“Off-the-shelf” eCommerce platforms have been used for years and are able to service most websites. Their suitability has been proven over the years and their many happy customers are evidence that they can be trusted to perform for many clients and businesses.

WooCommerce works well for sites with small to medium stores and is useful for websites that easy to manage, for example, a blog that also has merchandise. 

“Off-the-shelf” website solutions are much cheaper, as there will be lower development costs and support comes as standard for proven, well established platforms.