ecommerce options
posted on by Lee Cattarin
    Artisans Cooperative
- using this. clunky. variants are unintuitive.
 - allows me to set alt text for images.
 - points for being a cooperative model
 
bigCartel
Etsy
- fuck etsy mxn
 
Kofi
- using this currently, but it has a strict no-NSFW policy.
 
nopCommerce
- open source! hosting is a bit of a pain
 - has an Azure hosting option that was easy enough to spin up
 
PrestaShop
- open source! hosting is a bit of a pain
 
Shopify
- $30/month minimum after a few free months.
 
Square
- this is my current preference.
 - has a free tier! pay per transaction rather than monthly.
 - only irritation point so far: managing shipping myself actually costs me money? there’s a fee for not using Square’s integrated shipping.
 - does not support alt text for background images or product images, which, wtf
 - keyboard navigation of the main menu fails when there are nested categories below any menu item - focus lands on each category without expanding the menu item
 - support blows
 - legal name only policy apparently which ewwwww
 
WooCommerce
- WordPress only.
 
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