E-Commerce Website
LOOKING TO OPEN AN ONLINE STORE?
We’re a creative digital agency offering responsive e-commerce website design and programming services for clients both inside and outside of Thailand.
We’ve build sites for coffee & tea retailers, art galleries, sports and clothing brands, bicycle companies and more so what ever your needs are we can help get you up and running online. We can help you from choosing the right platform for your needs, deciding on what production attributes you’ll need to list, setting up your SKU’s, figuring out shipping weights and costs down to which payment gateway is best for you.
Being a multi-disciplined agency also helps us assess your photography and video assets and advise what needs to be refreshed or even help you start afresh.
Comparing Shopify and WordPress WooCommerce platforms
For small to medium-sized businesses that wish to get into e-commerce, we feel there are only two platform options worth considering, Shopify or
WooCommerce on WordPress.
We’ve tested many E-Commerce platforms over the years and Shopfiy and WooCommerce have always stood out to us. To help you compare the two platforms, and see which is best meets your needs we’ve made a summary below.
how much ?
Shopify is a self hosting, subscription-
based service.
Subscriptions:
$29, $79 or $299 per month.
WooCommerce is open source and free but requires you to have an existing WordPress website.
hosting
Shopify hosts everything for you so you don’t need to worry about web hosting.
WooCommerce & WordPress are installed on your own hosting server.
pos
Yes, Shopify can even be used as your in-store POS system using the website as 1 single inventory.
Not available
thai payment gateways
PayPal, Credit Card, Omise
Manual Payments: Cash on delivery (COD), Money orders, Bank transfers.
PayPal, Credit Card and Omise
(Bangkok Bank, Kasikorn Bank, KTB, SCB)
Debit Cards are accepted.
thai payment gateways fees
Shopify
2.25 – 2.9% + 30¢ for every transaction
OMISE
3.65% Per transaction + THB 30 per transfer to your own bank account.
PayPal
3.4 – 4.4% + 11 THB per transaction depending on monthly sales volume
OMISE
3.65% Per transaction + THB 30 per transfer to your own bank account.
PayPal
3.4 – 4.4% + 11 THB per transaction depending on monthly sales volume
pros
Simple backend
Unlimited, 24/7 toll free Shopify support
SSL is included in the subscription
Automatically syncs with Shopify POS, so you can manage your entire inventory from one dashboard.
New features constantly being added
Fully scalable
Automatic fraud analysis
SEO-ready site structure
Facebook shop module
Unlimited traffic to your store
Daily backups Strong analytic reports
No design limitations
Lower ongoing costs
Checkout page is customizable
cons
Minimal checkout customisation
No dedicated support team
Compatibility issues might occur when updating site/plugin
Have an e-commerce site in mind?
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