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Big Cartel?
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12 reviews of this app found across Reddit:
I love your cellphone cases! I like Big Cartel . It is totally free for 5 products so it is quite a nice platform to use when you are just starting out. I hope it is available in your country!
Depending on your specific requirements, you might like one or more of the following:
They all allow for custom themes, and are fairly flexible. I've always been partial to Big Cartel myself, but I've used all three for various projects over the years, and any of them can get the job done.
I tried to start on Etsy, had an absolutely terrible experience, and pivoted to Shopify. I don't regret it and if I had a time machine, I never would have bothered with Etsy in the first place! However, Shopify means you have to do a lot of legwork with advertising and directing traffic to your site. Etsy really can be a pain and their fees are high, but you're putting up with them to get access to their customer base.
If you're open to a third website option, I would highly suggest checking out Big Cartel. You don't have to put up with Etsy's nonsense but you also don't have to pay as much as Shopify. They use Stripe for processing their payments.
Lastly, if your next craft fair rolls around and you haven't found a good platform yet, you could use Paypal's invoicing feature to invoice your customers right there on the spot. :) Provided they have Paypal accounts, this would be pretty easy! You can add tax to invoices, you just need to know your tax rate and Paypal will add it to the total.
(Also, if you do decide you want to give Shopify a whirl, I'd be happy to chat with you about the setup process over PMs! Some aspects of it have not been as intuitive as I'd like, but overall it really hasn't been too bad.)
Vendo su eBay da un po' (più che altro videogames vintage e non). Non roba artigianale, ma per quello proverei https://www.etsy.com/it/ o aprirei uno shop su https://www.shopify.com/ o https://www.bigcartel.com/
Hai domande specifiche?
Using Big Cartel you can list 5 products for free. Start selling for your friends on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram. All this tools are free for advertising. On Big Cartel you can list only one pic of you product. Just have a link for more pics on Instagram or bring shoppers from Instagram(social media) to your store. Go try and see what works for your, till you get some money to pay for a better online store and paid advertising.
Laos na mga website ngayon lalo na super small business lang naman kayo. Gagastos ka pa sa domain name, hosting, at mahirap i-maintain.
Check mo yung Big Cartel if supported sila locally. It's what people who sell t-shirts and other merch use. Libre kasi pag less than 5 type of items lang binebenta.
You're looking for the div with a class of "badge". You can then remove all of the <a href> tag and contents and replace it with an <img> tag.
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<a href="<code>https://www.bigcartel.com/?utm_source=bigcartel&amp;amp;utm_medium=credit&amp;amp;utm_campaign=5275604</code>" title="Start your own store at Big Cartel now">Online Store by Big Cartel</a>
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Big Cartel claims to be the best online store platform for artists and creators. It offers a free plan as well as paid plans ranging from $9.99/month to $29.99/month.
I'm not exactly sure what you're planning on selling but, I also started selling products online about 2 years ago (still going), and my first platform was Big Cartel. I think it's the best bang for your buck when you're first starting out and getting customers. Here is their payment plan, which is relatively cheap. However, I do suggest you look into other sites such as Shopify if you plan on selling a lot of products (over 100).
If I were you, I would definitely start a PayPal account if you do not already have one. Customers nowadays love to pay with PayPal if that is an option. Sites like Big Cartel, Shopify, etc. have options of allowing the customer to use both credit cards and PayPal.
As far as domain names go, you can't really go wrong with godaddy.
I do ship my products with USPS only cause it's the cheapest out of the main carriers and they're relatively reliable. And don't go to the post office when sending packages, rather make an online account with USPS and print them out at home and just drop it off. You save when you print online. If you're sending multiple packages a day, I definitely do recommend them. I will say, though, to expect some packages to be lost or delayed every now and then. I give them a solid 7/10 in terms of their service.
Save yourself a lot of time, use Big Cartel. Its perfect for small online businesses. You can dig into the templates and themes to make any style site you want. Pick a starting theme then hack away at it from there.
I'm a web developer and honestly, if we're just going to sell a couple t-shirts, a page on Etsy or BigCartel would be more than enough.
There's a lot of over-head involved with online stores, and building a whole self-hosted app would be overkill. At least for now.
Here is my advice :)
1) For your website, I would consider bigcartel . I used this web host and it was very easy and manageable. I believe the first five items are free, but greater than five, you will be charged a small monthly fee.
2) If you have a cool name for your website, I would go ahead and register it, even if you haven't decided on which web host to use.
3) With the products that you are selling, I don't think dropshipping is necessary. Continue buying the products at wholesale prices to keep your margins high.
4) Create several social media outlets. For me, Instagram and YouTube have been great for customer engagement. Facebook is good in the beginning, but it didn't work for my targeted market.
5) Most importantly, be sure to invest money back into your business. Don't be so quick to pocket the profits just yet. That's if you want to sustain your business.
I hope this helps. Good Luck and Never Give Up!!