Which is better WooCommerce or shopify?
WooCommerce:
1. Flexibility and Customization:
WooCommerce is an open-source plugin for WordPress, which means it offers a high level of customization. Developers can modify the code to create a store tailored to your exact needs.
2. Ownership and Control:
With WooCommerce, you have full ownership and control over your website and data since it’s self-hosted. You can choose your own hosting provider and have greater control over the technical aspects of your store.
3. Cost:
WooCommerce itself is free to use, but you might incur costs for web hosting, domain, themes, plugins, and development. Depending on your needs, this could potentially be more cost-effective than some Shopify plans.
4. Content and Blogging:
If content marketing and blogging are a big part of your business strategy, WooCommerce integrated with WordPress offers robust content management capabilities.
5. Extensibility:
WooCommerce has a vast ecosystem of plugins and extensions that allow you to add various features and functionalities to your store as needed.
Shopify:
1. Ease of Use:
Shopify is known for its user-friendly interface, making it accessible to those without extensive technical knowledge.
2. Hosting and Security:
Shopify handles hosting, security, and technical aspects for you, which can save time and effort.
3. App Store:
Shopify’s App Store offers a wide range of apps and integrations that can easily extend the functionality of your store.
4. Payment Gateways:
Shopify integrates with a variety of payment gateways and offers its own payment solution (Shopify Payments), which can simplify payment processing.
5. Support:
Shopify provides dedicated customer support, making it a good option if you need assistance with technical issues.
6. Scaling:
Shopify offers plans suitable for businesses of all sizes, making it easier to scale your store as your business grows.
Conclusion:
“If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.”
Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon
How much does a website cost?
One of the most common questions we’re asked as Web Development Company is, “How much does a website cost?” Oddly enough, it’s never this initial question that’s difficult to answer, it’s the question number two: “Why so much?”
It usually takes at least a few seconds for potential clients to wipe the shock off their face when we toss out a sticker price of, Lets say, Rs.30,000. And then comes the next question.
"For a website?!"
Yes, at first, Rs.30,000 seems like a lot of money for a website, but I guarantee you it’s a steal. The truth is, whether you pay 10k or 100k, websites are cheap at any cost. What it costs is not important — it’s the value of a website that really means something. Here’s an analogy I’ve come up with to help everyone grasp the value of a website.
Here's everything you need to know about Mr. Patel;
- Mr. Patel works 24/7, 365 days a year. Doesn’t sleep, never eats. His only motive in life is to talk to the world, convert them to your customers and promote your business.
- Mr. Patel is as ideal salesman. He knows everything about your company like the back of his hand, and can pitch it perfectly every single time.
- Mr. Patel talks to millions of people every day. He can talk to them all at once and still give everybody a personal attention.
- Mr. Patel travels well. He can be anywhere in the world at any time, and multiple places at once if he needs to be. Best of all, he files no expense reports.
- Mr. Patel learns quickly. You’ll only have to tell him once. For example, with just a a day of training he can learn to speak any language.
- Mr. Patel is cheap (Read; Really cheap). Let’s assume your company employs Mr. Patel for three years — that initial Rs.30,000 price tag comes out to a measly salary of Rs.10,000/year. And the longer you work together, the cheaper he gets. And now for the best part. He’ll never quit! Yippee..!!!!
Mr. Patel would be better off working at a Tea Shop, wouldn't he?
You pay this poor man less than Rs.850 a month, don’t you? Yet he’s always on his toes and works tirelessly around the clock for just one purpose: Your Business. I can see it in your eyes. You kind of feel sorry for Mr. Patel now, don’t you?
That is because you’re crazy! Mr. Patel has no feelings, he’s not a real person. He’s a website. He’s YOUR website. Now go out and try to find an actual person that will work with all his dedication all the time. Or try reducing the pay of your best employee to Rs.850/month and see if he or she hangs around. Good luck!
Don’t treat your business website like logistics, treat it like an employee
Moral : Even a Rs.30,000 website is a steal because its value is exponentially greater than its price tag.
Top 3 Reasons to get your Website Mobile Friendly
According to a Recent Report by The Hindu, Of India’s 1.3 billion people, a third of people now owns a smartphone and has access to Internet, using it to browse the internet, scroll through social media, carry out online banking and even online shop.
Currently with over 460 Million Internet Users , Indians spend around 3 hours a day online. Thanks to affordable smart phone sales in India, mobile traffic accounts for 79% of all web traffic, way above the global average of 50%. The availability of 4G has also impacted how people use their mobile devices.
Google recommends it
With more than 70 percent search market share, when Google speaks, search marketers listen. Google constantly updates its preference and the way it looks at websites, It uses mobile friendliness as a ranking signal in search results. In other words, Google is rewarding sites that are fully optimized for mobile platforms.
Friendly & Improved User Experience
One of the most engaging parts of responsive website is that a responsive site can give an extraordinary user-experience cross many gadgets, devices and screen sizes.
In other words, no matter what device you are viewing a website on, the user will have optimal viewing experience including ease of navigation with a minimum amount of resizing and scrolling.
“Let’s take an example, Mr. Patel searches for a Sofa-set for his Living Room on his Laptop during office hours at work. He finds a site that has the product he’s looking for, and decides to continue researching this product on the same site when he gets home to share with his wife (Obviously). Except, when he gets home, he will use his smartphone/Tablet instead of his Laptop.” If the site in this example is responsive, Mr. & Mrs. Patel will have a positive user-experience when transitioning from Laptop to mobile which certainly increases chances of conversion.
Increase Social Shares, Traffic and Conversions
Over 55% of social media consumption now happens on mobile devices, so sharing links from social media sites like, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, or Google Plus to your website will mean even more traffic and viewing of your website from mobile devices. So if you have a social marketing strategy and want to leverage social sharing of content, get responsive.
"Users spend twice as long online with our smartphones than laptops or personal computers. This could have a direct impact on the way we view websites."
For these reasons alone, it is important that you have a website that works well on a smartphone or other mobile device’s screen, due to the sheer amount of people who could be using your website through a smartphone or tablet.
If You Don’t Use a CRM, Here’s Why You Need One…!!!
Customer satisfaction (C-SAT) and the growth of your business go hand in glove. To help your business nurture it is high time you put in customer relationship management (CRM) software and browser based applications system to handle the management of your customer relationship in an organized manner. This helps you get a 360 degree view of your customer which results in increased Customer Loyalty.
You need a CRM Solution if.....
- You’re too focused on tactical execution
- You don’t know the difference between Customer with a big “C” and customer with a little “c”
- You don’t have the proper IT talent on staff to handle a CRM software project
- When you don’t have a social media strategy or tools
- When you have disparate customer databases in different silos that don’t talk to each other
- When you can’t readily transfer data about your customers to and from the point of contact
- You don’t know the total risk of the customer across all of your product holdings.
- You can’t identify the customer’s last interaction with the enterprise or the channels in which the customer typically engages.
- You don’t know the cost to serve a customer or that customer’s profitability.
- You have low customer satisfaction or net promoter scores.
