How much does an online store cost in Romania: WooCommerce, Shopify or custom
What an online store in Romania really costs: building it, the platform, payments, invoicing, couriers and monthly costs, and when to choose WooCommerce, Shopify or a custom build.
Online business · · Updated · 2 min read
An online store is more than a website with a cart. It needs well-described products, card payments, invoicing, courier delivery and a few legal requirements specific to Romania, which is where the big differences between quotes come from.
What you pay for when building it
- Design and structure: product pages, categories, cart and checkout, where sales are won or lost.
- Product upload: ten products or two thousand is a big difference; imports from a file or an ERP can be automated.
- Integrations: a payment processor (for example Netopia, EuPlătesc or Stripe), invoicing (SmartBill, Oblio), couriers (Fan Courier, Sameday, Cargus).
- Legal pages: terms, returns, GDPR, cookies and the ANPC dispute-resolution links (SAL and SOL) required for Romanian stores.
- Speed and SEO: category and product pages are what bring traffic from Google.
Public offers usually start around €1,000 for template-based stores and grow significantly for custom stores with many integrations. Compare what is included, not just the number.
WooCommerce, Shopify or custom?
WooCommerce fits most small and medium stores in Romania: no monthly platform fee, integrations for nearly every local payment processor, invoicing tool and courier, and you fully own the site and data.
Shopify is a hosted subscription service, quick to start and stable, but many local integrations are separately billed apps and an extra fee applies if you don't use its own payment processor. Check current prices on Shopify's site, since they change often.
A custom store makes sense for high volume, complex pricing, B2B with per-customer prices or special integrations.
Monthly costs to budget for
Hosting or subscription, payment processor fees, the invoicing subscription, maintenance and, for a new store, usually marketing as the largest item.
How we work
We build online stores with payments, invoicing and couriers integrated, fast on phones and ready for Google, for a fixed price in writing. A store is usually ready in 2–4 weeks. If you already run one, our free scanner shows where it loses speed and visibility.
FAQ
WooCommerce or Shopify for a small store in Romania?
WooCommerce has no monthly platform fee and integrates easily with Romanian payment processors, invoicing tools and couriers. Shopify is quicker to start but has a monthly subscription, and some local integrations are paid apps. For most small stores we recommend WooCommerce.
How long does an online store take?
Usually 2–4 weeks, depending on the number of products, the integrations and how quickly photos and descriptions are ready.
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