from $5 USD per month<\/strong>We recommend looking for a hosting service that gives you the domain for free when you sign up with them. <\/p>\n\n\n\nShopify<\/strong> When using Shopify, your online store must be hosted with them. You do this by hiring the Shopify service, which has a cost starting at $29 dollars per month<\/strong>We must also consider the cost of the domain, which has a cost from $17 USD if you hire it within the same panel of your store. Shopify also offers the possibility of using your domain from another provider, so in case of hiring your domain at GoDaddy or another registrar, you can point the domain to Shopify's servers and use it on a regular basis. Consider that the average cost will be $12 per year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nInstallation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n One of the main steps in creating your online store will be the installation. This step is the first one to create an online store and it will be important for you to know the steps to do it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
WooCommerce<\/strong> can be installed on any web server but you will need to first install WordPress and then install the plugin called WooCommerce. If you are not tech savvy, this step can be a bit intimidating but once you know the steps to do, it will be very easy. There are also hosting services like Hostinger, which allow us to install WordPress and WooCommerce in a few clicks, without the need for technical knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\nShopify<\/strong> offers us an installation in a few steps. When we enter their website, we will only have to register and fill out certain data to enable our online store and add the first products. <\/p>\n\n\n\nDesign<\/h3>\n\n\n\n The design of your online store is very important, since the experience of visitors to your page will depend on it and, consequently, it will affect the number of purchases you can receive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When using WooCommerce, <\/strong>as when using WordPress, you can choose from thousands of free templates that you can install from the WordPress admin panel. There are also thousands of paid templates that you can buy and install without limitations. You also have the possibility of hiring a programmer or web development agency to create a custom design for your online store. <\/p>\n\n\n\nShopify on the other hand, has a limited catalog of free templates when creating your online store. At the time of writing this post, there are 72 templates to choose from for your online store. There are also paid templates, all within the Shopify marketplace, which start at $99 per year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Support<\/h3>\n\n\n\n If this is the first time you create an online store, the technical support you receive will be very important in case you have any doubts or if your store has any problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
WooCommerce does not have any direct support, the way to receive support will be through the same WordPress forums or perhaps by your hosting provider, this will depend entirely on the service you hire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shopify on the other hand, offers technical support to its customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nFeatures and Upgrades<\/h3>\n\n\n\n When creating an online store, you may find that you want to modify some things or add features to your store. An example of this might be that you want your customers to choose a particular feature of a product, such as adding initials to a mug. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If your online store works using WooCommerce, you can choose from many plugins that add functionality to your online store. There are thousands of plugins in the free WordPress repositories, within which we can find useful features for our online store. There are also third-party paid plugins that we can install to our online store. When using WooCommerce, we can install the plugins we want without limitations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shopify on the other hand, has the limitation that we can only use Apps, which are exactly the same as WooCommerce plugins but we can only install those that are within the approved apps within the Shopify marketplace. There are some free apps and some paid apps but all of them must be installed from the Shopify marketplace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Costs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n A very important part is the costs WooCommerce<\/strong> is an open source system so the system (as well as WordPress) is free. The cost you will have is the one we saw in the Hosting section. Shopify<\/strong> has a cost from $29 to $299 per month. This will depend on the needs of your online store. In addition, if you use Shopify, you will have the added cost of the apps (plugins) and paid themes that you have. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nConclusion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n If we want to know which is the best option, WooCommerce or Shopify<\/strong>this will depend entirely on your needs and your previous \"technical\" knowledge. And I say \"technical\" because you don't really need any programming knowledge to create your online store, just the steps we saw previously, that maybe at first can be a little complicated but once you know them, it will be very easy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n