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Please for the love of all that is good in this world, don't use Woocommerce. I maintain a WooCommerce site - it is a fucking nightmare. Oh, as for "saving mon

• yurishimo 8y ago
  One thing Woo has over Shopify is the control of the data. Self hosted will always offer more control to the store owner in every aspect of the business. I agree, not a good idea to choose Woo for cost savings alone though if you can get by on the services provided by Shopify.
  • thatthatis 8y ago
    Control over data cuts two ways. If you control it, you also have to secure it.
• wizzzzzy 8y ago
  Out of curiosity, what is it you've found such a nightmare? I've worked on numerous woocommerce sites and have generally found the experience fine.
  • x3sphere 8y ago
    same. Maybe it was awful in the past, but I've had no issues with Woocommerce in the past 2 years or so. I suppose it can get messy if you are working with some poorly coded plugins, but the base WC, works pretty well. I looked at Shopify but it looked like a huge headache to customize - seems it would be a good option if you want more of a turn key experience though.
• thatthatis 8y ago
  And you pay in setup time, and in developer maintenance time. Woo is a siren song. It has a seductive appeal: free, complete control. But then you spend 40 hours setting it up vs 5, and 10-20 hours a month maintaining it vs 0, and 20 hours getting your pages to load fast enough. And then updating plugins. And updating plugins. And updating plugins. in the end, most stores are better on Shopify or Big or Volusion.