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Hello ! I need to build a website from scratch, not with wordpress and I was wondering if it's still possible for me to host the website at WA even though I am not building it
Is there a reason why you don't want to use WordPress? The reason I'm asking is because I've been here at WA for almost a decade and I can tell you the website hosting is top-knotch. Plus, we get 24/7 tech support from WA. Whenever I've had any issues with my website, I email Support and literally get a solution within minutes. Just something to think about. :) Debra
I love wordpress, I use it everyday for my websites but this particular website is not built by myself but by my husband who is a programmer and likes to use coding only, so he does 100% what he wants with the website =)
It would have to be a Wordpress based website, and if it is, the process to move it over here is fairly straightforward. If it has been built using other technology, then you would want to keep it where it is at.
Hey Sarah,
The answer is "no".
The only sites that can be hosted and/or built on the WA servers are WordPress sites and nothing else.
Hope you find this helpful.
May I ask why you are choosing to do it that way? You are paying for hosting, why not use it. I moved all of my hosting to WA from bluehost and manage my DNS in cloudflare. Managing code on your own server is a lot of overhead.
Thank you for your reply, the reason I am asking is because my husband needs to build a website but he won't be using because it's not how he works, he builds website from scratch as it gives him more control over everything, etc. But since I am a WA member I was wondering if I could host his website on here or not ! I guess he's going to have to either use wordpress or keep it hosted somewhere else lol, thanks though ! =)
he can go and create a website on your account and check it out for himself, if he don't like it, you can delete it :) ... no harm no foul.
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Can I host my website here at wa if I buit here somewhere else?
Hello ! I need to build a website from scratch, not with wordpress and I was wondering if it's still possible for me to host the website at WA even though I am not building it
Is there a reason why you don't want to use WordPress? The reason I'm asking is because I've been here at WA for almost a decade and I can tell you the website hosting is top-knotch. Plus, we get 24/7 tech support from WA. Whenever I've had any issues with my website, I email Support and literally get a solution within minutes. Just something to think about. :) Debra
I love wordpress, I use it everyday for my websites but this particular website is not built by myself but by my husband who is a programmer and likes to use coding only, so he does 100% what he wants with the website =)
It would have to be a Wordpress based website, and if it is, the process to move it over here is fairly straightforward. If it has been built using other technology, then you would want to keep it where it is at.
Hey Sarah,
The answer is "no".
The only sites that can be hosted and/or built on the WA servers are WordPress sites and nothing else.
Hope you find this helpful.
May I ask why you are choosing to do it that way? You are paying for hosting, why not use it. I moved all of my hosting to WA from bluehost and manage my DNS in cloudflare. Managing code on your own server is a lot of overhead.
Thank you for your reply, the reason I am asking is because my husband needs to build a website but he won't be using because it's not how he works, he builds website from scratch as it gives him more control over everything, etc. But since I am a WA member I was wondering if I could host his website on here or not ! I guess he's going to have to either use wordpress or keep it hosted somewhere else lol, thanks though ! =)
he can go and create a website on your account and check it out for himself, if he don't like it, you can delete it :) ... no harm no foul.
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Hi everyone !
I was wondering if anyone had ever used Dropified for their dropshipping business and what they thought of it?
Thank you so much
Sarah
I've never used it, but have read some reviews that detail the features. From the general information I've gathered, it is a good application, but priced for larger online stores that have thousands of products to sell. The general consensus seems to be that it's a bit expensive for someone starting out, but does work well.
Hopefully someone will have some real experience with Dropified to share with you!
Any thought on this 'dropified' software?
Hi everyone !
I was wondering if anyone had ever used Dropified for their dropshipping business and what they thought of it?
Thank you so much
Sarah
I've never used it, but have read some reviews that detail the features. From the general information I've gathered, it is a good application, but priced for larger online stores that have thousands of products to sell. The general consensus seems to be that it's a bit expensive for someone starting out, but does work well.
Hopefully someone will have some real experience with Dropified to share with you!
Hey guys !
I was wondering if you could help me turn my current makeup website into a more professional merchant website. Right now what peop
to prevent doing anything to your site - have you thought of adding a subdomain?
THis way you can have shop.
You can have any theme you want - so you can choose one compatable with woocommerce and there is a plugin to show a catalog rather than dropshipping.
Am looking into this myself so thanks for making me think!
Good luck
Like how you have develped the makeup profile pictures.
Phil
hmmmmmm I never thought about that! You guys are giving me really amazing advice, thank you so much ! I'm going to have to digest all this and see what I do with my website
Let me know what you do with your website, so I can take a look at it please!!!
Oh and thanks for the makeup profile pictures, I'm happy you like them... it's one of my little hobbies lol
Unless you are working with a drop shipper, you'll need to either have the products yourself or not get in between the merchant and the consumer any more than just passing along the consumer.
ok I get it. So I need a drip shipper. That shouldn't be too hard... right? do you have a merchant website yourself?
SHOPIFY is a great place to start and learn about creating a merchant account. Oberlo is also good for dropshipping. AliExpress is another area you can search out.
With SHOPIFY you must set up shop on their site.Then you can advertise your products on your WA site.
Thanks !! I created a shopify page the other day but haven't got myself around it yet ... and I know of aliexpress... had a very bad shipping experience with them once, my product never got here... but I guess I can give them a second chance lol
Here are some ideas for product stockage Sarah! https://www.popsugar.com/beauty/Best-Beauty-Products-Feb-2018-44530310
1. Look at Sephora’s layout or fragrance.net to see how it can apply to you definitely I believe:)
2. What you want is something akin to drop shipping which makes great money in a profitable niche like yours.
Another great idea is to adopt styles like eBay or Gilt.com techniques to still write enough item specifics and include bullet point summary of product reviews.
Then below add the option of add to cart or buy it now. View cart or continue shopping. Offer promo codes as slide show option at the top of the header bar on your website. Something like Saks.com. And add a link to click : see details .
3. On the top slider where you want to add only 4 coupons. Mention terms and exclusions .
4. Preferably on your home page, a slow mo vector diagram / fashion designer sketches of a woman wearing makeup :video
I don’t know if I’m making it clear to visualize? Hopefully?
5. Add categories: face: eyes: lips: skin: hair as top bar menu categories. Choose high contrast colors and geometric trends .
6 or your categories can present themselves as a timed slideshow on your home page. For a merchant website I think Gilt.com is a good structure to follow .
7. That way you can include add now/ buy it now, add to cart, modify quantity and add your personal how to’s below.
8. Sometimes the key is to bullet point facts or product reviews and keep it summarized fully.
9. You can still include : the blog run or some pun on cosmetics, to suggest product reviews.
Ie: what your niches mood sets is a big factor also.
10. frame margins on all pages, even product review (billeted and concise) . People will take you as a reference .
wow what a fantastic answer, thank you very much for taking the time to write all this! I really appreciate it as it's going to help me so so much ! you're awesome
You are most welcome my dear . Your niche is definitely well selected and in alignment with your passions.
Yes it should be a renewing sense of joy to see vibrancy on your page. You should fall in love with your work always and pine for it :) lol talking of which I too better get my butt seated at my desk chair to write my niche blogs :)
You will enjoy it and listen to music that you like or a slow audiobook at times is a great companion to creativity.
Later you keep adding videos and link within Quora also. A lot of people ask meaningful questions about makeup.
Include a few pages for skin types with faces against a white background and a slow mock up makeup . Or to spice it up like no site can match you ?
INCLUDE AN OVAL SQUARE FAcial contour, this can be done through adobe suite, XD and to envato tutorials on adobe, teaches adobe hacks to create concealed vector illustration. Actually through adobe illustrator on layers and visibility function. Save the file . I’m sure you can embed a picture upload function ( similar to members and visitors who can upload profile pics.
So then the oval with faint grey outlines or any soothing colors, becomes the space for your visitors to upload close up fresh faced no makeup photos . Then the products they have selected can start slowly turning about the face.
Click on any product, to TRY IT ON LAB . Even create an app on adobe XD to link back to your website after keeping app devoted to trial of product virtually.
They can see results on virtual makeovers. They will decide and with promo codes only on holiday seasons , before and after holidays.
The virtual makeover will boost you to the top
You need to set up a woocommerce dropshipping site (or a shopify site using a different platform).
You need to download the woocommerce plugin also and get a reliable wholesaler to do the drop shipping for you (or use alibaba/ aliexpress )
I addition to that:
You can also link to Amazon from a WooCommerce store.
But you have to make sure to follow all their rules in regards prices, images, etc.
thank you both so much for the quick answer ! About amazon, sometimes their prices change or the products are no longer available. Does that mean I have to check aaaall the products regularly ? what if someone wants to buy something on my website but it's not the same price anymore or it's no longer available? Will they still be charged or told about the different price???
ok I just downloaded woocommerce and I'm looking for a woocommerce friendly wp theme right now. At what point do I get a wholesaler? do I do that while I'm setting up my woocommerce or is it a step I have to do separately? I'm sorry, this is Chinese to me lol
Getting a wholesaler or signing up with aliexpress needs to be done first. Take a look at "wholesale ted" videos on YouTube and you will learn alot more about aliexpress- there are pros and cons...(example long delivery times)
You can also find wholesalers in trusted wholesale directories. For example "worldwide brands" (there is a lifetime once off membership fee to get access for 299 usd)
If you do Amazon with WooCommerce they won't buy on your site. Instead you send them to Amazon as well.
It just looks like a store.
There are plugins that update prices from Amazon but I heard that they are not always reliable.
You'd have to worry more about Amazon...if your prices are outdated they might shut you down.
Dropshipping is something completely different.
I would educate myself first as this is rather complex.
I see hmmmmmm. So it seems it'd be more reliable for me to use links directly from the brands themselves rather than amazon links, right? brands are more unlikely to change prices and they update links I believe or at least send you a notification, hopefully. I will see what I do about amazon and I'm definitely going to learn about dropshipping, thanks a lot again !
If you do dropshipping, your customer pays the price you display.
Then you buy the item for the wholesale price and keep the difference.
Your margins must be high enough to cover your costs.
And if the wholesale price changes it's up to you to adjust your price.
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How do you create a merchant website?
Hey guys !
I was wondering if you could help me turn my current makeup website into a more professional merchant website. Right now what peop
to prevent doing anything to your site - have you thought of adding a subdomain?
THis way you can have shop.
You can have any theme you want - so you can choose one compatable with woocommerce and there is a plugin to show a catalog rather than dropshipping.
Am looking into this myself so thanks for making me think!
Good luck
Like how you have develped the makeup profile pictures.
Phil
hmmmmmm I never thought about that! You guys are giving me really amazing advice, thank you so much ! I'm going to have to digest all this and see what I do with my website
Let me know what you do with your website, so I can take a look at it please!!!
Oh and thanks for the makeup profile pictures, I'm happy you like them... it's one of my little hobbies lol
Unless you are working with a drop shipper, you'll need to either have the products yourself or not get in between the merchant and the consumer any more than just passing along the consumer.
ok I get it. So I need a drip shipper. That shouldn't be too hard... right? do you have a merchant website yourself?
SHOPIFY is a great place to start and learn about creating a merchant account. Oberlo is also good for dropshipping. AliExpress is another area you can search out.
With SHOPIFY you must set up shop on their site.Then you can advertise your products on your WA site.
Thanks !! I created a shopify page the other day but haven't got myself around it yet ... and I know of aliexpress... had a very bad shipping experience with them once, my product never got here... but I guess I can give them a second chance lol
Here are some ideas for product stockage Sarah! https://www.popsugar.com/beauty/Best-Beauty-Products-Feb-2018-44530310
1. Look at Sephora’s layout or fragrance.net to see how it can apply to you definitely I believe:)
2. What you want is something akin to drop shipping which makes great money in a profitable niche like yours.
Another great idea is to adopt styles like eBay or Gilt.com techniques to still write enough item specifics and include bullet point summary of product reviews.
Then below add the option of add to cart or buy it now. View cart or continue shopping. Offer promo codes as slide show option at the top of the header bar on your website. Something like Saks.com. And add a link to click : see details .
3. On the top slider where you want to add only 4 coupons. Mention terms and exclusions .
4. Preferably on your home page, a slow mo vector diagram / fashion designer sketches of a woman wearing makeup :video
I don’t know if I’m making it clear to visualize? Hopefully?
5. Add categories: face: eyes: lips: skin: hair as top bar menu categories. Choose high contrast colors and geometric trends .
6 or your categories can present themselves as a timed slideshow on your home page. For a merchant website I think Gilt.com is a good structure to follow .
7. That way you can include add now/ buy it now, add to cart, modify quantity and add your personal how to’s below.
8. Sometimes the key is to bullet point facts or product reviews and keep it summarized fully.
9. You can still include : the blog run or some pun on cosmetics, to suggest product reviews.
Ie: what your niches mood sets is a big factor also.
10. frame margins on all pages, even product review (billeted and concise) . People will take you as a reference .
wow what a fantastic answer, thank you very much for taking the time to write all this! I really appreciate it as it's going to help me so so much ! you're awesome
You are most welcome my dear . Your niche is definitely well selected and in alignment with your passions.
Yes it should be a renewing sense of joy to see vibrancy on your page. You should fall in love with your work always and pine for it :) lol talking of which I too better get my butt seated at my desk chair to write my niche blogs :)
You will enjoy it and listen to music that you like or a slow audiobook at times is a great companion to creativity.
Later you keep adding videos and link within Quora also. A lot of people ask meaningful questions about makeup.
Include a few pages for skin types with faces against a white background and a slow mock up makeup . Or to spice it up like no site can match you ?
INCLUDE AN OVAL SQUARE FAcial contour, this can be done through adobe suite, XD and to envato tutorials on adobe, teaches adobe hacks to create concealed vector illustration. Actually through adobe illustrator on layers and visibility function. Save the file . I’m sure you can embed a picture upload function ( similar to members and visitors who can upload profile pics.
So then the oval with faint grey outlines or any soothing colors, becomes the space for your visitors to upload close up fresh faced no makeup photos . Then the products they have selected can start slowly turning about the face.
Click on any product, to TRY IT ON LAB . Even create an app on adobe XD to link back to your website after keeping app devoted to trial of product virtually.
They can see results on virtual makeovers. They will decide and with promo codes only on holiday seasons , before and after holidays.
The virtual makeover will boost you to the top
You need to set up a woocommerce dropshipping site (or a shopify site using a different platform).
You need to download the woocommerce plugin also and get a reliable wholesaler to do the drop shipping for you (or use alibaba/ aliexpress )
I addition to that:
You can also link to Amazon from a WooCommerce store.
But you have to make sure to follow all their rules in regards prices, images, etc.
thank you both so much for the quick answer ! About amazon, sometimes their prices change or the products are no longer available. Does that mean I have to check aaaall the products regularly ? what if someone wants to buy something on my website but it's not the same price anymore or it's no longer available? Will they still be charged or told about the different price???
ok I just downloaded woocommerce and I'm looking for a woocommerce friendly wp theme right now. At what point do I get a wholesaler? do I do that while I'm setting up my woocommerce or is it a step I have to do separately? I'm sorry, this is Chinese to me lol
Getting a wholesaler or signing up with aliexpress needs to be done first. Take a look at "wholesale ted" videos on YouTube and you will learn alot more about aliexpress- there are pros and cons...(example long delivery times)
You can also find wholesalers in trusted wholesale directories. For example "worldwide brands" (there is a lifetime once off membership fee to get access for 299 usd)
If you do Amazon with WooCommerce they won't buy on your site. Instead you send them to Amazon as well.
It just looks like a store.
There are plugins that update prices from Amazon but I heard that they are not always reliable.
You'd have to worry more about Amazon...if your prices are outdated they might shut you down.
Dropshipping is something completely different.
I would educate myself first as this is rather complex.
I see hmmmmmm. So it seems it'd be more reliable for me to use links directly from the brands themselves rather than amazon links, right? brands are more unlikely to change prices and they update links I believe or at least send you a notification, hopefully. I will see what I do about amazon and I'm definitely going to learn about dropshipping, thanks a lot again !
If you do dropshipping, your customer pays the price you display.
Then you buy the item for the wholesale price and keep the difference.
Your margins must be high enough to cover your costs.
And if the wholesale price changes it's up to you to adjust your price.
See more comments
Thanks to everyone for the answers and help ! have a good day! :)