I have a potential client inquiring about an e-commerce website.
I noticed on the Webflow pricing page that they charge more for e-commerce websites monthly and 2% on top of the payment processor that’s being used for checkout. I also read they only allow a maximum of $50,000 in annual sales.
Does someone have to sign up for an e-commerce plan and is the sales limit still $50,000?
Do people just move on to Shopify?
Are there any successful and economically feasible examples of live e-commerce stores on Webflow?
Check the pricing page, you’ll get the right info there.
TMK, there is no $50k limit, all plans have unlimited sales volume.
The 2% transaction feel is only on Standard ECom, not on Plus or Advanced.
If you want ECom features in a Webflow site, you’ll either use Webflow’s ECom if it’s suitable or you’ll use Foxy or Ecwid or Shopify buy now buttons. Depends on the features you need, you’ll have to do the research based on your clients specific project requirements.
No, you can have e-com enabled on your site, but choose a CMS only plan. Likely you’ll need to empty the products and categories collections.
You can, but Shopify native is far more limited to work with in the site designer. It’s also not cheaper. Annual is $29/pm on both. Monthly, WF is only $3/pm higher.
Webflow has the 2% fee on its base plan, and so does Shopify if you’re using a 3rd party provider like Stripe. If you’re using Shopify Payments, you just pay the CC charges, you’d have to research what caveats that might entail.
Webflow’s ecom is somewhat limited in capabilities, so for more complex ECom experiences, people often opt for Shopify. It is possible to designer you site in Webflow then use a solution like Smootify to export and transfer your Webflow design as a Shopify theme. Like any export-to-template process, expect a substantial learning curve.
Also, I’m not sure if I’m allowed to ask, but can I send you a gift card for coffee or venmo you something for all the help you’ve provided me in the last year. I really do appreciate it.
When ECom was first launched I recall it had a sales cap limit, but if you look at the feature grid on the pricing page now there are no sales caps anymore. It would likely have been hard for Webflow to manage ( hey, you need to upgrade… ), and there was no point.
More successful businesses would just want to upgrade to remove the 2%. When you’re doing $50K of sales p/a that 2% is $1,000. You can cut that cost in half that by just upgrading the ECom plan one level.
I do get asked occasionally, and yes you’re welcome to feed the coffee fund. :) Much appreciated.
