Costly recurring + paid apps
Monthly Shopify plans stack with app fees for COD rules, checkout tweaks, reviews, SEO helpers, and more. Your store rent never stops.
Custom Store
No Plugins
Live · viralcraftsjaipur.com
Avid e-CommerceFast, Cost-Effective Stores — Without Shopify Fees or WordPress Bloat
Shopify keeps charging every month. WordPress plugins keep stacking cost and slowing your site. Avid e-Commerce is a custom-built store — fast checkout, partial COD, and 100% SEO & AEO — with zero plugin fees.
Built for Indian brands like Viral Crafts
Purpose-built catalogue, orders, GST-ready flows, and conversion-first checkout — not a rented theme on a rented platform. See it live at viralcraftsjaipur.com.
The Problem
Platforms That Look Cheap End Up Expensive
Recurring fees, plugin subscriptions, and slow pages quietly eat margin — and checkout friction kills sales.
Plugin costs + always slow
WooCommerce needs plugins for almost everything. Each one adds license cost, update risk, and page weight — stores feel heavy on mobile.
Built once. Runs lean.
Features you need are in the product — not a marketplace cart of monthly add-ons. Fast pages, clean checkout, owned codebase.
Side by Side
Shopify vs WordPress vs Avid e-Commerce
| Capability | Shopify | WordPress / WooCommerce | Avid e-Commerce |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly platform / plugin rent | High — plan + paid apps | High — many paid plugins | No plugin marketplace fees |
| Speed on mobile | Theme + app dependent | Often slow with plugins | Built for fast storefronts |
| Checkout friction | Apps & upgrades for control | Plugin-dependent UX | Zero checkout friction |
| Partial COD | Usually paid app | Usually paid plugin | Built in |
| SEO & AEO | Extra apps / themes | SEO plugins + config | 100% SEO & AEO driven |
| Ownership | Rented platform | DIY stack to maintain | Custom site you own |
| Best for | Quick launch if app budget is fine | DIY sites that accept plugin overhead | Brands wanting speed + low recurring cost (e.g. Viral Crafts) |
Checkout
Zero Friction. Partial COD Built In.
Convert more buyers without paying for checkout apps
Avid checkout is designed for Indian shoppers — UPI, cards, full COD, and partial COD (advance + rest on delivery) without a monthly plugin. Fewer abandoned carts. Fewer fake COD orders.
- One-screen checkout — no guest-cart traps
- Partial COD to protect margin
- No paid “checkout optimizer” apps
- Mobile-first payment flow
Partial COD
UPI ready
Zero friction
SEO & AEO
100% SEO & Answer-Engine Ready
Rank in Google — and get recommended by AI assistants
Every product and category page is built for crawlability, structured data, and speed. AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) means clear, factual product content so ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews can cite your store accurately.
- Clean URLs, schema, and fast Core Web Vitals
- Product copy structured for AI answers
- No SEO-plugin tax every month
- Technical SEO owned with the codebase
Live Case Study
Viral Crafts runs on Avid e-Commerce
We built a full custom storefront for Viral Crafts — catalogue, checkout, partial COD, and order operations — without locking the brand into Shopify rent or a slow WordPress plugin stack. Shop the live store at viralcraftsjaipur.com.
- Brand-owned custom e-commerce
- Fast product browsing on mobile
- Checkout with partial COD
- Admin for orders & catalogue
What you get
- Custom design matched to your brand
- Catalogue + inventory workflows
- Payments + partial COD
- Order management
- SEO & AEO foundations
- Hosting & AMC options
Why Brands Choose Avid
Everything Needed. Nothing Rented Monthly.
No plugin soup. Lean pages that load quickly on Indian mobile networks.
Stop paying Shopify plans and WooCommerce plugin subscriptions forever.
Checkout, COD, catalogue, and SEO live in the product — not an app store.
Fewer steps, clearer payments, higher conversion — built for shoppers.
Collect advance, deliver the rest COD — reduce RTO without killing sales.
Rank in search and get cited by AI answer engines with clean product data.
FAQ
Avid e-Commerce — Frequently Asked Questions
What is Avid e-Commerce?
Avid e-Commerce is a custom-built online store platform by Avid Web Solutions — catalogue, checkout, orders, partial COD, GST, and SEO/AEO — without Shopify-style monthly fees or WordPress plugin stacks. Viral Crafts runs on it today.
How is Avid e-Commerce cheaper than Shopify?
Shopify charges recurring platform fees plus paid apps for COD, advanced checkout, SEO extras, and more. Avid e-Commerce is a purpose-built store for your brand: no monthly plugin marketplace, features you need are built in.
Why not WordPress WooCommerce?
WooCommerce often needs many paid plugins (checkout, COD, speed, SEO, security). Those add monthly cost and make the site slow. Avid e-Commerce ships checkout, partial COD, and SEO/AEO without plugin bloat — so pages stay fast.
What is partial COD?
Partial COD lets customers pay a part online (advance) and the rest on delivery. It reduces fake COD orders while keeping conversion high — built into Avid checkout, not a paid plugin.
Is Avid e-Commerce SEO and AEO ready?
Yes. Stores are built for 100% SEO (crawlable product pages, structured data, clean URLs, speed) and AEO — answer-engine friendly content so AI assistants and search can recommend your products accurately.
Can we see a live example?
Yes. Viral Crafts is live at viralcraftsjaipur.com — a custom e-commerce site built on Avid e-Commerce. Visit the store or book a demo for a full walkthrough of storefront, checkout, and admin.
Custom commerce by Avid
From Viral Crafts to your brand — stores that you own, not rent
Ready to leave Shopify rent and WordPress plugins behind?
Book a free demo of Avid e-Commerce — we will walk through viralcraftsjaipur.com and map a store for your catalogue.
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