WooCommerce Development Services

Starting a New WooCommerce Website

If you're beginning a new ecommerce venture, we'd love to be part of your journey! We'll walk you through all the best parts of WooCommerce, from its foundation in the WordPress CMS, to configuring your storefront, adding different product types, fulfilling new orders, and much more!

The WooCommerce platform is great for new ecommerce websites, but before settling on WooCommerce it would be wise to discuss your project's requirements and goals with our team. This isn't to say WooCommerce can't handle most project scopes, but if your functionality or data requirements are far outside the default capabilities of WooCommerce it would be prudent to discover that now.

Our ecommerce developers are experienced in BigCommerce, Shopify, WooCommerce and Magento, allowing us to provide an unbiased opinion on the best platform for your business.

When you start a new WooCommerce web development project with WebCitz, you can rest assured we'll have options to help you from start to finish on your new ecommerce web design project!

Looking for inspiration for the start of your new WooCommerce store? Check out this blog article featuring our favorite WooCommerce websites of the year!

Let's explore the two options that exist for designing a new WooCommerce website:

Migrating into WooCommerce from a Different Platform

We have extensive experience migrating ecommerce businesses from Magento, Shopify, or BigCommerce into the WooCommerce platform. That said, the most challenging type of ecommerce development project is the data migration of a client's existing ecommerce website into a new platform.

There are numerous factors to consider, including:

• To what extent will product, customer, and order data need to be migrated?
• What functionality does your existing website have that is missing from WooCommerce?
• How prepared are you for URL changes and 301 redirects?
• Do you have experience utilizing WordPress and WooCommerce admin functionality?
• If you have highly complex product data, will it be manageable within WooCommerce?
• How will the launch of your new website be coordinated, and will you need access to the old website?

These are all great questions to consider, and are often brought up by our team during the discovery process. We would enjoy the opportunity to discuss your project with you when you have time!

Redesigning Your Existing WooCommerce Website

There is nothing better than refreshing the design of an ecommerce website! This is the perfect opportunity for you to improve the look and feel of your website, fix user experience issues, and potentially even increase your conversion rate in the process!

For WooCommerce redesign projects, we utilize our own internal theme that we've been improving upon for many years. This theme is based on the Understrap theme framework, which follows best practices and has a minimal code footprint. Taking this direction for your WooCommerce web design project allows us to utilize the native Gutenberg page builder, provide you faster page load times, and deliver an easier-to-maintain website.

Extending the WooCommerce Platform

We have considerable experience extending the core functionality of WordPress and WooCommerce. As long as you can clearly explain the functionality you require, it doesn't matter how complex it is to develop. Our in-house WooCommerce designers and web programming experts are ready to help you.

Here are some of the ways we've extended WooCommerce in the past:

• We've built custom product builders using Vue.js and native WooCommerce functionality.
• We've greatly improved page speed on WooCommerce databases with huge wp_posts tables.
• We've built out API integrations to handle product and order data transfers.
• We've designed custom themes and developed custom plugins.

WooCommerce Consultants for Page Speed & Performance

We have extensive experience improving the page speed of WooCommerce websites. This especially applies to those WooCommerce sites with incredibly large databases due to wp_posts table sizes getting out of hand. Our WordPress ecommerce developers can review your entire website architecture, from your WordPress theme and plugin choices, to the configuration of your web hosting service.

Questions to Ask a WooCommerce Development Company

Before selecting a WooCommerce agency, be sure to ask the following questions:

• Have you designed and developed WordPress ecommerce websites in the past?
• How familiar are you with developing custom WordPress and WooCommerce functionality?
• Do you have experience consuming the WooCommerce API?
• What is your policy for maintenance and support after the website launches?

You should gauge the level of knowledge and experience the developers have within the WooCommerce platform. We recommend you choose a WooCommerce agency based on the depth of experience they have manipulating the platform, not just on how many hastily-made WooCommerce web designs they've handled.

Issues to Avoid When Developing a WooCommerce Website

We want you to be happy with your WooCommerce website design, regardless of the agency you choose to handle your project. Here are a few suggestions we have to help improve your WooCommerce experience.

• Request a mockup of the website before the developer starts the project.
• Ask if the design will support the native Gutenberg page builder.
• For migration projects, ask which data types will be migrated and how that work will be performed.
• Check if your ecommerce developer plans to outsource any of the work.
• For migration projects, request 301 redirects for ALL existing content, product, and category URLs.
• Ask for training in how to manage your website before it launches.
• Verify Google Analytics is recording data after the new site is launched.
• Ask for training in how to manage your website before it launches.

If you do you due diligence before selecting an ecommerce developer, you will likely find yourself launching an ecommerce website within your anticipated timeframe and budget.

Why Choose our WooCommerce Development Services

WebCitz has more than 18 years of experience developing successful ecommerce websites. We've launched hundreds of ecommerce websites in that time, using platforms like osCommerce, CubeCart, X-Cart, Magento 1.x, Magento 2.x, BigCommerce, Shopify, and WooCommerce. You won't easily find another ecommerce agency with such extensive development experience.

• We don't outsource WooCommerce web design projects.
• We have our own in-house team of WooCommerce developers.
• We take on complex projects other developers can't handle.
• We have experience with ecommerce sales funnel development.
• We are highly experienced with the native Gutenberg page builder.
• We are intimately familiar with the WooCommerce API.
• We don't give up on our clients!

Reach out to our team to get started on your WooCommerce project today by filling out our online contact form, by chatting with us in our live chat, or by giving us a call directly at (800) 796-8263. We look forward to working with you!

Our WooCommerce Development Process

We apply our standard ecommerce website design process to all WooCommerce projects. Let's go through some of the basic points:

Discovery Call. The first step in the process is to have a conversation with you to determine the scope of your project, your understanding of the WooCommerce platform, and the unique functionality requirements you have. This will allow us to put together a detailed quote for your project.

Kick Off Call. After approving the development proposal we will schedule a kickoff call. This will help get everyone on the same page, including your project's stakeholders and our project managers, graphic designers and ecommerce developers.

Mock Up Approval. Within a few weeks of the kickoff conversation you should receive mockups for the design of your project. Don't be afraid to ask for web design changes - we value feedback and would appreciate your honest opinion during this phase of the project. If you have ideas for how your product page design should look, please let us know!

Development Process. After the mock ups are approved the project will be handed off to our development team. This is the longest phase of the project, but you will be able to follow along through your password-protected WooCommerce development site.

Website Launch. After the development work has been completed, and it has passed your inspection, we'll work with you to plan out an appropriate launch window. This is also a great opportunity to request training if you've not yet become familiar with the WordPress and WooCommerce admin areas.

We are Hiring WooCommerce Web Developers

We are often hired by clients for our deep understanding of the WooCommerce platform. That said, we are always looking to augment our ecommerce team with additional experienced WooCommerce professionals! If you are a talented USA-based WooCommerce developer, who prefers taking a modern approach to ecommerce development, please send us your resume! We would be interested in discussing your past WooCommerce work experience and our potential career opportunities!

Custom Design vs a 3rd Party Template for WooCommerce Developments

We are a full-service WooCommerce development company with multiple in-house WooCommerce experts. Our website design team is separated into two groups, each focusing on either custom or template web design services in WooCommerce.

Custom WooCommerce Websites, Built from Scratch

As a custom WooCommerce web design agency, we prefer to start every website project from scratch.

This allows our team to design custom mockups specific to your branding requirements, to show you the look and feel of your future website before web designers start their work. Best of all, those mockups can be revised until you're happy with the design concept and are ready to move forward with your WooCommerce development.

After you approve the custom WooCommerce web design mockup, our development team will integrate it into a completely custom WordPress/WooCommerce theme. There are many benefits to a custom theme, including a simplified codebase that often has better page speed and usability since it was developed specifically for your WooCommerce installation.

Template-Based WooCommerce Websites, Built from a 3rd Party Theme

If the cost of a custom WooCommerce website isn't within your budget, we offer template-based WooCommerce sites that can save you money!

Instead of creating design mockups and developing your website in a from-scratch WooCommerce theme, we'll hand-pick several ecommerce templates that closely match your desired look and feel. Don't worry though, you'll be able to select your desired template for us to install on your WooCommerce development site. From there, we'll customize the template to match your color scheme and load your content and products into the store.

WooCommerce Website Design Pricing

For a WooCommerce site using a customized 3rd party theme, our starting price is $12,000 with a 3-4 week turnaround.

For a custom WooCommerce site with design mockups, our starting price is $24,000 with a 12-16 week turnaround.

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