Woocommerce plugin for Wordpress - for UK

[HoneyboyAmps]

Hello, my wife has started building a Wordpress site, and has taken a Wp subscription for a UK-based business, but when she installed WooCommerce, as offered by Plugins Manager, the installed WooC only offers 'Build Your Shop' for the US and Canada. Can anyone advise where I would find a step-by-step guide to Wordpress and WooCommerce for UK business? I'm here because I've looked for but not found it.
I note that when you use the url wordpress.com the site you arrive at has a [US] prefix. Is there a UK version? Wordpress.co.uk redirects to .org, which I'm told is the developer product site, not for amateurs.
And secondly, is it possible that she took a wrong turn at the domain registration stage? Her domain name is a .com and not .co.uk.
Thank you.

 

[fisicx]

Because you have brought a wordpress.com subscription you can only install the plugins they permit - which is why you have the restrictions.

What she should have done is got some hosting for her .com domain and installed wordpress. Installation is automated (you just need to fill in a few admin fields), she could then install whatever plugins she wants.

So:
Buy some hosting.
Install WordPress
Install Woo
Have fun

And if she is targeting the UK, a .co.uk is better than a .com

 

[Enterweb]

As per the above response.
If your good lady wants international trade then go .com if she wants only UK trade then go .co.uk
Because she has just started then I agree that to start again is her best bet.
Wordpress.org not .com

 

[Alan]

Is there a UK version? Wordpress.co.uk redirects to .org, which I'm told is the developer product site, not for amateurs.

Yes that was the wrong turn ( .com) and thinking .org is not for amateurs. Most hosting plans come with one click .org installs - it is really simple.

The not for 'amateurs' comes from the fact that .org give you total power and with power comes responsibilities, and amateurs are prone to these mistake
1. not taking security seriously e.g. weak passwords, not keeping software up to date
2. not taking business continuity seriously, e.g. not knowing about or arranging backups
3. going mad with plugins for everything
4. poor theme selection

But if you select a clean, light weight theme, install just the plugins you need, install a security plugin like Wordfence, ensure you have proper backups at your host or if not install a backup plugin like Updraft, and have a process to make sure you keep your WordPress & plugins up to date, it is a doddle.

 

[antropy]

Yes that was the wrong turn ( .com) and thinking .org is not for amateurs.

And then you go on to list a load of steps that are not for amateurs.

Perhaps because you're so familiar with these things you've forgotten that for many people, installing and managing WordPress is beyond their skillset.

 

[Alan]

And then you go on to list a load of steps that are not for amateurs.

My post had a degree of sarcasm.

If any one operating a business doesn't understand security, business continuity and the basics of technology selection, and they try and DIY an online business, then they not amateurs, they are incompetent ( not a judgement of the OP by the way ).

It is possible for people to be amateurs ( i.e not paid professionally ) and still be competent to define their own solution. Conversely many amateurs don't know their limitations ( they don't know what they don't know)

The purpose of my posts was, if you get what points 1 to 4 are, then you probably have a foundation you can move forward with - but if you don't then you are in danger of making ( and learning from ) many mistakes along the way.

 

[antropy]

My post had a degree of sarcasm.

Ah, it didn't come across. I thought you were suffering from the:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_knowledge