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Have you outgrown WooCommerce?

WooCommerce goes further than its reputation suggests, and it fails in specific, recognisable ways. Most shops that feel they have outgrown it have a hosting problem or a plugin problem wearing a platform costume.

This tells you which, in about two minutes. You do not need to be technical to answer any of it, and there is nothing here you have to buy.

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Catalogue and order volume

How big is the catalogue?
Products, and how many variations each one has.
Is the admin slow to work in?
Loading the product list, editing an order, running a report.
How many orders on a busy day?
A campaign day, not an average one.

Extensions and customisation

How many extensions is the shop relying on?
Payment, shipping, subscriptions, bookings, feeds, everything.
How much bespoke code is in the shop?
Hooks, filters, a custom plugin, template overrides.
Have you had to change how the checkout works?
Extra fields, different rules, trade accounts, quotes instead of payment.

Running it day to day

Is stock accurate?
Between the shop, the warehouse and anywhere else you sell.
Does the shop talk to your other systems?
Accounts, ERP, warehouse, marketplaces, a trade counter till.
Can your own team manage the shop day to day?
Adding products, changing prices, running a promotion.

What happens under pressure

What happens on a campaign day?
A mailing list going out, a sale, a product drop.
What is it hosted on?
Shared hosting, managed WooCommerce hosting, or your own server.
Is the shop in your name?
Domain, hosting, extension licences, payment accounts.
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What this is, and what it is not

This is a starting point for a conversation, not an audit. The questions are weighted by how expensive each thing is to unpick later, and the heaviest weights sit on the limits that do not improve on their own. Most people who take this are told to stay where they are, which is the honest distribution rather than a modest one.

Most of what it recommends costs nothing and does not involve changing developer. If your answers show the project is fine, it says so.

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