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Since its relevant going to ask for recommendation here.

I am setting up an online store for my parents. I can host and manage it at least for the initial days where they can validate the idea.

These two looks promising.

1. https://woocommerce.com/ 2. https://magento.com/

Found more alternatives https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/best-woocommerce-alterna...

Wondering anyone has experience/feedback on any of these projects. Thanks.

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I've used WooCommerce before for my wife's online store. I hosted it in DO. It's okay, but not as good as Shopify in terms of payments, inventory management etc. I also ended up having to install a lot of plugins which most of it are in trial.

I recommend something like Cloudways for Wordpress. It's like a layer on top of Digital Ocean/Vultr/Linode.

Try the Blocksy theme with Woocommerce.

Safely hosting anything on the internet today is a HUGE operational headache.

Woocommerce is built on Wordpress, which is one of least secure platforms out there. You'll have to apply patches at least weekly.

Use a hosted service, like Shopify or Squarespace or anything really.