GoDaddy is not a dedicated eCommerce platform like Shopify or BigCommerce. It is a hosting provider where you build an online store by installing WooCommerce on WordPress. After testing this hands-on, I found a setup process that is straightforward for anyone comfortable with WordPress, backed by solid performance and 24/7 support.
GoDaddy offers Managed WordPress and dedicated WooCommerce hosting plans for online stores. Explore their current eCommerce options.
Our reviews follow a consistent evaluation framework that examines the factors that actually matter when choosing a web host for eCommerce. You can read more on our rating methodology page.
Here is how GoDaddy performed for eCommerce hosting:
| Category | Score | Why We Gave This Score |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | 8.0 | Managed WordPress plans start at $7.83/month. WooCommerce is free, but paid extensions, payment fees, and renewals add up. |
| Features | 8.5 | Full WordPress + WooCommerce ecosystem. Daily backups, CDN, staging, and Airo AI tools included. Dedicated plans bundle 25 premium extensions and marketplace integrations. |
| Performance | 9.5 | GTmetrix Grade A on Managed WordPress Deluxe: 100% performance score, 412ms LCP, 113ms TTFB. Outstanding for eCommerce SEO and conversions. |
| Ease of Use | 8.2 | WooCommerce installation is simple with a structured onboarding wizard, but store setup (products, payments, shipping, taxes) is manual. |
| Support | 8.0 | 24/7 live chat and phone support. AI chatbot handles technical questions accurately; human agents respond quickly. Not eCommerce-specialized on standard plans. |
| Overall | 8.4 | Strong hosting foundation for WooCommerce. Dedicated plans include premium extensions that would otherwise cost thousands. |
GoDaddy offers several hosting types that support eCommerce. The most common approach is Managed WordPress hosting with WooCommerce, which is what I tested.
VPS hosting is the alternative for stores that need more resources or want to run Magento, OpenCart, or PrestaShop.
Any Managed WordPress plan can run WooCommerce. You install the plugin from the WordPress dashboard and build your store. This is the approach I tested.
| Plan Name | Space | CPU | RAM | Warranty | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosting for WordPress Basic | 10 GB | - | MYR 0.00 | MYR 27.93 | Details | |
| Managed WordPress Deluxe | 20 GB | - | MYR 0.00 | MYR 43.91 | Details | |
| Hosting for WordPress Ultimate | 30 GB | - | MYR 0.00 | MYR 59.89 | Details |
Which plan for eCommerce? The Deluxe plan is the practical starting point for a WooCommerce store. The staging site lets you test changes (theme updates, plugin installs, checkout flow modifications) without affecting your live store. At $12.31/month on an annual term, it is the sweet spot between cost and functionality.
GoDaddy’s VPS plans support eCommerce applications beyond WordPress and WooCommerce.
With cPanel or Plesk and one-click installs via Installatron, you can run:
| Plan Name | Space | CPU | RAM | OS | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 vCPU | 40 GB | 1 core | 2 GB | MYR 35.92 | Details | |
| 2 vCPU | 100 GB | 2 cores | 4 GB | MYR 71.87 | Details | |
| 4 vCPU | 200 GB | 4 cores | 8 GB | MYR 139.79 | Details | |
| 4 vCPU / 16GB RAM | 200 GB | 4 cores | 16 GB | MYR 179.74 | Details |
The key advantage of VPS for eCommerce is dedicated resources. Unlike shared or managed WordPress hosting, where server resources are shared, VPS plans give you guaranteed CPU and RAM.
During sales events, product launches, or traffic spikes, dedicated resources mean your store does not slow down because another site on the same server is consuming capacity.
GoDaddy’s shared web hosting plans (starting at $5.99/month) also support WordPress and WooCommerce through cPanel.
| Plan Name | Space | Bandwidth | OS | Panel | Number of Sites | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy | 25 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | 1 | MYR 23.93 | Details | |
| Starter | 10 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | 1 | MYR 23.93 | Details | |
| Economy Windows | 100 GB | Unlimited | Plesk | 1 | MYR 27.93 | Details | |
| Deluxe | 50 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | 10 | MYR 31.92 | Details | |
| Ultimate | 75 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | 25 | MYR 51.90 | Details | |
| Maximum | 100 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | 50 | MYR 71.87 | Details | |
| Launch Business Hosting | 100 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | 50 | MYR 71.87 | Details | |
| Enhance Business Hosting | 200 GB | Unlimited | cPanel | 100 | MYR 119.81 | Details |
This is the lowest-cost entry point, but shared hosting comes with resource limitations that can affect store performance under load. For a small store with light traffic, it works. For anything beyond that, Managed WordPress or VPS is a better foundation.
I tested performance on a Managed WordPress Hosting Deluxe plan as part of my GoDaddy hosting review.
While the test site was not a full WooCommerce store, the server-side performance results are directly relevant to eCommerce because they measure how quickly GoDaddy’s infrastructure responds to requests and delivers pages.
| Metric | Result |
|---|---|
| GTmetrix Grade | A |
| Performance Score | 100% |
| Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) | 412ms |
| Total Blocking Time (TBT) | 0ms |
| Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) | 0 |
| Time to First Byte (TTFB) | 113ms |
| Fully Loaded Time | 526ms |
These numbers have a direct impact on store revenue:
Google’s Core Web Vitals (LCP, TBT, CLS) are direct ranking signals. A store that scores “Good” across all three gets a measurable SEO advantage in product search results over competitors on slower hosting.
A full WooCommerce store with product pages, cart functionality, and checkout will add overhead from additional plugins and database queries. Real-world store performance will vary, but the baseline infrastructure performance is strong.
I tested the eCommerce setup experience on a Managed WordPress Hosting Deluxe plan that was already purchased and configured as part of our GoDaddy hosting review. This walkthrough covers the specific steps to go from a fresh WordPress installation to a functioning WooCommerce store.
After purchasing and setting up a Managed WordPress plan, the GoDaddy site management panel is your starting point.
The left sidebar includes Dashboard, Domain, Website (with Overview, Site Optimizer, and Hosting Settings sub-pages), Email, and Deals.
The Website Overview page presents a “Your Next Steps” checklist with three expandable sections:
The right sidebar shows a WordPress preview card with your site name, the temporary domain (wj6.1c9.myftpupload.com), and two action buttons: “Manage Hosting” and “Edit Website.” An “Ask Airo” button in the top navigation gives access to GoDaddy’s AI assistant.
To start building your store, click “Edit Website.” This takes you into WordPress.
Clicking “Edit Website” triggers a secure login screen with the WordPress logo and a “Logging in securely to your WordPress site…” message.
GoDaddy handles the authentication automatically, so you do not need to enter WordPress credentials separately. You are logged directly into the WordPress admin dashboard.
The WordPress dashboard opens with a “Welcome to WordPress!” banner confirming you are running version 6.9.1. Above it, a green notification bar from GoDaddy’s Airo Site Optimizer prompts: “Let GoDaddy Airo Site Optimizer Improve your site. There may be opportunities to improve your site’s SEO rank.”
The left sidebar shows the standard WordPress admin menu:
A “GoDaddy Quick Links” option in the top admin bar provides shortcuts back to the GoDaddy hosting dashboard. A small task list widget in the bottom right notes: “Welcome! We put together a small list of tasks to help you get started.”
This is a standard WordPress installation with GoDaddy’s additions (Airo, Quick Links, Yoast SEO). There is nothing unfamiliar here for anyone who has used WordPress before.
To install WooCommerce, navigate to Plugins > Add Plugin in the WordPress sidebar. The Add Plugins page opens with a “GoDaddy Recommended” tab selected by default, alongside Popular and Favorites tabs.
Under GoDaddy Recommended, two plugins are featured:
This is a helpful touch. GoDaddy surfaces WooCommerce as a recommended plugin rather than burying it in the full WordPress plugin directory.
For a first-time user who might not know what to search for, seeing WooCommerce prominently displayed on the recommended tab removes a potential friction point.
I clicked “Install Now” on WooCommerce.
The installation took a few seconds. The “Install Now” button changed to “Activate.” I clicked “Activate.”
After activation, a full-screen overlay appeared: “Welcome to WooCommerce powered by GoDaddy.” The page includes a “Take 10 minutes to set up your store today.
We’ll walk you through the basics so you’re ready to make your first sale” message. Two buttons are presented: “Skip Onboarding” and “Begin Onboarding.”
The “Store coming soon” badge appeared in the WordPress admin bar, indicating that the store is in a holding state until you are ready to launch.
The WooCommerce sidebar menu also appeared in the left navigation with sections for Home, Orders, Customers, Coupons, Reports, Settings, Status, and Extensions. Below that, additional sections for Products, Payments, Analytics, and Marketing became available.
I clicked “Begin Onboarding.”
The WooCommerce onboarding wizard is a guided, 6-step process with a clear progress bar at the top:
Step 1 (Store Details) pre-filled the store name as “My WordPress Site” and set the country to United States (US) with California as the default state. Fields for store address lines, city, and postcode were available.
This onboarding wizard is well-designed. Each step asks one focused set of questions, the progress bar shows exactly where you are in the process, and the flow covers every essential configuration a new store needs.
For someone setting up their first online store, this structured approach prevents the overwhelm of trying to figure out what to configure first.
The path from a GoDaddy Managed WordPress plan to a functioning WooCommerce store is simpler than I expected. The key steps are:
The entire process from the GoDaddy dashboard to a configured WooCommerce store takes roughly 15 to 20 minutes, depending on how much detail you enter during onboarding.
Where GoDaddy adds value over a generic WordPress host:
Where the experience requires effort:
This is not a drag-and-drop store builder. If you want a Shopify-like experience where the store is essentially ready after answering a few questions, GoDaddy’s Website Builder with its built-in Online Store is closer to that.
But if you want the full power and flexibility of WordPress with eCommerce, GoDaddy’s Managed WordPress hosting with WooCommerce is a clean, well-supported path to get there.
Support access starts from a “Contact Us” button in the bottom-right corner of the GoDaddy dashboard. It is always visible and clearly labeled.
GoDaddy offers 24/7 support via live chat, phone, and SMS on all hosting plans with no premium tier required.
The first thing you encounter when clicking “Contact Us” is GoDaddy’s virtual assistant. It identifies itself as an AI, explains how it can help, and includes a clear disclaimer that GoDaddy does not accept payment data over chat.
I asked a direct technical question relevant to eCommerce hosting:
“When my WordPress site experiences a traffic spike, does your hosting use CPU throttling or does it allow burst usage? And what are the actual PHP memory limits and max execution time settings on my current plan?”
This is a practical question for any store owner. During a product launch or sale event, traffic spikes are common, and CPU throttling during checkout could mean lost sales.
The AI responded within seconds. It confirmed that GoDaddy’s hosting plans generally allow CPU burst usage during traffic spikes rather than immediate throttling, though sustained high usage may eventually be limited depending on the plan. On PHP settings, it acknowledged it could not access my specific account configuration and offered to walk me through checking the settings myself.
This was a solid response. The AI understood the question, gave a directionally accurate answer on CPU behavior, and was transparent about its limitations rather than guessing at account-specific values. For a first-contact triage tool, it does the job well.
I typed: “Can I please speak with a human support agent?”
The AI replied immediately: “I’ll connect you with a human support agent right away.” No friction, no pushback, no attempt to keep me in the bot loop. The handoff was clean.
Two minutes later, a support agent named Milos joined the chat.
Milos opened with a misread of the situation, assuming I wanted to increase memory limits rather than simply confirm current settings. I corrected him, and he adjusted quickly, asking for the site address to look up my account.
There was a brief moment of friction when he asked for “the address of the site” without specifying he meant the domain name. For a user who has not yet connected a custom domain, this phrasing is confusing. He recognized the unclear wording and apologized. Once I explained I only had the temporary domain, he identified it himself from my account.
Here is where the interaction improved significantly. Rather than just confirming the current settings, Milos proactively offered to increase my PHP memory limit from the default 512MB to the maximum 1GB available on the Deluxe plan. I accepted, and within three minutes the changes were applied and confirmed:
For an eCommerce site, this kind of proactive optimization matters. A higher PHP memory limit means WooCommerce can handle more simultaneous processes (cart calculations, checkout transactions, inventory updates) without running into memory errors. The agent did not just answer my question, he improved my server configuration for better store performance.
The total time from opening the chat widget to a complete answer with an actual server configuration change was approximately 25 minutes. The agent interaction itself took about 20 minutes.
The experience was mixed but ultimately positive:
GoDaddy also offers phone support and SMS support on all plans, which is increasingly rare among hosting providers at this price point.
For a store owner dealing with a checkout issue at midnight, having 24/7 access to multiple support channels is reassuring.
Yes, for the right user. GoDaddy provides a solid hosting foundation for WooCommerce and other eCommerce platforms, with strong server performance, daily backups, CDN, and 24/7 support.
The WooCommerce installation process on Managed WordPress hosting is straightforward, and VPS plans extend the option to run Magento, OpenCart, or PrestaShop for stores with different requirements.
Use GoDaddy for eCommerce if:
| Plan Name | Space | CPU | RAM | Warranty | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosting for WordPress Basic | 10 GB | - | MYR 0.00 | MYR 27.93 | Details | |
| Managed WordPress Deluxe | 20 GB | - | MYR 0.00 | MYR 43.91 | Details | |
| Hosting for WordPress Ultimate | 30 GB | - | MYR 0.00 | MYR 59.89 | Details |
| Description | Expert Review |
|---|---|
| Managed WordPress hosting with automatic updates, backups, and optimized performance. | Read Wordpress Hosting Review |
| Scalable VPS hosting with full root access and high-performance resources. | Read VPS Review |
| Powerful dedicated servers with full control, customization, and reliable performance... | Read Dedicated Server Review |
| Intuitive drag-and-drop website builder with templates and built-in marketing tools. | Read Website Builder Review |
| AI-powered website creation tool that builds and designs your site in minutes. | Read Airo Review |
| Professional email hosting with custom domains and reliable inbox management. | Read Email Hosting Review |
| Read Domain Registration Review |
Yes. The core WooCommerce plugin is free and open-source. You can install it on any GoDaddy hosting plan that supports WordPress. However, running a full store involves additional costs: payment processing fees (2.9% + $0.30 per transaction), premium themes ($0 to $79/year), and premium WooCommerce extensions ($79 to $279/year each) for features like subscriptions, advanced shipping, and bookings. The hosting itself is the separate GoDaddy cost.
For a basic WooCommerce store, the Managed WordPress Deluxe plan ($12.31/month on an annual term) is the practical starting point. It includes a staging site for testing store changes, 20 GB NVMe storage, CDN, and daily backups. For stores that need more resources, dedicated server capacity, or want to run Magento or PrestaShop, GoDaddy’s VPS plans start at $10.07/month on a 3-year term.
GoDaddy does not charge its own transaction fees on sales. The fees you pay are from your payment processor. WooCommerce Payments (powered by Stripe) charges 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction for US-issued cards. PayPal charges similar rates. These are industry-standard payment processing fees, not GoDaddy fees.
No. Shopify is a separate, self-hosted platform with its own hosting infrastructure. You cannot install Shopify on GoDaddy hosting. If you want to use GoDaddy hosting for eCommerce, WooCommerce on WordPress is the primary path. Alternatively, GoDaddy’s Website Builder includes a built-in Online Store for a simpler, non-WordPress eCommerce experience.
They are fundamentally different approaches. GoDaddy provides hosting where you build a store using WordPress and WooCommerce, giving you full control and flexibility but requiring more setup work. Shopify is an all-in-one platform where the store is built into the service, offering a faster setup but less customization and no ability to switch hosting providers. GoDaddy is better for users who want control. Shopify is better for users who want simplicity.
Yes. GoDaddy Payments integrates directly with WooCommerce and allows you to accept credit and debit card payments with next-business-day payouts. You install it as a payment gateway within WooCommerce’s settings. It is one of several payment options available alongside PayPal, Stripe, and other gateways.
Yes, but not through GoDaddy itself. WooCommerce has third-party extensions that sync your product catalog with marketplaces like Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Google Shopping, and others. These are paid WooCommerce extensions that you install on your store. GoDaddy provides the hosting, and the marketplace integrations come from the WooCommerce extension ecosystem.
No coding is required. WooCommerce installs with one click from the WordPress plugin dashboard, and the onboarding wizard walks you through store setup step by step. However, you do need to be comfortable navigating the WordPress admin interface. Tasks like adding products, configuring shipping, setting up payments, and choosing a theme are all done through WordPress menus and settings pages, not code.
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