E-commerce Airtable
Airtable can be used as a backoffice for an e-commerce site, managing orders, products and customers within a workspace.
Contact us
Features
Data modeling
Structure and link information from different databases (customers, products, orders, inventory, suppliers, payments, etc.).
Automation
Create automations to send order confirmation e-mails to your customers, or to update inventory when an order is placed.
Integration
Compatible with many other tools and applications, making it easy to integrate with other e-commerce tools. You can synchronize your Airtable database with Shopify or WooCommerce to manage products and orders.
Collaboration
Give different people access to different views and sections of your database, according to their needs.
Customized views
View your data from different angles, such as lists, calendars, tables and galleries. Filter your data according to specific criteria to display only the information that interests you.
Form
Collect data from your customers or suppliers
Benefits
- Possible automations
- Pleasant, intuitive interface
- Large number of connectors
- Flexible to meet specific project needs
Limits
- Requires training to take full advantage of the tool's capabilities
- Data volume limited to 50,0000
Alternatives to Airtable for creating an e-commerce site
Google Sheets
Google Sheets offers a familiar spreadsheet-based interface, making it easy to organize and manipulate product data. Google Sheets is appreciated for its ease of use and real-time collaboration functionality. However, compared with Airtable, Google Sheets may lack some advanced features specifically designed for product management and e-commerce site creation.
Baserow
Baserow offers an intuitive interface and database functionalities for managing products, orders, customers and more. Baserow is an open-source solution that lets you host your own data. However, compared with Airtable, Baserow is less well-known and has a smaller community. It may also lack some advanced features specifically designed for e-commerce.
Dedicated Nocode solutions
Dedicated solutions such as Shopify, Prestashop and others are complete alternatives to Airtable for the creation of e-commerce sites. They offer a full range of functionalities specifically designed for the needs of e-commerce, such as product management, payments, orders, logistics and more. These solutions are appreciated for their ease of configuration, user-friendliness and customer support. However, compared with Airtable, the use of these dedicated solutions can be more costly and may limit the customization and flexibility of the e-commerce site.
Custom
Custom development in code is an alternative offering total flexibility to create an e-commerce site entirely customized to your specific needs. This approach gives you total control over design, functionality and user experience. However, compared with Airtable, custom development can require skilled technical resources and can lead to higher costs in terms of e-commerce site development, maintenance and updating.
