A shop with a loyal local crowd can sell to the rest of Australia without losing what makes it worth visiting. We build Shopify stores and WordPress sites for Melbourne retailers, with stock kept in step with your point of sale, click and collect, and GST and shipping set up properly, for independent stores from Bentleigh and Oakleigh to Mornington and Frankston, and suppliers selling Australia-wide.
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Shopify for most shops that want to sell online quickly with little upkeep; WooCommerce when the shop sits inside a content-heavy WordPress site or needs product logic Shopify does not handle well. Shopify looks after hosting and security for a monthly fee; WooCommerce gives full control and needs care. The table below sets out the difference, and we will tell you which suits your shop before you commit.
Yes, when both sides read from one source. Shopify POS keeps store and online stock together by design, and point-of-sale systems such as Lightspeed and Square can sync with an online store through their own integrations or a connector. Selling the last one twice is the problem that matters, so we set up the sync and test it with real stock before launch. For stock across several channels, see inventory automation.
As checkout options. Click and collect lets a customer pay online and pick up in store, with an email when the order is ready. Local delivery can be offered by postcode with its own fee, and everything else ships with live Australia Post or courier rates. Showing delivery costs on the product page, before checkout, is what stops people abandoning the cart.
Real photos, the details people ask about in store, and no surprises. Sizes and fit or dimensions, materials, care, stock status, delivery cost and returns policy all sit on the page. Payment options such as Apple Pay, Google Pay and buy now pay later can be added where you want them. A short line about why you stock it is the part only an independent shop can write.
Prices are shown including GST, as Australian customers expect, and the store calculates GST on products and shipping correctly, with GST-free items marked. Set up properly at the start, the reports reconcile at BAS time. See GST setup for WooCommerce for the detail.
With email they have agreed to. A sign-up at checkout and in store, an automatic reminder when a cart is left behind, a thank-you after the first order and news when a range they bought from comes back in. Those few automated emails, sent from your own customer list, do more than most advertising.
Our Dandenong and Springvale location page covers shops and retailers in that part of the south-east. We are Melbourne based and build for retailers anywhere in Melbourne and Australia.
Each part links to the service behind it.
Products imported from your POS or spreadsheet, click and collect, Australian shipping and GST, payment options and a theme that matches your shop.
Shopify development MelbourneFor shops that are part of a larger content site, or need product logic Shopify does not suit.
WordPress developmentSign-ups, abandoned cart reminders and post-purchase emails, connected to a CRM such as HubSpot or Zoho.
CRM integrationsAnswers "does this run small", "when will it arrive in Perth" or "can I return it in store" from your own policies, any hour.
AI chatbotsWooCommerce updates tested before they reach checkout, plus backups and monitoring. From $159/mo.
WordPress care plansBoth work well for Australian retailers. The difference is who looks after what.
| Feature | Shopify | WooCommerce |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting and security handled by the platform | Yes | No, your hosting |
| Monthly platform fee | Yes | No, hosting and plugins instead |
| In-store point of sale | Built in (Shopify POS) | Through integrations |
| Full control of code and data | Partly | Yes |
| Best when | You want to sell quickly with little upkeep | The shop lives inside a larger WordPress site |
Month to month, no lock-in. Updates tested before they go live, backups, monitoring and developer hours on the higher plans. Prices in AUD.
See what each care plan covers or compare every price. Every care plan includes our free Cloudy Chatbot plugin (basic), which answers visitors from your own Q&A.
Usually, yes, by import from your POS or a spreadsheet export. We test a few products first, then bring in the full range.
Yes. Click and collect is a checkout option, with an email when the order is ready.
Yes, through providers such as Afterpay or Zip where they support your platform and products.
Yes. You are shown how to add products, process orders and issue refunds at handover.
Yes, anywhere in Melbourne and Australia. We are Melbourne based and keep in touch by phone, email or video.
Tell us what you sell and your point of sale. Fixed quote, no obligation.
Get in touchShopify and WooCommerce stores for Melbourne retailers: stock synced to your POS, click and collect, and GST and shipping set up for Australia.
Get in touchEvery CloudyWP project runs the same way, whether it is a one-page site or a store with a thousand SKUs. Here is exactly what happens.
A single scoping call, then a written plan: what gets built, what it costs, and when it ships. No discovery-phase invoices, no moving targets.
48 hrs to your quote
Custom WordPress or Shopify on clean code you own outright. Every build ships fast, passes Core Web Vitals, and is handed over documented.
95/100 average PageSpeed
Your site talks to the tools you already run: CRM, invoicing, email, stock. The repetitive admin stops being someone's job and starts running itself.
15 hrs saved every week
