Shopify VS WooCommerce - Which is the Best eCommerce Solution

If you worked before with WordPress websites, then you are already familiar with everything you can do on this amazing platform. Even if you are just now starting to learn it, you will soon find out that it was built for the people. This means that you don’t have to be a coder in order to build a WP website. Anyone can do it.

Here are some of the reasons you should choose WordPress to build a website:

    WordPress is free
    There are plugins for anything you can think that you would need on a website
    There are thousands of premium themes to choose of
    Even if you need a custom theme, it will not cost too much
    There are at least two dedicated e-commerce plugins that are efficient and reliable
    For every problem you encounter, you will find more than one answers on the web due to WordPress’      popularity
    Everything is customizable with WordPress

eCommerce solutions for WordPress

There are several eCommerce solutions of which to choose when setting up an online shop based on WordPress. Each of them is an option for somebody, and whether you choose it or not depends mainly on what you want. However, I will choose the best two of them for this article and I will explain why.
Option one: Shopify

We’ll start by recommending the most popular eCommerce solution for WordPress: Shopify. This is the premium option for starting an online shop, as it will cost from $9 to $299 per month, depending on your options. However, considering all other premium options available online, Shopify is quite affordable for a medium sized business. It’s not a mystery why more than 400,000 online shops already use this plugin. If you have a budget for setting up your shop, you can try it. You can get a free trial for the first two weeks.

Benefits of Shopify:

    Easy to integrate into WordPress as a plugin
    Premium eCommerce solution, which means it features a 24/7 support
    Shopify is secure
    Hundreds of different designs to choose from
    Integrations with Facebook and Twitter.
    Facebook Messenger support
    Multiple payment options, easy to set up and deliver invoices

Option two: WooCommerce

If your budget is limited or if you just want to try for the first time an eCommerce platform, you can choose WooCommerce, the second most popular and versatile plugin for WordPress. WooCommerce is free, easy to set up and most of all, it was recently acquired by WordPress, which means it is officially supported by this CMS. You can also find premium themes that integrate this plugin efficiently and many more other plugins that are capable of enhancing its usability. By default, WooCommerce does not feature all types of payment and cannot deliver invoices. However, there are free and premium plugins able to fill in the blanks, all available immediately and easy to set up and integrate into your shop.

Benefits of WooCommerce

    It’s free
    Very easy to set up. You can post your products in just a few minutes
    Huge community that will cover for the lack of official support
    Many themes to choose from. Some are free, some may cost
    Officially supported by WordPress
    Its functionality can be easily extended through additional plugins

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