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GoDaddy Storefront Disaster: Why a Forced Update Is Scrambling E-Commerce Sites

GoDaddy E-commerce, Storefront issues after Websites and Marketing forced update

If you are currently running an online shop on GoDaddy’s all-in-one website builder, you might want to log into your dashboard and check your active inventory right now.

Over the last few days, a massive wave of store owners have taken to community forums and subreddits to report what is being called a complete "storefront disaster." GoDaddy has been quietly executing a massive, mandatory overhaul to the commerce backend of their Websites + Marketing platform.

This wasn't an optional migration

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The Dogfooding Test: What Happens When Web Platforms Don’t Use Their Own Tools?

Screenshot of the Divi, Elegant Themes, website, with the source code opened in the right side frame, showing that the website is not built on Divi
Divi, from Elegant Themes, is one of the website builders not using the code they sell for their own website.

Choosing a web development platform usually comes down to reviewing a checklist of features, viewing templates, and reading marketing copy. However, there is a far more reliable metric for evaluating the true capability, speed, and structural integrity of any software platform.

You simply have to look at what the creators of the software use to run their own business.

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