Why we love it:1. THE SUPPORT that is simply the best i've seen in 10 years. When you hit the “chat” button, someone will be online within 5 seconds. You do not have to rate them, which means they are not after a quick positive rating and can take the time to go in depth with your issue. They are supper polite. 2. EASE OF USE. You can build a very neat e-store with little or no coding or general IT experience. All you need is pictures and content and you are good to go.Why we don't love it so much:1. COSTIt's EXTREMELY expensive. While you can run an ecommerce store on wordpress for 100-400 bucks (sever + theme + a few plugins), a shopify store will cost you an arm. On wordpress, generally speaking, you pay “one shot”, meaning you pay your theme or plugin once and that’s it. With shopify, plugins (or “applications”), are subscriptions, meaning you have to pay them every month! Here is a cost breakdown for a sample website:- Shopify: 30 to 80 usd per month depending on your plan- Product filtering app: 20 to 40 usd per month- Translation app: 20-40 usd per month- Wholesale app: 50 usd per month- Invoicing app : 25 usd per month- Referral app: 50 usd per month- Up sell app : 20-40 usd per month- EtcThat's roughly 3000 to 4000 usd a year! And you always ned to provision for unexpected issues or needs. Needless to say you better be selling! And let's not forget the 1-2% COMMISSION SHOPIFY RECEIVES ON EVERY SALE YOU MAKE (you read that right). 2. LITTLE TO NO EDITING POSSIBLE. For example, it’s built for north American stores that have different tax rules than European stores. If you want to sell in Europe to retail as well as wholesale customers, you will need to purchase an app (that often create more issues of their own - compatibility, etc). Shopify provides a wholesale solution... at 2000 usd PER MONTH :) European stores beware!3. IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY FOR SHOPIFY. They have a great product, unfortunately, they will only give you 50% of an e-store solution. And if you want the full 100%, you will need to pay, again and again. That's a bit disappointing when you know how much money this makes to the 3 owners.Overall, we love it (because we can afford it). If it’s your first time selling products online, avoid it. If you can cover the costs, then I guess it’s fine.2 stars because of the A+ support and the costs.
