I’m not a fan of WooCommerce for a landing page.
I set up a WordPress and WooCommerce online store thinking it would be simple and streamlined. It was not a fun experience. It took too long to set everything up. Too many plugins. Too many steps. Too many little settings that all depend on each other.
For what I needed, it felt like overkill.
There were a few things that really bothered me.
Email confirmations do not get sent to the customer immediately after they order. That alone makes the process feel unpolished. Inventory does not disappear as soon as I am out of stock, which creates unnecessary risk. When someone adds something to their cart, it shows up in my orders tab. Why? I understand that maybe it is there in case someone wants to pay in person, but I deleted that option. Now it is just extra work for me because I have to go in and manually delete those.
Inputting customer addresses manually feels like a step backward. It should be smooth and automatic. Setting up the app was annoying, and the app itself is not ideal for what I am used to. I have seen easier systems. Much easier.
For a full scale ecommerce operation with deep customization, maybe it makes sense. But for a clean, efficient landing page built to move product quickly, this felt clunky and time consuming.
Right now, I value speed and simplicity. WooCommerce did not deliver that for me.