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Webflow – Ecommerce

by brryant on 3/19/18, 5:46 PM with 10 comments

  • by ibdf on 3/19/18, 6:22 PM

    It's finally time to start paying attention to webflow. The thing with webflow is that as a developer you want to be able to commit to one platform that solves most of your client issue without having to reinvent the wheel. Webflow, until now, was missing e-commerce... which for me at least was a deal breaker. Hopefully they will keep pushing to grow it because most small/medium clients I work with, that want a site, want e-store.

  • by brryant on 3/19/18, 6:15 PM

    Hey everyone! We wanted to show you the launch page for Webflow Ecommerce that we built using Lottie Web and Webflow IX2. It was our first time using Lottie Web, and we were really stoked to try it on a Webflow site. Let us know what you think of the intro hero animation. That was the part built in Lottie.

  • by samspenc on 3/19/18, 7:01 PM

    The first time I've heard of Webflow but I'm intrigued.

    In working with clients on building websites, I see there's massive demand for easy ways to set up e-commerce and selling stuff online, and the existing solutions don't quite cut it yet.

    I know there's Shopify, Wordpress + WooCommerce and other solutions, but nothing seems to provide the power and flexibility along with the ease of setup that users are clamoring for.

    Looks like this ticks off multiple requirement boxes that most of my clients have asked for in the past. All the best! If this works well and takes off, I might start recommending it.

  • by jeswin on 3/19/18, 6:24 PM

    TL;DR.

    Basically a landing page with a signup button, clicking which you are encouraged to share it widely on social media so that you qualify for early beta access.

  • by raziel2p on 3/19/18, 6:11 PM

    Is there no way for me to read about what this is without signing up for a beta? That's the impression I get from the website, at least.

  • by josefdlange on 3/19/18, 6:08 PM

    Very interesting. Does or will Webflow eCommerce provide a developer API for 3P integrations, like for a fulfillment provider?