WooCommerce reviews

WooCommerce is cost effective and has a great community behind, both volunteers and business oriented

Being a WordPress plugin, you have to be careful with overdoing by installing other plugins. Performance it's an issue.

First off, WooCommerce is the first choice when it comes to fast e-commerce website. It is CMS-based, offers large library of extension for all and varied e-commerce demands, offers considerable customizability. Knows what the e-commerce industry needs.

The thing that I like most about WooCommerce is it's large libraries of extensions. It's less likely that you'll ran out of options when it comes to customizing the function of your store.

Branding. When you want to customize your store to strictly follow your branding guidelines, this is where WooCommerce falters. There is not much you can do with the checkout page, cart page, thank you page, my account page and all.

Extensions tend to be expensive. Even those that have simple functions.

Common sense functionalities are not added. It's either you have to install a third-party plugin or buy there own extension, or code it for yourself.

Its cheap, hard to beat free, and you can launch an e-commerce store with little money.

Steep learning curve, inventory management is non-existent especially considering options like on Shopify, doesn’t include UPC codes as a default, shipping and coupon settings out of the box are nill, you need a plugin for everything. It’s heavy and slow requires a lot of server resources

Their free plan is enough to get a basic e-commerce store up and running. So I would recommend WooCommerce for anyone who wants to build their e-commerce shop with a very tight budget and if they are comfortable with techie stuff.

It is not newbie friendly, you should be a tech person and the user interface is not that friendly.

There are countless integrations that can be bought or used for free which give a lot of additional capabilities. With a good developer to help you, you can do pretty much anything you want on your store. Getting started for free is a pro, but if you really want customization, you need the pro version and paid plugins.

It can be cumbersome for non-technical users. It requires a technical expert to set-up or customize and is not easy for a basic user. Edits and updates can be a pain and if one integration breaks, it can impact a sale.

When a client wants to sell their products I always recommend Woocommerce because it ALWAYS does everything the client needs... and a whole lot more!

I wish it was easier for a low-skilled user to set up. But that's not a huge deal as I can do it for them... leaving them to purely monitor it after that.

I like that WooCommerce is a free plugin, it is well-established, and many people use it. It is easy to get paid support from freelancers and consultants. It works well the PayPal and Stripe payment gateways and the MailPoet, email service platform.

WooCommerce often requires third-party plugins that can be buggy and difficult to configure. The codebase is old and needs to be updated to work with the new WordPress Gutenberg framework.

It is free
SEO-friendly
Huge possibilities and fast connection
Good security and compatibility.

We did not find any disadvantages that would prevent us from using the service.

As the solution is built on top of Wordpress Platform, setup and deployment is very easy and straightforward. Also, the sheer amount of customers who use Woocommerce makes 3rd party developers more probable on creating 3rd party app integrations.

Woocommerce is not as easy to use when compared to Shopify or Squarespace. That's the only drawback that I can think off...it's slight complexity.

I like the freedom and control that you have with Woocommerce. The fact that it's on WordPress also leaves endless opportunities for integrations. Ultimately, it's a highly professional option.

It's complex. Building a Woocommerce site from scratch would be a wild ride for someone inexperienced! Especially if you want to achieve any level of customization. Also, some of the official extensions are really pricey.

A Woocommerce site requires a lot more hours of work after the build, too. Managing a Woocommerce site and keeping everything functional is no small feat. If you're not a technical person and you don't want to shell out for someone to manage the site for you, use another platform.

We have been using WooCommerce since 6 years now. We had considered a lot of other software but none of them fulfilled our needs like WooCommerce did.
- Extremely versatile with a whole lot of customization options.
- Plenty plugins, themes and modifications available for free online.
- Proven and tested on millions of websites.
- Can hold considerable order load without clutter.
- Creates all the necessary pages and email templates on a one button click during installation.
- Tax options work without additional plugins, haven't seen that in a lot of other big name systems.
- The payment options don't take any cut for Woocommerce except the Woocommerce payment plugin.
- Has native support for digital products which is what we actually solely sell.

- The initial database set up is complicated. If the initial database is misconfigured, the whole installation will fall apart.
- Some stuff it generates is too bare, has to be extensively edited to make it look appealing.
- We used Elementor for smooth editing and creating our own pages as Woocommerce doesn't really have a good editor.
- Need maintenance continuously, or an update will break the whole website.
- Some plugins break native functionality as there are simply no "off" buttons for some functions provided by Woocommerce that you wish to replace.

What I appreciate about Woocommerce is how simple it is to set up; with just a few clicks, it can be used as an online sales platform without the need for sponsors or other third parties, whose organizational structures prevent you from choosing the products you want to offer. With Wooocommerce, anything is possible: you can increase your client base, collect sales as you like using various currencies and payment methods, select your shipment method, and the consumer even has the option of handling the shipping themselves if he so chooses.

There comes a time when the plugin needs a lot of dedication, which entails hours of work based on the maintenance of the plugin and the compatible and dedicated plugins for Woocommerce. For this, you need IT knowledge based on application development, PHP code implementation, and web hosting management, which generally requires a fair amount of knowledge to understand or work with someone.

WooCommerce is a highly customizable platform with over 55,000 available plug-ins. The platform is open source as are thousands of the plug-ins. There are also premium plug-ins available. WooCommerce Payments is easy to install and deploy which allows you to receive payment for your products which may be physical or digital. WooCommerce is more customizable then their competition. Once you use this platform you will not want to switch. If you are paying for hosting separately, it only makes sense to use WooCommerce so you are not paying twice.

The learning curve for WooCommerce requires more effort than their competition, which is why it is more customizable. It is advisable to read the literature available on the WooCommerce website and access their help section for guidance. If you have any coding skills, you will be fine. Your SSL Certificate will not be automatically hooked up. On your hosting account you will need to install that. Also you will need to write your Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, and Return Policy and link to one of your menus. Make sure to add a cookie plugin so you are covered legally in the United States and Europe.

It is free but still offers all necessary functionalities to start and run an online store. It is easy to use and there are a lot of extra functionalities available, some paid, some free.

The biggest dislike I have is that it runs on WordPress. It is very unfortunate, but we must live with it. Another dislike is that some of the 3rd party functionalities are very expensive compared to what they offer. The pricing is the same for a tiny new store and a well-established big online giant. I would rather see some other kind of pricing models for some of the plugins, but...

-facilidad de implementación, incluso el propio complemento te ayuda.
-confiabilidad al 100%
-complemento compatible con muchas integraciones.
-se ajusta a las necesidades de la página web.
-gestiona pagos de forma muy completa.
-se integra bien al sitio web.
-permite muchos niveles de pesonalización.
-curva de aprendizaje muy pequeña.
-provee datos relevantes, y analíticas indispenables para mejorar el negocio y la atención al cliente.
-envía mensajes y notificaciones, automatiza muchos procesos y nos quita un gran peso de los hombros, a la hora de dar una imagen más profesional y eficiente.

-a veces puede tener problemas si hay complementos obsoletos, pero igualmente se puede solucionar aunque requiere un nivel de conocimiento un poco mayor.
-a veces puede fallar la descarga de algunos datos en CSV, si hay otros complementos obsoletos.
-No es una contra, pero para algunos usuarios puede serlo, y es el hecho de que tiene tantas herramientas e integraciones que requiere pensar un poco qué idea de negocio queremos implementar para elegir la fonfiguración más apropiada.

Easy integration with plugins and other platforms. Inventory tracking. Order management. Refunds. Shipment tracking numbers.

Shipping profiles and actual cost of shipping rates. I find that the actual shipping rates will differ from what the customer pays to what we end up paying for a label. And in particular, international shipping costs are only available as a flat rate, and do not calculate an accurate cost. Making the difference between shipping from US to Canada the same as shipping from US to Europe.

This software for WordPress sites to create an eCommerce store is great for newbies and the free version comes with enough features to create a pretty robust store. There are however other integrations required to take the store to another level. This may be things like being able to create a wish-list, add dropshiping products or simply have a popup cart. The point is all of this can be done with additional plugins that are free to use with WooCommerce free version, you can have a great looking eCommerce site that looks and runs very efficiently without spending a ton of money to get started. Being able to integrate drop shipping allows you to have a full store without spending any money on your inventory and without having to incur monthly costs for having the site.

Some of their best features require add ins that can get to be very expensive when you start looking at all the great features they can add to your store. There are other free and paid options but as with most software, it is better to use the ones built by the software makers rather than ones created by others. Simply put, sometimes basic updates can create conflicts between the software on your site and leave you puzzled with why your site is not working the way it was. This can get to be an issue if you are new to the game and don't know how to troubleshoot your website issues.

I moved to WooCommerce (from a combination of other plug-ins) because I wanted one platform that I could sell downloads ala carte, and sell subscriptions. I previously used multiple different platforms and solutions to make managing downloads and subscriptions happen, and Woo allows me to manage all products and offerings I have in one place.

Moving subscriptions from an existing plug-in with active subscriptions through Stripe to WooCommerce was a big process. I did a lot of research and reached out to various developers and was looking at a $4,000 plus custom development support solution to make the transition happen. I did enough research and testing that I was able to make the transition happen over a weekend, without any additional support. In addition to the struggle of transitioning subscriptions, I learned that WooCommerce doesn't use Stripe's "subscription" feature but instead creates a new charge each month, until the customer cancels. So metrics are very difficult.

Woocommerce is a really inexpensive way to get started with ecommerce. It's great if you're just starting out and on a tight budget since it is a free plugin. It also depends what you're using Woocommerce for. It works the best for affiliate products.

Although Woocommerce is free, it does help to have some knowledge of Wordpress and basic development skills to effectively use it. Otherwise, using a paid ecommerce software is much easier. I've used Woocommerce for years and it can become very heavy and cumbersome with the more products you add. It's gotten a lot better over the years, but the functionality can still be tricky and you need to install a lot of plugins to customize it to your various needs. Code, plugins, Wordpress, etc., can also easily break your site from updates and conflicts. There's a lot of maintenance that goes into a Wordpress site and that's maximized with Woocommerce. I find other ecommerce software to be much easier to use and be less of a headache, especially for a beginner.

WooCommerce is the most powerful e-commerce platform for any small to medium-sized business who can't afford to custom code their own store from scratch. If you need features not found in Shopify, Squarespace or Wix, WooCommerce is the answer. With its galaxy of third-party plugins and extensive online support, there's virtually no limit to what you can build.

Building and managing a WooCommerce store can be difficult, depending on your technical skills and the complexity of your store. Also, while there are many free WooCommerce plugins, there are many more that require paid subscriptions. These subscriptions can add up. Frankly, if your needs are basic, review Shopify and other SaaS e-commerce platforms first before considering self-hosting with WooCommerce.

First, it's free. That's not entirely true though because anything additional you want to add will likely cost money; most add-ons are $79. Still even if you get two add-ons, $160 a year is a drop in the bucket compared to most other e-commerce.
The MAIN reason I use and recommend Woo is it's compatibility. Because it's so widely used, it can integrate with anything and everything. Every bank has a payment gateway that connects to WooCommerce (via plugin - sometimes free, sometimes $79).
It's relatively user-friendly. When you get into the settings though, there are tabs across the top, but then there are little tiny links within the tabs sometimes that aren't easily spotted.

Sometimes it feels like a monopoly - like you use WooCommerce or Shopify and the later of the two is dreadful.
The WordPress community is incredibly helpful, but you have to know where to go to ask for help.

The best quality of wordpress in front of its opponents is really the huge community that makes us find plugins for practically everything we want to do, and even when we don't find it we can find someone who is willing to do it for an affordable price.

Plugins are constantly developing and can sometimes create some incompatibilities, which is normal, but the speed with which these problems are corrected is another strength of wordpress since all systems are subject to problems but quick solutions I find with wordpress.

There are too many pro's to mention with WooCommerce, but i love the fact that it is Open Source which ensures thousands of plugins are available to extend the functionality of WooCommerce. And this is Woocommerce's biggest strength - It can quite feasibly allow a micro-size company to operate like an Enterprise (e-biz), including building end-to-end workflow automation across an entire business operation. Remarkably, this business panacea (end-2-end) can conceivably be achieved free of charge, or for only a few hundred dollars (plus A LOT of Developer and Administrator time).

WooCommerce doesn't come without Con's, and it's vitally important to recognise them. The main 'con' for me is the fact that because you have an 'infrastructure' that allows you to 'act' like an Enterprise - the temptation is to do so. This is where cost, resources, licences, etc can start to rack up. WooCommerce DOES NOT provide everything out of the box, but rather through a series of Modules (1st & 3rd party) that come at a cost. If you purchase from WooCommerce (Automattic) you pay a premium for each module (but you get support). If you purchase from 3rd party devs you typically pay a lower cost for the module (but the support is often questionable, as are the 'upgrades', 'compatibility roadmap', etc). So, although WooCommerce is an incredible toolset for building an Enterprise-style e-commerce platform, it is not always plain sailing.

WooCommerce is great in its core product offering. It offerings everything one could ask for when looking to deploy an online store. It is simple and easy to use and also has a decent array of features. For WordPress users, it is a must-have if you are looking to deploy online selling functions.

Where WooCommerce falls short is its simplicity. Whilst platforms like Shopify, Krepling, and BigCommerce have mastered the ability to simplify and centralize the online selling environment and business management, WooCommerce has yet to innovate any of its central dashboards and interfaces. I have used WooCommerce for 3.5 years, and despite it being a very powerful selling tool, I have never been able to look past it being just a WordPress plugin. Entrepreneurs are still required to have their own separate hosting options and domain configurations, which require users to constantly jump between different support options just to troubleshoot errors. Not to mention how much WooCommerce relies on WordPress. Although I have no complaints about WordPress, its ease of building websites has not adopted a 'no-code' ideology, thus requiring users to purchase additional plugins like themes and modules.

WooCommerce it's beyond simple, I've personally been using this software for years (I even lost count) it has unlimited features:
-Connected to WordPress
-No more struggling for creating an eCommerce website, Online Courses, B2B platform, or more.
-It's simple just a drag & drop system no need for expertise or development skills.
-Best Worldwide Ecom platform and money saver, unlike others.
-Have more control over the servers and hosting
-The WooCommerce Community is everywhere around social media platforms and never struggle to complete a task.
- It's FREE TO USE and NO COMMISSION
-Multiple Plugins FREE

With Lack Of CMS, it might be a little hard to use, but after designing a couple of websites, then everything comes to a conclusion.