WooCommerce is a plugin for WordPress that allows you to sell both digital and physical products. The good news is that the plugin itself is completely free!
However, you need to have your own WordPress site that needs to be hosted somewhere. Hosting services are payable, but you can get hosting for as little as $2.49 a month. Recommended hosting providers are Bluehost (also endorsed by WordPress itself) and A2 Hosting. For dedicated WooCommerce hosting, check out DreamHost and Pressable.
Creating a website with WordPress is not as hard as you might think, even though you’ll need to invest a bit more time than when using one of the easier website builders.
I’ve built this website on WordPress, too, using the OceanWP theme, and the Elementor page builder, along with Essential Addons for Elementor and Ultimate Addons for Elementor.
I have an entire tutorial on how to make an artist website with WordPress in 5 easy steps, and lots of other useful and free WordPress tutorials, if you’re interested.
Installing WooCommerce is as simple as installing any other plugin. You can customize your store to match your personal brand and offer as many products as you wish.
I am using WooCommerce for my web store as well and I am absolutely happy with it. It was easy to set up and the shop pages look super-beautiful. You can see that it comes with an off-canvas search bar and different filter options.
You will also get lots other features for free, including coupons and discounts, upsells and cross-sells, shipping zones, tax rate calculation, and much much more.
You can find more features on the WooCommerce Marketplace, such as shipping providers, newsletter opt-ins, wishlists, live chats, Trustpilot reviews, printing providers like Printful that will handle physical print sales for you.
In addition to that, you can integrate payment gateways like Stripe and Paypal using Woo Payments.
I recommend WooCommerce for selling both digital and physical products. To learn more, check out my Ultimate Guide To Selling Art On WordPress – WooCommerce For Artists.
Thank you Angie for writing this wonderful and honest article about creating printables. You see i’m a 40-ish yr old mother who went back to school in graphic design and i’m finishing my course this december. I’m planning on being a freelancer but my plans were also to create digital items to sell in order to create a passive income. Thank you so much for laying it all out there in black & white, and it didn’t scare me away so that will still be in my futur plans.
Amanda, that sounds fantastic! I think selling digital printables and other downloadable files is always a good idea because it’s so low-maintenance. Once you’ve created your digital item, you can sell it over and over again and create a passive income. Go for it! I’m sure it’ll work just fine (: