{"id":6224,"date":"2022-02-02T13:54:47","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T13:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/?p=6224"},"modified":"2024-08-15T08:58:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T08:58:25","slug":"merch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/merch\/","title":{"rendered":"Merch"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was asked by my sister for advice on building a web e-commerce solution which set me thinking about if I could sell some “merch”. Here are my notes. …
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WordPress supports Shopify, or vice versa<\/a>, who seem happy for you to wrap their functionality in your site.<\/p>\n

It seems that 3rd party fulfilment is now called dropshipping. Shopify<\/a> has a dropshiping<\/a> page They point me at Oberlo<\/a> and their dropshipping<\/a> and\u00a0 mugs<\/a> pages.\u00a0 It makes me wonder if they auction the fulfilments?\u00a0 (Surely not?)<\/p>\n

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  1. Can i prototype this for free?<\/li>\n
  2. Is my investment in Photobox any use? i.e. do they sell through Oberlo.<\/li>\n
  3. Will this fly?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I decided that making the site beautiful was also important, I had assumed that WP themes would be enough, but I found these sites too.<\/p>\n

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    1. https:\/\/www.shopify.com\/blog\/11863377-30-beautiful-and-creative-ecommerce-website-designs<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. https:\/\/platt.edu\/blog\/top-20-beautiful-websites\/<\/a><\/li>\n
    3. and of course CSS zen garden<\/a>, this one Verde Moderna<\/a> looks cool<\/li>\n
    4. and Theme Forest<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Business Model<\/h3>\n

      Have I missed my opportunity? More from Shopify, on how to do it<\/a>, and an article from Medium on why it’s too late<\/a> and the margins are shit, although what I want to do is merely low level incremental income. My problem is can I make something that would ship?\u00a0 I am not looking to live on this. I was assuming a higher margin than 5%. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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