WooCommerce vs. Shopify
WooCommerce lets you earn more while spending less. Build exactly the store you need with the latest features to drive sales — all for a fraction of the total cost of Shopify.
The reason we chose WooCommerce is that it worked nicely with WordPress and it gave us the most flexibility. We didn’t want to have another cookie-cutter Shopify store. Shopify would be more of a pain to customize.
Ava Mutchler, Gardyn
Don’t compromise on your long-term success
WooCommerce is built to give you the flexibility, scalability, and value to go wherever your business takes you. While Shopify makes it relatively easy to set up a basic store, you’ll pay for that simplicity as you grow.
Create exactly the store you need
WooCommerce is proudly open source. That means you can personalize every aspect of your storefront, integrate with any tools you need, add functionality using hundreds of pre-built extensions, or even edit your site’s source code to make something entirely new.
Shopify is closed source, meaning you have to fit your store to their platform. You’re limited to the features they offer and can’t tailor your site to meet the needs of your business.
Never move platforms again
As your business grows, you’ll inevitably need to add new features, bolt on new functionality, or ensure your site can handle higher traffic. WooCommerce is designed to scale with your business.
You can start small and grow to millions of sales per year without ever needing to upgrade to an arbitrarily priced plan.
Built on the world’s best CMS
WooCommerce is built on WordPress, the CMS that powers 43% of the internet. WordPress is so popular because it’s easy to learn and manage.
The intuitive controls make it simple to add and update content on your site, upload photos and videos, or publish blog posts — and it’s all designed with SEO in mind to help drive free traffic to your online store.
Make the move in minutes
It’s quick and simple to export your Shopify catalog and import your products, orders, customers, categories, reviews, and more into WooCommerce. Our dedicated WooCommerce experts can even give you pointers to make sure everything goes smoothly.
I think you’re quite limited with services like Shopify. You have to pay a monthly recurring fee, and it’s just not as flexible as having your own website and your own host.
Shane Barry, Thomp2 Socks
Additional resources
WooCommerce vs Shopify: Which platform is best for businesses?
Mitchell Callahan, founder of ecommerce website development agency Saucal, wrote a comparison of WooCommerce and Shopify to help you choose the platform that’s best for your business.
Why you should choose an open-source ecommerce platform
Whether you’re adding an ecommerce store to an existing retail business or starting from scratch, the platform you choose can impact everything from efficiency and effectiveness to security and growth.
The scalability checklist: preparing your WooCommerce store for growth
As your WooCommerce store begins to grow, your key focus should be on how to accommodate an increase in customers without compromising on performance.