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ANders Moller
ANders Moller
192 Points
Posted by ANders Moller
ANders Moller
192 Points

I am about to create a new website that has some of the same features as gigsalad.com. Which cms should i use?

Hello there, I want to create a site that is similiar to for example gigsalad.com in functionalities. But I have no idea where to start and if i should code the website from scratch or use a CMS system. WHat would you guys recommend? The functionalitites are quite simple: it should have membership login, allow users to upload images and videoes to their profil etc.

I have much experience with Wordpress. But that is for static sites. Can I use wordpress for a site like this?

Best Anders Denmark

1 Answer

Liam Maclachlan
Liam Maclachlan
22,805 Points
Liam Maclachlan
Liam Maclachlan
22,805 Points

Hi Anders,

There are a few things to keep in mind:

  • How many products are you likely to be selling?
  • Who are the site admins?
  • How much time/money is ready to be spent on the project?

point 1 - If the first one is a limited stock (less than 1000 products, including variables of those products) then WooCommerce should be fine (meaning WordPress would be your CMS of choice).

point 2- And, if the backend of the site needs to also be user friendly, I'd also recommend WordPress. Drupal/Joomla are a bit less user friendly in this respect.

point 3 - WordPress also has some great plugins out there which will save you hundreds of hours of developing (and save your client/business money too!). If there is a larger budget then you may want to look at Magento or Prestashop.

WordPress is great but it does have scaling issues as an e-commerce platform. On the other hand, Magento and Prestashop have a steep learning curve for a developer (and both can be quite buggy...especially Prestashop) but scale much better; this means a higher maintenance cost for your clients/business.

In conclusion, WordPress if it is a simple e-xommerce site; this will help keeps problems and costs down.

Magento or Prestashop if the project needs to scale quicker (not future proof! But has to scale quickly) and there is a larger budge/time to deal with the development and maintenance.

Let me know if you want any more clarification on this as I rewrote this a few times... Start with WordPress to prototype and then increase to Magento if you need to scale more after proof of concept :)

Cheers Liam