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Webstore/site hosts?
a year ago
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I want to open a web store, I've been saying it for years but I always find a way to distract myself. I did GREAT at Anthrocon, it was my first time there and I realized my 10th con vending at!!!!
I'd always been kind of put-off by shipping and it being another layer of things to keep track of, but sending out badges a few times over now has lessened that anxiety by a lot. This last year I've tackled a lot of "firsts" including flying out to a convention cause I always drive, otherwise.
My main site( https://www.mongrelist.com/ ) is hosted thru wix but I want to shift to something else. I kind of wanna just start over with an entirely new thing.
Squarespace was probably the most appealing option in terms of not being too expensive but having storefront stuff, but I dunno how much they.. help with calculating shipping.
Square was similar, had a friend reccomend it.
Shopify looks like a solid choice/works best for the store-stuff but I dunno how good it is for a portfolio site.
BigCartel was what I had my eyes on for a while now as it's a flat rate fee/only a shop so if I decided to do away with fancy-wix I might do that.
FourthWall was one brought to my attention; though I think they're better if you have a big big following already.
And then there's etsy! Which I'm honestly considering since it's an established market/people might find me easier outside of those who see my stuff at cons... but they're whole accepting AI kinda rubs me the wrong way. Plus, I've heard their rating system is kinda brutal (but that seems to be with most services that use ratings). But I can't think of an alternative to it, really.
So Tl;DR Either as an artist OR a consumer, what sort of online shops do you prefer? An artist having their own, or being part of a bigger market?
I'd always been kind of put-off by shipping and it being another layer of things to keep track of, but sending out badges a few times over now has lessened that anxiety by a lot. This last year I've tackled a lot of "firsts" including flying out to a convention cause I always drive, otherwise.
My main site( https://www.mongrelist.com/ ) is hosted thru wix but I want to shift to something else. I kind of wanna just start over with an entirely new thing.
Squarespace was probably the most appealing option in terms of not being too expensive but having storefront stuff, but I dunno how much they.. help with calculating shipping.
Square was similar, had a friend reccomend it.
Shopify looks like a solid choice/works best for the store-stuff but I dunno how good it is for a portfolio site.
BigCartel was what I had my eyes on for a while now as it's a flat rate fee/only a shop so if I decided to do away with fancy-wix I might do that.
FourthWall was one brought to my attention; though I think they're better if you have a big big following already.
And then there's etsy! Which I'm honestly considering since it's an established market/people might find me easier outside of those who see my stuff at cons... but they're whole accepting AI kinda rubs me the wrong way. Plus, I've heard their rating system is kinda brutal (but that seems to be with most services that use ratings). But I can't think of an alternative to it, really.
So Tl;DR Either as an artist OR a consumer, what sort of online shops do you prefer? An artist having their own, or being part of a bigger market?
Sadly, have no experience with anything else! I have bought stuff from people's sites before, but not often.