Hello, I’m a jewellery designer and I want to set up my own eCommerce shop selling my jewellery. I’ve been selling on Etsy but I don’t like it. I want full control over my shop. I know I can use shopify but I don’t want to pay for just using them.
I’m looking for an eCommerce script which I can manage on my own and it’s not too difficult to manage. Can anyone suggest a good free script?
Around a decade ago the first ever eCommerce script I tried was osCommerce. It was one of the very few scripts available at that time and it worked. I had few eCommerce shops setup using osCommerce. I’m surprised to see that this script still exists and it is still free. The next best option was Magento but fucking Adobe bought it and turned into a paid (sic) solution. Start with osCommerce and see how it goes.
Try PrestaShop, it is free too.
@Guru I didn’t know that Adobe bought Magento. It is sad. Magento was a nice eCommerce script.
There is another free eCommerce script - opencart. I’ve never used it though.
@LordOfSEO opencart is Chinese, I will not trust such scripts.
@TheCoder PrestaShop is free but sooner or later when you need to add new features then you will end up pay a lot of money for addons. I needed a multi vendor solution and it costs around £35/year. You have to pay one off proce of £124.99 to buy this module There is no such thing as free lunch anymore. You have to pay for everything. It is funny how all these so called “Free” “Open Source” scripts are advertised as free. They are not free. You can’t go too far with the “free” version alone.
@LordOfSEO It is not Chinese, Its developers are from HongKong and the main guy, I think, is Brit. It is more popular in China than in western countries.
I’m surprise that no one has suggested WooCommerce. It is a free WordPress eCommerce plugin which can be used and almost for free to build a full scale online store. Checkout this shop Shop Moksha which was setup by my friend and it uses WooCommerce. He has used all the free plugins.
I did try to use OpenCart but it is a total mess. Gave up during setup itself. I’m trying to use WooCommerce now.
I want to setup my own online shop selling handmade jewellery. I’ve been selling on Etsy but sales have gone down to almost no sales. I’ve also tried selling on eBay but that is worst. I was thinking of using shopify but that is too expensive. Can anuone suggest me a solution? Thanks.
Hey Yulia, The best free eCommerce script for your requirement will be wooCommerce. I’ve setup many eCommerce stores using this script. There are limitations on what you can do for free with script but for most basic shop related features it does the job. If you need any help in setting up online shop then give me a shout.
Hello Lucia, I want to add an eCommerce shop on my website Psychic Beth where I want to sell some stuff. It is a WordPress blog. I wanted to know if I’ll be able to install and configure WooCommerce on my own as I’m a techie or I would need help from pros?
You can install and configure easily by following instructions. If you need to customise something which is not available already then only you will require a coder. You can get it started and if you are stuck come on this forum, post questions and someone will be able to help you.