Hosting specified before the build
Object caching, a real database configuration and adequate PHP workers. WooCommerce on $8-a-month shared hosting is the single most common cause of "Woo is slow".
E-Commerce
WooCommerce Development
Custom WooCommerce for catalogues with complex pricing, deep content or integration requirements that a hosted platform will not allow. Built on hosting sized for it.
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- Typical plugin count on stores we build
- <12Typical plugin count on stores we build
- Object cache specified on every build
- RedisObject cache specified on every build
- Platform transaction fee
- 0%Platform transaction fee
The problem
WooCommerce gets blamed for problems that are really hosting problems. Shared hosting, no object cache and thirty plugins produce a slow, fragile store — then the platform takes the blame and the business pays to migrate.
How we do it
What the work actually involves
Complex pricing that Shopify cannot express
Customer-group pricing, quantity breaks, trade accounts, quote workflows and unusual tax logic. This is where WooCommerce genuinely wins, and it is the reason to choose it.
Content and commerce in one system
If your catalogue needs substantial editorial content around it, having both in WordPress avoids running and syncing two systems.
Plugin count kept defensible
Each plugin is a security surface and an update risk. Custom code replaces what it can, and every survivor is justified in writing.
Included
What you actually receive
- Hosting specification and migration
- Custom theme and product templates
- Complex pricing and customer-group logic
- Payment, shipping and tax configuration
- Object caching and performance tuning
- Security hardening, backups and staging
Tools we use
- WooCommerce
- WordPress
- PHP
- MySQL
- Redis
- Cloudflare
Still deciding
- Shopify vs WooCommerce
Shopify is rented and reliable. WooCommerce is owned and yours to keep running. Both sell fine.
Common failures
Where this usually goes wrong
The three we are called in to fix most often. If any of these describe your current setup, that is the first thing we would change.
Running it on cheap shared hosting
No object cache, an undersized worker pool and a shared database produce a slow, fragile store. WooCommerce takes the blame and the business pays to migrate away from a hosting problem.
Choosing it to save money
The hosting, maintenance and security work a serious store needs closes most of the gap against a platform fee. Choose it for control, which is real, not for cost.
Unmaintained plugins
Almost every WooCommerce breach traces to an out-of-date plugin rather than to core. Each one installed is a maintenance commitment, not a one-off decision.
Measurement
How you will know it is working
Agreed before we start, so progress is visible in the months before it shows up in revenue.
- Time to First Byte
- The clearest signal of whether caching and hosting are right. Under 500ms on a cached page.
- Pre-launch
- Plugin currency
- Everything within one minor version. Drift here is the leading indicator of a security incident.
- Monthly
- Uptime and error rate
- You own these now, which is the trade being made. They have to be monitored rather than assumed.
- Ongoing
Questions
Any question in your mind?
The questions we get asked most, answered without the sales gloss. If yours is not here, ask us directly — you will get a straight answer either way.
Still have questions?
Book 30 minutes with a strategist. No deck, no pitch — just answers about your situation.
Book a callYes, when card data never touches your server. Stripe and PayPal integrations keep you out of PCI scope, which is how it should be configured regardless of platform. The security risk in WooCommerce is unmaintained plugins, not payments.
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