simple eshop
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- maikel
Gents,
I turn to you for some advise...I got fed up trying to get WP-based eshop working, but I still need an eshop.
Long story short, the missus wanted to put some products online, etc. and I am trying to help. As we don't know if this will work financially or not, I am ruling out magento, where you need to pay a monthly fee.SO, is out there something that allows you to display products and has a shopping cart that works -and looks at least half decent?
- detritus0
The impression I've got from having my head slightly in this space for a wee while now..
• Prestashop for a fully-hosted, all-inclusive mostly-free option
• the new paypal cart thing looks really good
• lemonstandapp.com for a hosted solution
- Centigrade0
As above: The new mini cart from PayPal looks great.
- popfodders0
Dude, I think you just need to focus a little more, there are loads of WP themes out there, that already have the plugins that you need wrapped into their themes.
- Is there a main site for the outfit creating this template/plug in?
PatrickKing
- Is there a main site for the outfit creating this template/plug in?
- jadrian_uk0
dont try prestashop, too much time to configure and it's shit, try the paypal cart looks really easy
- Jaline0
If you're store won't have tons of traffic and you still want to use WP, go with Duka Press. It's the easiest one to customize and implement (you just make a new page and insert shortcodes, so the look and feel doesn't change) : http://dukapress.org/
Keep in mind that it's not the best solution for sites with heavy traffic or a lot of other plugins.
- popfodders0
Also, I've never had a problem with this plugin either: http://wordpress.org/extend/plug…
It lets you streamline easily into pages.
- maikel0
Great stuff I will have a look!
Any more recommends, kindly appreciated : )@ detritus - I have a decent server, so as far as the server side install is not overly complex, it is something I will be able to deal with.
- In terms of WP I know it can do the deal -but arranging/customising a template can be a proper pain!
- Nah, most ThemeForest buys are supported well by the developer.popfodders
- Centigrade0
Hosted solution -
Big Cartel & Shopify: these are real easy to use. But for small shops can quickly eat into the small profits you'll be making initally. Shopify is very easy to use and has an excellent backend but little things like having to pay extra just to get use of coupons really annoyed me.For a small shop though like popfodders said you can buy pretty decent well thought out eCom templates for wordpress with all the functionality built in. Which you can customize. Really any solution you go for will have to be customized anyway.
- Centigrade0
To get going quickly use one of these as a jumping point:
http://themeforest.net/category/…
- popfodders0
Here is the support page for the theme that I've suggested: http://themeforest.net/item/sofa…
- dbloc0
a guy here on qbn did this..looks decent
- dbloc0
Wow....I didn't even think about a cart wordpress theme. Some of those look legit. So they just connect to paypal or what?
- ANything you want reallyCentigrade
- yes dbloc, connect to a lot of options.popfodders
- dbloc0
Thanks for the link centrigrade...this deserves to be in the useful thread.
- ahhh he beat me too it, I've been posting that for ages.. hehehpopfodders
- Centigrade0
For some reason the WP themes aren't included in that link so here's where you can get some themes. Most of them are extremely well supported (usually better than the eCom platform they are built on). So for $30-$100 you get a great starting point and Premium support with the guy/gal who wrote the theme. Read the reviews before you buy and you can't go wrong.
- yes, I am big proponent of this. I highly recommend and it's not just Paypal that is used as a CC transactorpopfodders
- popfodders0
To add to Centigrade's contribution with ThemeForest, here are a few decent ones as well: http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/…. The thing is a lot of these theme developers, sell at a variety of places, TF is just user-generated content sales, just like any of the other microstock companies, crowd-sourcing efforts.
- I think this is slick, personally: http://tokokoo.com/p…popfodders
- http://tokokoo.com/p…popfodders
- popfodders0
Also, I think this is slick: http://themeforest.net/item/mazi…
- < that is nice. I like the cart details on topdbloc
- indeedpopfodders
- phatwrx0
interspire...
- dbloc0
diggin this one..
http://themeforest.net/item/expr…- They did misspell contacts in the nav. Not sure I like that attention to detail.dbloc