EDD & FluentCart

Pro feature. Available in WP Sell Services Pro.

WP Sell Services Pro supports several e-commerce platforms beyond WooCommerce, so you can pick the one that best fits your site.

Supported Platforms at a Glance

Platform Best For Included In
WooCommerce Full-featured stores with 100+ payment gateways Pro
Easy Digital Downloads Lightweight digital-focused marketplaces Pro
FluentCart Fast, modern single-page checkouts Pro
Standalone Pure service marketplaces, no extra plugins needed Free + Pro

Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) [PRO]

EDD is a popular choice if your site focuses on digital products and services. It is lighter than WooCommerce and great for marketplaces that do not need physical product features.

How to set it up:

  1. Install and activate Easy Digital Downloads
  2. Configure your payment gateways in Downloads > Settings
  3. Go to Sell Services > Settings > General
  4. Select Easy Digital Downloads as your e-commerce platform
  5. Click Save Changes

Once connected, services map to EDD downloads and packages become EDD price variations. Checkout and payments are handled entirely by EDD.

Payment gateways available: PayPal (built into EDD), Stripe (via EDD Stripe extension), plus other EDD gateway extensions.

FluentCart [PRO]

FluentCart is a newer, lightweight checkout plugin that focuses on speed and simplicity. It is a good fit if you want a fast, modern checkout without the overhead of a full e-commerce platform.

How to set it up:

  1. Install and activate FluentCart
  2. Configure Stripe or PayPal in FluentCart > Settings
  3. Go to Sell Services > Settings > General
  4. Select FluentCart as your e-commerce platform
  5. Click Save Changes

FluentCart provides a single-page checkout experience with Stripe and PayPal built in.

What happened to SureCart?

SureCart support was removed in 1.6.0.

Every platform on this page has to behave the same way: it owns the checkout, takes the money, and tells the marketplace an order was paid so the vendor can be credited. SureCart hosts its catalogue on its own service rather than in your WordPress site, which means it cannot act as that kind of rail without the marketplace guessing at what was bought.

It had been shipping as though it could. Rather than leave an integration in place that could take a payment without reliably starting an order, it was removed.

If you were using it, move to one of the platforms above, or to standalone mode. Orders already placed are unaffected - switching platforms never rewrites past orders.

Which Platform Should You Choose?

Here is a practical guide:

  • Already using WooCommerce? Stick with WooCommerce. You get 100+ gateways and full extension support.
  • Want the simplest setup? Use standalone mode. No extra plugins, no dependencies.
  • Selling only digital services? EDD is purpose-built for this.
  • Need the fastest checkout? FluentCart or standalone mode are your best bets.
  • Need subscription billing? Use WooCommerce with a subscriptions extension. Pro's own recurring services are not available -- every surface is switched off and there is no setting to turn them on.

Switching Between Platforms

You can change platforms at any time:

  1. Finish all active orders on your current platform first
  2. Go to Sell Services > Settings > General
  3. Select your new platform and save
  4. Reconfigure payment gateways in the new platform
  5. Test checkout thoroughly

Existing orders remain accessible -- they stay in the system they were created in. Only new orders use the new platform.

Platform Comparison

Feature WooCommerce EDD FluentCart Standalone
Payment gateways 100+ 20+ Stripe, PayPal 4 built-in
Performance impact Medium Low Low Minimal
Tax automation Via extensions Basic No Basic
Physical products Yes No No No
Setup effort Medium Medium Easy Easiest

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