We have welcomed a duo of programmers specializing in custom-built e-commerce sites and websites from scratch to our team.
The right question is, why would anyone want a custom-built e-commerce site from scratch today?
An e-commerce site can be built on Prestashop or Opencart, and even DIY. There are also many off-the-shelf solutions. Anyone can create a mediocre website using Joomla or Wordpress. Using an e-commerce or CMS platform is quick, cheap, and the average person can find everything they need and much more.
And that "much more" is the biggest problem! Along with installing an e-commerce or CMS platform, you get a plethora of features you’ll never use. These unnecessary features increase the risk of security breaches and significantly slow down the website. Yes, they significantly slow down the website!
Custom e-commerce sites and websites have only what you need, precisely tuned to your requirements. The speed of such solutions is impressive.
Recently, we compared a custom e-commerce site with one built on Prestashop 1.6/PHP 7. While Prestashop needed an entire dedicated server, the custom e-commerce site could run on Shared hosting with the same high traffic. We have often observed clients moving from Prestashop 1.6 to 1.7, from hosting to VPS, and then to a dedicated server to improve speed and functionality. They paid expensive Prestashop programmers, moved to a competitor and paid their Prestashop programmers, and finally, after spending a lot on tuning Prestashop, they switched to a custom solution and were satisfied!
Advantages of a Custom E-commerce Site:
- High loading speed
- Handles significantly higher traffic
- Completely fine-tuned system
- Custom functionalities
Disadvantages of a Custom E-commerce Site:
- Longer development time
- Significantly more expensive to create and maintain
- You need to choose your team of programmers very carefully
The biggest challenge of custom e-commerce sites and websites is the people you need to rely on. That’s why we are very proud to have assembled a completely fine-tuned team for custom development that you can rely on. We are filling the gap in demand from our clients for custom-made solutions.