Why are thousands of brands migrating from WooCommerce to Shopify? 

Every year since its inception in 2006, Shopify has improved its platform and now holds the crown for the leading e-commerce platform. Currently there are 4.6 million stores on Shopify with thousands more being added monthly.

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A few of the household names that use Shopify include Tesla, Kylie Cosmetics, FitBit, RedBull, Allbirds, GymShark, Taylor Swift, and Hasbro.

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So why are these brands trusting Shopify for their ecommerce stores instead of using WooCommerce? Here are nine reasons why brands are moving from WooCommerce to Shopify.

Reliability

Perhaps the number one reason why we see brands migrating from WooCommerce to Shopify is the reliability of a close source platform. With WooCommerce’s open-source platform and manual updates, it’s very easy to miss an update or have plug-in inconsistencies. With Shopify, these inconsistencies are a thing of the past and thanks to Shopify’s hosted platform.

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Simplicity with ongoing development

With Shopify, you don’t need to be a web developer or even have any website experience to manage most of the day-to-day operations. Even with a full custom Shopify site, site updates are a walk in the park. Plus the customer, order, and inventory management is intuitive and easy to use for non-technical users.

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Scalability with volume

With Shopify, there are multiple plans that allow you to easily scale your store as your brand scales, without breaking the bank. Because of the all-inclusive nature of Shopify, you don’t need to worry about running into hosting or bandwidth issues either.

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To help you understand platform costs, here is an overview of the Shopify Pricing.

• Basic: $29/mo
• Shopify: $79/mo
• Advanced: $299/mo
• Plus: Starting at $2,300/mo

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Total cost of ownership

According to Shopify, annual website ownership costs are 36% lower on Shopify than with WooCommerce. This is due to hosting charges, apps and plugin needs, and development costs.

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Built-in security

Shopify offers merchants PCI DSS compliance and automatically handles security updates. Because this happens automatically, you’ll save hours on updates compared to WooCommerce and you don't have to worry about website vulnerabilities that can be caused by out of date plugins.

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Tons of integrations

Shopify offers everything you need natively to run your store, however some of the features (such as the automated emails for abandoned carts or order confirmations) are basic at best. This is where the Shopify app store comes into play. Thanks to 10,000+ apps, your store can integrate with virtually every e-commerce tool on the market to expand your store’s functionality or sync with your business operation systems.

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Mobile optimization

Out of the box, Shopify themes are built to be as responsive as possible to give you as close to an optimized site as possible. This is especially important if you’re building your store without custom modifying a theme.

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Customer recognition

Thanks to a consistent checkout and apps like Shop, Shopify has the top converting checkout on the market. Plus customers trust the Shopify checkout due to its familiarity from store to store. Plus the Shop app can save customer info to use from store to store which makes it easier than ever to checkout.

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Customer support

Shopify offers 24/7 corporate support so if you ever have issues with your store, you have a resource with Shopify. Compared to WooCommerce/Wordpress community driven support and forums with varying information, Shopify support is consistent and genuinely helpful when you need it most.

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Still not sure if you should migrate from WooCommerce to Shopify, click here to contact our team for your free consultation.