No, don't go to Etsy or any site like that. Even Amazon that promises vast amounts of traffic comes with mass amounts of copy-cats. You're just giving your hard work away. And the fact that developers have come up with programs to help the copiers find what's hot and selling is sickening.

It's more profitable to help other people steal your ideas than it is to come up with original designs. Sorry, just a pain point. Back on topic.

I keep coming back to something like Linode. They're supposed to be fast, reliable, and scalable. Would anyone suggest going down that path or is that just digging a deeper hole? I don't mean to cheap-out on the hosting, but $100/month just to host makes me want to stay with Shopify. Any way to keep the monthly expenses in the $30 range?