Hi Jerry, Have you been able to integrate reflow on your ecommerce site? I have a few questions. Do customers who buy on your site have to create a profile on your site to track your orders?
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Do customers who buy on your site have to create a profile on your site to track your orders?
The problem with ecwid is that itâs only free if you have 10 products to sell. Beyond that itâs not free
Hi @Jerry,
I think you are the only person in the BLOC community who has integrated reflow on one of your sites. I would like to know if the translation file could be set up or does the site have to be hosted for it to work? Because in local it is not taken into account so I have a doubt on my way and I tested all the possibilities 
And nothing works
HI @Jerry ,
Nothing pejorative compared to the other developers but just that you are the only one to show up, advise and test. Yes there is @Whittfield who was supposed to develop a bric for Reflow since November 2021 I waited and now I canât wait anymore Iâm 6 months late so I have to move forward or I have to pay back the client :D. @Whittfield has a lot of work to do and I donât blame him at all, he helps the community a lot.
All the localisation info is found on the reflow docs including local server testing.
If itâs not working check the console in the browser tools for errors.
Hi @Alpha why not just go with Ecwid? its tried and tested and I have set this up on a few websites now - mainly in private organisations selling within their company and they have took full control on it and even upgraded their package themselves as the amount they are selling is HUGE.
Like all things the had a slight learning curve, but now they are selling like crazy.
The support from Ecwid is amazing too.
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I havenât yet used Ecwid directly with Blocs, but I did use the WordPress plugin on a site where the theme was created in Blocs. Ecwid made it all fairly easy and the cart setup covers a lot of bases. Itâs free for l0 items or less, as long as they are not digital I believe.
yeah - its really simple, and basic too - which ticks a lot of boxes.
The cost to me is so so cheap if running a business based on sales I am sure its around ÂŁ12.50 my one client pays and they have a huge turn over, even they say to me they feel they should be paying 10 times this amount.
And if ÂŁ12.50 a month is too expensive for over 10 items for a shop front then I would find another business.
Allow me to introduce you to some typical clients in CornwallâŚ
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Customer budget, paying monthly installments + commission is expensive for very few sales. Otherwise yes I would go to ewid if it was interesting.
I actually think some customers just have psychological sticking points and unable to look at the bigger picture. This is particularly common with small businesses that have all kinds of other expenses, yet for anything online they fixate on really small costs.
If it had 10 items, the question would not be asked, I would have chosen Ecwid. But now if I have to pay ECWID itâs 35 euros more/month
I could have very well gone through prestashop but I wonât have a total control of the site in custom and I bought modules on blocks and the license so I might as well show to the community what we can do with blocks, it can inspire other initiates and see around the sproblems in another way to succeed in our goal
Whatever the scenario you should not be paying these billing costs for your client.
Thatâs right, if I could guarantee sales every month there would be no problem with monthly payments. But as you say companies are trying to earn sales margin on their products, if on top of that they pay monthly payments plus commissions on each item sold plus monthly payment or commision on transactions⌠Might as well go to shopify to lose more money. lol
Yes I totally understand, there is no problem on it. They want to save money, itâs up to me to find the right solutions, no matter what the technology. The site blocvs customer is already finished and I am in full integration of ecommerce. on the site and still I have not seen the shipping by some if it is integrable or not on blocks. To understand the outcome and the limits of each software or development technology, we are sometimes forced to be confronted with the problems and thatâs how we evolve in the choice and the design technique
I did what they asked but it doesnât take into account on blocks or maybe I need to put everything on my host
I sympathise with your situation and only say this because I have had similar difficulties in the past and slowly now changing my ways. It is our responsibility to find solutions, but only up to a point. It is not our responsibility to find miracles just because a client does not have money or not willing to pay.
About 18 months ago I had a client with around 20 staff members and it was obvious they needed Office 365 for for all of them, but the whole project was held up for a month with endless calls, emails and tests while they had me looking for cheaper alternatives that had to be just as good.
Eventually they acknowledged they didnât really like any others and went with Office 365. It felt like such a waste of my time for no extra money, so now I would explain early on it is their responsibility to have an adequate budget for their requirements or tell me which solution they want.
Whatever billing solution you find, I wish you luck in resolving this with minimum difficulty. It all sounds like a bit of a pain.
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Totally agree with your experience which is identical. We are here to find solutions but we are not up to date on technology alternatives either. Besides, itâs @jerry who gave me a feedback and I think that my experience will be rich in learning about reflow. I see therefore the future problems that I will encounter later.
Thank you for your support