On 8 October 2013 22:01, Samuel Bächler <baechler@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