Platforms · WooCommerce Development
We build WooCommerce stores that hold up under real catalogues, real tax rules and real order volume: clean product data, Canadian and US payment gateways, fast carts, and honest links to the systems that already run your business.
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OlDevs is a full-stack technology studio in Vancouver, British Columbia that builds and maintains WooCommerce stores on WordPress.We handle product and variation modelling, payment gateways for Canada and the US, tax and shipping rules, subscriptions, memberships and B2B pricing, then tune hosting, caching and database queries so large catalogues stay fast. We also run migrations in both directions between WooCommerce and hosted platforms such as Shopify, and connect stores to ERP, accounting and fulfilment systems. Clients own all code, designs and accounts, and every engagement starts with a quote.
Key facts
WooCommerce platform expertise
Full WooCommerce builds: catalogue templates, cart and checkout blocks or classic checkout where extensions require it, account areas, search and filtering, and a content layer so marketing pages and product pages live in one WordPress install.
We model the catalogue before we style it: attributes, variable products, bundles and composite kits, add-ons, per-unit and per-case selling, stock at variation level, and import routines that survive the next supplier price list.
Gateway selection and setup for Canada and the US, saved cards and refunds through the Woo order screen, tax rules for GST, HST, PST, QST and US sales tax, plus carrier rates, free shipping thresholds and pickup or local delivery zones.
Recurring billing, renewal and dunning behaviour, gated member content, role based price lists, minimum order quantities, quote requests and purchase order or account terms for customers who do not check out with a card.
Large catalogues expose slow queries, heavy filters and cart fragment requests. We profile the real bottlenecks, use High-Performance Order Storage, add object caching and indexes, and keep dynamic pages out of the full page cache.
Two way links to ERP, accounting, warehouse and fulfilment systems using the WooCommerce REST API, webhooks and Action Scheduler jobs, with retries, idempotency and a log you can read when a supplier feed goes quiet at 2am.
Process
Discovery and data audit
We review the current catalogue, order data, tax and shipping rules, integrations and plugin list, then agree what must move, what should be rebuilt and what should quietly retire.
Architecture and plan
Product model, extension choices, hosting shape, integration contracts and a build sequence, written down so you can see what each week produces before development starts.
Build with weekly demos
One accountable team builds in short cycles with a working demo every week on a staging store, so you order test products and find issues while they are still cheap to fix.
Migration and launch rehearsal
Dry run imports, redirect maps, live gateway tests, tax verification, accessibility and performance checks, then a rehearsed cutover with a rollback plan and a quiet window agreed in advance.
Care after launch
Monitoring, update cycles on staging, backup restore tests, gateway and extension changes tracked, and a roadmap for the next round of catalogue, checkout or integration work.
How we work
Choose WooCommerce when you want to own the code and the database, when content and commerce belong in one site, when pricing, tax or product rules are unusual, or when you need custom data and internal systems wired straight into the store.
Shopify is the better answer when you want hosting, uptime and most PCI scope handled for you, when the catalogue is small and standard, when you sell in person through the same platform, or when nobody on your side will own maintenance.
We map products, variants, customers, orders and content, migrate in dry runs before the real one, rebuild redirects so search rankings survive, and plan the password reset and first login experience for existing customers.
If a hosted platform is the right call, we say so and run the move properly: export and reshape catalogue data, rebuild subscriptions and discounts, preserve URLs with redirects, and keep order history readable for finance and support.
Carts, checkout and account pages must never be cached like a blog post. We set exclusions correctly, add object caching and a CDN for static assets, size PHP workers and cron for order volume, and test under load before launch.
Fewer plugins, reviewed before install. Staging first, updates tested, backups verified by restoring them. Two factor login for admins, least privilege roles, a firewall in front, and payment fields hosted by the gateway to keep PCI scope small.
Who it's for
Multi brand catalogues, dealer and distributor pricing, ERP and accounting integration, procurement and security review, and change control that respects existing IT policy.
Membership tiers tied to WooCommerce products, event and course sales, invoices and purchase orders, bilingual EN and FR storefronts, and WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility throughout.
One store model rolled out across locations: shared catalogue and brand rules, location aware shipping and pickup, per franchisee reporting, and updates applied once instead of thirty times.
A first store that is built to grow: sensible product data, one clean gateway, honest analytics, and no extension pile that has to be untangled in year two.
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FAQ
Yes, with the right architecture. Trouble usually comes from unindexed queries, heavy attribute filters and plugin bloat rather than WooCommerce itself. We model attributes carefully, use High-Performance Order Storage, add object caching and indexes, and load test with your real product and order data before launch.
Pick WooCommerce when you want to own the code and data, when content and commerce belong together, or when pricing, tax or integration rules are unusual. Pick Shopify when you want hosting, uptime and most PCI scope handled for you and the catalogue is fairly standard. We will tell you plainly which one fits your case.
WooCommerce supports WooPayments along with Stripe, PayPal, Square, Moneris and many other providers. The right one depends on your merchant account, currencies, card mix and whether you need subscriptions, saved cards or in person payments. Availability and features are current at the time of writing, so we confirm before we build.
Yes. GST, HST, PST and QST can be configured by province, with rules for tax classes, shipping tax, digital goods and exempt customers such as resellers. For US sales we set up state and local rates or connect an automated tax service. We test with real order scenarios and confirm the numbers with your accountant.
Yes. We build integrations with the WooCommerce REST API, webhooks and scheduled jobs, moving products, stock, prices, orders, invoices and shipments in the directions you need. Every integration gets retries, idempotency and logs, so a failed sync is visible and repeatable instead of silently dropping an order.
We map old URLs to new ones and put permanent redirects in place before cutover, keep page titles and content intact, and migrate products, customers and order history in tested dry runs. After launch we watch crawl errors, index coverage and top landing pages so any gap is caught in days, not months.
Yes. We test WordPress, WooCommerce, theme and extension updates on staging first, verify backups by restoring them, watch performance and error logs, and review gateway or extension changes that affect checkout. You own the code and accounts throughout. Request a quote and we will scope the level of care you need.
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