h4n Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Hello, Anyone here good/know a bit about building a website? I've got to the point where I really need a website. I know it going be a longgggg process to get all the items I sell on it but in the end it will save me time and help out the buyers countryboy12484 and High5's 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 The best hosting site for low cost I've found is bluehost.com I really like Xara Web Designer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4n Posted September 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 I want a shopping cart type thing. I might try what Will use since I like his site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 i use shopify, but 1 thing i've found i dont care for is you cant have individual specific item shipping. but you can get creative with weight or $ values. but this is what is keeping me from listing shrimp on my site. I've heard good things about https://www.bigcommerce.com/ If I were to do it again I would go with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Bigcommerce is what I use but you also can't force shipping options based on the products. For example I can't force people to only select Express Shipping when buying Sulawesi shrimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 yeah that seems to be the biggest issue i'm having also. how do you get around shrimp shipping price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 The best hosting site for low cost I've found is bluehost.com I really like Xara Web Designer. If you do more research, bluehost.com is one of the worst hosting companies ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4n Posted September 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 Ya Will what do you do when someone orders shrimps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 If you do more research, bluehost.com is one of the worst hosting companies ever. *shrugs* It's worked very well for our theatre, etc. No complaints from us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 I use google for my domain and domain apps. one stop shopping. just pointing shopify to my google domain. High5's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc4PC2 Posted September 8, 2014 Report Share Posted September 8, 2014 We use iPage for our hosting. It is unlimited everything. Unlimited traffic, unlimited usage, file sizes, videos, photos, with full database, ecommerce, shopping cart, etc. You name it, they have it. And you never have to worry about going over on traffic or file size or how large your site is. You can pay once a year, or once a month payments, and they are the best, as far as I am concerned. We have several of our sites on iPage. Usually you can get a good deal for the first year, like 40 bucks for the year, and then after that, it is 145 a year. Which is reasonable, because everything is unlimited, emails, security, support. They have both email and call in support, and anytime I have had to use support, they have been excellent. One of our largest sites is ProShineClean.com and it also has the ProShineclean.mobi with it. One account can have several domains and sites hooked to it, and it doesn't cost anything extra. Your domain name costs, but you can have four different sites being managed from the same web tools and file management, and ftp, and still only pay the one price per year. So, just my opinion as a Webmaster and I manage several websites, but I haven't found a single host that is as good as iPage.com. GoDaddy, is good, but you have so many extras that you have to pay, you end up paying close to 500 a year if you need anything extra. The so called Free hosts do not have the tools you need to have a professional site up and running consistently, and search engines ignore websites on them, you can't get on the first page. You end up on page 20, so no one can find your site. When someone searches for shrimp, pet shrimp, TB's, neos, keywords like that, you want your site to come up on the first page of search, and as your traffic grows, you, you get there, but it take some marketing and time. Just my opinion. mayphly, JamesHe, miwu and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted September 9, 2014 Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Ya Will what do you do when someone orders shrimps? for now I still do the $5 shipping or free on orders over $50 and just eat the extra cost or build it into my prices. For the sulawesi's if someone doesn't pay for Express shipping I send them an email and tell them they either need to upgrade to Express or I will cancel and refund their order. It is not ideal but its the best I can do right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHe Posted December 10, 2014 Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 I use google for my domain and domain apps. one stop shopping. just pointing shopify to my google domain. How to do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 https://www.google.com/work/apps/business/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMG Aquatics Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 You guys could try to build website yourself then find a web hoster which is probably about $5 a month. You can build a website with very little knowledge. Saves you a lot of money but your site might not look as professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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