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You're procrastinating.
The backend doesn't have anything to do with it.
Outsource it.
Wrong.
Potential buyers are more familiar with WordPress.
WordPress developers are cheap and plentiful.
Hosting WordPress is easy. RoR is a pain in the a$$.
PHP and WordPress are more sellable.
Outsource it.
Hire someone with expertise and ask them whether WordPress is a good fit, and how they'd do it.
Then let them do their job.
EDIT:
I should add that even if WordPress is not a good fit and you need to build from scratch, you want to go with a PHP framework like Laravel, not RoR.
For the reasons listed above.
The ROR site is beautiful. Much cleaner than the other with some really nice features.
The backend doesn't have anything to do with it.
As someone who has limited site building experience
Outsource it.
Ruby on Rails appears to have a much steeper learning curve, but the result could be a cleaner, more sellable site in the future.
Wrong.
Potential buyers are more familiar with WordPress.
WordPress developers are cheap and plentiful.
Hosting WordPress is easy. RoR is a pain in the a$$.
PHP and WordPress are more sellable.
After researching, I'm unsure what would be the best Wordpress membership plugin choice is that will allow users to submit reviews. Also note, I'd only like for members to be able to submit reviews. Any specific plugin advice? I'm not afraid to spend on better plugins.
Outsource it.
Hire someone with expertise and ask them whether WordPress is a good fit, and how they'd do it.
Then let them do their job.
EDIT:
I should add that even if WordPress is not a good fit and you need to build from scratch, you want to go with a PHP framework like Laravel, not RoR.
For the reasons listed above.
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