Shopping cart solution for physical goods without a subscription fee?

January 3, 2015 2:18 PM

I'm a clothing reseller and would like to branch out from eBay to my own e-commerce site. I don't currently have the sales volume to justify a monthly subscription fee to a service like Shopify ($30/month). I do have a domain name, access to cheap webhosting with Wordpress and other CMS platforms, and a decent amount of tech knowledge. What are some free or very cheap solutions in 2015 for hosting a shopping cart on my own site and accepting credit card payments with per-transaction fees, preferably with a minimal amount of coding and fuss?
posted by iamisaid to Computers & Internet (6 answers total)

Stripe? There are various plugin integrations for WP, some standalone, some part of broader cart packages.
posted by holgate at 2:32 PM on January 3, 2015 [1 favorite]

Yeah, Stripe is the first thing that came to mind.
posted by anotheraccount at 3:07 PM on January 3, 2015

Paypal has a point and click store builder. then you just cut and paste the code in Wordpress. Would be a PITA to maintain if you have a lot of products, but for a dozen or two it wouldn't be too bad.
posted by COD at 3:39 PM on January 3, 2015

Best answer: There are a lot of Wordpress ecommerce plugins. WooCommerce is very popular and has a good community.
posted by radioamy at 3:53 PM on January 3, 2015 [3 favorites]

Magento with a good responsive theme. Might have to pay for the better themes- there are some free ones, but the nicest seemed to be commercial.
posted by [insert clever name here] at 3:27 AM on January 4, 2015

Best answer: Square Register offers an online storefront.
posted by rhapsodie at 9:55 AM on January 4, 2015