How Much Does an How Much Does an eCommerce Website eCommerce Website COST? COST? WooCommerce Shopify Shopify WooCommerce vs. Part 1: The Basics Part 2: Essential Plugins & Apps Hosting: $14.95/month for 1 year with SiteGround “Grow Geek” Domain Name: Free WordPress + WooCommerce: Free Basic Theme: Free Premium Theme: $135* one time fee WP Super Cache: Free Cloudflare CDN: Free EWWW Image Optimizer: $3/year** WP Retina 2x: $34 one time fee All-in-One WP Security & Firewall: Free Yoast SEO: $69/year Ninja Forms: Free Shopify CDN: Free Image Optimizer: $128.88/year** SEO Manager: $240/year POWr Form Builder: Free Square Payment Gateway: Free Shipping Service Integration (ShipStation, Aftership, ShippingEasy, etc.): Free Extension, requires service subscription (prices vary). Shopify Payments Gateway: Free Shipping Service Integration (ShipStation, Aftership, ShippingEasy, etc.): Free Extension, requires service subscription (prices vary). Hosting: $29/month for 1 year with Basic Shopify Domain Name: $13/year through Shopify Shopify Platform: Included Basic Theme: Free Premium Theme: $180* one time fee WooCommerce Shopify WooCommerce Shopify Part 1 Total: $314.⁴⁰ Part 1 Total: $541.⁰⁰ Part 2 Total: $106 ⁰⁰ Part 2 Total: $368 ⁸⁸ Part 3 Total: $0 Part 3 Total: $0 Part 3: Payment and Shipping Grand Total, Year 1 WooCommerce Shopify WooCommerce Shopify $420 ⁴⁰ $909 ⁸⁸ Grand Total, Year 2 WooCommerce Shopify $251 ⁴⁰ $729 ⁸⁸ In the first year, WooCommerce costs $489 ⁴⁸ less. After that, WooCommerce saves you another $478 ⁴⁸ every year. Could your business use another $478 ⁴⁸ every year? Contact Denver Business Design Consulting to get started with WooCommerce today: https://dbdc.us/book-now/ * WooCommerce theme price is based on the typical price of a premium theme based on the Genesis Framework. Shopify theme price is the average price of premium themes available for sale on Shopify’s website. ** Both image optimization plugins charge per image. Image Optimizer for Shopify also charges a $9.99/month base fee. Total amounts are based on uploading an average of 50 images per month. All prices and information is believed to be accurate as of September 30, 2016. © 2016 Denver Business Design Consulting, LLC