Savings on the creation of IM in a crisis?

Question

Electronic commerce

Hello!
There are several interesting niches in mind in which you can create highly specialized online stores. Since the situation in the economy is not very good, I think to save on development and take a SaaS solution, such as Premmerce.ru , Insales.ru (not yet decided). True, the fact of limitedness in terms of the ability to finish the functionality and appearance is a little annoying, but, on the other hand, all costs are essentially at the level of paying the basic monthly tariff.
What do you advise? Is it worth using such services, or maybe there are interesting ideas on how to save money on creating in another way? As for me, it is better to invest free funds in promotion.

Answer 1

For startups and testing niches, SaaS solutions are very suitable, you will save not only money, but also time, and the functionality is usually more than enough. There are many IMs that have been successfully operating this way for years. But I think, if things have gone well, it’s better to switch to something already your own in the future, more control. Especially during this test period, decide what exactly will be missing and what is better to use in your particular case.

Answer 2

SaaS is too expensive for your task.
Take a free store engine, place it on a foreign hosting and work.

Answer 3

Ecwid etc. to start