I can see why everyone just uses Shopify for online stores these days. I went with Woocommerce because it’s free, but setting up variable items like clothes with different sizes is such a headache.
It’s a manual process either way. You either go into every product and set up the variations yourself, or you upload one CSV, have to turn on product variations for each product individually, then upload a second CSV with all the variations.
I don’t like it. They charge a monthly fee and a percentage of sales. They’re also trying to become like a platform for online shopping, like they’re trying to muscle in on becoming a monopoly.
And they seem pretty content with making it easy to start your own AI generated dropshipping store. They’re trying to sell the dream so they can collect that subscription money. Starting a store is only the first step, not the final destination.
Somewhat unrelated but etsy was killed by drop shippers. It used to be amazing for people to sell their wares but of course capitalism destroyed yet another unique endeavour.
It certainly has. They let themselves be ruined by the one thing that made the website unique, and they’ve been cracking down on creators as well, making it hard for people to sell more unique items
Exactly this. Charge subscriptions, plus fees for add-ons that should be there in the first place. Ugh!
Plus they also leaked all my personal details. Thanks Shopifuckers.
I can see why everyone just uses Shopify for online stores these days. I went with Woocommerce because it’s free, but setting up variable items like clothes with different sizes is such a headache.
It’s a manual process either way. You either go into every product and set up the variations yourself, or you upload one CSV, have to turn on product variations for each product individually, then upload a second CSV with all the variations.
It’s probably just me, but as a user, geez I hate Shopify. Thank you for choosing anything else
I don’t like it. They charge a monthly fee and a percentage of sales. They’re also trying to become like a platform for online shopping, like they’re trying to muscle in on becoming a monopoly.
And they seem pretty content with making it easy to start your own AI generated dropshipping store. They’re trying to sell the dream so they can collect that subscription money. Starting a store is only the first step, not the final destination.
Somewhat unrelated but etsy was killed by drop shippers. It used to be amazing for people to sell their wares but of course capitalism destroyed yet another unique endeavour.
It certainly has. They let themselves be ruined by the one thing that made the website unique, and they’ve been cracking down on creators as well, making it hard for people to sell more unique items
Exactly this. Charge subscriptions, plus fees for add-ons that should be there in the first place. Ugh!
Plus they also leaked all my personal details. Thanks Shopifuckers.