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selling on Shopify
Milleflore:
--- Quote from: Uncle Pete on April 01, 2022, 08:40 ---Interesting reading. Yes if I thought I could recover the $29 a month for basic USA, I'd jump in. Not sure I can do that with just photos? As for collectibles, I have very little high end, just things that I like that are fun.
With any volume at all, I can see why $29 a month would be less than the 15% that eBay takes.
Paulie Walnuts wrote about trying this maybe that was last year. Maybe he'll pass through the forum and add some more.
Right now, I'm just watching and evaluating. Sure would be nice to have a "self hosted" store. I'd still like to read some more about digital asset fulfillment? Is it automated or manual? If someone pays for an image, do I have to manually approve, or does Shopify handle that? In the Summer I'm sometimes unavailable for a day or two or might miss an order. I don't think that would be good business to be unresponsive.
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After I set Shopify up for Nick, I wanted one for my digital downloads but didn't get around to it. It works really well for his physical products, but after I posted above, he reminded me that a friend introduced him to some Facebook groups where he posted links to his Shopify store, and that drives a lot of traffic to his shop. I forgot about that.
So it looks like you may still need to do some of your own marketing in social media or similar. Getting people to sign up for the monthly newsletter, and sending those out regularly with new listing updates, helps too. Also, I used to drive a lot of visitors to my current website by writing related blogs and posting them to social media. In fact I've noticed that since I stopped doing that, my current website's views have dropped by nearly 1/2.
But Shopify's basic monthly account definitely has all the features you need, and the rest is up to the individual.
And yes, I am interested in how the digital downloads side of things work in Shopify as well.
gameover:
Yes, Shopify is principally designed for selling material goods, but the essential to sell digital with automatic download after checkout is there and free. I verified also the possibility to have different range of prices for different kind of licenses (web, print, merchandise). Today I sent a message to the Shopify people to clarify some last points. Usually they answer quick.
--- Quote from: Annie on April 01, 2022, 16:03 ---
--- Quote from: Uncle Pete on April 01, 2022, 08:40 ---Interesting reading. Yes if I thought I could recover the $29 a month for basic USA, I'd jump in. Not sure I can do that with just photos? As for collectibles, I have very little high end, just things that I like that are fun.
With any volume at all, I can see why $29 a month would be less than the 15% that eBay takes.
Paulie Walnuts wrote about trying this maybe that was last year. Maybe he'll pass through the forum and add some more.
Right now, I'm just watching and evaluating. Sure would be nice to have a "self hosted" store. I'd still like to read some more about digital asset fulfillment? Is it automated or manual? If someone pays for an image, do I have to manually approve, or does Shopify handle that? In the Summer I'm sometimes unavailable for a day or two or might miss an order. I don't think that would be good business to be unresponsive.
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After I set Shopify up for Nick, I wanted one for my digital downloads but didn't get around to it. It works really well for his physical products, but after I posted above, he reminded me that a friend introduced him to some Facebook groups where he posted links to his Shopify store, and that drives a lot of traffic to his shop. I forgot about that.
So it looks like you may still need to do some of your own marketing in social media or similar. Getting people to sign up for the monthly newsletter, and sending those out regularly with new listing updates, helps too. Also, I used to drive a lot of visitors to my current website by writing related blogs and posting them to social media. In fact I've noticed that since I stopped doing that, my current website's views have dropped by nearly 1/2.
But Shopify's basic monthly account definitely has all the features you need, and the rest is up to the individual.
And yes, I am interested in how the digital downloads side of things work in Shopify as well.
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Uncle Pete:
--- Quote from: gameover on April 02, 2022, 06:13 ---Yes, Shopify is principally designed for selling material goods, but the essential to sell digital with automatic download after checkout is there and free. I verified also the possibility to have different range of prices for different kind of licenses (web, print, merchandise). Today I sent a message to the Shopify people to clarify some last points. Usually they answer quick.
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Nice and I'm looking forward to future articles.
--- Quote from: Annie on April 01, 2022, 16:03 ---
After I set Shopify up for Nick, I wanted one for my digital downloads but didn't get around to it. It works really well for his physical products, but after I posted above, he reminded me that a friend introduced him to some Facebook groups where he posted links to his Shopify store, and that drives a lot of traffic to his shop. I forgot about that.
So it looks like you may still need to do some of your own marketing in social media or similar. Getting people to sign up for the monthly newsletter, and sending those out regularly with new listing updates, helps too. Also, I used to drive a lot of visitors to my current website by writing related blogs and posting them to social media. In fact I've noticed that since I stopped doing that, my current website's views have dropped by nearly 1/2.
But Shopify's basic monthly account definitely has all the features you need, and the rest is up to the individual.
And yes, I am interested in how the digital downloads side of things work in Shopify as well.
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Posting updates also helps your page rank, which will bring more visitors. I have a few Cobweb Sites, that I haven't updated in years. Some even have broken links. When the search engines check pages, new data and changes will move us up. Old stale sites will get checked less often and soon drop down and down.
I'm sure that posts and reminders will bring people back, especially for interesting topics. People just discovering and finding the site, is more reliant on search position.
That also relates to Shopify which is always active. I think most of us has searched for something and we see Etsy and eBay or Amazon on the results bar on top. Vintage map shows, Kohls, Wayfair, Allposters, and others. I'd like it if Shopify was appearing.
gameover:
Here my second post about the differences between Shopify and WordPress with the aim of selling images by yourself.
https://luisafumi-digitalart.com/blog/2022/04/07/wordpress-versus-shopify/
Honest, maybe brutally honest citing Alex Rotenberg :D
Uncle Pete:
--- Quote from: gameover on April 09, 2022, 05:05 ---Here my second post about the differences between Shopify and WordPress with the aim of selling images by yourself.
https://luisafumi-digitalart.com/blog/2022/04/07/wordpress-versus-shopify/
Honest, maybe brutally honest citing Alex Rotenberg :D
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Bulk Uploading? You mean I'd have to enter each image, one by one?
Can I embed Shopify items into my own web pages, or just links?
OK waiting for next week, good reading. Thank You
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