What are the alternatives to Shopify for an online store in Romania?

Short answer

1. The right alternative to Shopify depends on what you sell, how your customers pay, and how much you want to build yourself.
2. 4buildsite is a no-code builder with an online store, Stripe, PayU or Netopia payments, cash on delivery, bank transfer and a marketplace mode with several sellers.
3. Wix and Squarespace publish plans that include commerce on their official pages. The features they list are the vendors' own claims, which you should verify.
4. Hostinger Website Builder lists plans with a 14-day trial on its official page; this is the vendor's own statement.
5. Compare prices directly on the official pages, using the currency and billing terms published there, because they change.

What to check for each alternative

• The payment methods it accepts, including whether you need PayPal or Netopia.
• Shipping: how rates are calculated and whether an integration with your courier exists.
• Invoicing: whether orders reach your invoicing software or have to be entered by hand.
• Newsletters and marketing email: some platforms include them, others do not. Check the official page.

Practical examples

• Hypothetical example: a cosmetics shop taking card and cash-on-delivery payments checks payment methods and shipping first, then compares prices.

Common mistakes

• You choose on the entry price and leave out payment and shipping costs.
• You assume a newsletter block on a template sends emails. Often it is only a visual element.

How 4buildsite helps

• 4buildsite covers the online store, the marketplace and the presentation site in one product.
• Stripe, PayU, Netopia, cash-on-delivery and bank-transfer payments are configured by the owner.