Do I need a Website?

Whether I need a website or not is something that I've been asking myself recently. With the Facebook page, the Patreon page, the Instagram account and the YouTube channel I don't really want to have another thing to update and look after. If I do want to sell merchandise though, I'm going to need to put it online somewhere, even if I used something like Spreadshirt to make and distribute t-shirts for me, people would still need to visit that site to buy them. Spreadshirt by the way, looks a lot cheaper than some other options, If I buy 10 shirts of various sizes I can get them for under $15 each, the cheapest t-shirts you can get from somewhere like K-Mart are about $5 - $10, they have some 100% Australian cotton ones for $8 so I guess I can still make them cheaper but it'll depend on how much the screens and ink actually cost. I'm not sure if I'll make my own or not at this stage or not because of this. I don't really want to go out an buy a heap of stuff and then end up not selling any t-shirts.
You can't seem to sell individual merchandise items on Patreon so I'd need to use something else. There is a site called Shopify that I think starts at $9 a month but I don't really want to be paying a monthly fee as that will eat into whatever little profits I do make. I'm already going to be paying for music and that's more than I really want to pay in the first place (even though I know it is good value), I need to be making something before I start spending lots. Wix is something like US$16.50 per month for a site with a shop so that's not going to work either. The more I think about this as I write this post, maybe I'll just have to set up a private seller eBay store but I'm not even sure how that'll work as the cheapest business store is $24.95 per month, may be Shopify is the best option if I get into selling merchandise. I may just be able to research into using PayPal and doing my own site, or in a post on Patreon or something, or a dedicated website that ties it all together somehow. It's too confusing and I don't think I've answered any questions.


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