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SmithShop Ecommerce Platform
The self-hosted, lightweight PHP alternative to Shopify.
SmithShop is a lightweight, self-hosted PHP e-commerce platform designed for speed and complete ownership. Built to run seamlessly on a clean stack (Nginx, Debian 13, MariaDB), it eliminates platform fees and bloated plugins. Features a conversion-optimized single-page checkout out of the box, alongside standard built-in modules for Stripe, PayPal, Square, and Authorize.Net, plus native shipping gateways for UPS, FedEx, and USPS. Control your deployment, license, and scale on your own terms.
Hey Product Hunt community! 👋
I’m the maker behind SmithShop.
The inspiration for this project comes from 25 years of experience selling on the internet. Over the two and a half decades I've been in this space, I've watched the e-commerce landscape shift drastically. Today, if you want a fully-featured online store, you are often forced into massive SaaS ecosystems that eat up half your profits through recurring platform fees, transaction cuts, and a mountain of bloated paid plugins just to get basic functionality.
I wanted something different: an inexpensive, full-featured e-commerce platform that puts complete control and ownership back into the hands of the merchant.
That’s why I built SmithShop. It runs on a lightning-fast, clean stack (Nginx, Debian 13, MariaDB) and comes out of the box with the essential tools you actually need to convert customers—like a seamless single-page checkout and native gateways for Stripe, PayPal, Square, Authorize.Net, UPS, FedEx, and USPS. No plugin bloat required.
I'm incredibly excited to share this with you all today. I'd love to hear your thoughts, answer any technical questions about the architecture, or chat about where you think self-hosted e-commerce is heading next!
The self-hosted angle is refreshing, and the single-page checkout actually feels snappy compared to most PHP shops I've poked at. Liked that the payment and shipping gateways are baked in instead of locked behind paid addons.
Self-hosted and no platform fees sounds like a dream honestly. One thing that would make it even better is a built-in inventory sync with marketplaces like Amazon and eBay, so we don't have to manage stock across multiple platforms manually. Would save a ton of headaches for anyone running multichannel stores.
About SmithShop Ecommerce Platform on Product Hunt
“The self-hosted, lightweight PHP alternative to Shopify.”
SmithShop Ecommerce Platform was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 6 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #129 on the daily leaderboard. SmithShop is a lightweight, self-hosted PHP e-commerce platform designed for speed and complete ownership. Built to run seamlessly on a clean stack (Nginx, Debian 13, MariaDB), it eliminates platform fees and bloated plugins. Features a conversion-optimized single-page checkout out of the box, alongside standard built-in modules for Stripe, PayPal, Square, and Authorize.Net, plus native shipping gateways for UPS, FedEx, and USPS. Control your deployment, license, and scale on your own terms.
SmithShop Ecommerce Platform was featured in Productivity (656.3k followers) and E-Commerce (41.7k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 163.8k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted SmithShop Ecommerce Platform?
SmithShop Ecommerce Platform was hunted by Terry D Smith. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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