Item: Shopify
Rating: 9
Author: Steven Duran

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We're using Shopify as the sales platform for a subscription service that we offer customers. It's being used by our e-commerce line of business and it has been fairly successful so far. It allowed us to take an idea that we had and implement it really quickly without a ton of development resources.

Pros and Cons

E-commerce.

Mailchimp integration.
Stripe integration.

Return on Investment

Affordable.
Quickly implemented.

Alternatives Considered

BigCommerce, Squarespace, Magento Commerce, part of Adobe Commerce Cloud and WordPress

Shopify as a business is one of the fastest-growing e-commerce solutions in the world. And for good reason, because it's core functionality is set up in such a way that you can literally start an online business in a couple of hours. They have a massive suite of applications that can be used, some free and others paid.

Other Software Used

Spree, Xero, BigCommerce, Vimeo, Trello, Google Analytics, Freshsales, Mailchimp, G Suite

Likelihood to Recommend

If you need to create a widget and start selling it fairly quickly, then Shopify would be my first recommendation as an e-commerce platform. It's really affordable and has a generous ecosystem of applications that can be used to serve your custom business needs. It's certainly the first place to start when just beginning your e-commerce journey.

Shopify is perfect if you're just getting started!

Software Version

Overall Satisfaction with Shopify