Does anyone here have an online store using...

[mailboxpimp]

Square or shoppify style platforms? Can you provide pros & cons please...

Can you maintain an independant website to run along side of it or does that 1 url have to be used for the square, wordpress ecom, shoppify platform?

 

[The Jamaican]

Square or shoppify style platforms? Can you provide pros & cons please...

Can you maintain an independant website to run along side of it or does that 1 url have to be used for the square, wordpress ecom, shoppify platform?

URLS's can only apply to one website. So you cant use mailboxpimp.com to go to your wordpress website and shopify at the same time.

 

[ScorpDiesel]

URLS's can only apply to one website. So you cant use mailboxpimp.com to go to your wordpress website and shopify at the same time.

Main site: mailboxpimp.com
online store: shop.mailboxpimp.com

 

[ScorpDiesel]

I'm using separate domain names. One's for the company and one's for the online store.

 

[mailboxpimp]

Thanks

 

[mailboxpimp]

Main site: mailboxpimp.com
online store: shop.mailboxpimp.com

So.... the shoppify / square joints provide many of the same functions a seperate website does...
What would I use my main website for if all the sales & so on are done on the shop.com site i create?

 

[The Jamaican]

Main site: mailboxpimp.com
online store: shop.mailboxpimp.com

Yes I should have added subdomians are possible.

 

[The Jamaican]

So.... the shoppify / square joints provide many of the same functions a seperate website does...
What would I use my main website for if all the sales & so on are done on the shop.com site i create?

If you have, or plan to have multiple sites you could use the main site as a sort of menu that leads to the others.

But it may not have much purpose outside of that if I am understanding you correctly.

 

[ScorpDiesel]

So.... the shoppify / square joints provide many of the same functions a seperate website does...
What would I use my main website for if all the sales & so on are done on the shop.com site i create?

If you have, or plan to have multiple sites you could use the main site as a sort of menu that leads to the others.

But it may not have much purpose outside of that if I am understanding you correctly.

This. Also, your main site would talk more about you and your vision for your company that ties all your online stores together. Your "About Us" section of your online store can have a paragraph about you and your company, then have a link to your main site so customers can learn more.

 

[mailboxpimp]

This. Also, your main site would talk more about you and your vision for your company that ties all your online stores together. Your "About Us" section of your online store can have a paragraph about you and your company, then have a link to your main site so customers can learn more.

damn! ok!
I was definitely struggling with how to connect those dots.
appreciate it!

can you suggest the best platform to use, if you are using one?

 

[mailboxpimp]

This. Also, your main site would talk more about you and your vision for your company that ties all your online stores together. Your "About Us" section of your online store can have a paragraph about you and your company, then have a link to your main site so customers can learn more.

so.....
mailboxpimp.com - hosting co...
about / blog/ shop
****************........(link only)...... shop.mailboxpimp.com / Shopify square
the shop.mailboxpimp.com url is directed to the Shopify/ square/ platform.....
correct?

 

[ScorpDiesel]

so.....
mailboxpimp.com - hosting co...
about / blog/ shop
****************........(link only)...... shop.mailboxpimp.com / Shopify square
the shop.mailboxpimp.com url is directed to the Shopify/ square/ platform.....
correct?

Correct. This Shopify post should better help you understand the particulars.

Connecting a third-party subdomain to Shopify

A subdomain is a subset of your root domain that you add as a prefix to your root domain. If you want to use your root domain for another website, and a subdomain for your Shopify store, then you can connect the subdomain from your third-party provider account.

help.shopify.com

A subdomain is a subset of your root domain that you add as a prefix to your root domain. If you want to use your root domain for another website (mailboxpimp.com) and a subdomain for your Shopify store (shop.mailboxpimp.com), then you can connect the subdomain from your third-party provider account.

 

[ScorpDiesel]

damn! ok!
I was definitely struggling with how to connect those dots.
appreciate it!

can you suggest the best platform to use, if you are using one?

I'm using BigCommerce, but Shopify is good too. Also consider starting on Etsy, then move to Shopify when you blow up. The advantage to using Etsy is it takes care of driving potential customers to the platform for you (but, you'd still do your own advertising on FB, IG, etc). The two biggest disadvantages are the fees it charges and you have no brand recognition. For example, if someone buys something from you on Etsy and tells their friends, they'll more than likely say "I bought this from Etsy.", not "I bought this from mailboxpimp." Selling from your own website obviates these disadvantages, but you'd have to deal with driving traffic to your site yourself.