Hey Sam,
Congrats for putting up your website! Trying different things out with wix to get a grips of what you'd like your website to look like is definitely a viable exercise. Keep in mind though, that websites are a work in progress, meaning as you change, the layout and info you put out changes.
This being said, let's get to the "business" side of things:
Hosting can be a pain. I suggest you have a look at Shopify as they take care of this part. You can go with a default (free) theme for a start and upgrade along the way. Default themes aren't exactly speed bunnies ...
Integrating payment providers, bookkeeping and other necessary plugins. Unless you want to fumble around with coding etc, have a look at Shopify. They are not the answer to all there is eComm wise but they do a tremendous job. The no 1 ecomm wizz guy works with Shopify; his name is Ezra Firestone. He even teaches Amazon how to tweak and optimize its shops. That says smth.
Legal. Make sure you have your TC, PP in place. There are templates you can use too.
Furthermore, you can test Shopify for a couple of weeks for free and see if you want to roll with it. I've been in the ecomm biz for over a decade and happy to help you navigate it.
Most importantly, be aligned with your message. That of course you do my friend.
Hey Krisz!
Many thanks for taking a look at the site.
Your notes on hosting & other plugins are perfect. Never really liked Wix. Am just familiar with it. Started to have a loot around the Spotify site yesterday and it does look great.
What are TC & PP? I've not had much experience in this field!
You're welcome Sam.
TC stands for Terms & Conditions.
PP for Privacy Policy. You need to include both as well as a Shop Policy.
If you want to take crypto payments for your products, you might want to look into the following two payment gateways:
Flexa - they are a Shopify partner
https://flexa.network/solutions
NowPayments - Shopify plugin available
https://nowpayments.io/payment-integration/shopify-plugin
Cheers
Okay got it.
For the crypto payments am not sure that i really need a gateway. All orders will be taken manually and i would like for the option to remain open for ANY crypto to be used. The customer can choose. I will set up the wallet if i don't already have it, send them the address and they can make the donation.
If at some point the payment system becomes automated the gateway will be more valuable. Though my feeling is that i will be avoiding all things automated long into the future. Only in this way can i keep the productions authentic.