What is the difference between Woocommerce and Shopify (and DMXReady)?
WooCommerce is an open-source, flexible, and powerful plugin that works on the WordPress platform. You can customize a WooCommerce site to your heart’s content, and even choose from many WooCommerce and third-party plugins and add-ons to truly get your online store working the way you want it to. Pros: Flexible and fully customizable. Cons: Difficult to set up and requires knowledge of WordPress and coding to reach advanced levels of customization.
Shopify on the other hand is one of several different website builders. Shopify makes it easier for you to start selling online: you add your products, add your payment processor, and you’re ready to go. However, there is very little you can do with customization. Further, you are locked into their system. That means you can’t move your online store somewhere else and you can’t change payment providers if you want to. Plus, you may pay extra in transaction fees as a result. Pros: Easy to launch and use. Cons: Locked into the system and may pay higher transaction fees. Other ecommerce website builders include Squarespace, Wix, Weebly, and GoDaddy.
DMXReady Website give you the best of both worlds. Since we do all the setup, you don’t have to worry about the difficulty of setting up an ecommerce site. Plus, you get all the personalization you need: optional choice of styles, choose your own payment processor, and any extra plugins. If you ever need to move your store to another server, it’s not a problem – just migrate and you’re ready to go. Pros: Easy to launch on your own server (because we install it for you) yet fully customizable with the WordPress platform. Plus, you are never locked into payment providers or higher fees. Cons: Unless you don’t like the idea of having the best of both worlds, there aren’t any cons!
Comparison Chart
| Feature | Shopify | DMXReady (WP+Woo) |
|---|---|---|
| Installation | No, pay a third party | Yes, Included |
| Setup | No, pay a third party | Yes, Included |
| Assembly | No, pay a third party | Yes, Included |
| Automation | No, pay a third party | Yes, unlimited |
| Pricing | $79/month | $79/month |
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