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I do as well but let's be honest, many people who create sites for money will not necessarily coach the business to keep it simple, since they will earn less money from it.

By the time you add a CMS (to help the business not screw up the markup), some design help and all the features that the business thinks are easy because "it is just a form", and you are paying several thousand dollars, way more than many small business think is worth it.

The other alternative, I guess, is something like Shopify but many people I have talked to struggle to see why paying a monthly subscription is money well-spent to get something always up to date and fresh. They'll pay a shop assistant pittance which is still more than they would need to pay for Shopping-as-a-service and get less value.



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