Don't pay for a hosting you don't use.

Maybe... Setting up an online store shouldn't start with hiring a server that sits there 24/7 charging you, whether the store is open or not. It's like paying rent for a commercial space you only open on weekends.

Serverless means not needing a server, that is, paying only when someone visits your store. Zero visits, zero cost. A thousand visits, you "pay for a thousand visits". That simple. When someone enters, it turns on. When they leave, it shuts down. Meanwhile, you pay nothing.

At Hackeed we've built a template to make it easier to create an online store based on this concept.

Built with

• Vite for compiling.
• Vue for the interface (with Pinia for state management).
• Netlify for serverless functions and deployment.
• Neon for database (PostgreSQL). Charges you per usage (CU, Compute Units). Low traffic = zero cost. High traffic = you're probably selling and can afford it.
• Stripe for payments.

But build it with whatever you want. If you're technically inclined, we encourage you to question every part, rip out what you don't like, and build based on your preferences. The idea isn't to copy this line by line, but to understand the concept and adapt it to your philosophy or way of working.

Why does this exist? Because traditional e-commerce is fine, but not for everyone.

Shopify or PrestaShop work like a charm. If you have budget and want to start selling tomorrow, don't overthink it… But if what you want is to understand how your own store works, have total access to your data, pay less commissions per sale, and build on something that's yours… you need something else.

This template is that something else. It's not perfect. It still uses third-party infrastructure. We're not selling you absolute digital sovereignty. But we are bringing you fewer dependencies, lower fixed costs, and more control.

If you want to go more radical and host everything on your own server, do it. If you want to plug in your favorite content manager, go ahead. If you want to swap the database for JSON files, perfect. The code is there (Github). Clone it, break it, improve it. Do whatever you want with it.

The end

This isn't about revolutionizing anything. It's about showing there's another way to build e-commerce: lighter, cheaper, and more yours.

If you have any questions, we'd be happy for you to contact us and try to solve any problem that comes up.