[ysavir]

> WordPress + WooCommerce, PrestaShop and Magento already do that. Drop $10 to $20/month on hosting on DigitalOcean, install Wordpress, install WooCommerce, buy a cheap theme, buy whatever extra plugins you need, setup your payment system (PayPal and Stripe are supported), and you're off to the races.

So all the average person needs to set up shop is design skills, software engineering skills, understanding of servers and PII, and the time to do complete all technical tasks while also building up their actual product catalogue.

That's a lot, and goes a long way in explaining why Shopify has a justified usecase.

[thegagne]

And manage patches, worry about security, PCI compliance, data loss, etc.

[larrywright]

And HA, site monitoring... the list is long.

[joshmn]

Can't forget about performance.