There are two ways for foreign trade partners to build their own websites: one is through content management systems such as CMS and Wordpress, and the other is through SaaS online website building platforms, led by Shopify. These two methods almost do not require knowledge of code and are also used by many foreign users, but there are still many differences between the two.
1. Cost is always the most concerned point for everyone, after all, we are building an independent e-commerce website, and businessmen don't talk about money, what do they talk about? We first need to know what conditions are required for each of the two website building methods in order to accurately compare costs.
What you need to prepare to build a website:
WordPress self built website:
A top-level domain name
A hosted host
An e-commerce theme
Partial plugins
Shopify online website building platform:
A top-level domain name
A subscription service package
A theme
Partial plugins or extensions (not mandatory)
For specific cost comparison, please refer to the second chart.
Ease of operation:
The steps for building a WordPress website are slightly more complicated, but they are not too complicated. It may seem similar, but this website building method will provide a clearer understanding of the principles of website construction and hosting. In addition, on a hosted website, at least three interfaces need to be operated: one is the host account backend, one is the host operation panel, and the other is the WordPress backend. But overall, they are not difficult operations.
Independence and SEO:
Independent website, independent website, independence is its characteristic, independent from major e-commerce platforms and not restricted by platform rules is called an independent website.
The initial concept of independent websites mainly came from online platforms. Most people built websites on Shopify, and there were also many people who made money because it really gave many people an easy way to obtain their own website and sell products without being restricted by the rules of platforms such as Amazon, eBay, and AliExpress. However, Shopify is still a platform, and these websites are still influenced by the rules of the Shopify platform. Strictly speaking, they are just independent stores bound to top-level domains.
The method of building independent websites using WordPress has long been popular abroad. In China, it is mainly used by some webmasters to create blogs using WordPress, while WordPress+WooCommerce website building became popular. However, this website building method has the same structure as traditional website building, which is managed by the host. The difference is that traditional website building creates pages through code language and then hosts these files on the host. The difference of WordPress is that it helps people who do not understand code to complete this task.
So strictly speaking, WordPress is considered a truly independent website. All files, including databases, are your own and can be downloaded, saved, backed up, and restored without being restricted by any platform rules. You can customize your own rules.
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