WooCommerce(Woo)
E-commerce
E-commerce
WooCommerce is the open source store plug-in for WordPress: you run it on your own hosting and keep full control over code and data.
Freedom is the upside: anything can be adjusted and there is no platform fee. The trade-off is that updates, speed, backups and security are yours.
Pick WooCommerce when site and store are tightly intertwined or you need unusual logic. Pick a hosted platform when you mainly want to sell quickly.
In practice
A store with dozens of plug-ins becomes slow and fragile. Keep the count low and test after every update.
Related terms
- ShopifyShopify is a hosted e-commerce platform: you rent the store software, hosting, security and checkout for a monthly fee plus transaction costs.
- WordPressWordPress is the world's most used content management system, with a huge supply of themes and plugins and a large community.
- E-commerceE-commerce covers everything around selling products or services online: the store, payment, stock, shipping and the service afterwards.
- HostingHosting is where your website's files and database run and from where they are served to visitors.