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Re:Show HN: TinyStore - A minimal store for your Shopify Lit... by ako on Monday May 17, 2021 @06:58AM (#27182099)
Haven't read the full terms of service for shopify, but i could imagine that this doesn't align well with the strategy of shopify?
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Re:Show HN: TinyStore - A minimal store for your Shopify Lit... by wraptile on Monday May 17, 2021 @07:37AM (#27182335)
Seems like that's the whole point of Shopify Lite[1]. It sells you the DB and payment backend without front-end; or am I misreading this?

> Whether you’re on WordPress, Squarespace, Tumblr, or anywhere else, with just a few clicks you can turn your website into an online store.

1 - https://www.shopify.co.nz/lite

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Re:Show HN: TinyStore - A minimal store for your Shopify Lit... by neither_color on Monday May 17, 2021 @07:56AM (#27182457)
It's been a few years since I built a Shopify store but iirc they give you an HTML/JS/iFrame "snippet" of your products you can copy paste anywhere you like.
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Re:Show HN: TinyStore - A minimal store for your Shopify Lit... by mr_ploppy on Monday May 17, 2021 @07:36AM (#27182328)
Indeed. Nice work, but it feels like you're circumventing the exact restriction of the Lite plan. I imagine they'd shut you down if you got too much business.
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