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  1. #21
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    Default Re: Shopify has shut us down!!!

    Looks like S&O and frontierguns.co.za is also down.

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    Default Re: Shopify has shut us down!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Toxxyc View Post
    Can someone find out what other shops also run on Shopify and we boycott the lot of them?
    +1
    It's a David vs Goliath thing but I'd avoid anything Shopify if I can help it.

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    Default Re: Shopify has shut us down!!!

    My advise, download https://grandnode.com/ and host it yourself, I wrote a plugin for payfast for it, plugin doesn't support all of payfast, but does support basics, that way at least you are in control...

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    Default Re: Shopify has shut us down!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Trundle View Post
    Shopify was on out list as an eComm platform a while back.

    Three things stopped us.

    1) The usurious transaction fees.
    2) Exporting of our own data off Shopify was not possible.
    3) Their anti firearm stance.

    We have run Opencart for 8 years now. Zero issues.
    Any other votes for Opencart?

    The wife runs some Shopify sites. Always open to competition, especially after all this crap.

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    Default Re: Shopify has shut us down!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by armandvdwalt View Post
    My advise, download https://grandnode.com/ and host it yourself, I wrote a plugin for payfast for it, plugin doesn't support all of payfast, but does support basics, that way at least you are in control...
    Opencart. There are payfast plugins.

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    Default Re: Shopify has shut us down!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Budza View Post
    Any other votes for Opencart?

    The wife runs some Shopify sites. Always open to competition, especially after all this crap.
    Opencart works well, but it is time consuming to set up. Once set up, it will run like a dream.

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    Default Re: Shopify has shut us down!!!

    Magento is another option. It's been a while since I've used it but at the time it was slightly more expensive than most other options.

    Someone check my math; I seem to recall Afrihost offering a hosted Magento option as well.

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    Default Re: Shopify has shut us down!!!

    +1 Opencart . Supports Payfast and Paygate.

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    Default Re: Shopify has shut us down!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by carleng View Post
    Opencart. There are payfast plugins.

    Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk
    Just slightly off-topic, on this issue of providing a shopping cart and hosting a service. A small business with a substantial online shopping component is very much at the mercy of the service provider and it's hosting service. Basically they can kill you if they don't like you.

    In this case a corporate giant has dictated the rules, changed them and pulled the rug from under the feet of a good number of these mom-and-pops , take it or leave it as they say.
    Most small businesses need to use these tech giants because they don't have the capacity to maintain the up-to-the-minute cybersecurity required for online transactions, back-end IT stuff etc

    So what to do. Where to find a provider who is product-agnostic, puts your brand first, and if the relationship sours for any reason would be amicable to move your cart to another provider in a non-disruptive, seamless manner?

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