I use WP and WooComerce. I have had no issues with it, infact I found it pretty easy. Maybe because I have a technical mind after 20 years in IT, I dunno. The plugins are as you expect, some great ideas, but the popular/beneficial ones cost money. Example: dynamic shipping by weight, per carrier, or if you want seamless processing, etc. But that may be for any cart.
PepperDaddy said:
I have not used WooCommerce but what I am using probably works in a similar way. I have a USPS module that cost about $15 and it has several shipping options. I use the weight option. So a bottle of hot sauce weighs 0.75 pounds. If there are three bottles (2.25 pounds) I can bubble wrap them and fit them in a
small free USPS box. This fits inside a free USPS padded envelope.
Flat rate $5.70 anywhere in the country.
Want to save more money/your customers more money? If the package is less than 1 pound, put that entire box into a soft
Tyvek Priority Envelope. The papery kind that's about 12x15" with the self adhesive pull strip. That's $5.05 instead of $5.70 online, saves you 65 cents. Because it's priority, you get the priority weight, but if you get too heavy, since it's not flat rate, you won't benefit. I think this works for 1 or 2 bottles, and may depend on which zone you ship to.
I use this to send 1 bottle samples out instead of the flat rate. And for that I steal the UPS padded mailers, roll it into a cylendar and stick it in the USPS tyvek envelope. It's also waterproof, so it will contain leaks. Something to consider for containment as well.
