Developer vs Reseller

WooCommerce Subscriptions Review

This WooCommerce Subscriptions review is for the plugin developed by WooCommerce.com and provided by WooCommerce.com.

DEVELOPER: WORDPRESS.COM
LICENSE: GPL

WooCommerce Subscriptions Plugin offers recurring payment functionality for WooCommerce products. You can enable this plugin with a WooCommerce-powered store to sell ‘subscriptions’ with recurring payments per day, week, month or year.

This plugin was released in 2012 and is considered a reliable choice for websites needing to implement recurring payments on a WooCommerce website.

WooCommerce Subscriptions Plugin was developed by the team behind the popular WooCommerce ecommerce platform, and so is trusted to provide tight integration with a WooCommerce-powered store.

It supports and is supported by a ton of popular and mission-critical plugins, including:

WooCommerce Subscriptions Pricing Options

WooCommerce Subscriptions Plugin is a WordPress plugin licensed under the GPL. This license guarantees that the users of GPL plugins have the freedom to modify, redistribute or even resell these plugins. That means more choice for the consumer! Premium WordPress plugins can be purchased directly from the developer or from a trusted plugin reseller.

VENDORPRICINGOFFER DETAILSADVANTAGES
WooCommerce.com$199You’ll typically receive a license key which will give you access to add-on services for the plugin such as…Technical Support
Automatic Updates

WPspring.com
$35You pay for just for the plugin and future updates. You’ll get…
Discount Pricing
Timely Updates
Pricing information for the above was retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations to purchase any of these products must be conducted with the vendor.

Most resellers don’t provide a license key (they aren’t necessary), but instead give you a download link for the plugin and any future updates you have purchased access to, which you can apply manually.

Developer vs. Reseller: Which Option is Right for You?

BENEFITDEVELOPERRESELLER
Support the Developers— Money goes directly to the developers of the pluginYESX
Software Security— Free from malwareYESYES
Affordable Price— $5-$40/plugin annuallyXYES
Support Services— If you need technical support, you have paid for it.
YESX
Automatic Updates—Available from WordPress Admin with a License KeyYESX
One Price, Unlimited Sites— Can you use a single plugin on unlimited sites?XYES
Timely Updates—That can be applied manuallyYESYES

Choose Resellers Wisely: Choose resellers that state they buy direct from the developer for plugins free from malware. Then, you can rest assured that files are unaltered, secure, and as free from malware as if you obtained them directly from the developer.


Buying from the Developer

PROS

  • Support the Developers— Money goes directly to the developers of the plugin
  • Software Security— free from malware
  • Support Services— If you need technical support, you have paid for it.
  • Automatic Updates—available from WordPress Admin with a License Key from the developer

CONS

  • Cost— You pay full-price for each plugin, usually between $30-$300 for a single plugin.
  • Pay for Support—Even if you don’t need it.
  • License Key Limitations— License keys are purchased for just a certain number of sites
  • High Annual Costs— Most plugins have a repeat annual cost required to access updates.

Buying Discounted from Reseller

PROS

  • Secure, Unaltered Files— Choose resellers that state they buy direct from the developer for plugins free from malware
  • No License Key Hassles— more privacy
  • No per-seat pricing or site limits— Apply to unlimited sites
  • Flexible purchase options— Choose from annual per-plugin pricing or monthly member club options.
  • Member Clubs—Rather than buying into a member club for each developer, access plugins from many popular developers in one inexpensive club.

CONS

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WooCommerce Subscriptions Reviews

Review Source: WooCommerce.com

S. Holland

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Summary

We’ve been using this plugin on a membership site with over 1000+ subscriptions. It has been in active use for 2 years […]

4

Review Source: WPspring.com

Ren Ventura

February 12, 2015

Summary

WooCommerce Subscriptions makes it possible to collect recurring payments for any type of product or service. Set up payments to be collected daily, weekly, monthly, yearly or some other custom interval and the plugin does the work. It also gives your customers an easy way to manage their subscriptions directly from their account page. Whether you sell digital downloads or shaving supplies, a recurring revenue business model is a great way to go and is easily achieved with this extremely powerful plugin for WooCommerce.”

4.5

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