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February 23rd, 2022
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Choosing the Right eCommerce
Platform for Your Build.
Using WooCommerce to Scale Your Store.
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Agenda.
1. Overview on the State of eCommerce
2. Defining Site Priorities, Objectives, and Values
3. Pros and Cons of WooCommerce
4. The future of eCommerce
5. Q&A
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VP, Product
eCommerce,
WP Engine
MODERATOR: Sajal Agrawal
Solutions Engineer,
WP Engine
@aaron_onken
Product Manager, Sr.
eCommerce,
WP Engine
Product Marketing,
WP Engine
@jdailey
Sajal Agrawal Joshua Dailey
Aaron Onken Jeremy Benoit
Welcome.
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• Online purchasing and selling accelerated in 2020 and 2021
• 2022 Continues on the Momentum
• Creativity, innovation, and greater investment in new business models
• eCommerce platforms are not one-size-fits-all
State of eCommerce.
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State of
eCommerce.
Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/379046/worldwide-retail-e-commerce-sales/
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How do you make the best choice
for your brand or customer?
Defining site priorities, objectives, and values.
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What do you value for your store?
Scalable Performance optimized Low cost
because it’s an MVP
Customizable Need to get to market
fast
Able to edit without a
developer
Organic SEO Easy to migrate Is your business
subscription
(or other model)
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Categories to consider.
Fast
Need it now
Good
Quality
Affordable
budget conscious
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Pros and Cons
Solutions Engineer
WP Engine
@aaron_onken
Aaron Onken
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• You own your store and your content
• Your store is portable
• You have more customizability due to WordPress being
an entire CMS
• There are plenty of WP developers out there to help you
• You have more payment gateway options at your
disposal
• WooCommerce itself is a free plugin to install, lowering
the price of entry
• WordPress is great for SEO.
• No transaction fees
• Subscriptions
Pros
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• This means you can do what you want with it
• You can stand one up, take it down, import products,
export products, move it to one host or another, all
as you see fit
• Fairly easy to export your content and import it into a
different CMS
• You have total control over your site
• Some WordPress hosts don’t even have content /
product restrictions
You own your
store and your
content.
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• Choice of host
• Various price points out there
• Some managed, some unmanaged
Your store is portable.
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• Thousands of free themes available
• You can make the front-end of WordPress
look almost any way you want
• With the right developer, the possibilities are
endless
• If you’re a developer at an agency, you have a
great deal of freedom
• Headless WordPress opens even more
opportunities
You have more customizability
due to WordPress being an
entire CMS.
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• If you hire a Shopify dev, you’re restricted to that
specific platform
There are plenty of WP developers
out there to help you.
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• WooComm gateways may be easier out of the gate to
set up
• Historically, WooComm has had more payment
gateways than other ecomm platforms, but some are
catching up
You have more payment
gateway options at your
disposal.
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• You can download WooCommerce itself for free
• WordPress itself is also free
• There are also some very inexpensive WordPress
hosting packages out there
WooCommerce
itself is a free
plugin to install,
lowering the
price of entry.
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• You can also blog!
• Other ecomm platforms have limited blog features
• Headless WP (via Atlas) has been huge for performance, and therefore SEO
WordPress is great for SEO.
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Other ecomm platforms do.
WooComm itself charges no transaction fees
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• You need a WordPress website.
• Requires extensions for larger-scale product inventories
• Extensions or custom development can be expensive
• Scaling your store often means increasing costs
• Maintenance
• Plugin support takes time.
• Can be challenging to set up for non-developers.
• Hosting is a separate expense
Cons
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• Some people just don’t want one
• When some people hear “WordPress”
they think “insecure”
• WordPress does require maintenance
You need a WordPress
website.
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WooCommerce can handle
subscriptions with a free plugin.
(Shopify can’t accommodate
subscriptions without a premium
plugin.)
Subscriptions.
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• I’ve migrated a lot of WooCommerce sites in my time
• Almost none of them have only one WooComm plugin
Requires extensions for
larger-scale product inventories.
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Although you can do just about anything
with your WordPress site, that often means
either more plugins or hiring a developer
Extensions or custom
development can be expensive.
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• Your WordPress database grows with time
• Plugins need to be updating and they potentially
introduce security vulnerabilities
• Although there are various agencies out there
that offer “Shopify maintenance” services, most
of those services are actually external to Shopify
• Unless you have a managed host,
WooCommerce also means maintenance to the
WordPress core, PHP, MySQL, etc.
• Again, if you pay a developer for this, developer
time is expensive
Maintenance.
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• Shopify support comes directly from
Shopify
• WooCommerce support can take time
• Even if you have a responsive host,
support for plugin-related issues often
still has to go to the plugin developer’s
support channels
Plugin support takes time.
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• Initial setup takes time for DIY-ers
• Once again, you may have to hire a developer for a site
with heavy customization
Can be challenging to set up for
non-developers.
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• Your Shopify fees cover your hosting
• Your WooCommerce plugin fees don’t
Hosting is a separate expense.
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PROS
● You own your store and your content
● Your store is portable
● You have more customizability due to WordPress
being an entire CMS
● There are plenty of WP developers out there to help
you
● You have more payment gateway options at your
disposal
● WooCommerce itself is a free plugin to install,
lowering the price of entry
● WordPress is great for SEO
● No transaction fees
● Subscriptions
CONS
● You need a WordPress website
● Requires extensions for larger-scale product
inventories
● Extensions or custom development can be expensive
● Scaling your store often means increasing costs
● Maintenance
● Plugin support takes time
● Can be challenging to set up for non-developers.
● Initial setup takes time (for diy-ers)
● Hosting is a separate expense
WooCommerce pros and cons.
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The Future of eCommerce
eCommerce Product Manager, Sr.
WP Engine
Jeremy Benoit
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A future for eCommerce.
1. Structure worthy of a true eCommerce engine
2. Collaborating for a better WooCommerce
3. eCommerce Creativity
4. Headless with Atlas
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• An Orders table adds the structural integrity of a true
eCommerce engine
• Dedicated indexes & less busy tables
• Better support especially for
▪ High traffic stores
▪ Stores with larger product catalogs
Improved Scalability, Reliability &
Speed of Orders.
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• Help to validate performance success
• Stable and performant hosting for a
new world of Orders
• Updates to these changes will be
available in the coming months
Collaboration for a better
WooCommerce.
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• Shopify continues to lean into a closed environment with
their latest payments platform
• Checkout customization can be critical for business
▪ Submitting additional data for B2B
▪ Customizing send-off and customer engagement
experiences post checkout
• WordPress & WooCommerce offer the best storefront
customization experience
▪ Product building experiences within the storefront
eCommerce Creativity.
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• Atlas enables WordPress as a CMS for modern web development
toolkits
▪ Allows publishers to use the interface they know and love
▪ Gives developers flexibility in UI and Application frameworks for
front-end development
• Focused on developing the optimal method of customization of the
site experience and backend integrations
Headless with
Atlas.
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Q&A
For any questions we don’t get to cover off today,
please reach out to joshua.dailey@wpengine.com, thanks!
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Thank You!
For any questions we don’t get to cover off today, please reach out to joshua.dailey@wpengine.com, thanks!
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• Structure worthy of a true eCommerce engine
• Collaborating for a better WooCommerce
• eCommerce Creativity
• Headless with Atlas
A future of eCommerce.
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Using WooCommerce to Scale Your Store

  • 2. #WPEIGNITE Choosing the Right eCommerce Platform for Your Build. Using WooCommerce to Scale Your Store.
  • 3. #WPEIGNITE 3 #WPEIGNITE Agenda. 1. Overview on the State of eCommerce 2. Defining Site Priorities, Objectives, and Values 3. Pros and Cons of WooCommerce 4. The future of eCommerce 5. Q&A
  • 4. #WPEIGNITE VP, Product eCommerce, WP Engine MODERATOR: Sajal Agrawal Solutions Engineer, WP Engine @aaron_onken Product Manager, Sr. eCommerce, WP Engine Product Marketing, WP Engine @jdailey Sajal Agrawal Joshua Dailey Aaron Onken Jeremy Benoit Welcome.
  • 5. #WPEIGNITE 5 • Online purchasing and selling accelerated in 2020 and 2021 • 2022 Continues on the Momentum • Creativity, innovation, and greater investment in new business models • eCommerce platforms are not one-size-fits-all State of eCommerce.
  • 7. #WPEIGNITE 7 #WPEIGNITE How do you make the best choice for your brand or customer? Defining site priorities, objectives, and values.
  • 8. #WPEIGNITE 8 What do you value for your store? Scalable Performance optimized Low cost because it’s an MVP Customizable Need to get to market fast Able to edit without a developer Organic SEO Easy to migrate Is your business subscription (or other model)
  • 9. #WPEIGNITE 9 Categories to consider. Fast Need it now Good Quality Affordable budget conscious
  • 10. #WPEIGNITE Pros and Cons Solutions Engineer WP Engine @aaron_onken Aaron Onken
  • 11. #WPEIGNITE 11 • You own your store and your content • Your store is portable • You have more customizability due to WordPress being an entire CMS • There are plenty of WP developers out there to help you • You have more payment gateway options at your disposal • WooCommerce itself is a free plugin to install, lowering the price of entry • WordPress is great for SEO. • No transaction fees • Subscriptions Pros
  • 12. #WPEIGNITE 12 #WPEIGNITE • This means you can do what you want with it • You can stand one up, take it down, import products, export products, move it to one host or another, all as you see fit • Fairly easy to export your content and import it into a different CMS • You have total control over your site • Some WordPress hosts don’t even have content / product restrictions You own your store and your content. #WPEIGNITE
  • 13. #WPEIGNITE 13 #WPEIGNITE • Choice of host • Various price points out there • Some managed, some unmanaged Your store is portable. #WPEIGNITE
  • 14. #WPEIGNITE 14 #WPEIGNITE • Thousands of free themes available • You can make the front-end of WordPress look almost any way you want • With the right developer, the possibilities are endless • If you’re a developer at an agency, you have a great deal of freedom • Headless WordPress opens even more opportunities You have more customizability due to WordPress being an entire CMS. #WPEIGNITE
  • 15. #WPEIGNITE 15 #WPEIGNITE • If you hire a Shopify dev, you’re restricted to that specific platform There are plenty of WP developers out there to help you. #WPEIGNITE
  • 16. #WPEIGNITE 16 #WPEIGNITE • WooComm gateways may be easier out of the gate to set up • Historically, WooComm has had more payment gateways than other ecomm platforms, but some are catching up You have more payment gateway options at your disposal. #WPEIGNITE
  • 17. #WPEIGNITE 17 #WPEIGNITE • You can download WooCommerce itself for free • WordPress itself is also free • There are also some very inexpensive WordPress hosting packages out there WooCommerce itself is a free plugin to install, lowering the price of entry.
  • 18. #WPEIGNITE 18 • You can also blog! • Other ecomm platforms have limited blog features • Headless WP (via Atlas) has been huge for performance, and therefore SEO WordPress is great for SEO. #WPEIGNITE
  • 19. #WPEIGNITE 19 #WPEIGNITE Other ecomm platforms do. WooComm itself charges no transaction fees
  • 20. #WPEIGNITE 20 • You need a WordPress website. • Requires extensions for larger-scale product inventories • Extensions or custom development can be expensive • Scaling your store often means increasing costs • Maintenance • Plugin support takes time. • Can be challenging to set up for non-developers. • Hosting is a separate expense Cons
  • 21. #WPEIGNITE 21 #WPEIGNITE • Some people just don’t want one • When some people hear “WordPress” they think “insecure” • WordPress does require maintenance You need a WordPress website. #WPEIGNITE
  • 22. #WPEIGNITE 22 #WPEIGNITE WooCommerce can handle subscriptions with a free plugin. (Shopify can’t accommodate subscriptions without a premium plugin.) Subscriptions. #WPEIGNITE
  • 23. #WPEIGNITE 23 #WPEIGNITE • I’ve migrated a lot of WooCommerce sites in my time • Almost none of them have only one WooComm plugin Requires extensions for larger-scale product inventories. #WPEIGNITE
  • 24. #WPEIGNITE 24 #WPEIGNITE Although you can do just about anything with your WordPress site, that often means either more plugins or hiring a developer Extensions or custom development can be expensive. #WPEIGNITE
  • 25. #WPEIGNITE 25 #WPEIGNITE • Your WordPress database grows with time • Plugins need to be updating and they potentially introduce security vulnerabilities • Although there are various agencies out there that offer “Shopify maintenance” services, most of those services are actually external to Shopify • Unless you have a managed host, WooCommerce also means maintenance to the WordPress core, PHP, MySQL, etc. • Again, if you pay a developer for this, developer time is expensive Maintenance. #WPEIGNITE
  • 26. #WPEIGNITE 26 #WPEIGNITE • Shopify support comes directly from Shopify • WooCommerce support can take time • Even if you have a responsive host, support for plugin-related issues often still has to go to the plugin developer’s support channels Plugin support takes time. #WPEIGNITE
  • 27. #WPEIGNITE 27 #WPEIGNITE • Initial setup takes time for DIY-ers • Once again, you may have to hire a developer for a site with heavy customization Can be challenging to set up for non-developers. #WPEIGNITE
  • 28. #WPEIGNITE 28 #WPEIGNITE • Your Shopify fees cover your hosting • Your WooCommerce plugin fees don’t Hosting is a separate expense. #WPEIGNITE
  • 29. #WPEIGNITE 29 PROS ● You own your store and your content ● Your store is portable ● You have more customizability due to WordPress being an entire CMS ● There are plenty of WP developers out there to help you ● You have more payment gateway options at your disposal ● WooCommerce itself is a free plugin to install, lowering the price of entry ● WordPress is great for SEO ● No transaction fees ● Subscriptions CONS ● You need a WordPress website ● Requires extensions for larger-scale product inventories ● Extensions or custom development can be expensive ● Scaling your store often means increasing costs ● Maintenance ● Plugin support takes time ● Can be challenging to set up for non-developers. ● Initial setup takes time (for diy-ers) ● Hosting is a separate expense WooCommerce pros and cons.
  • 30. #WPEIGNITE The Future of eCommerce eCommerce Product Manager, Sr. WP Engine Jeremy Benoit
  • 31. #WPEIGNITE 31 #WPEIGNITE A future for eCommerce. 1. Structure worthy of a true eCommerce engine 2. Collaborating for a better WooCommerce 3. eCommerce Creativity 4. Headless with Atlas
  • 32. #WPEIGNITE 32 #WPEIGNITE • An Orders table adds the structural integrity of a true eCommerce engine • Dedicated indexes & less busy tables • Better support especially for ▪ High traffic stores ▪ Stores with larger product catalogs Improved Scalability, Reliability & Speed of Orders. #WPEIGNITE
  • 33. #WPEIGNITE 33 #WPEIGNITE • Help to validate performance success • Stable and performant hosting for a new world of Orders • Updates to these changes will be available in the coming months Collaboration for a better WooCommerce. #WPEIGNITE
  • 34. #WPEIGNITE 34 #WPEIGNITE • Shopify continues to lean into a closed environment with their latest payments platform • Checkout customization can be critical for business ▪ Submitting additional data for B2B ▪ Customizing send-off and customer engagement experiences post checkout • WordPress & WooCommerce offer the best storefront customization experience ▪ Product building experiences within the storefront eCommerce Creativity. #WPEIGNITE
  • 35. #WPEIGNITE 35 #WPEIGNITE • Atlas enables WordPress as a CMS for modern web development toolkits ▪ Allows publishers to use the interface they know and love ▪ Gives developers flexibility in UI and Application frameworks for front-end development • Focused on developing the optimal method of customization of the site experience and backend integrations Headless with Atlas. #WPEIGNITE
  • 36. #WPEIGNITE Q&A For any questions we don’t get to cover off today, please reach out to [email protected], thanks!
  • 37. #WPEIGNITE Thank You! For any questions we don’t get to cover off today, please reach out to [email protected], thanks!
  • 38. #WPEIGNITE 38 • Structure worthy of a true eCommerce engine • Collaborating for a better WooCommerce • eCommerce Creativity • Headless with Atlas A future of eCommerce.