WooCommerce maintenance (and ecommerce website maintenance for Shopify, BigCommerce) that watches the checkout, not just the front page.
Every hour a store is down or a payment webhook is silent costs real money. We run checkout and payment monitoring, app compatibility reviews, and tested platform updates on WooCommerce, Shopify, and BigCommerce stores, from $199 a month.
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What ecommerce maintenance covers on our plans
- Checkout + payment webhooks
We watch checkout completion rate, Stripe/PayPal/Klarna webhooks, and abandonment triggers. If Stripe stops firing, we see it before your finance team does.
- App / plugin compatibility
Every Shopify app or WooCommerce plugin update tested in staging first. We track the 40 apps most likely to break checkout after an update.
- Tax, shipping, inventory sync
Rate table drift, shipping zone gaps, out-of-sync inventory between Shopify and ShipStation/Klaviyo/Ordoro get caught in the daily sweep.
- Speed on product + PLP pages
Core Web Vitals work focused on the pages that actually convert: product detail, collection, and checkout. Image + script audit every quarter.
- Security + PCI hygiene
Hardened admin, form monitoring, malware scans, and a documented PCI DSS SAQ-A compatible footprint on WooCommerce hosts.
- Emergency response
1 hour on Commerce ($499), 15 minute on Enterprise. Named engineer plus backup. Downed checkout is the fastest ticket in our queue.
Platform coverage
What one hour of downtime costs your store
Monthly revenue divided by average trading hours (roughly 500/mo for a 24/7 store). Rough but honest, use it to pick a plan.
| Monthly revenue | Cost per hour down | Cost of a 4h checkout outage | Plan that pays for itself |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10k | $20 | $80 | Care Plus, $199 |
| $50k | $100 | $400 | Commerce, $499 |
| $100k | $200 | $800 | Commerce, $499 |
| $250k | $500 | $2,000 | Enterprise, from $799 |
| $500k+ | $1,000+ | $4,000+ | Enterprise, from $799 |
A single 4h checkout outage on a $100k store pays for 4 months of the plan that would have caught it.
Commerce
$499 /mo
8h of edits included, 1h emergency SLA, checkout monitoring, WooCommerce or Shopify.
Enterprise
$799+ /mo
Dedicated engineer plus backup, 15 minute SLA, custom NDA, quarterly deep review.
30 day money back. Cancel any time.
Full pricingCommon ecommerce failures we catch
- Stripe webhooks stop firing after a plugin auto-update, orders sit in pending
- PayPal Express button disappears on mobile after a theme edit
- Klaviyo abandoned-cart flow stops receiving events because of a tag change
- Shopify app update changes a metafield and the buy button breaks on 40% of PDPs
- WooCommerce cron falls behind and stock levels drift
- Checkout SSL cert renewal fails silently and Chrome starts blocking payment
Ecommerce maintenance FAQ
What does ecommerce website maintenance cover?+
Tested platform and app updates, verified daily backups, uptime and security monitoring, checkout and payment webhook monitoring, product/collection/inventory sync checks, PCI hygiene, speed work on the pages that convert, and edit hours for products, promos, and landing pages.
How much does ecommerce website maintenance cost?+
Serious ecommerce care runs $199 to $999 per month. Our Commerce plan is $499 with 8 hours of edits included, checkout monitoring, and 1 hour emergency response. Enterprise starts at $799 with a dedicated engineer and 15 minute SLA.
Do you cover Shopify and WooCommerce, or just one?+
Both, plus BigCommerce. Named engineers on each platform. WooCommerce is our deepest specialism (built on WordPress, our core), but we run identical care plans on Shopify with Liquid, app, and theme expertise.
What happens if checkout breaks on a weekend?+
On Commerce and Enterprise, that hits the priority queue and a named engineer is on it within 1 hour or 15 minutes respectively, 24/7. We restore from the last verified backup if needed, then find the root cause after checkout is back up.
Do you handle Klaviyo, ShipStation, and other integrations?+
Yes. Integration health checks are part of the monthly hygiene run: Klaviyo flow drift, ShipStation shipping-rate sync, Ordoro inventory, HubSpot deal creation, Zapier webhook health. Broken integrations are the second biggest cause of silent revenue loss after broken checkout.
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Core services
- Website maintenance servicesUpdates, backups, security, monitoring.
- Website support servicesOn-demand fixes and change requests.
- WordPress support servicesNamed engineer, 12h → 15 min SLA, from $99/mo.
- Unlimited WordPress supportUnlimited requests with published fair-use rules, from $199/mo.
- WordPress maintenance contract & SLAFree 10-clause contract template.
- Website care plansFixed monthly plans from $99.
- WordPress website managementManaged WordPress and WooCommerce.
- Website repair serviceFix broken, hacked, or crashed sites fast.
- Website hosting and maintenanceOne relationship across hosting + app care.
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Field guides
WooCommerce is not WordPress with a shop plugin, it is a payment stack with a WordPress interface. Ecommerce website maintenance that treats it as either alone leaves checkout gaps that only surface on a launch day.
WooCommerce maintenance beyond plugin updates
Real WooCommerce maintenance covers plugin updates on staging first (never live), checkout smoke tests on every deploy, payment gateway monitoring, cart abandonment funnel checks, tax and shipping table reviews, and stock sync integrity. If your maintenance vendor only updates plugins, you are one WooCommerce release away from a broken cart.
- Daily checkout smoke test on a real card, small amount, immediate refund
- Payment gateway (Stripe, PayPal, Klarna) health monitoring
- Cart abandonment funnel tracking, alerts on drop rate spike
- Tax and shipping table review every quarter
- Stock sync across WooCommerce, Xero, ShipStation, or your ERP
Ecommerce website maintenance for WooCommerce, Shopify, BigCommerce
WooCommerce is our deepest track. Shopify we manage app stack, theme updates, and Liquid customisations. BigCommerce we cover the theme, checkout scripts, and integrations. Same SLA on all three. Different pricing because WooCommerce carries more moving parts.
WooCommerce maintenance pricing that reflects the platform
Standard WooCommerce maintenance, $499 per month. Includes daily checkout tests, gateway monitoring, quarterly security and speed review, and 1 hour emergency response 24/7. Shopify or BigCommerce, $299 per month, fewer moving parts means fewer things to test daily.
Common questions
What does WooCommerce maintenance include beyond WordPress maintenance?
Six things. Daily checkout smoke tests on a real card. Payment gateway health monitoring across Stripe, PayPal, and Klarna. Cart abandonment analytics review. Tax and shipping table integrity checks. Stock sync monitoring if you use Xero, ShipStation, or an ERP. And WooCommerce specific security patches, which lag WordPress core patches by days.
How much does WooCommerce maintenance cost per month?
Real WooCommerce maintenance runs $299 to $799 per month. Below $299 you are getting WordPress maintenance with a WooCommerce sticker. Above $799 you are paying for enterprise scale (over 500 orders per day). Our WooCommerce plan is $499.
Do I need ecommerce website maintenance separate from my hosting plan?
Yes. Managed WooCommerce hosting (Kinsta, WP Engine, Cloudways) handles server updates and site backups. It does not test your checkout, monitor Stripe webhooks, or patch WooCommerce plugin conflicts. That is what ecommerce maintenance covers.
What is the difference between WooCommerce maintenance and Shopify maintenance?
WooCommerce needs more upkeep because you own the whole stack, WordPress core, WooCommerce, gateway plugins, tax plugin, shipping plugin. Shopify handles most of that at the platform level, so Shopify maintenance is app stack, theme updates, and Liquid customisations. Pricing reflects the workload.
How fast do you fix a broken WooCommerce checkout?
1 hour emergency response 24/7 on the WooCommerce plan. Median last quarter, 22 minutes from ticket to fix on checkout tickets specifically. We isolate the last deploy, roll back if needed, and run a live checkout test before we close the ticket.