Medusa

Hi folks

We want to move on from Shopify to a headless commerce system. We want to be able to manage multiple storefronts and integrate alternative order solutions like Whats App and social commerce etc. Same time we want to avoid full blown systems with a lot of unnecessary weight. My idea for the stack, so far:

• Spree Commerce (Shop System),
• Bloomreach (CMS),
• Vue Storefront (Frontend)

I will have to integrate billing solution (like Invoice Ninja), LexOffice for accounting, Optimoroute for the salesman problem, and some more. So flexibility and "easy expandability" is a core demand. Having said that I came across Medusa. It looks promising and seems to check all the boxes. Any thoughts? Basically, it's a decision between Ruby and JavaScript, is it? Can you name me pros and cons of one or both of the systems? What are the serious challenges that I will face going down either one of the roads? Is there another solution that you would highly recommend?

I've linked our shop, currently running with Shopify.

Thanks

I think that the best way to start eCommerce is SaaS. I used Ecwid, but international is a more popular Shopify. By the way, at StackShare there are a few open-source alternatives, for example, Medusa (was in the last email from StackShare)

After your sales will grow you may choose anything you want. As I know, there are more solutions for eCommerce in PHP. One of the most popular is WooCommerce (based on WordPress). OpenCart is also written in PHP, but 7 years ago it needs to programming knowledge to make a shopping site from your dream. But I don't advise using Magento - it's a really very heavy monster for corporations.

Good luck with sales!