A grounded, plugin-by-plugin look at what a consultant's own WooCommerce or WordPress site can realistically do today — chosen specifically to work well alongside what Annique already has, not in spite of it.
Real, current, actively-maintained plugins — checked, not assumed.
Products live in WooCommerce as normal, but the cart and checkout are switched off entirely — it reads as a proper online catalogue, not a store with a broken payment button.
Turns any WooCommerce shop into a browse-only catalogue in two clicks — hides Add to Cart, prices if you want, and the whole checkout flow. Free version covers everything needed here.
From the same team, built to pair with Catalog Mode — replaces "Add to Cart" with a proper enquiry form instead of leaving customers with nowhere to go.
The moment a customer is ready to buy, hand it off to WhatsApp — where she probably wants to talk anyway — with everything she picked already filled in.
Lets a customer build a normal WooCommerce cart, then sends the whole thing as one pre-filled WhatsApp message instead of going to checkout. Actively maintained for current WooCommerce.
The simpler option if a full cart-to-WhatsApp handoff feels like more than's needed — just a clean floating WhatsApp button, shown only where you choose.
Skincare runs out on a schedule. A welcome sequence for new customers and a gentle nudge when a favourite's due for reorder, running entirely inside WordPress — no monthly SaaS bill creeping up as the list grows.
Self-hosted CRM and email automation built for WordPress — a welcome or reorder-reminder sequence can genuinely be running in an afternoon, not a week.
More depth for later — fully open-source, with a more powerful automation builder once the basics outgrow a simple welcome sequence.
A clean catalogue, no dead checkout button
Her picks arrive pre-filled, one tap
Through her own official Annique account
Follows up when it's time to reorder
Not needed to start — genuinely useful once there's real traffic to justify them.
A proper local business-directory engine — the real backbone behind a "find a consultant near me" map, rather than a static list.
A real, mature multi-vendor plugin — the natural engine behind a shared "George Rooibos Market" page, if several consultants ever wanted one storefront with individual stalls.
A lightweight course builder — a short, structured "getting started" mini-course for new consultants, sitting alongside Annique Academy rather than replacing it.
For consultants offering one-on-one skin consultations or demo slots — a real appointment calendar instead of back-and-forth messages to find a time.
| Layer | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Catalogue (YITH Catalog Mode + Request a Quote) | R0 | Free versions cover everything this needs |
| Bridge (OneClick Chat to Order) | R0 | Free, actively maintained for current WooCommerce |
| Relationship (FluentCRM) | R0 | Free core; needs an SMTP sender for delivery — several have free tiers at this scale |
| Hosting & the build itself | R0 | Already have hosting and the skills to build it |
| GeoDirectory / WCFM / LearnPress, if added later | Free core, paid add-ons possible | Only worth it once the core stack already has real traffic |
Nothing above assumes access this doesn't have, or fights the fact that a live product sync doesn't exist. It's the same three jobs — show it, ask for it, remember her — done with plugins that are real, current, and already trusted by thousands of other WooCommerce stores.
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