WooCommerce costs: What your shop really costs — and why it should be transparent.

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WooCommerce is free.
Not the right shop.

The software itself is free. No license, no subscription, no commission per sale — WooCommerce is open source and will remain so. What costs is the professional setup: a shop that not only runs but sells.

Most agencies keep their prices secret. Not us. Because anyone who wants to build a WooCommerce shop deserves an honest answer — before they have the first conversation.

What you should budget for a professional WooCommerce shop:

Setup & Development:

unique

depending on scope and integrations

Hosting:

running

approx. 25–80 €/month depending on requirement

Plugins & Extensions:

optional

from free to custom developed

Support & Maintenance:

optional

but recommendable

At HighPots, you pay a fixed price. No hourly rate, no open end — just a clear result.

Why HighPot offers fixed prices — and what that says about us.

Because we are software developers, not salespeople. Those who work with an open hourly rate have no interest in finishing quickly. We do.

Our packages are calculated so that you know from the start what you are investing — and what you get in return. No renegotiation, no scope creep, no nasty surprises.

And one more thing: We don’t think of your shop as an isolated project. Rather, as part of your system landscape — today a clean foundation, tomorrow the integration with your cash register system, your accounting, your ERP. Those who build correctly from the start don’t have to tear down later.

Tax advisor/trustee, accounting or shop employee manually cleared by oneself
Accounting systems & standards – automatically integrated

Why HighPot offers fixed prices — and what that says about us.

Three packages. Three customer problems. One clear answer.

Business Starter
1,990 EUR / 1,990 CHF (plus VAT)

Your professional WooCommerce shop including the first year of hosting — under €2,000.

Scope of services

Installation and Configuration WordPress & WooCommerce

Theme setup & design customization (own theme or free choice of a third-party theme)

Checkout configuration: payment methods, shipping options, taxes

Security & Performance Plugins (Cache, Backup, SSL)

Entering a selection of your products as a template (structure, categories, example products) — the customer enters further products themselves

Legal texts for DACH: Imprint, Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, Cancellation Policy (based on verified templates, without assumption of liability)

1 hour introductory training in WooCommerce management

Managed hosting by HighPot on own servers in the ISO21007 certified data center

SSL certificate, daily backups, security updates, disaster recovery

After the 12 months: €50/month

Support & Care

Personal support via email and phone in German and English in the first year

Response time: on weekdays within 24 hours

Business Professional

3,990 EUR / 3,990 CHF (plus VAT)

Your WooCommerce shop and your systems do not communicate with each other. We show you how to change that — concrete, prioritized, with clear costs.

Scope of services

Recording all relevant systems: shop, POS system, accounting, inventory management, CRM

Identification of all manual interfaces — where is data currently transferred by hand, exported, or forwarded via e-mail?

Assessment of current data quality and process reliability

Which systems can be connected directly — and which cannot?

Where is the greatest added value created through integration (time, costs, error reduction)?

Clear explanation of the integration options — for example: What is the difference between a CSV export and a booking object, and what does that mean for your everyday life?

Which integration delivers the most with the least effort?

Clear effort estimation for each integration step

Recommendation on which HighPots solutions or third-party tools are useful

Where can AI be usefully deployed in your store operations — assessed concretely and realistically

Examples: automatic answering of customer inquiries, inventory forecasts, dynamic pricing

Clear assessment: effort vs. realistic benefit — without buzzwords

Written integration concept with all results

1 hour presentation and discussion of the results with your team

Concrete recommendation for the next step — with cost framework

Support & Care

Personal support via email and telephone in German and English

Response time: on weekdays within 24 hours

Business Performance
2,990 EUR / 2,990 CHF (plus VAT)

Your WooCommerce shop isn’t performing? We analyze, optimize, and deliver measurable results.

Scope of services

Analysis of the existing installation: plugins, theme, database structure, security vulnerabilities

Identification of performance bottlenecks and technical conflicts

Written audit report with prioritized recommendations for action

Server & Hosting Optimization (PHP version, database optimization, server optimizations, virtualization optimizations — Proxmox/VMware/Docker, (web) server & WordPress caching strategy, etc.)

CSS/JS Optimization: Minification, Lazy Loading, Reduction of Render-Blocking Resources

Core Web Vitals Optimization (LCP, CLS, FID)

SSL, backup strategy, security hardening

Analysis and optimization of the checkout flow

Product presentation: Images, descriptions, trust signals

Mobile Optimization

Load time optimization with measurable before-and-after comparison

Technical SEO: Site structure, internal linking, XML sitemap, robots.txt

On-page optimization of the most important shop pages (homepage, category pages, top products)

RankMath Configuration

Support & Care

Personal support via email and phone in German and English in the first year

Response time: on weekdays within 24 hours

None of the packages fit your project?

Your shop is running — but it’s not selling as it should. Slow loading times, a checkout that loses customers, hardly any visibility on Google. These are not matters of fate — these are solvable technical problems.

Request individual offer WooCommerce Package Overview
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Business Starter — the right start in e-business.

Your professional WooCommerce shop including the first year of hosting under 2,000 €.

You want to sell online — but you don’t have a shop yet.

Or you have one that was not professionally set up and does not give you any security.

Business Starter is the answer: a fully set up WooCommerce shop — technically clean, legally secured for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, including the first year of hosting on European servers

Our WordPress and WooCommerce specialists build your shop in 3 days. You get a solid foundation — and can start right away.

Business Starter is right for you if:

If you want to build your first online shop

They want to professionally set up an existing shop from scratch

They expect transparency about costs and performance — without surprises

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Business Performance — when your shop should deliver more.

Your shop is running — but it’s not selling as it should. Slow loading times, a checkout that loses customers, hardly any visibility on Google. These are not matters of fate — these are solvable technical problems.

Business performance begins with an honest analysis: What is not working — and why? The result is a written audit report with prioritized recommendations for action. Then follows the implementation — server optimization, Core Web Vitals, conversion optimization, basic SEO optimization. With measurable before-and-after comparison.

Business Performance is right for you if:

Your shop is not technically optimally set up

You want to change the service provider and make a fresh start

They expect measurable results instead of vague promises

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Business Professional — when your systems should finally talk to each other.

Your shop works — but it is an island. The accounting runs separately, the cash register system does not know the online shop, order data is transferred manually.
Every month you export a CSV file, send it to your tax advisor, who cleans up errors and books manually. That costs time daily — and real money monthly.

WooCommerce is different, an example among many: A booking object is automatically created with every order — with the right account, the right tax rate, the right cost center. Your tax advisor opens DATEV and everything is already correctly recorded. No export, no email, no manual follow-up.

This is the difference between a shop that produces data — and a shop that automates processes. Business Professional analyzes your entire system landscape, explains the integration options in understandable language, and delivers a prioritized roadmap with concrete costs. Not a non-binding concept — but a clear plan for the next step.

Business Professional is right for you if:

Your shop should be connected with accounting, cash register system, or merchandise management

You want to know which integrations are really worth it — and which are not

They expect clarity about effort and benefit before they invest

Expand your shop — when you are ready.

Not every shop needs everything from day one. Our additional services are deliberately modular — you add what you need, when you need it.

HighPots Premium-Plugins

HighPots Premium-Plugins
POS-Integration

Online shop and retail store as one system. Unified inventory, shared cash management, no duplicate data maintenance.

Course & Event Management

Book and bill workshops, seminars, and courses directly via WooCommerce.

Multidimensional Billing

Prices by piece, meter, hour, or individual unit. For business models that cannot be represented by standard plugins.

Accounting integration

Automatic transfer of order data to your accounting software. Less manual work, fewer errors.

Analytics & Tracking

Matomo

Privacy-compliant web analysis without Google. GDPR and DSG compliant, data stays on your server.

GA4 Setup

Google Analytics 4 correctly configured — including conversion tracking and event setup.

LookerStudio Dashboard

Your most important shop KPIs at a glance. Individually configured, updated daily.

Hosting & operation

Managed Hosting

European servers (Hetzner, Germany), SSL, daily backups, security updates. From €50/month.

Maintenance & Support

Ongoing support for your shop beyond the first year. Response time on weekdays within 24 hours.

From the shop to the connected system landscape.

A WooCommerce shop is rarely an isolated system — and it shouldn’t be. Those who build cleanly today can integrate tomorrow: POS system, accounting, inventory management, CRM, ERP. Step by step, prioritized according to effort and benefit.

HighPots accompanies you on this journey — from the first shop to the fully networked system landscape. Not as an agency that delivers projects. But as a technology partner who thinks along.

StoreConnect — Connecting online & stationary

StoreConnect — Connecting online & stationary
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