Hi everyone,

I’m helping a family member set up a way to sell their artwork as a side hobby. They’d like to have a website for it, but from my research, most platforms come with monthly or yearly costs.

Since this is truly a "set it and forget it" kind of side gig, they’re not interested in paying ongoing fees to maintain the site. I’m curious if there are any free website-building platforms out there that don’t charge monthly or yearly fees, but instead may take a higher cut per transaction?

For context:

• I already have a custom domain through Cloudflare.

• The priority is not spending any money on this.

• They do not want to go through Etsy, FB Marketplace, etc.

Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Hello everyone! I am looking to start an ecommerce store, however I am kinda lazy to and lack the time to develop a website on my own (despite being a developer). Which is why, I would like to ask the best platform to start an ecommerce store in August 2025. I am from Malaysia btw, but I plan to sell globally.

I am currently considering Gumroad, but I heard its price is quite high, which is why I am looking for alternatives. I also plan to offer some free stuffs too, so I wondered if Gumroad will still charge me $0.50 for every sale of a free product I made. I also just beginning with no budget too.

Hope to hear from you guys soon.

I am selling a product online from a link on my Website, I don't relaly need a storefront, just a way to process orders. I signed up for Stripe but quickly realized how limited it is, and it even doesn't always email me when I get a new order.

What I'm looking for that Stripe doesn't offer is 1) Alert me of a new order through text and email. 2) Automatically send a receipt to the buyer when they place an order. 3) Ability to create shipping labels online and automatically send tracking information to the buyer. And it has to have no monthly fees.

Thanks

I used to used mecari a lot to sell things. Recently I've been thinking of the idea of just reducing clothing waste in general, while trying to help people in poverty too (I was homeless less than a year ago, but I'm doing better now). I want to be able to "well" products online for free (free shipping as well) and I was wondering if any of you guys knew a platform that would let me do that? Mecari has a lot of fees in general so I'm trying to move away from it, my buyers pay like $8 for an item and most of it is shipping and than the extra dollar and a half is mostly fees and I usually get anywhere from 20¢-95¢ and I'm sick of the fees. I'd rather just give out to those in need. I live in an area that has a lot of waste, and I can't drive, so I also clean up the sidewalks and what not in my free time, sometimes along with the trash you find there's perfectly good clothes, maybe it fell out of a homeless person's cart at night or something, but if you wash it and it's good as new (good as an ordinary piece of used clothing, no holes or tears or funky smells) then that could be helpful as well. Anyways to the point, what platforms will let me sell things to no cost to the consumer?