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Are official Woocommerce themes too 'basic' looking?

by Anton543
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Do they give you the feel that it is a store? I don't know, sometimes I feel they look like wordpress themes with products plastered on them (though I suspect that is the intention). They look good on a tablet or mobile but not so much on traditional computers.

Do you suspect it will convert less because it doesn't have the traditional online store look?
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  • Profile picture of the author winsoar
    For an online store why not use Magento?
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    The Magento themes on TemplateMonster are absolutely gorgeous, though expensive. Does Magento charge a monthly fee to run the store? If so, what's the cheapest available? And can I install a purchased theme or do you have to use one of their own ready-made themes on the cheaper plans?

    Also, is it easy to import Woo commerce product descriptions into Magento or will it require a lot of copy and pasting?
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    • Profile picture of the author Palomino
      Originally Posted by Anton543 View Post

      The Magento themes on TemplateMonster are absolutely gorgeous, though expensive. Does Magento charge a monthly fee to run the store? If so, what's the cheapest available? And can I install a purchased theme or do you have to use one of their own ready-made themes on the cheaper plans?

      Also, is it easy to import Woo commerce product descriptions into Magento or will it require a lot of copy and pasting?
      Template Monster in general is a horrible place to get themes for any platform. Better to go with Themeforest.

      Yes, I think WooThemes look generic because they are designed with developers in mind who will customize them anyway; they aren't intended to necessarily be a finished product.
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      • Profile picture of the author Audarah
        I was thinking the same thing. There are a ton of themes out there that will work with wocommerce but the ones woo themselves offer are just IMO blah. I wasnt quite decided on woo vs. shopify, but once I saw shopify's available themes, woo won hands down. No offense to shopify but my gosh could they use some better themes! Anton, when I upload my CSV (when I get to that part I should say), can I bug you for helping me out?
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  • Profile picture of the author winsoar
    You can use the Community version of Magento which is free. When you make money you can look at upgrading.

    Yes you can import from a database to save copying and pasting, but it is always best to write your own descriptions and use your own product images to avoid duplicate content.
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    • Profile picture of the author Anton543
      Originally Posted by winsoar View Post

      You can use the Community version of Magento which is free. When you make money you can look at upgrading.

      Yes you can import from a database to save copying and pasting, but it is always best to write your own descriptions and use your own product images to avoid duplicate content.
      I already have the store on Woocommerce so I will only be importing my own product descriptions which are unique to my store. When you you can import from a database, you mean like from an Excel spreadsheet, right? Well, in that case I would need to first export my Woocommerce data into such a database from which to import into Magento.

      On the free Community version, do they have a limit on the number of products you can list?

      Also, will I be able to install my own purchased theme from TemplateMonster on to the Community version?
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    • Profile picture of the author Palomino
      Originally Posted by winsoar View Post

      You can use the Community version of Magento which is free. When you make money you can look at upgrading.

      Yes you can import from a database to save copying and pasting, but it is always best to write your own descriptions and use your own product images to avoid duplicate content.
      Community Edition is the most advanced, most versatile eCommerce platform on the market, which is why it's also the most popular. Realistically, there is no upgrade to CE. An argument could be made for Enterprise, as it does add a few things out of the box, but those things have long since had extensions developed for them. The biggest draw to Enterprise is the support that they provide, which I don't think should be underestimated. But at $15,000/year license minimum, it only makes sense for stores within the $500,000 to $2,000,000+ range.

      Any SaaS like Shopify and Volusion are steps down from Magento despite the software license being free; much like WordPress is the most popular, and one of the most powerful, website platforms out there, despite being free as well.
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      • Profile picture of the author ldb102082
        While the Woocommerce themes are a little basic looking I find the minimalist approach to design appealing.
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  • Profile picture of the author winsoar
    I'm not an expert in Magento. I would recommend you check out their forums which I found useful in the past.
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  • Profile picture of the author Anton543
    No problem. Thanks for your recommendation. I will visit Magento now and have look.
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  • Profile picture of the author Anton543
    Had a look. To be honest, I think I will get a coder and do some some minor customizations to existing Woocommerce themes to make them appear more 'premium' looking. I like Woocommerce as an ecommerce software as its incredibly simple to manage in the back end, and it will bee to much work and unnecessary expenditure changing to Magento.

    I just wantt to focus on traffic and conversions from now.
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  • Profile picture of the author elCapitan
    It's been said multiple times here, and I totally back it up - use Shopify.
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    • Profile picture of the author ldb102082
      For a small simple store I second the Shopify suggestion.
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