I have deactivated my Thrive Apprentice because they were charging me $149 quarterly and its really not that beneficial for me. It’s been slow, clunky and just annoying.
I considered moving to shopify because it seemed “seamless” and while its a lot easier for someone who is more of a front-end inclined person, I am unable to set up international payments because Shopify pay is not supported in South Africa -\_-
I need to know if one can create their own theme for free in Woocommerce or WordPress itself? Can you also rate the difficulty of this?
I want to spend less time fiddling on my site and more time marketing and making product. I don’t want to have to worry about performance and responsiveness etc.
TIA
What exactly are you want to do? There are thousands of good, free themes.
If you aren’t a coder, building your own theme will be virtually impossible.
The simple answer to your question is yes.
The caveat is that you have to have coding knowledge.
There are a bazillion free themes you can start on and customise. A plugin like microthemer or yellowpencil will let you edit most themes with relative ease.
I have no idea what thrive apprentice is but that sounds ridiculous cost wise. You can find plenty of premium themes that will give you a lifetime license for less than a $75. XStore theme being one of the better ones with a lot of extras included and some great support.
If you don’t want to mess around with coding then a page builder would also work. The new 2024 theme is pretty decent too for a basic setup.
For whatever you decide you will need to have some basic WordPress and html/css knowledge.