I grabbed WPSmartPay on AppSumo right after seeing the launch and spent some time testing it on a WordPress site. My main goal was to see how easy it would be to create a payment form and get the whole flow working without having to install WooCommerce or build a bunch of extra stuff around it.

The setup was surprisingly straightforward. I especially liked the Gutenberg-based form builder and the fact that payments, customers, invoices and reporting are all handled from the WordPress dashboard. It feels much lighter than setting up a full ecommerce stack when all you really need is a way to collect payments.

I also tested the payment form and some of the basic settings, and everything worked as expected in my initial testing. The overall UI is clean and the plugin feels like it has been thoughtfully put together.

Since I’m still early in testing it, I haven’t had a chance to put every feature through real-world use yet. One thing I’d like to see improved over time is more flexibility in customizing some parts of the checkout experience. I’d also love to see even more integrations added as the product matures.

For a newly launched AppSumo deal, though, I’m genuinely impressed. It solves a very specific problem without trying to turn itself into another huge ecommerce platform.