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I love the fact about the successful teams that they maintain an incredible relationship with their customers<\/strong>. They provide great support<\/em>, constantly listen to the feedback<\/em> from their customers, get back<\/em> to them, and evolve.<\/em> These things let them actually analyze what the customers are looking for and what are they grey areas which need attention.<\/p>\n

One such living story is of the awesome team behind Liquid Web<\/a>. Earlier this year, they announced a new business paradigm in WordPress arena \u2014 Managed WooCommerce Hosting<\/a>. If you take a close look at the eCommerce business, you will soon realize there was definitely space for such a solution. It takes care of all the technical details<\/strong> and provides you with powerful tools to focus on real content & grow<\/strong>. \ud83d\udcaf<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc49 However, a lot of people did not like the way they priced their solution. Because the basic plan was starting at $250<\/strong> \u2014 which is definitely a big amount. But not for the store owners who were already in this business and had issues with their current hosts for even a bigger amount. A Managed WooCommerce Hosting solution with tools like Jilt<\/strong>, Glew<\/strong>, Beaver<\/strong> Builder<\/strong>, Astra<\/strong>, and WordPress<\/strong> optimization<\/strong> for eCommerce<\/strong> led by a team of experts was a perfect solution for them.<\/p>\n

\u2049\ufe0f The issue was for the people who were just starting off; $250 was a big amount. They simply couldn’t opt for it just because of the price. The team at the Liquid Web<\/a>\u00a0listened to their feedback and analyzed the data to see what they could do. And after a couple of months, they optimized their plans to offer a beginner plan starting at $39 only<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I am glad that they considered those people and worked out a plan for them. Today I am going to take a look at this plan in detail and see what they have to offer. For extensive details on all the features, check out WPCouple’s review of Liquid Web Managed WooCommerce Hosting<\/a>. Let’s get started!<\/p>\n

\u26a1\ufe0f Managed WooCommerce Hosting Beginner Plan by Liquid Web<\/h2>\n
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Managed WooCommerce Hosting is probably one of the hot things in the WordPress community<\/strong>. It was introduced by Liquid Web<\/a> at the start of this year and is definitely a huge success. I do not have any stats on this, but I am pretty sure they would have some incredible success stories to share.<\/p>\n

After a couple of months, they are back with a new addition \u2014 Beginner Plan for Managed WordPress Hosting<\/strong>. Huge props to the minds behind the product, especially VP Products & Innovation\u00a0Chris Lema<\/a>\u00a0and Partner Manager\u00a0Lindsey Miller<\/a>. Talking about this new plan, Chris Lema says:<\/p>\n

We wanted every person who wanted to try their hand at WooCommerce to have an inexpensive option to see how fast it can really be. That\u2019s why we created the Beginner Plan. While our standard plans are for existing stores that need not only speed but enhanced analytics and segmentation, our Beginner Plan is perfect for someone who has a store idea and wants to see if it will take off.<\/p> \u2014 Chris Lema<\/cite><\/a><\/blockquote>\n

\ud83d\udc49 I tend to agree with what Chris Lema has to say. It would be helpful for beginners in many ways. Due to the financial limitations, they were trying out some cheap options, which means a slow site, and probably more chances of the failure<\/strong>. I mean who loves a store which takes a couple of seconds to load? But with this package, they can definitely try out different ideas and see the actual results.<\/p>\n

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Another that I would like to mention is that a cheaper plan doesn’t mean that they are going to put you in a shared environment<\/strong>. You are still going to have a separate instance with all the managed hosting features, high-end speed, and hardware to utilize<\/strong>. It’s just like any other WooCommerce Managed Hosting plan by Liquid Web<\/a> but just customized for the beginners.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

\ud83d\udcb0 Pricing<\/h2>\n

The price fall is definitely the biggest catch for this plan. But let’s take a look at what comes with this price and how it’s going to be helpful for all the starters out there. There are definitely slightly less amount of features in this plan to bring it to this price. But those are the features which a beginner might not even need.<\/p>\n

With beginner plan, you get all the features like Database Optimization for WooCommerce, Jilt, Beaver Builder, Astra \u2014 the fastest WooCommerce theme, iTheme Sales Accelerator, and a Free SSL certificate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

However, you don’t get Glew.io integration which provides a detailed segmentation of user interests and how they’re shopping at your store. But yeah, that’s something big store owners might look for pushing in items in their stores based on demand and interests. So, makes sense. \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n

There are some other restrictions as well like you get to track and send emails to only 50 users for the cart abandonment<\/strong>. There’s also a restriction on the number of orders or number of products which you can add in the store<\/strong>. So, you can either have unlimited products but limited orders i.e 150\/month<\/strong>. On the other hand, you can have unlimited orders with a total of 15 products<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Which kinda make sense to me, I mean 150 orders\/month is a good number for a person starting out. If you see your store hitting the limit and growing you can definitely switch to another package. Another scenario could be, you just want to sell a limited number of products initially, in this case, you can go for unlimited orders. In both cases, beginners plan worths it for $39 bucks\/month! \ud83d\udcaf<\/p>\n

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\ud83c\udf52 Features<\/h2>\n

If you are already familiar with the regular plans of Liquid Web<\/a>‘s Managed WooCommerce Hosting, then you will realize there are not a lot of new features to this plan. In fact, this plan is kind of a subset to the existing ones. But let’s take a quick look at those features and see how they can be helpful for the beginners.<\/p>\n

You can always visit our detailed review on Managed WooCommerce Hosting by Liquid Web<\/a> to get an insight into how you can take advantage of different tools.<\/p>\n

\ud83e\udd16 Jilt Integration<\/h3>\n

When it comes to an online store, there’s a lot to consider than just simply putting up your products online. You have to consider your strategies for getting users on board, providing them with a great customer experience<\/strong>, recover customers<\/strong>, track behaviors<\/strong>, and stay in touch with them<\/strong>. Believe me, it’s a big relief to have experts like people at Liquid Web<\/a> to take care of all the stuff for you.<\/p>\n

They have curated a set of best tools to help you get started in the right way. And Jilt is one of the incredible tools you can take advantage of. It helps you recover the abandoned carts<\/strong>. According to a research study, about 70% of the buyers abandon their shopping cart<\/a>s, recovering those buyers can be a huge revenue bump<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc49 Jilt helps you plan email campaign to recover the customers. What it does is, it sends emails after different intervals to remind the customers if they are still interested in buying the product. The best thing about Jilt is, it comes with different pre-defined templates<\/strong>, which are super easy to customize and get started<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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But remember there’s a limit on the number of users you can engage with Jilt in this plan<\/em> i.e 50. Which is not a bad number for the starters. If you can engage even 50 users at the start and get them back to your store, then you are on your way to grow. \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n

\u26a1\ufe0f Dashboard<\/h3>\n

Liquid Web<\/a> still rocks a user-friendly, clean, and robust dashboard. It takes care of all the technical details and provides you a one-click functionality to get the things done. You get still get all features like\u00a0SSL Certificate<\/strong>, Staging<\/strong>, Varnish<\/strong> Cache<\/strong>, SSH\/SFTP<\/strong> Credentials<\/strong>, Stencils<\/strong>, Logs<\/strong>, Backups<\/strong>, and Visual<\/strong> Comparison<\/strong> at just a couple of clicks.<\/p>\n

I won’t go deep into the details of all the features, but will definitely take a look at the new changes in the dashboard since the last time we reviewed it. Let’s get to them one by one.<\/p>\n