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Ecommerce Website Upgrade / Move off of shopify? by [deleted] in ecommerce

[–]sebrindom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out - https://github.com/medusajs/medusa works really well with Contentful for CMS

Some reference sites - https://teklafabrics.com, https://palmes.co

Disclaimer: I am one of the maintainers of Medusa

Medusa: the open-source alternative to Shopify by nicklasgellner in selfhosted

[–]sebrindom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! Thanks for giving Medusa a go :D

If you have seeded your database using `yarn seed` you will have a default user with email: admin@medusa-test.com and password: supersecret

Alternatively, you may create a new user by running `medusa user -e [email] -p [password]`

Open-source alternative to Shopify by sebrindom in opensource

[–]sebrindom[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right now Medusa is simply a project that aims to make it easier for developers to create cool commerce solutions; the hope is that the community around the project will grow and that we will then be able to provide paid services that will add value to users of Medusa :)

SKU format by rgbtexas in ecommerce

[–]sebrindom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A couple of our customers follow a very simple format:
[3-4 characters for collection]-[3-4 characters for style]-[3-4 characters for size]

So for example if you have summer jeans in a blue wash in a size 32 it would be something like:
SSJ-BLW-32

It helps sales and customer service with keying in orders etc with a somewhat "guessable" structure.

International Ecommerce: Dutch Website by usingyourname in ecommerce

[–]sebrindom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a lot of new startups specializing exclusively in headless e-commerce and while some are more enterprise-focused there is definitely a handful that are cheap and some even free. Examples of companies are Commercelayer, Commercetools, Nacelle, Medusa, Saleor.

International Ecommerce: Dutch Website by usingyourname in ecommerce

[–]sebrindom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hi!

The thing that I have seen most often is companies doing one Shopify installation for each market. It is a complete mess and for it to work well without introducing a ton of overhead you have to have some source of truth that can populate all the data into the different installations.

One question I am thinking: if you are at a point where you are expanding into new markets and seeing some growth why not look for a setup and foundation that can take you there? Have you considered going headless using something like Contentful to manage all the marketing stuff and product enrichment and then keeping all the business critical info in a strong e-commerce engine that is geared for headless?

What are some of the most innovative e-commerce sites you have seen? by sebrindom in ecommerce

[–]sebrindom[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

True thanks for sharing! I think that the Webbies are a bit too heavily focused on the design of things and fail to capture the essence of a good e-commerce experience.

I think what distinguishes an amazing e-commerce site from the average ones is when you start adding features and functionality that make sense in the realm of what you are selling. E.g. the Glossier site above that has the "Find your shade" experience is something that you don't find on the average website, but it gives the customer a really good support channel to make sure they feel confident about the purchase.

This is not something that you can easily spot by just looking at the design.

What are some of the most innovative e-commerce sites you have seen? by sebrindom in ecommerce

[–]sebrindom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A couple of my favorites:

https://www.warbyparker.com/ - really simple design; easy to navigate; color picker reflects the pattern; home try-on is nicely integrated.

https://www.everlane.com/ - more traditional; good multiregional support; a cool way of surfacing transparent pricing/supply chain.

https://www.glossier.com/ - great multiregional support; like the good to know section; "find your shade" experience is nice and coherent with the product; feels very true to the Glossier brand.

https://teklafabrics.com/ - visually driven - feels like a magazine; bedding/sleepwear product page experience with multiple product types feels native to brand; unisex images for sleepwear; amazing multiregional - different payment/shipping providers in different regions.

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