The WSTORES alternative that publishes free and charges ₹499 only when you grow.

Why sellers go looking for a WSTORES alternative

WSTORES is a WhatsApp-first store builder from Ahmedabad that does a solid job for the seller who wants customers to order over chat. The reasons people search for something else are almost never about quality. They are about the entry ticket. There is no free tier. To try it, you start a 7-day trial on a monthly plan and that trial requires a UPI AutoPay mandate, which auto-bills on day 8 unless you cancel. For a seller who has not yet made a first sale, committing a mandate before the store exists feels backwards.

The second reason is where the features live. On WSTORES, invoice generation, shipping through Shiprocket and Delhivery, product badges, SEO tools and a custom domain are all Pro features at ₹499/month. Those are the basics of running a physical-product store in India, not growth extras. A seller doing ten cash-on-delivery orders a week needs an AWB and an invoice on day one.

The third reason is what is missing from the list entirely. Their pricing page does not mention Meta Pixel or Conversions API tracking, WhatsApp Business API alerts from the merchant’s own number, AI-written copy, an importer, or editing through ChatGPT or Claude. If you plan to run Instagram ads or automate order messages, you need those, and you would have to bolt them on elsewhere. All WSTORES figures here are as listed on their pricing page in August 2026; plans change, so confirm before you buy.

SitesPlaced vs WSTORES, feature by feature

Every SitesPlaced line is verifiable on our pricing page. Razorpay’s own gateway fee applies to card and UPI payments on any platform.

What WSTORES does well

It would be dishonest to write this as a one-sided list. WSTORES carries a Verified Meta Tech Provider badge, which matters if you care about how a platform talks to WhatsApp. It ships a store management mobile app. It generates a store QR code on the Basic plan, which is genuinely useful for a counter, a stall or a visiting card. On Pro it offers staff logins and a Google Sheets sync, both of which SitesPlaced does not list today. And it markets beyond India, in Mexico, Brazil and the Dominican Republic, with 50-plus currencies, so a seller with buyers abroad has a reason to look at it.

Its 3-year plan at ₹5,999 is also a fair deal for a seller who is certain they will need Pro features for three years and prefers paying once. We cover that maths in the WSTORES pricing breakdown.

What ₹499 buys you on each platform

The price point is identical, so this is the cleanest way to compare. On WSTORES, ₹499/month is the Pro plan. It adds a custom domain, the option to buy a domain in the dashboard, Shiprocket and Delhivery shipping, automatic shipment emails, staff management, product badges, advanced analytics, Google Sheets sync, invoice generation, SEO tools and priority support to the Basic plan.

On SitesPlaced, shipping, invoices and badges are already free, so ₹499/month is spent on things that change your revenue rather than things that let you fulfil an order. You get a custom domain with one-click DNS for Indian registrars, removal of the small “Made using SitesPlaced” badge, AI copy for products and sections, store analytics, custom head code so you can paste GA4, Clarity or any tag, Meta Pixel with the Conversions API sending server-side, deduplicated Purchase events, and WhatsApp Business API order alerts that go out from your own WhatsApp Business number through the Meta Cloud API. Both integrations are bring-your-own-credentials, so you own the ad account and the number, not us.

One honest note on price: ₹499/month is the early-bird rate, locked for the first 30 stores. After that the Ecommerce plan is ₹999/month. If you are reading this early, the lock is the reason to act now rather than later.

Four things WSTORES does not list that you get on SitesPlaced

1. A store importer. Paste an Instagram handle, an existing website URL, a PDF catalogue, or a dm2buy or Shopexer store link into /import and the products, prices, images, variants and categories come back as a SitesPlaced store. It is free and it is how most sellers skip the data-entry week.
2. Editing by chatting. SitesPlaced runs an official MCP server, so you can connect ChatGPT or Claude and tell it to add products, rewrite a section or change the hero image. Details are at /developers/mcp. This is free.
3. 17 storefront themes, every one free. Jewellery, fashion, a grocery theme called Pronto, a luxury maison layout and more, plus business and portfolio templates. Every heading, every line of copy, the hero images, footer columns and menus are editable. Browse them at /templates.
4. An Android app. Manage orders and products from the SitesPlaced Android app on Google Play. iOS is not available yet, which we say plainly because WSTORES also has a mobile app and you should compare both.

Who should stay on WSTORES

• You rely on staff logins or the Google Sheets sync every day. SitesPlaced does not list either.
• You sell to customers in Mexico, Brazil or the Dominican Republic and want a platform that markets there and quotes in 50-plus currencies.
• You have already paid ₹5,999 for the 3-year plan and the store is working. Sunk cost is not a reason to stay, but a working store with two years left on it is.
• You want Delhivery as a direct integration. SitesPlaced connects Shiprocket and Shipmozo, not Delhivery directly.

If none of those describe you, and especially if you are paying ₹499/month mostly for invoices, shipping and a domain, the switch pays for itself in the first month.

How to move from WSTORES to SitesPlaced

1. Import. Open /import, paste your current store URL or your Instagram handle, and let the importer rebuild the catalogue. If your products live in a PDF price list, upload that instead.
2. Pick a theme and check the copy. Choose one of the 17 themes, then walk through products, prices and variants. Fix anything the importer read wrong. Set your COD charge, delivery options and order-ID prefix.
3. Connect payments and shipping. Add your Razorpay keys, switch on COD and WhatsApp checkout, and connect Shiprocket or Shipmozo. All of this is on the free plan.
4. Publish. Your store goes live on a sitesplaced.com URL. Change the link in your Instagram bio when you are ready. Your WSTORES store keeps running in the meantime, so there is no gap.
5. Upgrade when a domain matters. Move to ₹499/month for your domain, ad tracking and WhatsApp Business API alerts. Before the first 30 stores are gone, that price stays locked.

Two sellers who moved their catalogues onto SitesPlaced and kept selling through the switch: The House of Urmila and Surroor House. If you would rather talk it through first, message us on WhatsApp.

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