Simply Buy
SimplyBuy is a lightweight WordPress plugin that lets you create simple online shop-style requests or price calculations — completely without WooCommerce, without a shopping cart, and without payment processing.
Originally developed as a bulky-waste calculator for clearance companies, SimplyBuy works for any service provider who needs a simple eCommerce-like solution without the complexity of a traditional WordPress online shop plugin.
Because SimplyBuy avoids unnecessary features found in typical WordPress shop plugins, it is:
- Easy to set up
- Lean in code
- Ready to use immediately
- Does not store customer data
- Does not require shipping rules
- Free of inventory management
SimplyBuy can be used as a WordPress plugin shop-free alternative for services — perfect for anyone needing shop-style functionality without WooCommerce and without a shopping cart.
Who is SimplyBuy made for?
SimplyBuy is for doers.
It is ideal for clearance companies, moving companies, agencies, and service providers who want fast customer inquiries — not a full WordPress shopping plugin.
Ideal for:
- Service providers needing simple online requests
- Local businesses looking for a WordPress shop plugin free alternative
- Companies needing a WordPress product plugin without a shopping cart
- Users who want a simple eCommerce plugin for WordPress
- Anyone wanting a mini “shop” experience without payment and without WooCommerce
Although designed for clearance services, SimplyBuy is flexible and can be used in many industries.
What makes SimplyBuy special
- Works like a simple WordPress online shop plugin, without the complexity of a real shop
- No WooCommerce, no checkout flow, no payment forms
- Ideal if you want a WordPress shop without WooCommerce
- Display simple service “products” or price options
- Perfect for websites offering quotes, requests, or simple services
- 100% compatible with any theme
- Shortcode-based and fully responsive
- A great alternative to free WordPress shop plugins that are too complex
What SimplyBuy is NOT
- Not a full eCommerce system
- Not a shopping cart plugin
- Not for selling products with stock
- Not for tickets, events, or limited inventory
- Not a traditional WordPress shop setup
- Not a WooCommerce replacement for online payments
SimplyBuy is a request-first tool, not a payment or checkout plugin.
Multilingual support
SimplyBuy works on multilingual WordPress sites with the following caveats:
- Polylang (recommended): Fully supported. Product search and selection respect the current page language. The plugin’s automatic page creation (Cart, Checkout, Thank You) creates one page per active Polylang language and links them as translations.
- WPML: Not officially supported yet. Single-language sites work fine. On multilingual WPML setups, the product search may return results from all languages.
- Weglot: Not applicable — Weglot translates the page output, not the database. SimplyBuy’s product database remains in the source language; Weglot then translates the displayed text on the fly.
- No multilingual plugin: Works as a single-language site. All products in the database are shown, regardless of the WordPress site language. The “language” of the products is whatever the site owner typed when creating them.
The plugin’s user interface ships with English (default) and German translations. Other site languages will fall back to English for the plugin’s own labels (product titles and descriptions are not affected — they come from the database as-is).