Shopify
don't feel like making your own. But they do have an application you can use, called Vision, to design your own template.
The commission they charge you isn't all that bad, it's only 3% until you sell over $10,000 in a month, then it's 2%. So for every $100 of merchandise you sell they only charge $3 to your credit card. That can be handy too, using a credit card to charge your commissions, because then you get like a 30 day buffer before you have to pay off your commission. But once you sell over $10,000 in a month, for the rest of that month, you're only charged 2% commission. So that's only $2 for every $100 you sell. Shopify doesn't include PayPal's, or any other merchant account's, fees into their commission. Not really that bad in my mind.
There's a couple handy tools like their inventory tool. You can either organize your inventory yourself or their tool will do it for you automatically. You just set it up to do something like, put all items in a clothing category if the word "shirt" is in the title. That'd help save you a little work. They also have a place to track all your orders and mark them as either: paid, authorized, pending or filed. I think both of these tools alone would help you run an efficient business when things get busy for you.
This seems like a pretty good option to me if I were to open up a new store. I don't have a storefront through Shopify at the moment, but I may in the future. Setting up your own online store doesn't have to be a hassle and it doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg either. I hope these store suggestions have at least given you an idea of the options there are if not given you a place to start your own store. If you're not satisfied with these, at least you know what to look for and have a few options to compare to.
The commission they charge you isn't all that bad, it's only 3% until you sell over $10,000 in a month, then it's 2%. So for every $100 of merchandise you sell they only charge $3 to your credit card. That can be handy too, using a credit card to charge your commissions, because then you get like a 30 day buffer before you have to pay off your commission. But once you sell over $10,000 in a month, for the rest of that month, you're only charged 2% commission. So that's only $2 for every $100 you sell. Shopify doesn't include PayPal's, or any other merchant account's, fees into their commission. Not really that bad in my mind.
There's a couple handy tools like their inventory tool. You can either organize your inventory yourself or their tool will do it for you automatically. You just set it up to do something like, put all items in a clothing category if the word "shirt" is in the title. That'd help save you a little work. They also have a place to track all your orders and mark them as either: paid, authorized, pending or filed. I think both of these tools alone would help you run an efficient business when things get busy for you.
This seems like a pretty good option to me if I were to open up a new store. I don't have a storefront through Shopify at the moment, but I may in the future. Setting up your own online store doesn't have to be a hassle and it doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg either. I hope these store suggestions have at least given you an idea of the options there are if not given you a place to start your own store. If you're not satisfied with these, at least you know what to look for and have a few options to compare to.
Shopify is another great example of a "free storefront" site. You
can have your own custom shop up and running in no time, selling
whatever you want. And it's free to use, they do charge a small
commission on your sales though. You can use PayPal to accept payments, that means that you can accept credit card payments and accept different currencies like:
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Pound Sterling (GBP)
- Canadian Dollar (CAD)
- Euro (EUR)
- Australian Dollar (AUD)