What's the most minimal way to setup a shop on personal website?

Question

I'm trying to sell some music scores (pdf files) on my personal website, looking at options like gumroad, but wondering if there's even lighter options (e.g. I don't want people to feel the presence of gumroad's stuff)

danboarder · Accepted Answer

Stripe has been adding low code tools that I find to be very light and functional that can be added to simple html pages: https://stripe.com/docs/payments/checkout

solardev · Answer

If you use Wix, it's built-in: https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-stores-creating-a-dig...

gcatalfamo · Answer

Aside from the suggestions, sometimes having a third-party processor "visible" is kind of helpful in case your website is not super well-known, because it gives "trustworthiness".I know it's 2023, but yeah, mistrust in online transactions is still alive.

calculated · Answer

I think your best bet is to code it yourself (assuming you can, I don&rsquo;t know your background). If you&rsquo;re trying to sell a digital product it&rsquo;s not going to take you much time. The core part will be to integrate a payment processor like stripe. There are lots of libraries which simplify this process. One important thing to take into account is to make sure you have as many payment options as possible to make the sale process as easy as possible. (ApplePay, GPay, etc.)

consoomer · Answer

Create a Stripe checkout. If someone pays, you can email them the PDF files to whatever email they provided during checkout. I'd do it manually at first. If it annoys you later, automate the emailing of the PDFs.

penjelly · Answer

+1 gumroad

brtkdotse · Answer

If you&rsquo;re planning on selling your pdf internationally and building it yourself, you&rsquo;re basically planning to commit tax fraud. Unknowingly, yes, but it&rsquo;s going to happen.Just use Gumroad.