Sell wood online

Start, run, and grow your wood business

Get the training, tools, and support you need to build the wood business you’ve always wanted.

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How to sell wood online in just 5 steps

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Everything you need to sell wood

Free resources

Learn at your own pace with on-demand courses from Shopify Academy, and with other business owners on the Shopify Community forums. Find answers to your questions on the Shopify blog, or in our comprehensive guides.

Professional tools

Create an online wood store that reflects your unique brand with over 70 customizable and responsive themes. Efficiently manage your inventory and process customer orders all from one unified dashboard.

Smart marketing

Grab your customers’ attention with targeted marketing campaigns on social media and Google. Make sure customers can find your wood store by using Shopify’s built-in SEO tools and integrated blogging.

Award-winning support

Shopify support is available 24/7, no matter which plan you’re on. You’ll also have access to help docs, webinars, blog posts, and online courses to guide you along the way for your wood business encounters.

Explore your options

Apps that help you sell wood

Some popular apps other merchants use

  • Google & YouTube

    Google & YouTube

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    Reach shoppers and get discovered across Google.

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    Free to install

  • Shopify Local Delivery

    Shopify Local Delivery

    By Shopify

    Get more out of local delivery and share optimized routes

    3.5(81)

    Free

  • Shopify Inbox

    Shopify Inbox

    By Shopify

    Connect with customers and drive sales with chat– for free

    3.1(341)

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Learn more about selling wood

  • If you want to start selling wood online, you need first to pick your target market. From selling large plywood panels to carpenters or smaller pieces of wood to woodworkers, there is a growing demand for wood online. Choose your ideal customers, decide on the type of wood you want to sell and then start sourcing photography and product descriptions to get ready to list the wood online.

  • You can sell wood online using Shopify and some other third-party platforms. If you want to sell wood in bulk to a hardware store with customers across the U.S. or to groups of carpenters and contractors, then try creating a store on Shopify or Shopify Plus. On Shopify Plus, you gain access to features like self-service buying and high-order volume buying that appeal to wholesale customers.

  • Absolutely, you can sell wood on Shopify. Shopify sets you up with everything you need to launch an online ecommerce store and start selling wood to your customers. With Shopify, merchants can rely on extensive inventory management and product variation features that allow them to offer different products, including multiple sizes, colors, materials, and more.

  • The price of wood is determined by its durability, resistance, and rarity, with wood from unusual or hard-to-find trees being the most expensive.

  • BellForest is a great example of an online wood store. They cater to woodworkers by selling exotic pieces of lumber and wood blanks, all of various species. You can create a similar store with an extensive inventory and multiple product variations using Shopify.

Powerful apps

Showcase your wood with professionally edited photos or build customer loyalty with rewards programs. With over 6000 options in the Shopify App Store, you can customize your store experience and test for success.

Sell everywhere

Sell your wood online, in-person, and wherever your customers are. Quickly accept payments, view sales, fulfill orders, and track inventory with the Shopify POS app—no matter where you sell.

Scalable pricing plans

For wood businesses at every stage and size

Show Plan Prices as Pay yearly (save 25%)* Subscription Rate

$1 for your first month

Basic

Most Popular

For solo entrepreneurs

Yearly subscription price $42 AUD per month

Card rates starting at

  • 1.75% + 30¢ AUD online
  • 1.95% + 0¢ AUD in person
  • 2% 3rd-party payment providers
$1 for your first month

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For small teams

Yearly subscription price $114 AUD per month

Card rates starting at

  • 1.6% + 30¢ AUD online
  • 1.85% + 0¢ AUD in person
  • 1% 3rd-party payment providers
$1 for your first month

Advanced

As your business scales

Yearly subscription price $431 AUD per month

Card rates starting at

  • 1.4% + 30¢ AUD online
  • 1.75% + 0¢ AUD in person
  • 0.6% 3rd-party payment providers

Start your wood business with Shopify today

Try Shopify free for 3 days, and explore all the tools and services you need to start, run, and grow your business.

Try Shopify free for 3 days, no credit card required. By entering your email, you agree to receive marketing emails from Shopify.

Discover how Shopify can help you do more with your business—no matter what you sell.