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by happycodework 3542 days ago
Django. Shopify and etsy. Are good choices (also bootstrap and stripe payments)

For php Magento and Wordpress do exactly that (ecommerce and blog).

For blog there are also some nice "markdown static blog" software that are super ez.

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What about hosting options for Django? I've used Heroku for my Python/Flask apps and that works well. There's also Redhat Openshift which I haven't used but looks reasonable. Workflow is nice with updates pushed up via git.

Shopify Buy Button might be an option instead of hosting the entire site with them.

Etsy is an idea. Can you sell stuff that isn't handmade craft items? Downside is 3.5% transaction fee plus PayPal fee - expensive. It's all based on PayPal which for those of us who have been robbed by PayPal in the past makes it a nonstarter.

Not fond of Magento unless it has become a lot leaner. Really bogged down one of my previous projects.

Agree, havent tried etsy yet.

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