Which features are you looking for a small e-commerce?

Question

As a programming language, Go is really powerful. Small, fast and with the possibility of creating a single binary to deploy in whatever machine you like, I'd like to develop a project only for taking advantages from Go and starting to get confidence with it. I was thinking about an e-commerce system with a minimal User Experience (that recalls the simplicity of Web 1.0). Which features would you look for if you were a small business?

pkphilip · Accepted Answer

I would start by replicating the features of Woocommerce.
1. The ability to integrate with a content management system supporting different templates etc. 2. The ability to have product packages (example: 250gm, 500gm, 1kg etc per product). 3. The ability to extend the application via downloadable plugins from an app store. This will be difficult to do in Go, I think. This will be needed for supporting different payment gateways, coupons etc.
My only complaint with woocommerce is that it is easily hacked because of Wordpress vulnerabilities. Else it is a good product without the heft of Magento.

arkitaip · Answer

I would just use Shopify for a fraction of the headache and be done with it. Selling Go as your USP to small business owners is insanity.