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Yup.
Shopify is good, but the fees can add up so you need to make sure that you have a regular shop margin, etc.
If I have criticisms of Shopify it is that it's too simple on complex shipping costs, and that sometimes what I feel is basic functionality requires an app to get the functionality that you want.
But... it is easy to use, it is easy to configure product, the customer database and orders are easy to manage and process, the experience for the customer is good, the payment options are good, the risk mitigation of fraud is good... and considering it's a basic fee structure it's easy to get to grips with too.
I do recommend it highly. It's only when you need to go really bespoke on things that Shopify isn't appropriate (when you need to set up a shop like the Rapha one).
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Awesome, I don't think we have worked out exaclty how we will take payment going forward. Wheter it is full payment up front, or deposit and payment pre-shipping. I guess the former is the normal route for the sort of purchase that Isen is, I just need to get out of the artisinal, lovingly hand whittled, one at a time ,own fart-smelling custom frame builder mindset...
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So for a change of tempo. Does anyone have any experience with shopify as a sales platform? Coming at this more from an end user idiot vendor (me) than a site development or design point of view. Is that what you use for LFGSS @Velocio?