Web Design
WooCommerce web design for Australian businesses that want an online store inside a WordPress site they own, with the checkout tested before launch.
WooCommerce
Rock Solid Marketing designs and builds WooCommerce online stores for Australian businesses, from our office in Mildura. WooCommerce turns a WordPress website into a shop, so products, cart and checkout sit beside your pages and articles.
Maybe you already run WordPress and want to sell without starting again. Or your products need explaining, with guides, care instructions or specifications a plain catalogue can’t hold. Either way, a good WooCommerce web designer starts with your range and your checkout, not the colour palette.
Stores start from $6,000 + GST on our E-commerce package. If Shopify suits the way you want to run the store, we’ll tell you before we quote.
9+
Years serving Sunraysia and the Mallee
10+
Years’ minimum experience for every specialist
10
Marketing specialists on your team
6
Core digital channels, one joined-up strategy
Why WooCommerce
WooCommerce suits stores that want content, control and a site they own. These are the parts we set up so it sells from the first day.
Products, orders, pages and articles share the same WordPress login. Your team learns one system, and a new product can link straight to the guide that explains it.
Payment gateway, shipping zones and GST settings are set up together, then checked with test orders. Customers see the full price, freight included, before they pay.
WooCommerce runs on your own hosting, with no platform subscription for the core plug-in. Our hosting starts from $400 + GST a year, and the store can move hosts later without a rebuild.
Every extension adds a cost, an update to run and a thing that can break. We add only what the store needs, and list any paid ones in your quote.
WordPress was built for publishing, so recipes, how-to guides and buying advice sit naturally beside products. That helps stores whose products need explaining before people buy.
WordPress, WooCommerce and each extension update on their own schedules. On Premium care, $549 + GST a month, store and payment settings are part of the monthly work.
Your specialists
Saimul IslamDeveloper & AI expertBendigo VIC
Lindsay BuckleyDigital MastermindSydney NSWHow it works
Five steps, from the first call to a store your team can run on its own.
A free 30-minute call about your range, how you take payment, where you ship and whether WooCommerce is the right platform at all.
We map categories, product details, shipping zones and the payment gateway, and list every extension with its cost before the build starts.
Saimul builds the store on a staging copy. You review the design in rounds and see real product pages, not placeholders.
Your starting range goes in, then we place test orders through every payment and shipping option until each one works.
The store goes live, your team learns products and orders, and we stay on hand through the follow-up support period.
An honest comparison
Both platforms run good Australian stores. WooCommerce gives you control: your hosting, your data and a site that can hold as much content as you like. In return, someone has to run its updates and choose its extensions well.
Shopify bundles hosting, security and updates into a monthly subscription, and many features come as paid apps. It suits owners who want fewer moving parts. Exposed Signage and Apparel had already chosen Shopify, so we rebuilt its store there. Our WooCommerce web design work starts with the same question: which platform will you still be happy running in three years?
Pick the platform you’ll still want to run in three years.
In the build
Paid extensions, premium themes and payment provider fees are paid to their suppliers, and we list them before you sign. Copywriting, product photography and loading a large range are quoted, or charged at $175 + GST an hour.
Pricing
Most stores start on the E-commerce package; Standard and Advanced suit sites with more pages and integrations. Care and hosting keep the store running.
E-commerce
From
$6,000+ GST
A customised e-commerce website, designed to attract, with an online store, shopping cart and online payment gateway integration.
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From
$6,500+ GST
Design a comprehensive website, themed to suit your industry with all the necessary plug-ins to ensure security and SEO.
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From
$12,000+ GST
Design a bespoke industry specific website, with all necessary plug-ins to ensure security and SEO.
Enquire NowWebsite maintenance
From
$275+ GST a month
We’ll keep your plugins and certificates up to date, monitor your website activity, fix any bugs or breaks that may arise, and keep your website backed up and secure.
Basic care for 3 to 5 page sites. Larger sites: Essentials $395 + GST a month; e-commerce and complex sites: Premium $549 + GST a month (minimum 6 months).
Enquire NowWeb hosting
From
$400+ GST a year
Flexible Australian hosting for businesses just starting out, growing fast, or running a high traffic e-commerce site. cPanel or VPS, with unlimited support.
Enquire NowOur work
Murray Darling regionRock Solid Marketing built the first website for Capogreco Winery Estate, a family-owned boutique winery in the Murray Darling region established in 1976, with online wine sales and an SEO foundation for regional discovery.
The estate’s first website, built around its heritage
Rock Solid Marketing built a new website and content management system for Aline Trading, with a complete product catalogue the team can update themselves, searchable by category, price and specification.
Rock Solid Marketing rebuilt the Shopify online store for Exposed Signage and Apparel after technical issues stalled the original build, giving the business a working way to sell its products online.
We approached Rock Solid Marketing to build our online store for our retail division and to look after our existing website. The professionalism of Sean and his team from day one was incredible, they took the time to sit down with us to discuss our exact requirements and they offered suggestions for the build which would improve the overall running of the store.
The finished result of our online store is nothing short of fantastic- it integrates with our point of sale software, it is very easy to navigate, and presents and operates as a professionally made web store should. Since completion and hand over, the back up support we receive from Rock Solid Marketing is remarkable- nothing is too much trouble and we can contact the team at any time with any questions we may have. I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Sean, Janine and the team from Rock Solid Marketing for building or revamping a website, creating an online store to suit your business or with online marketing.
Resources
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FAQ
Can’t find what you’re after? Call us on 1800 842 022 or browse every answer on our FAQ page.
All FAQsOur WooCommerce stores start from $6,000 + GST on the E-commerce package, or 6 monthly payments of $1,000 + GST. That covers the store, cart and payment gateway. Budget for running costs too: hosting from $400 + GST a year, any paid extensions, and the payment provider’s fees on each sale. You get a fixed quote after the discovery call.
WooCommerce is a free, open-source plug-in that adds an online store to a WordPress website. It handles products, the cart, checkout and orders, while WordPress handles your pages and articles. Extensions add features such as subscriptions, bookings or extra payment options. Because it runs on your own hosting, you control the site and its data.
The plug-in is free to download; running a store isn’t. You still pay for hosting, a domain and an SSL certificate, plus any paid extensions or premium theme you choose. Payment providers charge a fee on each transaction. A fair quote lists all of those running costs, not just the build.
Install WordPress on your hosting, add the WooCommerce plug-in, then set the store’s currency, GST, shipping zones and payment gateway. Next comes a theme, your categories and products, and test orders through every payment option. The set-up is quick. Getting shipping rules and product pages right takes most of the time.
A great many: it’s one of the most widely used ecommerce systems on the web. Usage trackers such as W3Techs and BuiltWith publish live counts, and their figures differ and change month to month. Check their sites for a current number rather than trusting one quoted on an agency page.
When you want hosting, security and updates handled inside one monthly subscription. Shopify suits simple ranges, owners with little time for upkeep, and stores that don’t need much content. WooCommerce suits businesses already on WordPress, or ones that want full control. We build on both, and we’ll recommend one before we quote.
Usually both, working together. WooCommerce web designers shape the pages people shop on, while WooCommerce website developers set up checkout, extensions, speed and integrations. A WooCommerce development agency should cover both. At Rock Solid Marketing, Saimul Islam builds the store and Lindsay Buckley brings 15+ years of SEO and WordPress experience.
Several times a year, because WordPress, WooCommerce and each extension release updates separately. Most are small, but an untested update can break the checkout on a busy day. Our Premium care plan, $549 + GST a month with a 6-month minimum, covers store and payment settings, an SEO health check and a monthly call.
Often, yes, through an extension or a custom connection. Popular accounting and inventory systems have WooCommerce connectors, though quality varies. We check the one you use during the store plan and quote any integration separately. Our Advanced package includes email marketing integration and a CRM automation database for bigger sites.
Let’s start by scheduling a free discovery call so we can get to know each other and see if we’re a good fit for your marketing needs.
