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Best platform and tools to start an eStore

by mary adam
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Hi,

I am a newbie to eCommerce. There are so many tools and platform out there. Should I go with Shopify or WP and eMart? I found WP easy for design. I don't know if eMart supports the payment.

I am just confused. Could you please help me step by step to start my journey? what should be my budget approximately to start with (membership with platform, tools, ads)?

Thanks
#estore #platform #start #tools
  • Profile picture of the author dave_hermansen
    We always recommend a hosted shipping cart - especially for newbies. If you try hosting things yourself and using WordPress to save a whole $15/month, I guarantee you will be overwhelmed with trying to keep everything working properly because of security updates and plugins breaking every time WordPress issues another update (not to mention the nightmare of trying to keep your site PCI compliant with WordPress). Besides, WordPress is far more complex to learn than Shopify.

    Use Shopify. It's very newbie friendly and if you can't afford $29/month, there is no reason for you to even consider going into business of any kind.
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    • Profile picture of the author mary adam
      Sounds logic!
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    • Profile picture of the author fnazari
      no, i think working with WordPress is easier for beginners
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  • Profile picture of the author Mysterious Robin
    Once you learn the basics of Shopify or Wordpress it is fairly easy to make another site

    What should be the most of your problems is how to market your store and gain sales

    - my opinions
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