Ditch WooCommerce?
Any of you folks using Fluent Forms, CRM, Bookings etc. for taking payments from clients and remove the need for WooCommerce altogether? Seems unnecessary given the functionality of Fluent plugins. I'm trying to put everything (Community, digital products, courses, coaching etc) under one roof and want to cut any unnecessary plugins.
thanks for your input 🤙
Larry Maguire Larry, haven't you heard about the revolution that's coming? :D
Check it out: https://fluentcart.com/
Karol Rolewicz very interesting... will this integrate with Community? That woulkd be ideal
Larry Maguire It's not integrated yet, because the premiere is in a few days, but I had the opportunity to test it.
Conclusion: The only plugins we will need to build advanced websites are Kadence and the Fluent family. A beautiful vision. No need for WooCommerce or other WooCommerce Subscriptions additional plugins. ; )
Karol Rolewicz Sounds great to me!
Karol Rolewicz FC may work best if you have a few products, however, i have over 1000 products, and my distributor supports Woocommerce for product imports, and that is not likely to change.
Karol Rolewicz , that's exactly how I see it, I just want to ask, you probably use Kadence, I use Astra, can you write for yourself why Kadence, or rather Kadence vs. Astra. I haven't built anything on Kadence yet, although I use their plugins.
Juraj Hudák Kadence has a whole ecosystem and is more intuitive for me.
I am biased because I have been using Kadence since before it was officially released and have earned hundreds of thousands of dollars with it, which is why I think it is the best for me.
I decided that my team and I would learn it inside out so that we could get things done quickly for our clients. Creating a website isn't that important in itself; it's only part of the business and the job, so I wanted it to be quick and easy, which is why I use Kadence.
I don't know if it's the best Gutenberg plugin, but for me it is, because I know it.
Karol Rolewicz Thank you for your answer, I definitely consider Kadence to be the TOP Gutenberg plugin. I deal with it similarly with Astra+Spectra, although I sometimes look at Kadence, just because like StelarWP, they have more and as you write they have a great ecosystem, almost like WPManageNinja 😀
Juraj Hudák Yes, almost.
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Many of my students have switched from Astra and Spectra to Kadence, and no one regrets it.
I haven't started sales yet, but I plan to use FluentForm for this, and I hope it will work correctly.
Ditch WooCommerce and join the Fluent Family 😉
With FluentCart, CRM, Forms, Community and Booking you’ve basically got a complete ecosystem for selling digital and physical products, courses, memberships, and managing coaching sessions 😍
The big win is that everything is natively integrated:
FluentCart – sell digital products, memberships, subscriptions, or one-time payments without a heavy shop system.
FluentCRM – powerful email automation, tagging, and segmenting to run your marketing and upsells.
FluentForms – smart lead capture, custom order forms, donations, or application forms.
FluentCommunity – build private spaces, courses, or mastermind groups with tag-based access control.
FluentBooking – accept paid or free bookings for coaching, 1-on-1 calls, or workshops.
And don’t forget the rest of the Fluent toolbox:
FluentSupport for integrated helpdesk & tickets (great if you sell courses or memberships).
FluentSMTP for reliable email delivery.
FluentBoards – an integrated project and task manager to plan and track your courses, community work, or team projects
Everything shares the same design language and database, which means fewer plugins, fewer conflicts, and faster sites compared to running WooCommerce plus a bunch of add-ons.
It really is an all-in-one, lightweight alternative for creators and educators who want to keep everything under one roof.
Gee Adriaansz Adding to the list as I can not see it mentioned is Fluent Auth/Security https://wordpress.org/plugins/fluent-security/
plugin which fits nicely in with the other plugins. I am starting to use it more and more.
Paal Joachim Romdahl as well as FluentSMTP and even NinjaTables/NinjaCharts where needed. Plus, once you start working with Affiliates ... FluentAffiliate. And starting by supporting your customers with your team, FluentSupport might round off your landscape.
It depends on your business model. SureDash is adding events, so no need for another booking plugin, if you are not doing one on one. SureCart also includes an affiliate system without having to buy another plugin. If you are doing one on one with no affiliate offer, than WP ManageNinja makes sense. If you are going to have an affiliate program, I would go with SureCart.