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Hi Everyone, Hope your all well.
Basically I currently have a very small Ecommerce website powered by EKM which I use to earn pocket money through engraving.
I like this because the security and backend maintenance is done by them, plus being an engraver I need a versatile options/variations system for each product and EKMs is one of the best ive come across. Though its quite expensive for what I am getting out of it, it is a price im willing to pay at this point.
I am very technically minded and am also aware of the pitfuls and problems such linear website hosting solutions have. But for now its serves my purpose.
However, Im also employed by a small Limited company as an engraver (yes my boss is very aware of my additional personal work) and there is a possibility that in the next 2 to 3 years I could buy up the stock of this company.....my boss, the only other person involved is in his 60s and entering retirement age....im in my 30s.....so if the opportunity arose....and its very mush high up in discussion.... I want to take it.
There are also other more immediate issues which would require me to get a slightly bigger income from my EKM site.
With this in mind I feel i must up my game and prepare myself for the possibility I might need my website to make me much more money in quite a short space of time at some point.
Im planning to do more Blogs/Social media over the next few months and build a fund for Advertising and other marketing, so if the above did take place I can roll it into action pretty sharpish.
However Im wondering what other web/ecommerce solutions I could consider....SEO is a weakness of mine (I find it hideously boring, but necessary....would consider out sourcing this) and EKM can't do things like simple URLs etc....as Mentioned EKM do variations/Options on products well, but for an engraving website a bespoke system would perhaps be better.....there are certainly many improvements I could suggest to make EKMs system better.
Would it be worth saving for a full bespoke made to order website?.....This worries me because the amount of work/money involved...plus the bit im less comfortable with is updating things like php and security issues......I have managed a Zencart site before and became a cropper at that point.
What other platforms allow complete design freedom and don't have the SEO limitations but also means you don't have to be a computer scientist to keep it maintained (unlike Zencart back in the day).
Should I just not worry about it for now and just really tighten my EKM site up, pump money into my advertising fund and see what the future brings?
Many Thanks for your input.
John
Basically I currently have a very small Ecommerce website powered by EKM which I use to earn pocket money through engraving.
I like this because the security and backend maintenance is done by them, plus being an engraver I need a versatile options/variations system for each product and EKMs is one of the best ive come across. Though its quite expensive for what I am getting out of it, it is a price im willing to pay at this point.
I am very technically minded and am also aware of the pitfuls and problems such linear website hosting solutions have. But for now its serves my purpose.
However, Im also employed by a small Limited company as an engraver (yes my boss is very aware of my additional personal work) and there is a possibility that in the next 2 to 3 years I could buy up the stock of this company.....my boss, the only other person involved is in his 60s and entering retirement age....im in my 30s.....so if the opportunity arose....and its very mush high up in discussion.... I want to take it.
There are also other more immediate issues which would require me to get a slightly bigger income from my EKM site.
With this in mind I feel i must up my game and prepare myself for the possibility I might need my website to make me much more money in quite a short space of time at some point.
Im planning to do more Blogs/Social media over the next few months and build a fund for Advertising and other marketing, so if the above did take place I can roll it into action pretty sharpish.
However Im wondering what other web/ecommerce solutions I could consider....SEO is a weakness of mine (I find it hideously boring, but necessary....would consider out sourcing this) and EKM can't do things like simple URLs etc....as Mentioned EKM do variations/Options on products well, but for an engraving website a bespoke system would perhaps be better.....there are certainly many improvements I could suggest to make EKMs system better.
Would it be worth saving for a full bespoke made to order website?.....This worries me because the amount of work/money involved...plus the bit im less comfortable with is updating things like php and security issues......I have managed a Zencart site before and became a cropper at that point.
What other platforms allow complete design freedom and don't have the SEO limitations but also means you don't have to be a computer scientist to keep it maintained (unlike Zencart back in the day).
Should I just not worry about it for now and just really tighten my EKM site up, pump money into my advertising fund and see what the future brings?
Many Thanks for your input.
John
