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Is anyone here using Jetpack as a must have on WooCommerce sites?

I always assumed it was one of those “default install” plugins people just keep activated, but lately I’m wondering if it’s essentially needed?

I feel many of its feature overlap with features from other plugins, such as backups, CDN, security, image optimisation, analytics etc. so I feel it would add extra plugin bloat/scripts for no real benefit.

I’ve actually left it disabled on one of my sites for a while and genuinely haven’t noticed any difference.

I'm interested to see what others are doing nowadays:
keeping it?
removing it?
only using certain modules?
replacing it with other plugins/services?
Or are you using most of its features?

Would be good to hear from people running active WooCommerce e-commerce stores rather than just general WordPress blogs.

I'm guessing obviously jetpack would have cleaner more above code with less pesky conflicts that other plugins would potentially cause m.

I like to keep my websites simple I use Wordpress, hello theme and Elementor Pro and build up from there with as little plugins as possible.

Jetpack has overlapping features that Elementor provides so I'm trying to avoid overlapping same features or would that not matter when building websites?

Thanks

I’m looking to build a multi-vendor marketplace website, (think multiple sellers listing products on one site). I'm not here to compete with the leading players, I would be happy with a decent return on investment and time. I want to hear real world experiences before I go too deep into it.

I’m currently considering using WooCommerce with plugins like Dokan or WCFM. However MultiVendorX is sticking out for me, has any got decent really feedback regarding MultiVendorX? Amazon aws is another area I am familiar with.

A few things I’d love honest feedback on:

1. How scalable are these setups in reality?

2. Any major headaches with vendor management (payouts, disputes, onboarding)?

3. Performance issues once you have lots of vendors/products?

4. Hidden costs (plugins, dev work, maintenance)?

5. If you’ve done it before would you do it again or avoid it?

For context, I’ve built standard eCommerce sites before, but never a full marketplace.

Not looking for sales pitches, just genuine experiences (good or bad).

Appreciate any insights.

Would onboarding Chinese investors/companies to flood the platform be a good thing or bad thing? Would providing some companies to list products for free help grow the platform? My hardest part would be marketing the platform. Thanks