WooCommerce Development

Who this is for

• A retailer moving online for the first time and wanting to own the store rather than rent it
• A brand on Shopify or another hosted platform that wants lower per-sale costs or features the platform blocks
• A wholesaler or B2B seller that needs customer-specific pricing, quotes or account approval
• A store owner whose current WooCommerce site is slow, breaks on updates or loses orders at checkout

What's included

• Product catalog setup built for easy browsing
• Secure checkout with trusted payment gateways
• Shipping, tax, and inventory configuration
• Custom product types and variations
• Speed tuning for fast product and cart pages
• Order and customer email setup
• Discounts, coupons, and promotion tools
• Reporting and back office training

Scope: what is in and what is usually separate

A fixed-scope quote only works if the scope is clear. This is how we usually draw the line; anything in the right column can be added and priced separately.

Included in a typical quote	Quoted separately or not included
Store planning: catalog structure, payments, shipping, tax	Product photography and copy
Product, category, cart and checkout templates	Loading thousands of products by hand (we script imports; data prep is yours)
Payment gateway setup and test transactions	Marketplace feeds (Amazon, Google Shopping) beyond a standard plugin
Canadian tax and shipping rules configured	Custom ERP or accounting integrations (quoted separately)
Order emails, receipts and admin training	Payment gateway, shipping and plugin subscription fees
Speed tuning and a launch with real test orders	Ongoing store maintenance (optional plan)

How we approach it

1. Store planning. We map your products, variations, payment methods, shipping zones, tax rules and any special pricing before touching WooCommerce. You get: a store spec and a fixed quote.
2. Design. We design the catalog, product, cart and checkout pages around how your customers actually shop, usually on a phone. You get: approved store templates.
3. Build and configure. We build the theme, install only the extensions the store needs, and set up payments, shipping, tax and emails with your rules. You get: a staging store you can place test orders on.
4. Test. We run real orders through every payment method, refund one, test coupons, shipping edge cases and out-of-stock behaviour. You get: a signed-off test log.
5. Launch. We import final products, switch payments to live mode, go live at a quiet hour and watch the first orders come in. You get: a live store and trained staff.

What you receive at handover

• The store theme and configuration in a repository you own
• A written record of tax, shipping and payment settings
• Admin training on orders, refunds, stock and coupons
• Gateway, shipping and plugin accounts in your name
• A product import template for future bulk updates
• A defect warranty period on what we built

WooCommerce or a hosted platform?

We build on WooCommerce because clients keep asking to own their store, but it is not always the right call. The honest comparison:

Option	When it fits
WooCommerce on managed hosting	You want full ownership, custom pricing rules, content and commerce on one site, and no per-transaction platform fee.
WooCommerce with subscriptions or memberships	You sell recurring boxes, plans or gated content and need renewals, dunning and member pricing.
WooCommerce for B2B	You need wholesale price lists, quote requests, account approval or purchase-order payment.
A hosted platform instead	You have a simple catalog, no developer on call and want to trade fees for zero maintenance. We will tell you if this is you.

Technologies we use

• WordPress
• WooCommerce
• PHP
• Gutenberg
• ACF
• MySQL
• REST API
• Stripe
• JavaScript

What drives the cost

We quote fixed-scope after a free consultation rather than publishing a rate card, because the same service can be a small job or a large one. These are the factors that move the number.

• Catalog complexity. Ten simple products and two thousand variable products with attributes are very different setup and testing jobs.
• Payment and shipping rules. One gateway and flat-rate shipping is quick. Multiple gateways, live carrier rates and pickup rules take longer.
• Custom pricing logic. Wholesale tiers, quantity breaks and customer-group pricing need extensions or custom code.
• Integrations. Connecting to inventory, accounting, a POS or a fulfilment service adds scope and edge-case testing.
• Migration from another platform. Moving products, customers, order history and URLs safely is a project in itself.
• Performance target. A store expecting sale-day traffic needs caching, hosting and testing beyond a standard build.

See the pricing page for how we scope and quote, or send a brief through the contact page for a written estimate.

How long it takes

A straightforward store usually launches in 4 to 8 weeks. Stores with migrations, B2B pricing or several integrations run 8 to 14 weeks.

• Product data readiness: clean spreadsheets and images shorten the build more than anything else.
• Gateway approval. Some payment providers take days to activate a live account.
• Number of shipping and tax edge cases to test.
• Whether an existing store must keep trading during the migration.

Risks and how we manage them

• Orders lost at checkout. We test every payment method with real transactions and set up failed-order alerts before launch.
• Wrong tax or shipping charged. Rules are written down, configured on staging and confirmed with test orders per province and destination.
• Slow product pages after launch. Image optimization, caching and a short plugin list are part of the build, and we measure before and after.
• Breaking updates. Updates are tested on a staging copy first under a maintenance plan, and we keep the extension list small.

A worked example (illustrative)

Illustrative only. A specialty food retailer with about 120 products, two of them subscription boxes, wants to leave a hosted platform. It needs one gateway, Canada Post live rates, provincial tax handled correctly and its 900 existing customers moved across. That is a two-week planning and design phase, four to five weeks of build and testing including the migration, and a launch around week eight.

Why choose us

• Stores built to handle real order volume
• Checkout tuned to reduce drop off
• Clean setup for taxes and Canadian shipping
• Support for busy sale periods and launches