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What do you know about the Woo? It can be a noun, a verb, or an exclamation for expressing joy. For WooCommerce founders the “Woo” turned out to be the acronym for “winning others over”. As you can see, they cope with their task – WooCommerce has a market share of about 39.6% and this is the largest market share from other alternatives. For this reason in the article today, I will review 14 big companies using WooCommerce. I will also show you the web page speed results as well as some plugins and themes used on brand websites.
Why else have I chosen WooCommerce for discussion? 67% of all the customers who are using the platform are small and 16% are medium-sized business owners. This is what we exactly do at EDIY – we consult SMBs to help them meet e-commerce challenges and progress with their markets. Our information is very useful to readers. Are you ready to use knowledge as your competitive advantage?
If you want to learn about those alternatives, welcome to check out my other articles:
- Discover 14 popular companies using Shopware. Fascinating stories and shops’ speed results are right here.
- What companies use Shopify? You’ll also get stories, apps for stores, and speed scores.
- 15 companies using Magento 2 and Adobe Commerce. Here are stories, modules of sites, and their speed results.
- The fastest Magento 2 themes. Test & Compare
Now start. Once there was a WooThemes.
The company started in 2008 and later on September 27, 2011, they launched the plugin WooCommerce. This way the owners decided to push users to transform their WordPress site into an e-commerce storefront. Yes, you should understand that the WooCommerce solution is built for WordPress-based websites only. So, it is not a website builder itself, but an open-source software that can be installed on your website when it’s already running.
Everywhere you can see that WooCommerce is free, and still, it is made for native WordPress sites. That means it is not possible to use it outside of a pre-purchased WordPress domain.
Well, let’s also learn some interesting facts.
Quick facts about WooCommerce
- The only 1 office of WooCommerce is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.
- WooCommerce has about 330 team members in over 32 countries.
- There are 1,693,184 companies that use WooCommerce. This information is relevant to spring 2023 year.
- The top countries using WooCommerce are the USA, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, India, Spain, Germany, and Brazil.
- WooCommerce has more than 325 paid extensions and thousands of themes. It helps merchants add a wide variety of features to stores in addition to the built-in functionality.
- WooCommerce partners with famous payment processing solutions such as Stripe and Square. It also supports the next shipping carriers: UPS, FedEx, DHL, USPS, and Stamps.com.
Well, I’m writing this article about big companies using WooCommerce in May 2023. Four years ago during this period, I’ve been to Tokyo – the capital of the beautiful country of “the rising sun”. Revisiting these memories, I’d like to start with the Kawaii Box shop. Kawaii is the culture of cuteness in Japan. The brand website is the same cutie in life. This is the first famous company using WooCommerce for today’s post.
Big companies using WooCommerce
Kawaii Box
Kawaii Box is a subscription service that delivers a box with different Kawaii characters. In the 1970s, the Japanese toy brand Sanrio, produced for the first time the fictional character – Hello Kitty. Everyone knows this tiny white cat with a red bow who’s wearing girly clothes. It became the legend and real synonym of the kawaii. In fact, the Kawaii culture is much more than Hello Kitty. Here you can see many interesting facts about Kawaii art. Currently, there are even fan convention events and different kawaii parades run in Japan, the Philippines, and Korea.
Well, I keep talking about the KawaiiBox site itself. They offer a monthly box filled with squishy toys, sweet treats, plushies, stationery, keychains, and other accessories. Users usually receive 10-12 original and licensed goods designed by famous Kawaii brands such as AlPacasso, Pokemon, Pompompurin, Little Twin Stars, Disney Tsum Tsum, and already mentioned Sanrio. Shipping worldwide is free.
So, the KawaiiBox team decided to fulfill their purposes with the mentioned above e-commerce platform. It is a brilliant representive of big companies using WooCommerce. Let’s see what speed the mobile users are experiencing on the KawaiiBox website.
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The last thing to remember is that the Kawaii box can be also filled with sweets from Japan. Sounds yummy, right? For this purpose, I’d like to talk about Stroopwafels by Daelmans, as well. This is an authentic Dutch stroopwafel suggested to buy from Woocommerce-based Daelmans online store.
Daelmans Stroopwafels
Stroopwafels originated in the 18th century in the Dutch city of Gouda. The treat looks like a round waffle formed from two layers of sweet baked dough with a caramel filling inside. Initially, people made stroopwafel from cookie crumbs and leftover dough. They poured it with syrup. Stroopwafels were considered the “poor man’s cookie.
From that day in 1904 when Hermanus Daelmans opened up his little family bakery in Vlijmen, a small town in the southern Netherlands, stroopwafels became very popular. Over the years, his bakery has evolved into an international family business. The manufacturing of the well-known Dutch treat takes place at the production location in Oss, Netherlands.
Nowadays Daelmans Stroopwafels products are sold in most countries on the globe. You can also visit the official website developed with WooCommerce.
Let’s see what speed the mobile users are experiencing on the Stroopwafels website.
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Another key point is the right way to taste stroopwafel. Yeah yeah, that’s important. If you want to feel all its taste, it is better to warm it up over a hot cup of coffee or tea. Enjoy. I will continue to review big companies using WooCommerce.
Blue Star Coffee
Located in Twisp, Washington, USA, the Blue Star Coffee company is a wholesale producer of small-batch hand-roasted coffee. They are in the market since 1992. Blue Star Coffee brand was started by sweet couple Meg and Dan. Spouses traveled the world for discovering all aspects of coffee growing, production, and trading. That encouraged them to create a special coffee culture. It helps Blue Star Coffee brand to stay a leading company in the artisan roasting industry with a revenue of more than $5 million.
The company has its coffee bars where clients can try artfully prepared espresso drinks and freshly brewed drip coffee. And while the coffee bar is open Monday through Saturday only, you can shop online for their coffees, apparel, accessories, and brewing equipment 24 by 7 and every day. Indeed, Blue Star Coffee website is one of the greatest examples built with WooCommerce.
Let’s see what speed the mobile users are experiencing on the Blue Star Coffee website.
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Atlantic Patio
Atlantic Patio company is another participant of my post that works since the nineties. It is headquartered in Florida, USA. The shop offers a wide selection of high-quality outdoor living furniture such as firepit tables, bar furniture, garden seating as well as accessories. The company is also the authorized dealer for brands Barlow Tyrie, Douglas Nance, and Telescope Casual. The exceptional patio furnishings are helping the Atlantic Patio brand get a revenue of $1.2 million.
I really like their Atlantic Patio website. It has an elegant and bright design, a smoothly working menu, and enough whitespace to have the opportunity to see the main items they offer in the store.
Let’s see what speed the mobile users are experiencing on the Atlantic Patio website.
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Wakami
The Wakami brand was founded 19 years ago. It started with the mission to transform hard realities caused by the long war in Guatemala. The founder Maria Pacheco was born in Guatemala, but while based in the United States she decided to establish a business to connect the artisans of Guatemala and people around the world to enrich poor countries.
90% of the artisans are women from rural villages in the Republic of Guatemala, South America. Maria and her daughter created the Wakami system to support these women. All Wakami bracelets are handmade. They are made of wax cord, which is resistant to water and sweat.
To run a business online, Wakami chose the famous e-commerce platform. The brand is always shown in the list of big companies using WooCommerce. At https://wakamiglobal.com/ website, you can explore beautiful collections for men and women. You will find bracelets, necklaces, and handbags there.
Let’s see what speed the mobile users are experiencing on the Wakami website.
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- Contact Form 7, Akismet Spam Protection and Theme – Flatsome
Orange Guitar Amps
Orange Amps is an English amplifier manufacturing company. It designs many kinds of amplifiers for bass guitars, speaker cabinets for instrument amplifiers, and combination amplifiers.
The brand was founded in 1968 by Cliff Cooper, and some Orange amps are still made in the UK. You can recognize them for the bright orange covering on amplifier heads and speaker cabinets.
The music electronic company is famous for both its products and celebrities who use electric guitar amplifiers. For example, the company provides services to Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top, Fleetwood Mac, Slipknot, and Iron Maiden. Famous celebrities like Stevie Wonder and guitarists from Mastodon and Sepultura bands also used Orange amps.
Later our participant in the list of big companies using WooCommerce decided to sell online. For this purpose, they chose the WooCommerce plugin. In the online store, you can buy gear as well as read interviews with guitarists and bassists who officially endorse Orange Amps. The website is available in 4 languages which makes it user-friendly for multi-lingual visitors.
Let’s see what speed the mobile users are experiencing on the Orange Amps website.
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Since I mentioned guitarists, the stepfather of the next participant in the story was a guitarist in a band called Pops. Are you curious about it? I will talk about Bjork. That’s great that besides big-name businesses, some celebrities also have made friends with WooCommerce to create an excellent customer experience. Icelandic singer-songwriter banks on WooCommerce to merchandise her goods. Let’s see how she does it.
Bjork
Bjork is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. She gained international recognition as the lead singer of the alternative rock band.
Currently, Bjork is well-known for her solo work. She has developed her own eclectic musical style. In particular, she uses Melodyne in tandem with both Sibelius and Pro Tools. The famous singer records improvisational vocal lines into Melodyne and transforms them into MIDI notes. Then she uses them to create string arrangements on Sibelius. Rumors say that part of the inspiration for human voice-only arrangements came from Björk’s drunken cappella experiments with a group of friends. At least, it sounds good.
When comes to Bjork’s website, there can be found albums of her early years as part of The Sugarcubes, DVDs covering the greatest hits, and piano scorebooks. Björk fans will also find t-shirts and tote bags in the shop.
Let’s see what speed the mobile users are experiencing on the Bjork website.
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We now turn to the second part of the post. If you read my previous articles about brands using different platforms (recommended) you will find that there was a part with indie businesses. The term “indie” is very appropriate for creative entrepreneurs. I like very much to browse indie sellers’ websites. They have a special vibe. Sometimes the stores look more awesome than other big companies using WooCommerce.
I’ll start with the experience of another singer – Hayley Williams and her brainchild Good Dye Young.
Good Dye Young
Founded in 2016, USA-based Good Dye Young is a fashion hair dye company specializing in vegan hair products. As I noted, the brand was established by Hayley Williams, lead singer for Grammy Award winning band Paramore and her longtime hair stylist Brian O’Connor. Their goal was to build an all-inclusive community that could express creativity.
Right from the start, the brand’s vibrant hair coloring was a hit with folks in the pop-punk music scene. For years, many stores started offering a selection of salon-professional Good Dye Young goods. However, the brand’s website did the best job of raising Good Dye Young’s personality and sales afterward.
The company reached a new audience and got a 305% increase in monthly e-commerce revenue due to collaboration with Mailchimp and WooCommerce. The email marketing strategy deserves attention. You can check it out by signing up at the Good Dye Young website. With appealing emails, they will inform you about deals and giveaways.
Let’s see what speed the mobile users are experiencing on the Good Dye Young website.
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Now let’s move from vegan hair products to vegan foods. My next store for today is Zoya’s Pantry – the one-stop place for healthy and organic food. At least for Australians. Meet another one cool brand from the list of big companies using WooCommerce.
Zoya’s Pantry
Zoya’s Pantry brand specializes in gluten-free and vegan foods. Users can purchase lots of yummies from sauces and lentils to kinds of pasta. At the company, they tend to source the best of both healthy and organic ingredients from the best manufacturers to surround every client with a great variety of healthy products.
To create Zoya’s Pantry online shop, the team worked with Concept Studio from Armenia. They chose a Woocommerce plugin to make the most of the website.
You can visit the studio’s project page to see the process of developing Zoya’s Pantry store. I bet it will set you in a playful mood. And I do like the color theme of Zoya’s Pantry site itself. It brings peaceful vibes. However, check for yourself – and see for yourself!
Let’s see what speed the mobile users are experiencing on the Zoya’s Pantry website.
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Analogous to the previous company, the next one is also Australian. The Only Mine brand offers Oz’s tastiest handmade chocolates.
Only Mine
Only Mine is founded by Jason Stockton and Anya Tran in 2015. The guys were passionate about chocolate, and the brand’s creation let their creativity run free. Presently, they still produce all of their chocolates by hand out of their home kitchen South East of Melbourne.
For creating delicious chocolates, Only Mine company chooses the best and highest quality ingredients from around the world. The assortment is big – from decadent flavors to vegan range. To pick your favorites, you can visit Only Mine’s online store made with WooCommerce.
Let’s see what speed the mobile users are experiencing on the Only Mine website.
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The three following big companies using WooCommerce are located in Great Britain. Continuing the theme of healthy yummies, let’s talk about Chuckling Goat.
Chuckling Goat
The company has its own story and situation – a very interesting one. A long time ago it all began when a former radio presenter from California had met her future husband – a Welsh farmer, and they have a son. Years later, he started suffering from bronchial infections, so evidently the parents went looking for solving the problem. After some research, they have decided to get a goat to receive the hypoallergenic goat’s milk that is good for bronchial issues.
Then, within years, the family stumbled upon other deceases. And the solution to this situation was using kefir – a next-level product of milk sourced from goats. You can learn more information about it in the article by NutraIngreadients.
To start the business the family sold a motorcycle. They felt a strong desire to help other people to overcome health issues such as psoriasis, dermatitis, acne, and allergies. From 2014 to and nowadays, this is a well-known nutritional health brand Chuckling Goat. It is the UK’s number one gut health expert, offering kefir, prebiotics, and microbiome testing. In Great Britain, Chuckling Goat is truly one of the big companies using WooCommerce. By the way, the company exports to 56 countries around the globe. So, if you want to try products to improve the presence of good bacteria in your gut, visit a Chuckling Goat store.
Let’s see what speed the mobile users are experiencing on the Chuckling Goat website.
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- Braintree for WooCommerce, WooCommerce Google Analytics Pro, Conditional Shipping and Payments, WooCommerce Order Status Manager, WooCommerce Checkout Add-Ons, WooCommerce Subscriptions, Product Bundles, Table Rate Shipping, Sequential Order Numbers Pro, WooCommerce Print Invoices and Packing Lists, WooCommerce Customer / Order / Coupon Export.
The next UK-based company follows the same principles to help people live healthier. They sell tech-proven products to improve well-being.
Avrox
Avrox Technologies is a research and supplements manufacturing company headquartered in Harrogate, United Kingdom. The company was founded by entrepreneur Ray Averre and Professor Eleanor Stride, a Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford. Their mission is to help people live active lives by easier delivering oxygen to their bodies.
The company’s famous product EI8HT was designed in a successful collaboration between Avrox and the University of Oxford. The EI8HT Energy drink represents the patented ‘Oxygen Delivery System’. It uses natural ingredients to create molecules that improve the body’s ability to use oxygen.
Consumers call the drink a great running partner. Users note that they feel nice energy support without side effects. Besides, on the Avrox Technologies website, you can see other products that provide health benefits.
The brand created a store in WooCommerce. It offers a stunning web design, indeed.
Let’s see what speed the mobile users are experiencing on the Avrox website.
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At EDIY we believe in dogs. That is so cool when dogs keep us active. They can lift your mood and truly change the day for the better. Given these points, the next company using Woocommerce is very close in spirit. The Wild at Heart Foundation is working on the reduce the global stray dog crisis.
Wild at Heart Foundation
Wild at Heart Foundation started in 2015 in London. The founder Nikki Tibbles has six rescue dogs of her own. She desired to create an organization to support animal welfare projects all over the world. The first mission is to reduce the world’s 600 million stray dog population. For the last few years, the charity company managed to rehome over 1,400 dogs and pay for and neuter over 25,000 dogs.
The Wild at Heart Foundation works in England and Wales. Nevertheless, they have a website where you can support so important projects, too. With every purchase from their online store, you’ll be helping the foundation to continue the work to end the suffering of stray dogs across the globe.
Let’s see what speed the mobile users are experiencing on the Wild at Heart Foundation website.
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And in conclusion, I offer you a store with an astonishing look and user experience. If you live in Auckland, lucky you. If not, let’s enjoy a wonderful store online. Maybe it is not the one from really big companies using WooCommerce, but it is definitely worth to see.
FLWR
FLWR is a small floral studio based in Auckland, New Zealand. The founders are a family couple. Elena has a vivid imagination and artistic taste. Being a floral designer with more than 9 years of experience, she liked to invent something beautiful with flowers. She was doing bouquets and wedding flowers on a freelance basis. Artem owns Wildlabs – a small web agency in New Zealand. They both are keen photographers who love taking pictures in their spare time. So, they combined their efforts to build a website to showcase Elena’s creations with flowers.
The store started in 2018. It looks completely different from common online flower stores which show lots of SKUs. FLWR is a rather studio than a simple site to sell online. It offers expressive bespoke bouquets in six different color palettes.
A couple of missions are to create a personalized customer experience for people who want something special and creative. To create a stunning fully custom-designed site FLWR’s owners migrated to WooCommerce from the Squarespace platform.
Let’s see what speed the mobile users are experiencing on the FLWR website.
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Well, let me wrap up this article. I wanted to show the list of currently active companies using Woocommerce. As I have mentioned above, some of them migrated from other platforms. I assume that if lots of brands are choosing the same plugin for building such amazing sites, they must know something we don’t. So you can visit the official Woocommerce platform page to discover more secrets.
I hope you are inspired and found something new and useful for yourself today. At EDIY we help you to learn everything about the website – a success story, the included plugins, and speed results of site pages. In any case, you can address each of the 14 brand sites using WooCommerce again to notice something important just for you.
Would you like to share any thoughts about today’s list? Share or not, at EDIY we love our readers. Stay in touch.
I hope you are inspired and found something new and useful for yourself today. At EDIY we help you to learn everything about the website – a success story, the included plugins, and speed results of site pages. In any case, you can address each of the 14 brand sites using WooCommerce again to notice something important just for you.
Would you like to share any thoughts about today’s list? Share or not, at EDIY we love our readers. Stay in touch.
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