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Launch a small online shop

Set up a shop, take orders, answer customers and see how the shop is doing.

For a small seller who wants their own storefront rather than a monthly platform fee. Medusa or Bagisto runs the shop, Chatwoot handles customer questions, and Umami shows where visitors come from. Caddy puts it all behind HTTPS.

  1. 1

    bagisto

    The storefront, catalogue and checkout

    Instead of Shopify. MIT Worth a look

  2. 2

    chatwoot

    Answer customers by live chat and email in one inbox

    Instead of Intercom. MIT Worth a look

  3. 3

    umami

    See which pages and campaigns bring in visitors

    Instead of Google Analytics. MIT Worth a look

  4. 4

    caddy

    Serve the shop over HTTPS with automatic certificates

    Instead of . Apache-2.0 Ready to use

  5. 5

    Stirling-PDF

    Edit and merge PDFs such as invoices and packing slips

    Instead of Adobe Acrobat Pro. MIT Ready to use

Before you start

['You still need a payment provider such as Stripe or PayPal, which charges transaction fees. No free tool replaces that.', 'You are responsible for updates, backups and security of a shop that holds customer data. Budget regular time for it.', 'Themes, tax rules and shipping set-up take longer than on hosted platforms, and Bagisto needs PHP hosting knowledge.']