9 Oct
2013
9 Oct
'13
8:07 a.m.
On 8 October 2013 22:01, Samuel Bächler <baechler(a)boeser.ch> wrote:
Yesterday I friend asked me how I'd build a
webstore. I told him that I
would take something like Magento[1] or OpenCart[2] for that. But I could
not tell him how I'd set things up to protect the store against getting
compromised. Could anyone come up with a suggestion on how to build up a
webstore securly using bitfolks infrastructure?
Has your friend tried selling their products on the hosted alternatives
such as Amazon, ebay, or Shopify and proven the market for whatever he or
she is selling? A simple, static product webpage with a link to an online
store might suffice for now.
Online stores in general and payment processing in particular are pretty
time-consuming to set up and it's easy to get carried away and do a lot of
work on e.g. branding and customisation before you understand that the
fundamental business is sound. Once you've made a few sales on a hosted
solution you'll also have a far better understanding of which features are
important when building your own platform.
Cheers,
Graham