WordPress.com Business plan vs Commerce plan

WordPress.com offers two powerful plans tailored for serious site builders: the Business plan and the Commerce plan. While both provide professional-grade performance, security, and flexibility, they differ when it comes to their ecommerce features. 

Here’s a breakdown of what monetization and ecommerce features each plan includes and who they’re best suited for:

Best for: Content creators, freelancers, entrepreneurs, small business owners, service-based sites, and developers. 

The Business plan has several built-in monetization features, including:

• Payment buttons–Collect payments from credit/debit cards with Stripe or PayPay. 
• Paid content gating–Sell access to premium content right from your site. 
• Paid subscriptions–Turn site visitors into subscribers with built-in subscription tools. 
• Accept donations and tips–Allow your audience to easily support your work. 
• Earn with WordAds–Display ads and earn from premium networks via the WordAds program. 
• 2% transaction fee for standard payments (plus standard processing fees).

Business Plan users looking for even more added ecommerce functionality can install WooCommerce for free at any time. WooCommerce is the leading open-source ecommerce platform built on WordPress, enabling anyone to sell physical or digital products directly from their website.

Business plan WooCommerce capabilities

• Users can install WooCommerce for free at any time.
• Users can install both free and paid WooCommerce extensions and themes for added functionality.
• 0% transaction fees for standard WooCommerce payment features (plus standard processing fees).

Best for: Online store owners, dropshippers, digital goods sellers, and scaling ecommerce businesses.

The Commerce Plan includes everything in the Business Plan, plus WooCommerce comes pre-installed. Users also gain access to over 25 premium WooCommerce extensions, a value of $1,500 per year. 

Commerce plan ecommerce capabilities

• WooCommerce comes pre-installed with dedicated onboarding.
• $1,500 value in bundled premium WooCommerce extensions and themes. Users get instant access to a wide variety of professional ecommerce functionality without needing to find, install, and manage separate subscriptions for each extension. These include functions such as:
  • Advanced store design tools and premium themes
  • Bulk discounts, inventory management, and stock alerts
  • Built-in marketing automation: abandoned cart, review requests, wishlists
  • Email newsletter and customer engagement tools
  • Integrated shipping and multiple payment gateways
  • Marketplace integrations (Amazon, eBay, Google Shopping, Facebook)
  • One-click checkout to reduce cart abandonment
  • And more commerce solutions
• 0% transaction fees for standard WooCommerce payment features (plus standard processing fees).
• 0% transaction fees for standard payments (plus standard processing fees), in contrast with a 2% transaction fee on the Business Plan. 

Check out wordpress.com/pricing for a full breakdown of these plans and their features. You can also learn more about each plan at wordpress.com/business and wordpress.com/ecommerce.