JomJual vs WooCommerce
An honest comparison for Malaysian sellers — including where WooCommerce is the better fit.
Choose JomJual if
Choose JomJual if you want a real Malaysian store live in about five minutes — FPX, DuitNow QR, and e-wallet checkout plus EasyParcel shipping built in, at a flat 2% per sale — without paying for hosting, plugins, or a developer to keep it running.
Choose WooCommerce if
Choose WooCommerce if you want total ownership and unlimited control — your own self-hosted WordPress site, no platform fee or commission on sales, open-source code, and thousands of plugins — and you have the technical skill, or a developer, to build and maintain the whole stack yourself.
| Feature | JomJual | WooCommerce |
|---|---|---|
| Time to first sale | ~5 min | Days, often dev help |
| Monthly cost to run | Free | ~RM30-150+ |
| Cut of each sale | Flat 2% | None |
| MY payments (FPX, DuitNow, e-wallets) built in | Yes | Gateway plugin |
| EasyParcel shipping built in | Yes | No |
| You own customer data & domain | Yes | Yes |
| You manage hosting, updates & security | No | Yes |
| Open-source, unlimited customization | Partial | Yes |
In short
WooCommerce is the most flexible way to sell online: it is free, open-source, takes zero commission, and you own every byte of your site, code, and customer list. The catch is that "free" is the plugin only. You assemble and pay for the rest yourself — hosting, a domain, SSL, a Malaysian payment gateway plugin, a shipping integration, security updates, and backups — and you keep it all running. For a technical seller, or one with a developer, that control is hard to beat. For a busy Malaysian seller who just wants to start selling, JomJual hands you the same essentials done-for-you: a hosted store in about five minutes, FPX, DuitNow QR, and e-wallets built in, EasyParcel labels and tracking, and support in BM — free to start, at a flat 2% per successful sale. WooCommerce wins on control and zero lock-in; JomJual wins on time-to-first-sale and never touching a server.
What does it really cost to run?
JomJual
JomJual is free to start — no monthly fee and no card to sign up. You only pay a flat 2% when an order actually succeeds, and it is simply withheld from your payout, so if you do not sell, you pay nothing. Hosting, SSL, your subdomain, and the FPX and e-wallet gateway are all bundled in — there is nothing extra to install, renew, or budget for separately. Your cost scales with your sales, not with a calendar, which keeps things predictable and low-risk while you are still finding your feet.
WooCommerce
The WooCommerce plugin is free, but that is only the plugin. To run a working store you pay for the stack yourself: web hosting (roughly RM30-150+/month for production-grade, less for basic shared), a domain (~RM45-60/year), and often premium themes or plugins for payments, shipping, and SEO. SSL is usually free via your host. Crucially, WooCommerce takes no commission on sales — you keep 100% minus only your gateway's fee. So the trade is real: no platform cut, but unbundled costs that add up and need a developer's time to manage.
How do customers pay — FPX, DuitNow, e-wallets?
JomJual
Native Malaysian payments are built in. Your buyers can pay with FPX online banking (14 banks), Touch 'n Go, GrabPay, Boost, DuitNow QR, Visa/Mastercard, or cash on delivery — all live from day one via Curlec/Razorpay, with each payment tracked against its order automatically. There is no separate gateway to source, no extra KYC to chase, and nothing to wire up. You turn it on and start taking real online payments in minutes, and refunds and payout records sit in your finance dashboard alongside the orders.
WooCommerce
WooCommerce core has no built-in Malaysian payments. To accept FPX, DuitNow QR, or e-wallets you install a third-party gateway plugin — toyyibPay, Billplz, iPay88, Bayarcash, HitPay, or Curlec/Razorpay — and open a merchant account with that provider, including its own KYC and approval. Once your credentials are ready the plugin itself usually configures in under 30 minutes, and these gateways do support FPX, DuitNow, and e-wallets well. But the sourcing, approval, fees, and upkeep are all on you — it is capable, just not out of the box.
Who builds and maintains it?
JomJual
JomJual is hosted and managed for you. Setup is no-code and takes about five minutes: pick one of four themes, add products with variants and inventory, and you are live on yourstore.jomjual.my (or your own domain). We handle the servers, security, updates, and uptime, so there is nothing to patch or back up. If you get stuck, a small Malaysian team replies fast at hello@jomjual.my, in BM or English. You spend your time on products and customers, not on keeping a website running.
WooCommerce
WooCommerce is self-managed, and that is the honest cost of its freedom. You — or a developer or agency you hire — are responsible for choosing hosting, installing and configuring plugins, applying WordPress and plugin updates, running backups, and patching security holes to keep the store fast and safe. For a technically confident seller this is full control and no lock-in. For a non-technical Malaysian seller it is a real workload, and many end up paying someone to set it up and maintain it. There is no built-in local support line to call.
How much control and ownership do you get?
JomJual
You own your customer data, your order history, and your relationship — buyers come back to you, and you can re-market with vouchers and reviews. You get four themes, a page builder, and a BM/EN/ZH/TA storefront and dashboard. The honest limit: JomJual is a guided, hosted platform, so you cannot edit core code or self-host. For most sellers that is a fair trade — you give up deep code access in exchange for never touching a server — but if you need total control over everything, that is genuinely WooCommerce's territory, not ours.
WooCommerce
This is WooCommerce's strongest card. It is open-source on WordPress, so you own the site, the data, the customer list, and the code outright — nothing is locked to a platform, and everything is fully exportable. You can customize the theme, checkout, and logic without limits, point any domain you own at it, self-host anywhere, and tap thousands of plugins plus WordPress's strong SEO and content tooling. If unlimited control and zero lock-in matter most to you, WooCommerce is hard to beat. The cost of that control is simply that you have to wield it yourself.
Choose WooCommerce if…
- You — or a developer or agency you trust — are comfortable managing hosting, updates, backups, and security.
- You want unlimited customization and full control over your theme, checkout, and code.
- You want zero platform cut and do not mind sourcing your own payment gateway and shipping integration.
- You already run on WordPress and want everything under one self-hosted roof you fully own.
Choose JomJual if…
- You want to start selling today without touching hosting, plugins, or code.
- You want FPX, DuitNow QR, Touch 'n Go, and e-wallet checkout working out of the box.
- You want EasyParcel labels and real-time tracking built in, not bolted on yourself.
- You want a real store for free, paying only a flat 2% when you actually make a sale.
How to switch to JomJual
Switching from a self-hosted WooCommerce store to JomJual means trading server upkeep for a managed setup — and you keep your products and your customers. Here is the short version.
- 1Export your products and customer list from WordPress/WooCommerce as CSV files.
- 2Sign up free at jomjual.my and create your store — no card needed.
- 3Add or import your products, with variants, inventory, and images, then pick one of the four themes.
- 4Set your pickup address to switch on EasyParcel shipping, and confirm your payment details to enable FPX and e-wallets.
- 5Point your existing domain to JomJual (or use your free yourstore.jomjual.my subdomain) and go live.
JomJual is a new, founder-led Malaysian platform. We’re early — so instead of inflated numbers, here’s what’s real: a genuinely free-to-start store, native Malaysian payments and EasyParcel shipping built in, and a small team that replies fast at hello@jomjual.my. Be one of our first stores and lock in free.
See it for yourself
Free to start, no credit card, no monthly fees. You only pay a flat 2% when you make a sale.
Questions & answers
Is WooCommerce really free?
The WooCommerce plugin is free and takes no commission on your sales — that part is genuinely free. The cost is the stack around it: web hosting (often RM30-150+/month for production), a domain (~RM45-60/year), SSL (usually free), and any premium plugins or developer time. JomJual flips the model: it is free to start with nothing to host, and you pay only a flat 2% when an order succeeds.
Can I move my WooCommerce store to JomJual?
Yes. Export your products and customer list from WordPress as CSV, then create your JomJual store, re-add or import your products with variants and inventory, set your pickup address for EasyParcel, and point your existing domain at JomJual. Most sellers are live within a day, and you keep your customer data throughout. Email hello@jomjual.my if you would like a hand.
Does JomJual support FPX and e-wallets like a WooCommerce gateway plugin?
Yes, and it is already built in. FPX (14 banks), DuitNow QR, Touch 'n Go, GrabPay, Boost, cards, and cash on delivery all work from day one via Curlec/Razorpay, with each payment tracked to its order. With WooCommerce you would install and get approved for a separate gateway plugin yourself; with JomJual it is on by default.
Which is cheaper, WooCommerce or JomJual?
It depends on your sales volume. WooCommerce takes no commission, so at high volume its hosting-based cost can be lower per sale — but you carry the hosting, plugin, and maintenance bills whether or not you sell. JomJual costs nothing until you sell, then a flat 2%. For new and small sellers, paying only when you earn is usually cheaper and far simpler; for high-volume technical sellers, a self-hosted setup can win on raw fees.