Thrive has been developing WooCommerce sites for over 10 years and we are Shopify Partners. We like to think of ourselves as web-designers, not web-developers which means no redundant code, no template-generated designs and no cookie cutter solutions. Clients who come to us can rest assured they’re working with an experienced design/build team that specialises in high-end eCommerce projects.
We were early adopters of WooCommerce and manage many very busy WooCommerce shops. We have even developed our own popular plugins!
Shopify is great for simpler online stores and excellent at handling traffic spikes. We have been working with Shopify stores since 2015 and we love it's clean UI.
You may need an out-of-the-box solution for your eCommerce platform and we can build you a bespoke solution with a variety of popular frameworks, such as Laravel, React or Angular.
We don’t work around any themes or templates. For a premium feel and the best performance, we design around your branding, content and products.
In eCommerce, time is money and our sites are fast! This is because we use lightweight code that is hand-coded to perfection.
We help you all the way through the process. From design and branding all the way through to digital marketing and sales tracking.
Depending on your platform, ongoing costs can be as low as $30 a month. One of the reasons we love WooCommerce is because it’s a free open source plugin. You only pay for premium add-ons which are all reasonably priced! Shopify has higher ongoing costs but is generally more trouble-free and has a more refined backend.
With each project, we will recommend the plugins that suit your needs. Some of our favourites for WooCommerce are PDF Invoices & Packing Slips, Product Add-Ons, Smart Coupons and Checkout Field Editor. With Shopify, we love the Metafields Custom Fields app.
There are too many benefits of using the WooCommerce platform to count, but here are a few:
Some of the benefits of using the Shopify platform include:
Stripe Payment Gateway is our go-to for processing credit card purchases. It’s a free plugin and a Stripe account is very easy to set up. It also supports Google Pay and Apple Pay.
For WooCommerce we recommend WooCommerce Payments which is built with Stripe but tightly integrated into the backend.