Skip to content
savemores
Menu
Get 20% off

Best Hostinger plan for Online stores

Best Hostinger Plan for an Online Store: WooCommerce or Builder

You can sell on Hostinger two ways. The Website Builder has a store built in and is the fastest start for a small catalog. WooCommerce on WordPress takes longer to set up but has a plugin for nearly everything. Either way, a store asks more of its host than a blog does. Daily backups and enough headroom that checkout stays quick on a busy day are not optional.

My pick

Web Hosting: Business

$3.49/mo on 48 months · about $2.79/mo with WEBHOST2026

Business adds daily backups and NVMe storage over Premium. With a daily backup, a bad plugin update costs you hours of orders at worst, not a week of them.

Get Business with 20% off

Step up later

Cloud Hosting: Cloud Startup

Move up when promotions bring traffic spikes or the store stays slow with caching in place. Cloud plans add dedicated resources and a dedicated IP.

See Cloud Hosting plans →

What actually matters for online stores

  1. 01

    Daily backups

    Orders arrive every day, so backups must too. That rules out Single and Premium for any store with real volume.

  2. 02

    Store-aware caching

    LiteSpeed caching on Hostinger skips the cart and checkout pages, so customers never see someone else's basket.

  3. 03

    WooCommerce or Builder

    Builder is quicker for a small catalog with no plugins. WooCommerce suits subscriptions, specific integrations or a large product range. The trade-off is laid out in the builder vs WordPress guide.

  4. 04

    SSL and payments

    Every site gets free SSL, which payments require. The gateways themselves (Stripe, PayPal and so on) are configured in the store and charge their own fees.

  5. 05

    Room for a sale day

    If you run promotions, know in advance whether you will need Cloud Startup for the spike.

Mistakes I see

  • Running a busy store on Single or Premium, where weekly backups and tighter limits become a real risk once orders are daily.
  • Not testing checkout on a phone after every plugin update. That is where store bugs tend to appear first.
  • Migrating a live store at peak hours. Pick a quiet hour and pause orders briefly while DNS changes.

Questions people ask

Is Hostinger good for WooCommerce?

Yes, on Business or a cloud plan. Those give daily backups and enough resources for a small to medium store.

Should I use WooCommerce or the Hostinger Website Builder store?

The Builder launches faster for a small catalog. WooCommerce is the better fit for specific plugins, subscriptions or a large number of products.

Can I move my existing store to Hostinger?

Yes. WordPress stores move with the free migration tool. Schedule it for a quiet hour and pause orders briefly while DNS updates.

Independent site, not Hostinger. Buy through my links and Hostinger pays me a referral fee; your price is the same or lower. How that works.