WordPress-powered store
$30/mo hosting + 2.9% + $0.30 Stripe + $0 plugins — no platform %, but you drive all traffic.
Edit supplier costs, freight, and duty. Cheapest landed cost is highlighted green.
| Metric | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit Cost | $ | $ | $ |
| Freight (total) | $ | $ | $ |
| Duty | % | % | % |
| Landed Cost/Unit | $14.00 | $14.40 | $13.90★ Cheapest |
Cheap hosting ($5-10) crashes on traffic spikes. $30/mo gets you managed WordPress with caching, CDN, and SSL. WooCommerce is resource-heavy — underbudget hosting means slow pages and lost sales. Speed = conversions.
No platform commission — you keep everything minus Stripe. But you drive 100% of traffic. No marketplace brings buyers. Budget for ads, SEO, and content. The $30/mo hosting is the floor, not the ceiling.
Free plugins exist but premium ones matter: Yoast SEO ($99/yr), upsell ($129/yr), email ($15/mo), speed optimization ($49/yr). Budget $20-30/mo for plugins. Too many plugins = slow site = lost sales.
WooCommerce has no referral fee, but you spend on ads what a marketplace would take. 20% of revenue on ads = same as Amazon 15% + PPC. The advantage: you own the customer, the data, and the repeat purchase.
$57 one-time · Lifetime access
One-time purchase · WooCommerce platform