Today’s Shopify irritation: I send stickers with a plain old $0.73 stamp, but my art prints require more expensive shipping if I want to ensure they don’t get creased in transit.
If someone orders a print AND stickers, there is no way to tell Shopify that I will combine them into the same package unless I pay for the $300/month plan. Surely this is a fairly basic scenario?
@molly0xfff may I suggest woocommerce with your own custom plugin? Downside is you'll have a new hobby called 'woocommerce plugin writing'.
@toon @molly0xfff I am going to suggest using an open source option: https://rachelbinx.com/product/beluga by @binx who has repeatedly set up web shops for projects. I don't really know how much work that would be, but Binx's work proves that one can do this independently and on a small scale.
thanks for the plug — unfortunately Stripe changed their data model since I wrote Beluga, and my store template no longer works. Shipping is unfortunately the #1 reason to pay for Shopify instead of rolling your own store, you won't be able to compete with their postage prices or integration.
@binx That's too bad about Beluga—but very good to hear your expertise on the shipping issue