WooCommerce

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WooCommerce
Score 8.1 out of 10
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WooCommerce is an eCommerce plugin for WordPress, developed by WooThemes (recently acquired by Automattic). Like WordPress, it is designed to be an extendable, adaptable, open-sourced platform. WooCommerce allows merchants to sell physical products, downloadables, or services.
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WooCommerce
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WooCommerce
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsWooCommerce is a free and open-source plugin for WordPress. Merchants can host their WooCommerce store on any private hosting service, or with Automattic directly via WordPress.com. Some added features or services from the WooCommerce Official Marketplace may have one time or subscription pricing.
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In my opinion, Shopify is a much better option overall but perhaps more expensive then WooCommerce. I'd recommend Shopify for users with a higher budget as it will deliver a better website in the end
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Initially due to budget i have selected the woo commerce but the they dont have customisation as we are need when our customer base is increasing thats why i shifted to big platform like Shopify that give us alot of customisation but it comes with a price...but woo commerce is …
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WooCommerce is great for customization and for customers whose needs grow with their business. With its add-ons, it works for customers of all sizes with a variety of e-commerce needs. It does need more technical development skills to set up compared to Wix or Shopify, which …
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From a functional perspective this can do everything that the others can do and for many developers it is the preferred platform for online stores that require a high level of customisation. It is an open source platform with a strong community of developers behind it who have …
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The level of customization and ease of integration with an existing WordPress website makes it a good choice. Snipcart is better for developers or small sites and Shopify is an amazing e-commerce-optimized platform but if you have an existing website on Wordpress, it is much …
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We love the functionality of Wordpress itself, so that's why we ended up using WooCommerce to do checkout instead of going over to the Shopify platform. Wordpress allows us to do so much more with the backend code and customization of our website. We were not impressed with the …
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They're very similar to be honest, but from our experience and what I've seen online, WooCommerce seems to have better performance and pricing. I think they probably match in quality for most other features
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WooCommerce is cheaper than the other solutions I evaluated. It is a more complicated platform but because of that it is much more flexible. In the end it was an easy choice to go with WooCommerce because we already were using WordPress for our website and it made sense to …
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I maintained our online store using hardcoded Paypal shopping cart buttons for years. I have also used the MarketPress e-commerce plugin for WordPress, and currently, maintain one client store using the eStore plugin for WordPress. WooCommerce is far superior to any of these …
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WooCommerce is customizable and can run on any platform. This is a double-edged sword though because you have to be familiar with website hosting. It is also nice that it is free. We compared it to Shopify which is nice because they take care of all of the hosting aspects, but …
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Since I don't use the e-commerce options constantly for my photography business, I didn't want to pay a monthly subscription and waste that budget during the months when I don't need any online booking options. WooCommerce allows me to install and uninstall plugins as needed to …
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Woocommerce is a free option and since I work with mostly small businesses who do not have the budget to subscribe to an expensive product on a monthly basis, it makes it really easy to help these companies get set up with their e-commerce store. Plus, it offers all the …
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We have used Shopify and definitely prefer it, since Shopify has been around longer and is more tailored to what we are trying to do.
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We were pretty sure we wanted a WordPress site so that we had more control over the site itself, having been burned by third-party vendor sites before. The fact that WooCommerce integrates so well with WordPress was a big selling point for us. Magento would have been too heavy …
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While I haven't tried other e-commerce plug-ins, WooCommerce satiates and satisfies all areas one could hope for and look to when shopping around. And in cross-referencing other reviews there is certainly enough to show that WooCommerce is an immensely powerful program that can …
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WooCommerce is a good free version that's very customisable, but is not a smooth or polished platform. If you look at both dashboards between Shopify and WooCommerce you can see the difference is huge.

WooCommerce seems to be built for websites that aren't focused entirely on …
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I have used WooCommerce longer than other products that I have tried. WooCommerce fits my requirements mainly for the value it offers based on the features available for the cost.
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Platforms like Shopify are easier to set up and running and come with better default functionality. But if your business is successful you’ll quickly run into structural limitations: 1) can’t tweak the checkout flow 2) can’t make the site much faster or better for SEO 3) any …
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There was no need to look further, woocommerce was the gold standard for a company our smaller size comapny
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I like WooCommerce because it can be optimized, customized and adapted to every business needs. That's because it's WordPress core, it helps us customize stores in ways we can only imagine and also we can implement Google AMP and PWA easier and faster than with other platforms. …
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Shopify is a premium e commerce platform tailored just for online shops. While WooCommerce is a plugin which has main platform as WordPress. Shopify is costly to have. Most of the basic shop functions that are offered in Shopify can be achieved using WordPress + WooCommerce …
Features
WooCommerce
Online Storefront
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WooCommerce
7.9
92 Ratings
2% above category average
Product catalog & listings8.491 Ratings
Product management8.392 Ratings
Bulk product upload8.174 Ratings
Branding7.180 Ratings
Mobile storefront9.184 Ratings
Product variations7.184 Ratings
Website integration9.192 Ratings
Visual customization6.688 Ratings
CMS7.570 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
WooCommerce
7.2
87 Ratings
6% below category average
Abandoned cart recovery7.057 Ratings
Checkout user experience7.387 Ratings
Online Payment System
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WooCommerce
8.5
81 Ratings
3% above category average
eCommerce security8.581 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
WooCommerce
5.8
90 Ratings
27% below category average
Promotions & discounts6.987 Ratings
Personalized recommendations4.170 Ratings
SEO6.379 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
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WooCommerce
7.3
89 Ratings
9% below category average
Multi-site management6.443 Ratings
Order processing8.087 Ratings
Inventory management8.186 Ratings
Shipping7.680 Ratings
Custom functionality6.482 Ratings
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User Ratings
WooCommerce
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(92 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
7.8
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
WooCommerce
Likelihood to Recommend
Automattic
WooCommerce is best suited to customers whose website is built on the WordPress platform, and whose development team has a good understanding of plug-in implementation. If your website is not built on WordPress, but on Laravel or React (or any other non WordPress technology), then WooCommerce is not for you. WooCommerce is also great for customers who just need a simple online shopping experience. If your needs involve more complex or immersive features such as timed discounts, pick up locations, delivery reminders, or post shopping feedback surveys, know that you will need to purchase additional add-ons to make to get these features using WooCommerce set up on WordPress.
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Pros
Automattic
  • Free base package means I can use it when I need to and not pay for it when I'm not using it
  • I can customize the e-commerce options and integrate the calendar booking
  • Payment processing is quick and easy and I can choose my provider
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Cons
Automattic
  • Because of how the Wordpress database is structured, WooCommerce isn't great for large or complex e-commerce sites.
  • More out-of-the-box options would be nice within the base software.
  • Because add-on plugins are developed by 3rd parties, sometimes you get conflicts that break things.
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Likelihood to Renew
Automattic
Despite very rare glitches, more connected to an excessive number of plugins, that affect the speed of the site, we are extremely satisfied with the platform, the ability to import and export products, even though we just export them, as we have our proprietary system for updating inventories. We love the ease of upgrading, enhancing, innovating, and the freedom we have to do whatever we want, which is a plus, when you consider Shopify can take down your whole store as they please, if they think you aren't abiding to their TOS or their ever changing set of rules.
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Usability
Automattic
WooCommerce is highly customizable, feature rich, matured, ever evolving, and regularly updated plugin for WordPress. Since it is already extremely popular, you can find online tutorials to help you get started. Even if you face a problem, you can quickly get a solution from a helpful online community. You can use most of the popular payment gateways with WooCommerce. Besides that you have a full control over your website/shop.
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Support Rating
Automattic
not muh support
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Alternatives Considered
Automattic
We were pretty sure we wanted a WordPress site so that we had more control over the site itself, having been burned by third-party vendor sites before. The fact that WooCommerce integrates so well with WordPress was a big selling point for us. Magento would have been too heavy of a lift for our small dev team and we didn't want to rely on Shopify or BigCommerce (though all of those products could have their merits for other projects or clients).
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Return on Investment
Automattic
  • Positive: low cost to start up, and allowed us to start selling right away.
  • Negative: better plug-ins have a high cost of entry. For example if you want to do subscriptions you need a paid plugin for it.
  • Positive: easily integrates with PayPal and Stripe.
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ScreenShots

WooCommerce Screenshots

Screenshot of a single product and description.Screenshot of WooCommerce checkout blocks.Screenshot of WooCommerce settings.Screenshot of WooCommerce product editing.Screenshot of WooCommerce products listing.