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Bluehost WooCommerce Hosting Plans Comparison
Bluehost's WooCommerce Online Stores are designed for online sellers who want a flexible, easy-to-manage website that supports multichannel selling and efficient inventory management. Bluehost provides the tools and guidance you need to succeed, whether you're just starting or expanding your marketplace strategy.
What is WooCommerce Hosting
The power of WordPress meets the elegance of premium eCommerce plugins, designed to blend power with simplicity, allowing users to create online stores that truly stand out from the rest. Bluehost's eCommerce Essentials and eCommerce Premium packages enable users to sell products anywhere and everywhere confidently, from a mobile-responsive eCommerce website to powerful connections with all the major online marketplaces. Gain some much-needed online exposure for your brand while managing business operations like a pro. And save time and energy by overseeing every aspect of your eCommerce business from one easy-to-use platform.
Target Audience
- Online sellers are looking for a flexible, easy-to-manage eCommerce website.
- Sellers who want to complement their marketplace presence with a dedicated online store.
Common Characteristics
- Interested in selling products and services online.
- Needs to accept payments securely.
- Wants insights into store performance and customer behavior.
- Sells across multiple marketplaces (e.g., Amazon, eBay, Etsy).
- Requires efficient inventory management across platforms.
For Bluehost customers who want to start selling online and need a solution to quickly sell products and efficiently manage all the backend operations that come with an eCommerce business, Bluehost's WooCommerce (Online Store) plans offer an affordable, all-in-one eCommerce solution. Build a powerful online store with guided onboarding, multichannel selling, inventory management, and more—from one easy-to-use platform.
Features and Benefits
Enhance user satisfaction and loyalty by offering a tailored and user-friendly account management experience.
| Features | Description | Benefit |
| Secure Payment Processing | Secure integration with PayPal and Stripe for processing payments. | Offer trusted and convenient payment options to your customers, increasing transaction confidence and completion rates. |
| Subscriptions | Offer subscription-based products or services. | Generate recurring revenue and improve customer retention with subscription models. |
| Membership | Create membership plans to allow registered users access to your website's products, pages, articles, and restricted areas. | Create value for subscribers by offering premium content, driving memberships, and recurring revenue. |
| WooCommerce Paid Courses | Tools to create, manage, and sell online courses. | Monetize your expertise by offering structured learning experiences and generating additional revenue streams. |
| WooCommerce Affiliates | Set up an affiliate program to generate traffic and visibility for your store, attract new customers, and increase sales. | Expand your reach and boost sales through affiliate marketing, leveraging others to promote your products or services. |
| Email Templates | Manage and customize the templates of emails sent from your site or store for a more professional look. | Maintain consistent branding and engage your audience with professional and personalized email communications. |
| Easy Login | Allow your users to save time by logging in or signing up through one of their social profiles. | Simplify the sign-in process for users, increasing registration rates and user engagement. |
| WooCommerce Advanced Reviews | The all-in-one plugin for getting positive product reviews, building your e-commerce reputation, and using social proof to drive sales. Collect and display detailed customer reviews on your site. | Build trust and credibility with potential customers through authentic feedback and testimonials. |
| WooCommerce Wishlist | Customers can save products to a wishlist and share their lists with others. | This encourages future purchases and enhances the user experience. |
| WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter | Enhance product filtering with Ajax-based filters. | Make it easier for customers to find what they need quickly, improving the overall shopping experience. |
| WooCommerce Customize My Account Page | Customize your customers' "My Account" page with personalized sections for product promotions, special offers, and additional content. | Enhance user satisfaction and loyalty by offering a tailored and user-friendly account management experience. |
| Store/Business Locator | Enable a store locator on your website and allow your customers to easily reach your points of sale by getting directions in real time and based on their current position. | Increase convenience for customers and drive more traffic to your brick-and-mortar stores. Show a "find in stores" to manage product stock and help users find what they want. |
| SMS + Partner (e.g., Twilio) | Notify customers about order updates or send appointment and booking reminders via SMS. | Enhance communication with buyers. Reduce no-shows and improve appointment adherence, enhancing customer service and operational efficiency. |
| Shippo | Connect your Shippo accounts to your WooCommerce store. | Support multiple carrier services, create and manage shipping labels, minimize costs and risks, and allow customers to track their shipments. |
| Booking & Appointment for WooCommerce | Enable a booking/appointment system to manage renting or booking of services, rooms, houses, cars, accommodation facilities, and more. | Simplify the booking process for customers, reduce no-shows, and optimize your schedule for better efficiency. |
| WooCommerce Gift Cards | Customers can purchase and redeem gift cards directly on your WooCommerce store. | Increase sales and provide flexible purchasing options to attract new customers and boost revenue. |
| One-Click Checkout | Simplify the checkout process with a single-click option. | Reduce cart abandonment rates and increase conversion rates by offering a fast and convenient checkout experience. |
| WonderCart | Create and manage sales, discounts, and promotions. | Drive sales and attract more customers with targeted promotions and discounts, increasing overall revenue. |
| Catalog Mode | Display your products and services without enabling direct purchases. | Professionally showcase your offerings while encouraging customers to contact you for more information. |
| Product Addons | Advanced options to your product pages using varied fields such as radio buttons, checkboxes, dropdowns, text input, image uploads, date selectors, and more. | Increase average order value and customer satisfaction by offering customizable product options that meet specific needs and preferences during purchase. |
| Product Comparison | Allow customers to compare products side-by-side. | Aid in decision-making and improve the shopping experience by providing detailed product comparisons. |
| Marketplace Inventory Management |
Sell products and services and manage product inventory across multiple marketplaces:
When an item sells on one marketplace, the correct stock level will sync to all other marketplaces. |
Track your inventory as it's sold across multiple channels to reduce overselling or underselling and save time with automatic inventory syncing for live listings. |
| Free SSL | An SSL will protect important information on your site and display a closed padlock icon to indicate your website is secure. | Protect visitor information and keep your website secure with an SSL certificate. |
| Free Malware Scanning | Your website will be scanned daily, and you'll be notified of any potential threats. | Rest assured that your website is being scanned daily for malware and vulnerabilities. |
| Malware Detection & Removal | Malware will regularly and automatically be removed from your website. | Feel secure knowing that if malware is detected on your site, the threat will be removed automatically without your assistance. |
| Web Application Firewall | Protect web applications by filtering and monitoring HTTP traffic between a web application and the internet. | Prevent attackers from exploiting common vulnerabilities on your site. |
| DDoS Protection | Measures are taken to detect and defend against DDoS attacks, which attempt to overwhelm a network, service, or server with a flood of internet traffic. | By automatically detecting and mitigating malicious traffic attacks, you can ensure your online services' continuous availability and performance. |
| Free Domain Privacy (1st Year) | Hide your personal contact information from being publicly visible in the RDAP (Registration Data Access Protocol), formerly the WHOIS database, when registering a domain name. | Protect your personal information from being publicly exposed, reducing spam, identity theft, and unwanted contact. |
| Daily Website Backups | Your website will be scanned and backed up daily to capture any changes. | Rest easy knowing your website is being protected with automatic backups. |
| Yoast SEO Free | SEO tools are designed to automate technical SEO and make content optimization easy. | Simplify site optimization, boost organic traffic, and save time on SEO tasks. |
| Yoast Local SEO | Local business optimization tools for better local search results. | Increase your business's visibility in local searches to attract more local customers and drive foot traffic to your physical location. |
| Yoast News SEO | Advanced SEO tools for news and content websites, including automatic news sitemap generation. | Ensure faster indexing and better visibility of your news articles in Google News, driving more traffic to your site. |
| Yoast Video SEO | Advanced SEO tools for improved video performance. | Improve visibility in Google's results, speed up site pages with video content, automate XML sitemaps, and optimize your video previews. |
| Professional Email Free Trial (One-Month) | A professional email address that matches your domain name. | Gain credibility with an email address that matches your Domain, grow your business with a suite of productivity tools, and stay safe online with advanced security features. |
| CreativeMail Email Marketing | Advanced email marketing automation tools to streamline your campaigns. | Save time and effort while increasing engagement and conversions by delivering personalized, timely emails to your audience. |
| WordPress Staging Site | A duplicate environment of your live website where you can safely test changes and updates before deploying them to the public. | Ensure that updates and changes work correctly without risking your live site's performance and user experience. |
Why should you use WooCommerce Online Stores?
- Perfect mix of WooCommerce tools, premium plugins, and professional guidance
- Guided onboarding
- Built-in connections to all the major shipping carriers
- Secure payment processing
- Access to a suite of eCommerce tools
Key Factor
- Open your online store and welcome the world
- Build a powerful and secure eCommerce website
- Start selling from a secure online store
- Do more with your store
- Backed by powerful tools from WooCommerce
- Sell online with confidence
- WordPress has become wonderful with the help of AI
Plans and Features Comparison
| Plan Features | eCommerce Essentials | eCommerce Premium |
| Websites and Hosting | ||
| Websites | 100 | 100 |
| Storage (NVMe) | 100 GB | 100 GB |
| AI Site Creation Tools | Yes | Yes |
| Free Domain (1st Year) | Yes | Yes |
| Free Site Migration Tool | Yes | Yes |
| Free CDN (Cloudflare with Argo Routing) | Yes | Yes |
| Managed WordPress Updates | Yes | Yes |
| 24/7 Chat | Yes | Yes |
| Phone Support | Yes | Yes |
| Commerce Tools | ||
| Secure Payment Processing | Yes | Yes |
| WooCommerce Auto-Install | Yes | Yes |
| Subscriptions | Yes | Yes |
| Membership | Yes | Yes |
| WooCommerce Paid Courses (Sensei LMS) | Free Version | Free Version |
| WooCommerce Affiliates | Free Version | Yes |
| Email Templates | Yes | Yes |
| Easy Login | Yes | Yes |
| WooCommerce Advanced Reviews | No | Yes |
| WooCommerce Wishlist | No | Yes |
| WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter | No | Yes |
| WooCommerce Customize My Account Page | No | Yes |
| Store/Business Locator | No | Yes |
| SMS + Partner (e.g., Twilio) | No | Yes |
| Shippo | No | Yes |
| Booking & Appointment for WooCommerce | No | Yes |
| WooCommerce Gift Cards | No | Yes |
| One-Click Checkout | No | Yes |
| WonderCart | No | Yes |
| Catalog Mode | No | Yes |
| Product Addons | No | Yes |
| Product Comparison | No | Yes |
| Marketplace Inventory Management | No | Yes |
| Security | ||
| Free SSL (Let's Encrypt) | Yes | Yes |
| Free Malware Scanning | Yes | Yes |
| Malware Detection & Removal | Yes | Yes |
| Web Application Firewall | Yes | Yes |
| DDoS Protection | Yes | Yes |
| Free Domain Privacy (1st Year) | Yes | Yes |
| Daily Website Backups | Yes | Yes |
| Marketing | ||
| Yoast SEO Free | Yes | Yes |
| Yoast Local SEO | No | Yes |
| Yoast News SEO | No | Yes |
| Yoast Video SEO | No | Yes |
| Professional Email Free Trial (One-Month) | Yes | Yes |
| CreativeMail Email Marketing | Free Version | Free Version |
| Advance | ||
| Static Content Caching | Yes | Yes |
| Object Caching | Yes | Yes |
| SSH & WP-CLI | Yes | Yes |
| WordPress Staging Site | Yes | Yes |
Renewal Pricing
| Pricing | eCommerce Essentials | eCommerce Premium |
| Renewal Pricing (Monthly) | $32.99/mo. | $38.99/mo. |
| Renewal Pricing (12-Month) | $24.99/mo. | $33.99/mo. |
| Renewal Pricing (36-Month) | $21.99/mo. | $30.99/mo. |
Pricing is subject to change—please visit https://www.bluehost.com/wordpress/woocommerce-hosting for the current introductory/sign-up offer for Bluehost WooCommerce Online Stores. For the most up-to-date renewal pricing, visit your Account Manager Renewal Center.
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Summary
Start on the right path. We provide an easy eCommerce tool to create an online store on your website. This process involves various features and services we offer, like an easy plugin and installation of the site and storefront theme to help get you started. When implemented with other essential items for your online store, we assist and provide you with the tools to understand the importance of organic search, SEO, and meta tags and discover strategies for improving your website ranking and traffic.
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