Own hosted webshop advice

English Spreadshop
#1

Hello, I am looking for my own Wordpress webshop hosted spread shop solution.
I have bought a hosting.

Have you any experience or good advice?

I am not fond of a Shopify solution. They are way too expensive and charge for every sale.

With that said I need more than just a webshop single site. I want a site I can grow with. I want to collect email for my list, create a blog, ability for creating pop-ups etc.
I would like good and easy customer service and video tutorials.

Can you refer to a good solution for my Spreadshop?

Best Niels Bach

#2

Hi Niels

I have a Wordpress site with my Spreadshop integrated via their plugin - this is a perfect solution for simplicity and a starter solution.

BUT - you cannot collect customer details when using Spreadshop as the customer is not technically yours - we have a “licensing agreement” with Spreadshirt where we provide our designs for them to sell on products to customers - the customers are theirs, not ours.

NOW - without going down the Shopify route and using a different POD provider (not my preference either) you CAN still build a customer list IF you build out your site with a blog on Wordpress - which is exactly what I’ve done.

I am driving customers to my blog and promoting my shop in the blogs.

I haven’t (yet) added a popup to get people to subscribe - but that’s entirely possible using a simple Wordpress add in.

In this way, I aim to build a community of like-minded people which I can then re-target via Newsletters etc.

You can see my example here:- Blog - passion is personal and so is our blog - plzLOOK

I hope this helps?

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#3

Another of our shop owners @JSIGN created this Shop: https://j-sign.de/

Maybe he can share some tips for you :slight_smile:

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#4

WOW! That’s a fantastic site - @JSIGN - do you sell that theme for Wordpress or is it all custom built? I LOVE that :boom:

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#5

My advice is to start working on this.
It is not difficult and you can develop it over time. You can start creating your site on a local host and when you feel it has reached a good stage, publish it, and make improvements every period.
As for me I am not used to using WordPress, I created my site using Drupal,I am using a custom module and the Embed Shop javascript.
I think it still need a lot of work, but you can take a look and it might help you get an idea.
This is my website link shirts.ly
I would be pleased to provide any assistance if you need it.

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#6

Hi plzLook. I am very happy if you like my website. It is a WordPress website, but completely built with a pagebuilder. no template.

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#7

Thank you very much. This surely helped me in my considerations. Thanks :slight_smile:

#8

Thank you Salama.
Just to be sure…does Drupal work with your SpreadShop Api?

The solution looks very good and Drupal work fine together with my hosting company. they supports Dupal :slight_smile:

#9

You 're welcome @Mr_Bach
I do not use SpreadShop API because I have not found clear documentation. I only use Embed Shop JavaScript, with some manual work as I add each design separately.
If you are a developer and if you decide to go ahead with Drupal, I can provide you with code, structure and any help.

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