A month with no sales
Nothing to pay us. With WooCommerce, your hosting is billed whether or not you sell.
Add Your Shop: €0
WooCommerce: €0 in card fees + your hosting plan
WooCommerce: €0 in card fees + your hosting plan
Comparison
Add Your Shop vs WooCommerce: the free plugin, or a shop built for you.
WooCommerce is the free, open-source shop plugin for WordPress, with more than 7 million active installations. If your site runs on WordPress and you enjoy looking after it, it's a strong choice. If not, here's how the two compare, and what each really costs.
WooCommerce figures checked on woocommerce.com and wordpress.org on 17 October 2026.
Which suits you?
Full control, or nothing to maintain.
- Choose WooCommerce if your site runs on WordPress and you maintain itOr your web designer does. WooCommerce lives inside your WordPress site, with full control over the code and the data.
- Choose Add Your Shop if your site isn't on WordPressWix, Squarespace, Jimdo, hand-coded: if a link can go in your menu, your Shop tab works.
- Choose WooCommerce if you want the lowest fees per saleNo commission, and WooPayments charges 1.5% + €0.25 per card in France and Belgium. You pay for hosting and extensions instead.
- Choose Add Your Shop if you'd rather not manage plugins and updatesHosting, security and updates are included, and there's nothing to install on your site.
- Choose WooCommerce if you need very specific featuresPaid extensions add features as you need them; WooCommerce estimates $29 to $299 a year for each.
- Choose Add Your Shop if you want it ready this seasonWe build your shop, typically within a few working days, and keep it up to date afterwards.
Side by side
Add Your Shop and WooCommerce.
| Add Your Shop | WooCommerce | |
|---|---|---|
| Works with | Any website: WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Jimdo or hand-coded | WordPress sites |
| Setup | Done for you, up to 100 products at launch | You install and configure it, or hire a developer |
| Software | €0 | Free plugin, no monthly subscription |
| Hosting | Included | Yours to arrange; WooCommerce estimates $25 to $350 a month for most stores |
| Extensions | Nothing extra to buy | Optional; WooCommerce estimates $29 to $299 a year per extension |
| Commission | 2.5% per order, never more than €49 a month (£42 in pounds) | None |
| Card fees | Stripe: 1.5% + €0.25 (standard EEA cards) | WooPayments: 1.5% + €0.25 in France and Belgium, 1.5% + £0.25 in the UK |
| Updates and security | Handled for you | Your responsibility, or your developer's |
Sources (checked October 2026): WooCommerce pricing · WooPayments fees · WooCommerce on WordPress.org · Stripe pricing (France)
Figures as published on 17 October 2026. WooCommerce gives its hosting and extension estimates in US dollars.
What a month costs
Fees at four sales levels.
Fees for one month with an average order of €50. WooCommerce's card fees are lower than our total, because there's no commission; hosting, extensions and your time come on top.
| Online sales in a month | Add Your Shop | WooCommerce · card fees only |
|---|---|---|
| No sales | €0 | €0 + hosting |
| €500 · 10 orders | €22.50 | €10.00 + hosting |
| €1,500 · 30 orders | €67.50 | €30.00 + hosting |
| €5,000 · 100 orders | €149.00 | €100.00 + hosting |
| €10,000 · 200 orders | €249.00 | €200.00 + hosting |
Sources (checked October 2026): WooPayments fees · WooCommerce pricing · Stripe pricing (France)
Add Your Shop: 2.5% commission, never more than €49 a month, plus Stripe's 1.5% + €0.25 per payment, with setup, hosting, updates and support included. WooCommerce: WooPayments' 1.5% + €0.25 per payment, plus hosting ($25 to $350 a month for most stores, by WooCommerce's estimate) and any paid extensions. The difference in card fees is our commission: €12.50 to €49 a month at these levels. Our commission is shown before VAT.
The maths
How we worked it out.
Three months, line by line.
€1,500: 30 orders of €50
The card fees are identical; the difference is our 2.5% commission.
Add Your Shop: 2.5% × €1,500 = €37.50, + Stripe 1.5% × €1,500 + 30 × €0.25 = €30.00 → €67.50
WooCommerce: 1.5% × €1,500 + 30 × €0.25 = €30.00, + hosting and extensions
WooCommerce: 1.5% × €1,500 + 30 × €0.25 = €30.00, + hosting and extensions
€5,000: 100 orders of €50
Our commission stops at €49 for the month.
Add Your Shop: €49 (cap) + Stripe €100.00 → €149.00
WooCommerce: 1.5% × €5,000 + 100 × €0.25 = €100.00, + hosting and extensions
WooCommerce: 1.5% × €5,000 + 100 × €0.25 = €100.00, + hosting and extensions
Assumes standard European cards and an average order of €50. WooCommerce figures exclude hosting, extensions, a developer's time and your own.
Is WooCommerce really free?
The plugin is: WooCommerce describes it as free, with no monthly subscription. You still need a WordPress site and hosting, which WooCommerce estimates at $25 to $350 a month for most stores, and possibly paid extensions.
My site is on WordPress. Should I choose WooCommerce?
If you or your web designer enjoy running it, it's a natural fit. If not, Add Your Shop joins your WordPress site through a link in your menu, with no plugin to install or update.
Which costs less in fees?
WooCommerce: there's no commission, and WooPayments' card fee is the same as Stripe's. Our commission (2.5%, never more than €49 a month) is what pays for the setup, hosting, updates and support.
Do I need to install anything on WordPress?
No. We add the Shop tab as a link in your menu, or send your web designer a one-line instruction.
Who owns the data?
With WooCommerce, everything sits on your own hosting. With Add Your Shop, your customers and orders are yours: orders arrive in your inbox and payments go to your own Stripe account.
Get started
A shop on your site, without the upkeep.
Tell us about your business. We aim to reply within one working day with a preview plan for your shop.