New Ecommerce Site?

scottalanmiller

@hobbit666 said in New Ecommerce Site?:

Yeah thanks, that's what i've been thinking.

But i think he (i.e. old boss) will want to host the site on his plesk based server as he "resells" hosting hence WordPress and something for ecommerce shopping.

Speaking from experience here, becoming PCI compliant is a pain. Not because it's difficult, but because everyone involved with it has a checklist they go by and no actual brain usage.

Most importantly, that are inaccurate, random, and often conflicting.

scottalanmiller

@hobbit666 said in New Ecommerce Site?:

@travisdh1 @stacksofplates Yeah think he's already PCI/GDPR etc registered and stuff (well so he tells me lol).

A completely flawed statement like that guarantees he's not compliant. Those are things you do, not things you register. If he was in any way prepared to be either, he'd never have said something so obviously wrong. So no question, he can't host this himself.

scottalanmiller

@hobbit666 said in New Ecommerce Site?:

Think this one is more of a favour to someone. But have recommened he gets them on Square/Shopify/Weebly and then i don't mind doing some of the initial setup and layout work then they can add the items to the shop.

It's only a favour if he passed on the good advice and doesn't try to do the hosting himself.

hobbit666

@scottalanmiller all points absorbed

jmoore

@scottalanmiller I agree with that. I mean, have you seen their commercials?

scottalanmiller

@jmoore said in New Ecommerce Site?:

@scottalanmiller I agree with that. I mean, have you seen their commercials?

OMG, you can't avoid them. Anyone using Wix today I assume is a total sucker and can be sold anything. Wix used to be little known and crappy, but people who found it were just being cheap. Now it is advertised non-stop and I figure people are lazy and clueless and think that seeing ads is how you pick critical business services.

Also, Wix = can't afford a web designer. So it flags you are a poor business lacking both skills and money.

StuartJordan

I use wordpress with Wocommerce, integrates with paypal and stripe.