Need advice setting up online shop for a physical product I'm designing
I'm an experienced professional in web dev. However I'm so out of the loop as to what good hosting/cloud services exist out there for basic e-commerce.
I just want something I can spin up a quick shop with, don't want to think about fine-tuning cloud tools or whatever. Like a hosting service that really focuses on e-commerce (Wordpress based is fine) and is good at it. The software choices that got my interest the most are WordPress with WooCommerce.
The product is in computing/tech, and the shop will be very small just focusing on this product. It should have one or two distinct items (I might branch out to a "family" of related products) with multiple configuration options for each.
Also, any advice on how to open with the first few sales? That would be good to know too. My product is in a niche category in tech but its potential can be marketed to a variety of customers, including PC gamers and workstation users. I'm currently making my first batch of pre-production units and considering getting one out to a tech YouTube channel for promotion and review.
Http://bigcartel.com is pretty great if you just have a few items.
try looking at Prestashop / Shopify or WooCommerce all these solutions woud be more than adequate for your needs I should think. Reaching out to YT and other social media influencers could also be a good way to start with sales.
Prestashop and WooCommerce are e-commerce software packages but I'm asking more about hosting services that are good with small e-commerce. I will probably choose WooCommerce for WordPress. But do you know of which web hosting services would be most user friendly for a quick setup with these tools?