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Wait, you can't embed videos in WordPress? That seems like an incredible oversight....

Hey jatinguliani, I'm kind of in the same boat, except I think I'm earlier in this phase than you are. My plan is to have an 'In-house" ecommerce solution... which means I'll be handling things. Basically, I'd like to set up website where folks can by prints, but I'm butting my head against the wallwith some issues. I want a platform that's easy to use, but flexible enough for me to grow with it. It also has to have some sort of ecommerce solution that you can add... only problem is I'm NOT a techie. Here's what I've found so far, may be useful to you too. Blogger - I loved Blogger in the past. It's simple to use and it's owned by Google. However, I can't help but feel it's been neglected over the past 3 years in favor of other projects and I don't feel comfortable starting a business on the platform. WordPress - I feel ashamed to say it, but I've never used WordPress. Everyone I've spoken to has said it's super flexible and good for SEO. They seem to be the best free option and I sort of think it's a good idea to start out on them. Squarespace - I heard about this site listening to a podcast. They have gorgeous template designs and I tried the 2 week free trial. Requires more legwork than the other two, but they also integrate with Stripe (a payment processor). Which brings me to my next issue... Payment processing. Basically, I'd like to offer as wide a variety of payment options as possible. PayPal, credit cards, bitcoin, litecoin, Skrills/Moneybookers. I would ideally like to accept payments from anywhere in the world too. I'm leaning towards Stripe because they seem to be super easy to integrate with Squarespace. BUT, as far as I can tell, they don't accept PayPal. I want to accept bitcoin and litecoin payments too, but based on what I've heard, Stripe doesn't like/doesn't support bitcoin. What I'd like to know is, is it possible to accept bitcoin payments on your website using Stripe? If not, can you add another payment processor, so that if a customer selects "bitcoin" to pay at checkout, they're routed to a separate payment processor for bitcoin? The only two bitcoin payment processors I've found are Bitpay and Gocoin. Unfortunately, it looks like you have to have at least a little knowledge of coding in order to integrate them. As I said, ideally I'd like something that's a bit more idiot proof.

Hi everyone! My name's John! I'm not a web designer per se (more an illustrator with an eye for design). I'm a total noob at ecommerece and web design, but stumbled upon this site while looking for some much needed advice. I hope you'll be patient when I ask naive questions, in time, I'll be able to offer some advice of my own And yes, my username is a reference to Pacific Rim!