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How to create an e-commerce website?

120 sats \ 15 comments \ @Bitcoiner1 27 May AskSN

Hi,

I've been thinking about creating a small platform for selling ebooks for SATs.

I've no clue about websites, hosting,etc.

Just wandering where I can find a skilled person for doing a good job and how much could cost to create it?

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5 sats \ 4 replies \ @BitcoinHandsOn 27 May

Think first about how you'd market it. That's extremely important.

Would you put it on Amazon? Would you use Amazon ads (very expensive, maybe not worth it). Or would you just sell it on your own, and find other ways to market?

If you just want to sell some ebooks, you could consider http://Gumroad.com, or maybe https://www.lemonsqueezy.com. All payment processing, etc, would be taken care of with these 2 companies.

If you need a website, and you're new at this, you could do worse than trying something simple yourself, like https://carrd.co/.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitcoiner1 OP 27 May

I'm looking for BTC friendly options.

Thanks

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @AG 27 May

none of these has bitcoin payment gateways integrated... I assume that's the goal here

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @steliosats 27 May

You can also use https://geyser.fund to sell products for Bitcoin (both on-chain and lightning). It has order management, and soon shipping as well.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @vinney 27 May freebie

I don't think Gumroad nor lemonsqueezy handle bitcoin payments.
And the carrd.co suggestion is okay, but they said they want to set up a bitcoin ecommerce site, which is beyond what this platform offers.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @AG 27 May

We can definitely help with that, you can reach us via agora_[at]tuta.io or nostr https://iris.to/agora

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitcoiner1 OP 27 May

Thanks

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ealvar26 27 May

Hey we make e-commerce sites and specialize in BTCPay Server too.

If you would like an estimate let me know: erik@velascommerce.com

😁

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitcoiner1 OP 27 May

Thanks.

I'll send you a email.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @AG 27 May

Consider the app.PayWithFlash.com super easy, non-custodal as you can only connect it to your existing lightning wallet

We use it on our AGORA.ftp.sh/op, support team is great ad always available to help fix any issue you might have.

btw, I'll bookmark this for our next TM7. Let's talk business in the ~AGORA marketplace :)

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @VEINTIUNO 27 May

Check out https://cypher.space powered by nostr, easy start, no tech know-how required, ecash compatible!

If you want to go hard core... consider BTCpay server, you can play around with it at https://mainnet.demo.btcpayserver.org/ and create your own shop there. Or better, subscribe for a VPS like.. can't remember the names. Voltage offers BTCpay too! If you need to receive sats, then connect an LNbits.com instance.

All the above get easier when you run your public node on clearnet...

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @037447d9ca 27 May

You can integrate BTCPay Server into Woocommerce. https://docs.btcpayserver.org/WooCommerce/

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @AG 27 May

That what we also do, but for non tech people is not easy to run a BTCpay instance

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @vinney 27 May freebie

Have you considered listing the items on the Nostr marketplace protocol?

https://shopstr.store/

This is definitely the easiest way to sell items for sats.

Otherwise, you're looking at a basic ecommerce site + an integration with a bitcoin/lightning platform, along the lines of something like https://www.oshigood.us/

A freelancer would be able to handle this. I couldn't say how much someone would quote (I would need to spend a little time on it to quote it myself) but I would imagine it would be under a few thousand dollars. Again, the best place to ask around for these services would be nostr. And, once it's finished, https://catallax.network is intended for exactly this sort of thing!