I am in the processes of starting a little eCommerce website for some extra money on the side.. with that being said I don't know the best way to approach the idea.


The website is essentially a shopping cart. pick your items, check out, I ship them to you..

I have background knowledge in HTML5 and other graphic/web tools but not efficient enough to build my own site and have it be secure for payment and things like that. However I can do all the graphics and other graphical aspects.

With that being said is where I would like to ask for some advice.


should I:

A) Pay cash for a website to be built custom for me via free lancer

B ) use a pre-built site such as godaddy or other ecommerce pre-built sites

C) something completely different than A/B that might be better (if there is such thing)

This post was edited by Trig on Jun 17 2016 03:45pm

to get something done nicely and in good quality, you should pay a freelancer. we will do exactly what you tell him, but it might not be cheap.

fully understand-able. I do alot of freelance graphic work so I am fimiliar with the pricing when it comes to skilled complex work.

If I wanted to go the pre-built store route, does anyone have any advice for starting out?

To be honest I think it'd be easier to just sell your stuff on existing online stores then.

The chance that you'll find something that exactly fits your requirements is low, and custom-tailoring a premade solution is usually not worth the effort.

what is your budget?

why can't you sell on an existing store? product too niche?

Probably should talk to me about this instead of avoiding me living right in my backyard..............

Y'all seem to like necroing posts.