check microsoft teams sms , read how it works and what advantages it gives you. We use many different slack channels at our work between different departments, teams and separate for the customers requests and complaints. Hope it helps a little.
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Re: online store, looking for best free/cheap website for online bussiness [Re: jerrymor]
#28003253 - 10/17/22 02:47 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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I like IONOS and GoDaddy.
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Re: online store, looking for best free/cheap website for online bussiness [Re: whatisanerd]
#28534571 - 11/08/23 05:34 PM (2 months, 18 days ago) |
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UPDATE... paypal sucs! they are anti-ethnobotanical, or something.. so after creating a template website at freewebstore.com, as the last step i linked paypal account, and this happened.. (first i had to provide all types of personal information online) with no warning, rule, or reason, they perma-froze my account. End of paypal, i can't use paypal anymore, or make a new one, for selling 100% legal plants, some of which are trichocereus. they said it was "drug related", but it's just plants, and i sell many types of plants.. (or at least i hope to when this can be worked out) i'll try infinityfree in the future whenever i finally get internet and some spare time.
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