WooCommerce, for the stores Shopify can't quite do.
You own the platform, the data and the checkout. That's worth a lot when your pricing is complicated, your catalogue is awkward, or your store has to talk to systems you already run.
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WooCommerce gets chosen for the wrong reason (it looks free), and then abandoned for the wrong reason too, when a store built from thirty plugins on shared hosting turns out to be slow. Neither is really about WooCommerce.
It's the right platform when you need control: pricing rules Shopify won't express, B2B wholesale with per-customer terms, a catalogue with genuinely complex variations, or tight integration with an ERP you already run. You own the checkout and the customer data outright.
It is the wrong platform if you want to launch quickly and never think about hosting. We build Shopify too, and we'll tell you plainly which one fits.
What's costing you
enquiries right now.
Slow on cheap hosting
WooCommerce is a real application with a real database. Shared hosting built for brochure sites will not carry it.
Plugin stacks holding each other up
Thirty extensions from a dozen vendors, each updating on its own schedule, each able to break checkout.
Variations modelled badly
Complex products forced into a structure that doesn't fit, producing a catalogue nobody can maintain.
Hidden running costs
Free until you add subscriptions, bookings, wholesale and a decent search, then the annual licences add up.
What we build
on WooCommerce.
Custom themes built for commerce
Product, category and checkout templates designed around conversion, not adapted from a blog theme.
Complex pricing and B2B
Tiered pricing, customer-group rates, quantity breaks, quotes and payment terms, the things Woo genuinely does better.
Subscriptions and memberships
Recurring billing, member-only pricing and gated content, built to survive plugin updates.
Performance done properly
Object caching, query optimisation, image handling and hosting specified for the actual load.
ERP and 3PL integration
Real two-way integration with the systems you already run, rather than nightly CSV exports.
Fewer, better extensions
We write code where a plugin would be fragile, and keep the licence bill down while we're at it.
Every build ships with this.
- Custom theme with commerce-first templates
- Product architecture designed around your real catalogue
- Checkout streamlined and tested across payment methods
- Performance work, object caching, query and image optimisation
- Hosting specified and configured for actual load
- Security hardening and PCI-conscious configuration
- Staging environment and release process
- Team training and written documentation
Why we'd build this on WooCommerce
WooCommerce gives you ownership and control: your data, your checkout, your server, no transaction fees on top of your gateway. The trade is that hosting, security and performance become your responsibility, which is exactly what a care plan is for.
- You own the checkout, the data and the code outright
- Pricing, B2B and product logic Shopify can't express
- No platform transaction fee on top of your payment gateway
From first call to launch.
- 01
Platform check
First we confirm WooCommerce is genuinely right for you. If Shopify would serve you better, we say so before anyone commits.
- 02
Catalogue architecture
How your products, variations and pricing should be modelled. Getting this wrong is the most expensive mistake in a Woo build.
- 03
Build
Custom theme and functionality on a staging environment, with weekly previews and a proper release process.
- 04
Integrate and load
ERP, 3PL and payment integrations built and tested, catalogue migrated and validated.
- 05
Performance and launch
Load testing, caching and hosting tuned before launch, then monitoring for four weeks afterwards.
What moves the price on
a WooCommerce build.
We quote fixed prices per project rather than by the hour, so scope is what determines cost. These are the four things that move it most.
Catalogue and pricing complexity
Simple products are quick. Configurable products, per-customer pricing and quantity break rules are development work, and they're usually the reason you chose Woo.
B2B and subscription requirements
Wholesale with company accounts, terms and approvals, or recurring billing, each add a meaningful layer.
Integration depth
The largest variable on most Woo projects, and it depends almost entirely on the quality of the other system's API.
Performance and hosting needs
A store doing thousands of orders a day needs infrastructure work that a store doing twenty does not.
Every project is quoted individually. Tell us what you need and we'll come back within one business day with scope, timeline and a fixed price.
Get your fixed-price quoteWooCommerce is not the budget option and it is not the difficult option. It is the control option.
If your pricing, catalogue or integrations are the reason Shopify keeps not quite fitting, that's exactly the case Woo is for, and it's worth building properly.
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Questions merchants
ask us most.
WooCommerce or Shopify?+
Shopify if you want lower operational overhead, a faster launch, and hosting and PCI handled for you. WooCommerce if you need control, complex or per-customer pricing, B2B wholesale rules, unusual product structures, or deep integration with systems you already run. We build both, so the recommendation isn't a sales position.
Isn't WooCommerce free?+
The core plugin is. A real store usually needs subscriptions, bookings, wholesale or advanced search, and those extensions carry annual licences. Add proper hosting and the running cost is real, often comparable to Shopify. The difference is ownership and control, not price.
Is WooCommerce slow?+
Badly built ones on shared hosting are, and there are a lot of those. WooCommerce is a database-driven application and needs hosting specified for that, plus object caching and sensible query handling. Built properly it is fast.
Can you migrate us from Shopify to WooCommerce?+
Yes, products, customers, orders and URLs, with 301 redirects so rankings survive. The main planning work is subscriptions and payment methods, which don't transfer automatically and need a customer communication plan.
How many extensions will we need?+
As few as possible. We write custom code where a plugin would be fragile or where the licence cost outweighs the development time. Fewer moving parts means fewer things breaking on update day.
Who handles hosting and security?+
You own it, which is the trade-off for the control. We specify and configure hosting as part of the build, and most clients take a care plan afterwards so updates, backups and monitoring are handled.
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