E-commerce website hosting on Google app engine

[Ram Jannapureddy]

Hi All,

I am planning to build a e-commerce website on App engine. I have no knowledge of the Google cloud platform. I have emailed Google cloud team and they reckon Google app engine is the right fit. As i am just starting out my website initially my website may have 

- 100 to 500 user visits per day

- 100 to 250 products

- around 400 images 

I am planning to use woo-commerce to build the website I am not sure Google app engine will support this.I have so many questions below I'd really appreciate if any one can help me here. 

1. How much would approximately will cost me per month to host my website on cloud? 

2 . my website would have simple traffic would be 100 user to 1000 users per month. approximately 20 page website and contains 200 - 400 images. 

3. I need a SSL certificate for my site do I get SSL certificate as part of my hosing plan ? please describe security options on cloud. 

4. what is instance? is this a space on the server?  

5. Could you please provide some example sites that are already hosted on google cloud platform? 

6. I am going to use woocommerce for ecommerce site. is there a limitations in free trial if yes what are they? 

7. I used the calculator link you send me but still little bit confused do I get charged by hrs I use the cloud platform ? 

8.  what is the difference between Google apps for business and Google cloud platform? my understanding is we can google cloud platform to build websites and apps but i am not sure whether i can get an email address for my business through google cloud platform account such as myname@mydomainname.com.au ? or do i need both accounts in order to have email and hosting account ? or do i get to set up an email address through cloud account. 

Sorry about long list of questions.  

[Vinny P]

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Ram Jannapureddy <jannapur...@gmail.com> wrote:

I am planning to use woo-commerce to build the website I am not sure Google app engine will support this.I have so many questions below I'd really appreciate if any one can help me here. 

1. How much would approximately will cost me per month to host my website on cloud? 

2 . my website would have simple traffic would be 100 user to 1000 users per month. approximately 20 page website and contains 200 - 400 images. 

3. I need a SSL certificate for my site do I get SSL certificate as part of my hosing plan ? please describe security options on cloud. 

4. what is instance? is this a space on the server?  

5. Could you please provide some example sites that are already hosted on google cloud platform? 

6. I am going to use woocommerce for ecommerce site. is there a limitations in free trial if yes what are they? 

7. I used the calculator link you send me but still little bit confused do I get charged by hrs I use the cloud platform ? 

8.  what is the difference between Google apps for business and Google cloud platform? my understanding is we can google cloud platform to build websites and apps but i am not sure whether i can get an email address for my business through google cloud platform account such as myname@mydomainname.com.au ? or do i need both accounts in order to have email and hosting account ? or do i get to set up an email address through cloud account. 

1. It's difficult to say, since it depends on so many variables. At minimum, you'll have to pay to keep a Cloud SQL instance warmed up at all times since Wordpress depends on it. But if you configure caching appropriately and your users keep hitting the same or similar pages, the remaining hosting fees might range from free (staying under the free tier quota) to a small charge. 

2. Images are the real storage and bandwidth hog here. If you can get away with thumbnails or lower-resolution pictures, that will save you a lot.

3. No, you'll need to buy your own SSL certificate, but then you can configure App Engine to use that certificate. You can also try using a reverse proxy to add SSL: https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl

4. An instance is an allocation of RAM and processing power. Instances can run applications, but any other resources required (persistent storage, database, etc) are charged separately. 

5. There are sample discussions here: https://cloud.google.com/customers/

6. As I said above, Woo Commerce requires WordPress which requires a SQL instance. You'll need to pay for a Cloud SQL instance but yes, you should be able to fit the rest under App Engine's free tier. 

7. I'm not sure which calculator link you were sent.

8. Google Cloud Platform allows you to run custom applications. Google Apps supplies Google services (Docs, Drive, Gmail, etc) on your own domain name. Yes: if you want email services on your own domain, you'll need to sign up for Apps as well.

 

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-Vinny P

Technology & Media Consultant

Chicago, IL

App Engine Code Samples: http://www.learntogoogleit.com