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submitted 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) by hedge@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

Can anyone recommend an e-commerce platform that they like, somewhere I can sell both physical and virtual goods, isn't too expensive, allows some degree of design customization, isn't too hard to use, and (gasp) is even open source? The last part is probably asking too much.

I currently sell ebooks on Gumroad, which has actually been pretty good, but they lack customization options and the ability (as far as I can tell) to do something like a blog (although they do have a mailing list which is something I definitely need!).

There is an old Wordpress.ORG site I have that was made by someone else who is no longer able to update it, and is something of a black box to a clueless oldster like myself. I've heard enough negative things about Wordpress that led me first to Ghost.org, which, as far as I can tell, is really just for blogs and nothing else, and then Webflow, which may have too many deisgn option (as well as fuzzy pricing), and finally back to WordPress.COM which was very pushy about me upgrading (and then upgrading again) before I could even try out their Woo Commerce plugin (also their site just plain doesn't work; if I watch their tutorials and then try to follow them, I'll end up on screens that have buttons and drop down menus that appear in the videos but not on the site itself!).

So anyway, I'm in search of recommendations. I need something that can sell physical and virtual items, has a blog, a mailing list, monthly billing, at least some ability to customize, and, if at all possible, is open source. Would be much obliged for any suggestions.

EDIT: Anyone tried Thirty Bees?

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[-] Vuraniute@thelemmy.club 4 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Pandabase isnt OSS but its pretty great from what ive seen.

[-] hedge@beehaw.org 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

What did you like about it?

EDIT: If it's on Github doesn't that make it OS?

[-] puttputt@beehaw.org 1 points 4 hours ago

If it's on Github doesn't that make it OS?

No, when talking about open source software, people typically refer to a definition along the lines of the Open Source Initiative's Open Source Definition. To distinguish this from software that you can only see the source (but don't have rights to copy and modify it), they'll use the term Source Available Software.

I don't really know about the software you guys were talking about, but the repositories I looked at used the MIT license, which is OSI approved. However, that might not be all of the code they use. It's not uncommon for a company to open source a "base" version, but they deploy a version that's altered from that (I've got no clue whether they do or don't).

[-] petrescatraian@libranet.de 4 points 8 hours ago

@hedge I don't think it checks everything on your list, but there's also a fediverse project called „Flohmarkt

[-] hedge@beehaw.org 1 points 8 hours ago

Hmmm . . . interesting 🤔 taking a look now . . .

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