TOP 5 Shopify Alternatives For Dropshipping 2020
Published on: December 6 2022 by Shri Kanase
TOP 5 Shopify Alternatives For Dropshipping 2020
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TOP 5 Shopify Alternatives For Dropshipping 2020
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00:00:00 | 00:00:03 | yo what is going on everybody srikanasa |
00:00:02 | 00:00:06 | here so the top |
00:00:03 | 00:00:07 | five alternatives to shopify now in 2020 |
00:00:06 | 00:00:09 | this is |
00:00:07 | 00:00:11 | one of the biggest things i personally |
00:00:09 | 00:00:12 | believe dropshippers should be playing |
00:00:11 | 00:00:13 | around with and that is simply using a |
00:00:12 | 00:00:15 | different |
00:00:13 | 00:00:17 | platform to host the website a lot of |
00:00:15 | 00:00:20 | people fail to realize that |
00:00:17 | 00:00:21 | shopify is not the only platform out |
00:00:20 | 00:00:24 | there which lets you create a website |
00:00:21 | 00:00:25 | specifically for e-commerce purposes |
00:00:24 | 00:00:27 | this list of five |
00:00:25 | 00:00:28 | specific alternatives to shopify which |
00:00:27 | 00:00:31 | i'm about to go over |
00:00:28 | 00:00:32 | are not only perform the same functions |
00:00:31 | 00:00:33 | as shopify |
00:00:32 | 00:00:35 | but in some cases a lot of these are |
00:00:33 | 00:00:37 | much faster and much |
00:00:35 | 00:00:39 | cheaper than shopify itself so if you're |
00:00:37 | 00:00:40 | really trying to find a way to lower |
00:00:39 | 00:00:41 | your cost |
00:00:40 | 00:00:43 | when it comes to running an online |
00:00:41 | 00:00:44 | business and continue drop shipping with |
00:00:43 | 00:00:46 | much |
00:00:44 | 00:00:47 | greater profits this is one video you're |
00:00:46 | 00:00:49 | going to want to watch until the end |
00:00:47 | 00:00:51 | because not only will i reveal these |
00:00:49 | 00:00:53 | five alternatives but i'll also be going |
00:00:51 | 00:00:55 | over some pros and cons related to each |
00:00:53 | 00:00:57 | but without wasting any more time let's |
00:00:55 | 00:00:58 | just jump right into it so the first |
00:00:57 | 00:01:00 | thing you'll have to do before you find |
00:00:58 | 00:01:02 | any type of success with any of these |
00:01:00 | 00:01:04 | platforms is to just destroy that like |
00:01:02 | 00:01:05 | button down below it'll take just two |
00:01:04 | 00:01:06 | quick seconds okay hopefully you have |
00:01:05 | 00:01:08 | done that but |
00:01:06 | 00:01:10 | the first platform on my list and this |
00:01:08 | 00:01:12 | is one of my personal favorites |
00:01:10 | 00:01:13 | is woocommerce now now there are several |
00:01:12 | 00:01:14 | different reasons why i personally |
00:01:13 | 00:01:16 | recommend woocommerce |
00:01:14 | 00:01:18 | let's go ahead and go over some of the |
00:01:16 | 00:01:19 | benefits of woocommerce before going |
00:01:18 | 00:01:22 | into the downfalls and cons |
00:01:19 | 00:01:23 | of woocommerce so here are three main |
00:01:22 | 00:01:26 | benefits the first one |
00:01:23 | 00:01:27 | is that it is very very cost efficient |
00:01:26 | 00:01:29 | to start with woocommerce in fact |
00:01:27 | 00:01:31 | i started one of my general stores with |
00:01:29 | 00:01:33 | woocommerce a year ago with about only |
00:01:31 | 00:01:35 | fifty dollars in applications and |
00:01:33 | 00:01:36 | everything as a whole if you compare |
00:01:35 | 00:01:38 | that to shopify i would have already |
00:01:36 | 00:01:41 | been down about a hundred dollars |
00:01:38 | 00:01:43 | even up to a 200 depending on what kind |
00:01:41 | 00:01:45 | of apps i added and the biggest benefits |
00:01:43 | 00:01:46 | of woocommerce compared to shopify is |
00:01:45 | 00:01:48 | that |
00:01:46 | 00:01:49 | even these apps have very very low |
00:01:48 | 00:01:50 | monthly costs |
00:01:49 | 00:01:52 | a lot of the main ones are less than ten |
00:01:50 | 00:01:54 | dollars per month which is why |
00:01:52 | 00:01:56 | woocommerce is such a great option |
00:01:54 | 00:01:58 | especially for those people who |
00:01:56 | 00:02:01 | are on a strict budget in addition to |
00:01:58 | 00:02:02 | having low costs for both starting and |
00:02:01 | 00:02:04 | running a store |
00:02:02 | 00:02:05 | with woocommerce everything is very |
00:02:04 | 00:02:07 | customizable basically |
00:02:05 | 00:02:09 | you can do whatever you want and |
00:02:07 | 00:02:09 | whatever is possible on your website |
00:02:09 | 00:02:11 | with |
00:02:09 | 00:02:13 | woocommerce of course this kind of leads |
00:02:11 | 00:02:14 | to another con which i'll be going over |
00:02:13 | 00:02:15 | very soon but the third |
00:02:14 | 00:02:17 | and most important thing is that |
00:02:15 | 00:02:19 | woocommerce is very secure |
00:02:17 | 00:02:21 | even though you have so much control |
00:02:19 | 00:02:22 | over your website you can do literally |
00:02:21 | 00:02:24 | whatever you want |
00:02:22 | 00:02:26 | woocommerce still has some plugins which |
00:02:24 | 00:02:28 | make sure that nobody can harm you in |
00:02:26 | 00:02:30 | any way and all of the data |
00:02:28 | 00:02:32 | that your customers give to you is fully |
00:02:30 | 00:02:34 | safe and secure but of course not |
00:02:32 | 00:02:36 | everything is good with woocommerce |
00:02:34 | 00:02:37 | there are two main cons when it comes to |
00:02:36 | 00:02:40 | woocommerce the first one is |
00:02:37 | 00:02:42 | it is extremely hard to customize the |
00:02:40 | 00:02:44 | themes with woocommerce simply because |
00:02:42 | 00:02:45 | you have so much control in fact i would |
00:02:44 | 00:02:47 | say that if you want to even use |
00:02:45 | 00:02:47 | woocommerce you should know a little bit |
00:02:47 | 00:02:49 | of coding |
00:02:47 | 00:02:51 | because you will need to be entering |
00:02:49 | 00:02:52 | some kinds of small pieces of code here |
00:02:51 | 00:02:54 | and there to kind of add |
00:02:52 | 00:02:56 | certain things and if you use one of |
00:02:54 | 00:02:57 | those specific themes where the support |
00:02:56 | 00:02:59 | team is literally non-existent |
00:02:57 | 00:03:01 | then you will have to figure out how to |
00:02:59 | 00:03:02 | do all these customizations |
00:03:01 | 00:03:04 | by yourself because this is not like |
00:03:02 | 00:03:06 | shopify where you can simply |
00:03:04 | 00:03:07 | open up shopify chat and start asking |
00:03:06 | 00:03:10 | questions but in addition the |
00:03:07 | 00:03:10 | applications also known as plugins with |
00:03:10 | 00:03:12 | woocommerce |
00:03:10 | 00:03:14 | could be limited when it comes to |
00:03:12 | 00:03:16 | compatibility especially if you use any |
00:03:14 | 00:03:18 | types of third-party themes |
00:03:16 | 00:03:19 | for your website so you'll have to be |
00:03:18 | 00:03:20 | really careful when it comes to |
00:03:19 | 00:03:21 | woocommerce to make sure that you choose |
00:03:20 | 00:03:24 | the right theme |
00:03:21 | 00:03:25 | where the support team is active and the |
00:03:24 | 00:03:27 | plugins that you use |
00:03:25 | 00:03:29 | for woocommerce do work with this theme |
00:03:27 | 00:03:30 | but otherwise this is my number one |
00:03:29 | 00:03:31 | recommendation |
00:03:30 | 00:03:33 | and something i would personally use |
00:03:31 | 00:03:36 | over and over again besides shopify but |
00:03:33 | 00:03:37 | this brings me to my next alternative on |
00:03:36 | 00:03:39 | the list and this |
00:03:37 | 00:03:41 | is click funnels now this is not exactly |
00:03:39 | 00:03:42 | like any of the other platforms here |
00:03:41 | 00:03:44 | because with the click funnels |
00:03:42 | 00:03:45 | you have the option of simply creating a |
00:03:44 | 00:03:47 | single product |
00:03:45 | 00:03:48 | landing page but one thing you want to |
00:03:47 | 00:03:50 | know is that single product landing |
00:03:48 | 00:03:52 | pages work the absolute best |
00:03:50 | 00:03:54 | when it comes to e-commerce in fact when |
00:03:52 | 00:03:57 | i used to use clickfunnels about a year |
00:03:54 | 00:03:58 | or two ago my average conversion rates |
00:03:57 | 00:04:00 | was around five percent |
00:03:58 | 00:04:02 | with my clickfunnels landing page this |
00:04:00 | 00:04:04 | is simply because again clickfunnels |
00:04:02 | 00:04:05 | is very customizable and it is an |
00:04:04 | 00:04:07 | all-in-one platform where |
00:04:05 | 00:04:08 | you can track all of the data coming in |
00:04:07 | 00:04:10 | you can add certain |
00:04:08 | 00:04:12 | customizations to the product page |
00:04:10 | 00:04:14 | itself and you can basically do whatever |
00:04:12 | 00:04:16 | you want and the same things as you can |
00:04:14 | 00:04:17 | do with shopify which is why |
00:04:16 | 00:04:19 | clickfunnels is another great |
00:04:17 | 00:04:21 | alternative but in addition |
00:04:19 | 00:04:22 | clickfunnels offers easy data tracking |
00:04:21 | 00:04:23 | you can easily connect it to facebook |
00:04:22 | 00:04:25 | ads or google ads |
00:04:23 | 00:04:27 | or any other platform you wish to use |
00:04:25 | 00:04:29 | but of course again like |
00:04:27 | 00:04:30 | the first one this also has some cons |
00:04:29 | 00:04:32 | one of the biggest cons with |
00:04:30 | 00:04:34 | clickfunnels that i personally faced |
00:04:32 | 00:04:36 | is the slowness of the click funnel |
00:04:34 | 00:04:38 | product pages no matter how many edits i |
00:04:36 | 00:04:38 | did on the product page to make it |
00:04:38 | 00:04:40 | faster |
00:04:38 | 00:04:42 | i always notiked that it was just a |
00:04:40 | 00:04:43 | little bit slower than the shopify |
00:04:42 | 00:04:44 | product pages |
00:04:43 | 00:04:46 | or the woocommerce product pages so this |
00:04:44 | 00:04:48 | kind of led me away from clickfunnels |
00:04:46 | 00:04:50 | but that does not make it a bad |
00:04:48 | 00:04:51 | platform to be using if you do hire |
00:04:50 | 00:04:53 | somebody from fiverr or |
00:04:51 | 00:04:54 | upward to make customizations for you |
00:04:53 | 00:04:56 | there's a very good chance that the |
00:04:54 | 00:04:57 | clickfunnels landing page could become |
00:04:56 | 00:04:59 | extremely fast but |
00:04:57 | 00:05:01 | the second issue with clickfunnels is |
00:04:59 | 00:05:03 | that there are no external features with |
00:05:01 | 00:05:05 | the platforms meaning you can't really |
00:05:03 | 00:05:07 | add a blog page or you can't really add |
00:05:05 | 00:05:08 | any external pages where a customer can |
00:05:07 | 00:05:10 | go to so |
00:05:08 | 00:05:12 | you're basically stuck with a single |
00:05:10 | 00:05:14 | product page and that product page |
00:05:12 | 00:05:15 | itself defines your entire store and |
00:05:14 | 00:05:17 | your entire brand so if you wish to sell |
00:05:15 | 00:05:18 | multiple different products or if you |
00:05:17 | 00:05:19 | want to start |
00:05:18 | 00:05:21 | a general store using clickfunnels may |
00:05:19 | 00:05:23 | not be the best way to go for you |
00:05:21 | 00:05:24 | simply because you'll be having multiple |
00:05:23 | 00:05:26 | different landing pages and it could |
00:05:24 | 00:05:28 | become extremely difficult to manage all |
00:05:26 | 00:05:30 | of these but nonetheless an amazing |
00:05:28 | 00:05:31 | platform to be trying in 2020 and |
00:05:30 | 00:05:32 | onwards |
00:05:31 | 00:05:34 | especially if you just run a single |
00:05:32 | 00:05:36 | product store or run niche stores but |
00:05:34 | 00:05:36 | this brings me to my third alternative |
00:05:36 | 00:05:38 | which is |
00:05:36 | 00:05:40 | big commerce now big commerce is very |
00:05:38 | 00:05:42 | interesting because this is one of the |
00:05:40 | 00:05:42 | newer platforms which i've kind of just |
00:05:42 | 00:05:44 | been |
00:05:42 | 00:05:45 | messing around with there are several |
00:05:44 | 00:05:47 | different benefits to using |
00:05:45 | 00:05:48 | big commerce compared to shopify number |
00:05:47 | 00:05:51 | one is that there is a lot of |
00:05:48 | 00:05:53 | seo assistance available you can easily |
00:05:51 | 00:05:55 | do seo for your products and when it |
00:05:53 | 00:05:56 | comes to google ads specifically |
00:05:55 | 00:05:58 | this is a really big help again with the |
00:05:56 | 00:05:59 | big commerce you can easily customize |
00:05:58 | 00:06:02 | the product pages as well |
00:05:59 | 00:06:04 | and overall themes which you do use but |
00:06:02 | 00:06:06 | the biggest next benefit |
00:06:04 | 00:06:07 | is there is no transaction fees with |
00:06:06 | 00:06:09 | using bigcommerce |
00:06:07 | 00:06:10 | you get literally whatever the customer |
00:06:09 | 00:06:12 | pays you unless you use a third-party |
00:06:10 | 00:06:14 | payment gateway such as strike but this |
00:06:12 | 00:06:15 | second option really makes bigcommerce |
00:06:14 | 00:06:17 | one of the better |
00:06:15 | 00:06:18 | options to go to compared to the other |
00:06:17 | 00:06:20 | ones and also shopify but |
00:06:18 | 00:06:21 | of course even with bigcommerce there |
00:06:20 | 00:06:23 | are some cons and some things |
00:06:21 | 00:06:25 | which would kind of drive me away from |
00:06:23 | 00:06:27 | it the first one is |
00:06:25 | 00:06:29 | there's different pricing tiers based on |
00:06:27 | 00:06:31 | the sales amount so the moment that you |
00:06:29 | 00:06:33 | hit the end of one specific tier |
00:06:31 | 00:06:35 | you'll be charged extra for using big |
00:06:33 | 00:06:36 | commerce and this could heavily add on |
00:06:35 | 00:06:38 | if you start doing more and more in |
00:06:36 | 00:06:40 | sales of course if you're doing a lot |
00:06:38 | 00:06:41 | in sales this shouldn't really be an |
00:06:40 | 00:06:43 | issue but nonetheless this is kind of |
00:06:41 | 00:06:45 | annoying when it comes to dealing with |
00:06:43 | 00:06:47 | a platform where you're hosting your |
00:06:45 | 00:06:48 | entire website but in addition to that |
00:06:47 | 00:06:50 | it is really difficult for those who are |
00:06:48 | 00:06:52 | not really tik savvy there are certain |
00:06:50 | 00:06:54 | customizations which require that you |
00:06:52 | 00:06:55 | know how to use the computer and you |
00:06:54 | 00:06:56 | know how to play around with certain |
00:06:55 | 00:06:57 | types of code so if you really find |
00:06:56 | 00:06:59 | yourself |
00:06:57 | 00:07:00 | not that tik savvy i would again |
00:06:59 | 00:07:02 | recommend staying away from big commerce |
00:07:00 | 00:07:03 | maybe going on to click |
00:07:02 | 00:07:04 | funnels or maybe even just stiking to |
00:07:03 | 00:07:05 | shopify because the first one |
00:07:04 | 00:07:07 | woocommerce |
00:07:05 | 00:07:08 | also requires that you're just a little |
00:07:07 | 00:07:11 | bit tik savvy but nonetheless |
00:07:08 | 00:07:13 | an amazing option to be trying in 2020 |
00:07:11 | 00:07:14 | and onwards let's move on to our third |
00:07:13 | 00:07:16 | one and that is |
00:07:14 | 00:07:18 | 3d cards now there's multiple different |
00:07:16 | 00:07:20 | benefits to 3d |
00:07:18 | 00:07:21 | cart one of them being that you can get |
00:07:20 | 00:07:23 | free email marketing |
00:07:21 | 00:07:25 | when you subscribe to one of the higher |
00:07:23 | 00:07:27 | cost plans now if you kind of compare |
00:07:25 | 00:07:29 | this to using clavio or any other email |
00:07:27 | 00:07:31 | marketing software you use with shopify |
00:07:29 | 00:07:33 | it is much cheaper in the long run |
00:07:31 | 00:07:35 | because with clavio as you get |
00:07:33 | 00:07:36 | a higher number of individuals on your |
00:07:35 | 00:07:38 | email list the cost adds up |
00:07:36 | 00:07:40 | significantly over time in fact one of |
00:07:38 | 00:07:42 | the higher options of clavio is up to a |
00:07:40 | 00:07:44 | thousand dollars per month |
00:07:42 | 00:07:46 | whereas with 3d cards sure cost of the |
00:07:44 | 00:07:48 | higher plants may be a bit high |
00:07:46 | 00:07:50 | but if you compare it to just using |
00:07:48 | 00:07:50 | clavio itself it is much cheaper so if |
00:07:50 | 00:07:53 | you really |
00:07:50 | 00:07:54 | rely heavily on email marketing for your |
00:07:53 | 00:07:56 | store i think |
00:07:54 | 00:07:57 | 3d cart would be the perfect option for |
00:07:56 | 00:07:59 | you but in addition to that |
00:07:57 | 00:08:00 | 3d card itself has more customizable |
00:07:59 | 00:08:02 | marketing features you can list all |
00:08:00 | 00:08:04 | kinds of sales discounts |
00:08:02 | 00:08:06 | all kinds of these things on your |
00:08:04 | 00:08:07 | product page directly which is not |
00:08:06 | 00:08:09 | really available on these other |
00:08:07 | 00:08:11 | alternatives which i've already |
00:08:09 | 00:08:13 | mentioned and in general 3d cart is much |
00:08:11 | 00:08:14 | much cheaper than shopify so |
00:08:13 | 00:08:16 | if you're one of those people looking to |
00:08:14 | 00:08:18 | just save some extra money at the end of |
00:08:16 | 00:08:19 | the month while getting the same things |
00:08:18 | 00:08:21 | done as you would with shopify |
00:08:19 | 00:08:22 | 3d cart is the perfect alternative for |
00:08:21 | 00:08:24 | you but of course |
00:08:22 | 00:08:26 | there's some cons related to 3d card one |
00:08:24 | 00:08:29 | of them being there's slower third-party |
00:08:26 | 00:08:30 | app support when it comes to 3d cards |
00:08:29 | 00:08:32 | not all of the support teams for the |
00:08:30 | 00:08:33 | applications are very helpful so you |
00:08:32 | 00:08:34 | could find yourself |
00:08:33 | 00:08:36 | dealing with a lot of the problems by |
00:08:34 | 00:08:37 | yourself instead of having any type of |
00:08:36 | 00:08:39 | support |
00:08:37 | 00:08:41 | and this could cost you to lose a lot of |
00:08:39 | 00:08:42 | time but the most important con |
00:08:41 | 00:08:44 | which i personally believe would drive |
00:08:42 | 00:08:46 | me away from 3d card is that they're |
00:08:44 | 00:08:47 | just a lower number of themes to play |
00:08:46 | 00:08:49 | with that means you're stuck with just |
00:08:47 | 00:08:51 | the specific themes which 3d card |
00:08:49 | 00:08:53 | offers nothing else and if you don't |
00:08:51 | 00:08:55 | really like any of them you don't have |
00:08:53 | 00:08:57 | any other options but besides these two |
00:08:55 | 00:08:59 | cons 3d card is an amazing platform to |
00:08:57 | 00:09:01 | be using in 2020 and onwards especially |
00:08:59 | 00:09:02 | if you want the free email marketing |
00:09:01 | 00:09:04 | or if you want those customizable |
00:09:02 | 00:09:05 | marketing features at a much cheaper |
00:09:04 | 00:09:08 | cost to shopify but |
00:09:05 | 00:09:09 | let's move on to our final alternative |
00:09:08 | 00:09:12 | on the list and this is |
00:09:09 | 00:09:13 | using wix online site builder now this |
00:09:12 | 00:09:15 | one is a little bit interesting because |
00:09:13 | 00:09:16 | this is not directly a platform which |
00:09:15 | 00:09:18 | offers |
00:09:16 | 00:09:20 | e-commerce support but you can still |
00:09:18 | 00:09:21 | create an e-commerce website using wic |
00:09:20 | 00:09:23 | there are several reasons why i |
00:09:21 | 00:09:25 | recommend wix in the first place i've |
00:09:23 | 00:09:27 | personally seen that wix websites have a |
00:09:25 | 00:09:29 | much faster website speed compared to |
00:09:27 | 00:09:31 | any of the other platforms combined and |
00:09:29 | 00:09:33 | this is without doing any customizations |
00:09:31 | 00:09:33 | in the first place so that is a really |
00:09:33 | 00:09:36 | great benefit |
00:09:33 | 00:09:38 | that comes with using wix in addition |
00:09:36 | 00:09:40 | wix offers drag and drop customization |
00:09:38 | 00:09:40 | so not too difficult to be using and not |
00:09:40 | 00:09:42 | too difficult |
00:09:40 | 00:09:44 | to be playing around with especially if |
00:09:42 | 00:09:46 | you're really not that tik savvy but |
00:09:44 | 00:09:48 | there's easy access to support wix |
00:09:46 | 00:09:50 | support team is very helpful |
00:09:48 | 00:09:51 | they can really guide you step by step |
00:09:50 | 00:09:53 | with whatever problems |
00:09:51 | 00:09:55 | you're facing however there are a few |
00:09:53 | 00:09:56 | cons with wix as well |
00:09:55 | 00:09:58 | first one is there's lack of templates |
00:09:56 | 00:09:59 | available mainly because |
00:09:58 | 00:10:01 | it is somewhat of a newer platform |
00:09:59 | 00:10:02 | compared to these other ones |
00:10:01 | 00:10:04 | so you're again limited to whatever |
00:10:02 | 00:10:06 | templates they have in addition it is |
00:10:04 | 00:10:07 | difficult to do any type of seo |
00:10:06 | 00:10:09 | customizations with |
00:10:07 | 00:10:11 | wix websites because it doesn't offer |
00:10:09 | 00:10:13 | any extra features related to seo and as |
00:10:11 | 00:10:14 | a whole when it comes to e-commerce |
00:10:13 | 00:10:16 | there's just a lower number of |
00:10:14 | 00:10:17 | customizations available for the product |
00:10:16 | 00:10:19 | pages |
00:10:17 | 00:10:21 | and for the websites itself so if you |
00:10:19 | 00:10:23 | want any type of extra customizations |
00:10:21 | 00:10:25 | you may need to hire somebody or you may |
00:10:23 | 00:10:26 | need to directly contact the wix support |
00:10:25 | 00:10:27 | team so that they can help you with the |
00:10:26 | 00:10:29 | customizations but |
00:10:27 | 00:10:31 | this was my list of top five |
00:10:29 | 00:10:33 | alternatives to shopify |
00:10:31 | 00:10:35 | that you can definitely be looking into |
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