8 Great Drupal Alternatives to Try for your Website (Jun 2023)

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Whether you're creating a new website from scratch or looking for a way to upgrade your existing one, you'll need the right content management system. A content management system (CMS), is a tool that helps you to modify and optimize your website however, you choose, without the need for any complex API or PHP work.

While some CMS solutions allow you to have some control over the code on your website, they're often very easy to use.

Drupal is one of the more popular CMS solutions on the market right now, and there are a lot of reasons why. Drupal is a flexible tool with an open-source background. Designed for developers by developers, Drupal is a free-to-download service that comes with built-in security, functionality, and thousands of modules to extend platform functionality.

The flexibility of Drupal is what makes it so appealing compared to other CMS solutions.

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Drupal vs Shopify: A Complete Guide for 2023

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If you're planning on building an online store, you know that you're going to need a few things to get you started. The first, and often most important element, is an idea. What are you going to sell online, and why? Next, you need an audience. Who do you want to target with your commerce site? Who can you best serve with whatever you're selling?

Once you've figured out those essentials, unless you’re selling offline with a point of sale, you'll need a home for your digital shop – somewhere your customers can go to find you and all the products you have to share. Fortunately, there are plenty of ecommerce platform options available to help.

Today's marketplace for site-building is more saturated than ever. You can experiment with everything from Amazon, to BigCommerce and Magento, depending on how you want to sell.

Today, we're looking at two excellent options: Drupal and Shopify.

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Shopify vs Squarespace (2023): Ecommerce Platform Comparison

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As someone who is in the process of setting up an online store, you are probably researching and evaluating your options for an ecommerce platform that is suitable for your requirements. While you have many choices for this today (as listed and evaluated in my article on top ecommerce platforms, Shopify is a leading player in this arena and Squarespace is a (rapidly) rising star and I'm going to compare these two platforms in this article below.

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PrestaShop vs Shopify (Feb 2023): The War of the Online Store Builders

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Are you toying with the idea of selling your first products online? Or are you considering migrating your digital shop to a better eCommerce platform? If either scenario rings true, you're in the right place. As in this article, we'll compare PrestaShop vs Shopify to help you establish which online store builder's best for your ecommerce business.

So, without further ado, let’s take a look at these two platforms!

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Podia vs Thinkific (Feb 2023): Our Favorite Revealed

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Now's a great time to start selling educational content online. Why? Because the eLearning industry is a booming business attracting new learners and instructors every day.

It doesn't matter whether you’re a veteran in your field looking for a new challenge, or if you want to share your skills and hobbies with a broader audience, creating an online course could be the best way to go.

Nowadays, it's much simpler to create and sell online educational content than you might think. Platforms like Podia and Thinkific provide all the tools you need to create stunning online schools…without having to write a single line of code! From design and presentation tools to marketing and sales features, these kinds of SaaS's have lots on offer!

So, if you’re in the market for an online course building platform, look no further. In this article, we're taking a deep dive into how Podia and Thinkific compare. Hopefully, by the end of this review, you should have a better idea about which (if either) is right for your content and audience.

Let's dive straight in!

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The Best Free WordPress Ecommerce Plugins (2023)

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Seeing as how the market is so large, we wanted to find out which free WordPress ecommerce plugins stand out. The conclusion is in: We believe WooCommerce serves as the best free WordPress ecommerce plugin. Throughout our research, over the past two weeks we narrowed the field down to eight, with Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) and Ecwid ranked right behind WooCommerce. We like WooCommerce for its superior integration tools and beautiful potential layouts. EDD has better tools for digital goods, while Ecwid looks to be the simplest for beginners.

The advent of the digital world has made starting a store online easier than ever. However, there are still steps that you need to take to set yourself up for success. For instance, having the right ecommerce solution in place ensures that you’re ready to transform your website with everything from shipping support, to a checkout.
The question is, which free WordPress eCommerce plugins are best for your WordPress website? A quick search on Google brings up tons of options, ranging all the way from HubSpot to SendinBlue for email marketing and landing pages.

So, which solution should you try?

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