# Should i Use a CMS or just MERN

**URL:** <https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/should-i-use-a-cms-or-just-mern/334275>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [December 18, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/should-i-use-a-cms-or-just-mern/334275 "2019-12-18T15:09:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![shayolaw](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/shayolaw/32/108731_2.png) [@shayolaw](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/shayolaw)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/should-i-use-a-cms-or-just-mern/334275/1 "2019-12-18T15:09:27Z")

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# Hello Everyone

i am new to the freelance web dev world, recently just completed the backend section of freecodecamp and i am looking to dive in, i want to build a portfolio and i am looking to start with a blog site and an ecommerce site and i did a little research about how to build these sites with many suggesting CMS like wordpress and the rest and i want to build these sites like i have been given a paid job to build them for someone, what do you guys suggest i do, if you guys were paid to build a blog site and an ecommerce site would you build them from scratch or use a cms and if you would use a cms which one

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**Author:** ![kevinSmith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/kevinsmith/32/72934_2.png) [@kevinSmith](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/kevinSmith)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/should-i-use-a-cms-or-just-mern/334275/2 "2019-12-20T00:14:31Z")

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It depends on what you want to do. If you want to do freelance, then being able to build people cookie-cutter sites with things like WP or Wix is a job. I don’t think it’s fun, and since a lot of people can do it, it’s not going to pay much. But some people like it and seem to make a living. I’d rather learn how to code my own things. You’re not going to be going after the same customers - people chasing WP tend to be smaller and have less money, whereas custom built stuff is likely to be part of a larger team building a larger, more complicated site. These are generalizations, but you get the idea.

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**Author:** ![ILM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/ilm/32/363239_2.png) [@ILM](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/ILM)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/should-i-use-a-cms-or-just-mern/334275/3 "2021-01-16T11:29:52Z")

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