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Are you selling online? Which website provider do you use? ๐Ÿ›’ ๐ŸŒ

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For those of you selling online, which website provider do you use, and what do you like about it? Reply and let us know in the comments below! ๐Ÿ˜Š

Elisabeth (she/they)
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  • I  use GoDaddy, it it has been a struggle to sell anything through my e-commerce pages. I do have square integrated as the payment. But as I say it has not been successful. 
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Yes! I am a online business only seller. The convenience that services my consumers with at their services. I start my online ecommerce with WIX but, I needed a ecommerce that was best for my business type, products brands and services so I transfered to Square Inc. I have been with Square Inc 1.9 years and then upgraded to Weebly by Square 2.0 years so a total of ecommerce online business for 3.9 years with Square.  

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I am on Etsy and I use my Square online website. I am working on getting my Amazon live right now! Would love any Amazon tips and directing traffic to Square online!

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I was going to sell on Amazon. However, I had so much trouble trying to list my products, and couldn't seem to get the help I needed from their support team. I completely gave up on them. 

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I use squaresbay.com and webhouses.co.uk

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I use aplus.net for my hosting company for my website:  https://www.shadowsinthedark.com

I do Braille Manufacturing projects for the Blind and visually impaired. I have been doing this now for over 26 years. I use Zen Cart for my website platform. Easy to use Free Open Source Software.

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I have used shopify in the pass , was not user friendly . Now going to

try square. 

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Quickbooks is pretty good , you can even link up your storefronts to it , such as e-commerce stores and square to it . They even do your taxes and you get payroll on it aswell!

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We now use Square Online & are hosted through Go Daddy. I'm liking the product and functionality. I'm still learning but am continuing to grow and add products to our site. 

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I use Square Online too.

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We used woocommece for several year before moving to Square. We like the functionality and the fact that Square are actively developing the system and not overly relying on 3rd party apps which we feel makes for a more reliable system. As a small business we are mindful of the costs and hope that Square continue to offer this great platform at an affordable price. 

Coco Chemistry Ltd
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I use squaresbay.com easy to add your site to theres so you get a better SEO experience. If you have an item you could also list the item and your site on a store blog at webhouses.co.uk you will see the store blog on the front page.

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Use Squaresbay.com add your site there.

 

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We use Square online and CommentSold. CommentSold supports our app and the ability to do live shows through the app, Facebook, Instagram and Tiktok.

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IMO, Squarespace and WordPress are the best. 

 

Squarespace is super simple to use for the everyday entrepreneur, and they're constantly adding new features and functionality. 

 

WordPress if your site is simple, but requires lots of plugins, customization, etc.

 

Upon testing Wix, it was too simple for our needs, but many people seem to use it and are happy with it.

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I would say if you are selling in the UK and are a volume seller needing shipping integrations, word press, shopify and Squarespace have integrations with Royal Mail. We used to used word press but moved to Square as we had to weigh up the advantages of the system v loss of shipping integrations. 

Coco Chemistry Ltd
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To be clear Amazon/Etsy/ebay are not website providers, they are online social selling platforms.

 

Woocommerce and Shopify are website providers.

 

Woo is open source

 

Shopify is hosted

 

You should now how different these 2 platforms are.

 

I only develop and sell on Woo for selling new items - Shopify is top-heavy and riddled with fraud through its 3rd party apps.

 

I also have 3 eBay stores - Poshmark - Mercari and FB Marketplace for selling vintage. 

 

Etsy kidizen and others are too mind-numbing to use.

 

To sell on a single platform, especially a social platform is a fool's errand as you can be shut down at any time.

 

 

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I use wordpress and woocommerce for my websites: www.bridgetowntravel.com, www.caribbeandaypass.com, and www.magnoliachocolatier.com

 

Mag

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I use Wordpress and Woocommerce which uses Stripe for Credit Card processing which I already had an account with so the integration was easy. I initially was on Volusion but they charged too much and was hard to add and remove items. I am happy with what I have now. I wish sales were better but that is another issue. 

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