eCommerce Essentials
bluehost.comSummary
Bluehost's eCommerce Essentials is a WordPress hosting solution designed for creators and businesses to build and manage online stores. It provides tools for website creation, audience growth, and monetization through selling products, courses, and subscriptions, along with features for marketing and security.
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See allBASIC
- 1 Website
- Free Domain - 1st Year
- Free SSL
- Free CDN Enabled
- 10GB SSD Web Storage
- Visits Per Month ~15k
CHOICE PLUS
- Free Domain - 1st Year
- Free SSL
- Free CDN Enabled
- 50GB SSD Web Storage
- Visits Per Month ~200k
PRO
- Free Domain - 1st Year
- Free SSL
- Free CDN Enabled
- Visits Per Month ~200k
ECommerce Essentials
- 100 Websites & Hosting
- 100 GB NVMe Storage
- Ideal for 400K visits/mo
- AI Site Creation Tools
- 30-day Money-Back Guarantee
- Free Domain 1st Year
- Free Site Migration Tool
- Free CDN - Cloudflare with Argo Routing
- Managed WordPress Updates
- 24/7 Chat & Phone Support
- Secure Payment Processing
- WooCommerce Auto-Install
- Product Subscriptions
- Visitor Memberships
- Offer Paid Courses
- Affiliate Program
- Custom Email Templates
- Easy Social Logins
- Free SSL- Let's Encrypt
- Free Malware Scanning
- Malware Detection/Removal
- Web Application Firewall
- DDoS Protection Included
- Domain Privacy- Free 1st year
- Daily Website Backups
- Yoast SEO - Free Plugin
- Pro Email - Free Trial
- Creative Mail - Email Marketing
- Static Content Caching
- Object Caching
- SSH & WP-CLI
- WordPress Staging Site
ECommerce Premium
- 100 Websites & Hosting
- 100 GB NVMe Storage
- Ideal for 400K visits/mo
- AI Site Creation Tools
- 30-day Money-Back Guarantee
- Free Domain 1st Year
- Free Site Migration Tool
- Free CDN - Cloudflare with Argo Routing
- Managed WordPress Updates
- 24/7 Chat & Phone Support
- Secure Payment Processing
- WooCommerce Auto-Install
- Product Subscriptions
- Visitor Memberships
- Email Templates
- Easy Social Logins
- Offer Paid Courses
- Advanced Reviews
- Wishlists
- Product Filtering
- Custom Customer Account Pages
- Business Locator
- SMS Notifications
- Shipping Labels
- Bookings & Appointments
- Gift Cards
- 1-Click Checkouts
- Sales & Promotions Builder
- Catalogue Mode
- Product Addons in Cart
- Product Customization
- Marketplace Inventory Management
- Free SSL- Let's Encrypt
- Free Malware Scanning
- Malware Detection/Removal
- Web Application Firewall
- DDoS Protection Included
- Domain Privacy- Free 1st year
- Daily Website Backups
- Yoast SEO
- Yoast Local SEO
- Yoast News SEO
- Yoast Video SEO
- Pro Email - Free Trial
- Creative Mail - Email Marketing
- Static Content Caching
- Object Caching
- SSH & WP-CLI
- WordPress Staging Site
Rationale
Bluehost's eCommerce Essentials is a WordPress hosting plan focused on building and managing online stores, selling products, and handling payments. While it mentions content creation and monetization, its core features are geared towards e-commerce rather than a general content publishing platform like Medium. It lacks a rich text editor for long-form articles, a distribution/recommendation engine for content, or specific reader engagement metrics for articles. The monetization features are for selling products/courses, not for earning revenue based on reading time of articles.
