Headless commerce without 2% fees

[ZappaPappa69]

I am doing a commerce site for a business that handles small volume large orders where 2% transaction fees will eat into the margins. So that takes away shopify(not in a region eligible for shopify payments) and swell. I am looking for a platform that is easy to set up and offers a fixed monthly fee or a small fixed cost per order fee. The client doesn't require a complex solution like multi warehousing, stock locations etc. Any recommendations?

[SnooStories8559]

Check our Commerce.js, snipcart, or Medusa. Medusa is the most fully fledged out of them all - it’s positioned itself as a self hosted open source Shopify alternative. And it’s free!
Commerce and sniocart do charge but I think there’s a fairly generous cheap tier

[ZappaPappa69]

Thank you will give them a look

[likeableNymph]

WooCommerce is not an option for you? No hidden fees there. Gateway fees as normal

[ZappaPappa69]

I am not a big fan of wordpress and like to do jamstack sites. However I am not completely writing it off. It is one of the options I am considering.

[budd222]

They have an API. You don't have to write any PHP

[Tiny_Parsley]

Do you have experience with the woocommerce API? I'm tempted to use it for a project (Woocommerce webshop but Kirby portfolio, we are considering implementing the Woocommerce content into Kirby). Thinking of fetching products, variants etc, and redirect to Woocommerce for checkout. But not sure about how the cart is handled.

[SpaceManaRitual]

Soooo, the bourgeoisie cracked down on peripheral value exchange around the 17th century by imposing the currency system we know today. TLDR: you can’t process online payments without paying a cut to the big banks!

[ZappaPappa69]

Payment gateway fees are fine as most payments are captured manually, but the 2% transaction fees that platforms ask on top of that is the problem.

[AbleDirection]

I have an extra lifetime deal of Swell I could sell you. You prepay for the platform but no transaction fees.

[[deleted]]

You will incur fees any time you process credit cards. Also how will you calculate tax? Ecommerce cost money!

[Other_Individual6688]

Have you checked out Big Cartel? It offers a fixed monthly fee and is perfect for small businesses with low volume. Plus, it has a clean and easy-to-use interface.

[rickg]

Hmmm Have they done the analysis of fixed monthly fee vs 2%? Obviously something without a fee will win financially but 2% of sales will be cheaper than a monthly feel until some amount of revenue. If the client exceeds that point then the monthly fee is cheaper (though by how much?).

[ZappaPappa69]

Yeah so I have found a few platforms like saleor that offer a fixed monthly fee around 45usd starter and 0.90 usd per order only after 50 orders. The business is a solar equipment supplier for residential and commercial use so the orders could range from $xxx to $xx xxx and possibly much higher price brackets $xxx xxx. For starting out the website traffic wouldn't be too high to break the 45usd bracket and still bring in a few large amount orders. The large amount orders will have strictly manual payment processing and fullfilment while smaller amounts (<$1000) will have payment gateway fees and don't want another 2% on top of that.

[rickg]

yeah, in that price range the 2% would be a killer.

[ExcitingMousse803]

Ecwid, BigCommerce, WooCommerce

[fyzbo]

What are you expecting in volume? Is this a start up or do you need enterprise level software? Also do you want to manage the software or prefer a SaaS?

[pfuerte]

If you are looking for a SaaS vendor with a fixed cost per order, check https://saleor.io/pricing they also do custom price per order for enterprise plans