Yep, that was a really great reply. When I was using Joomla I was on VPS's and bare metal and having issues. Things have changed now I'll be doing stuff from home using sh*t low wattage servers but on a decent line. That's the plan anyhow.
I'll take a looK at the woo plugins and template makers you suggested. I might put some stuff on Autonomi too. That'll take care of all the regulatory BS, spiders and privacy issues.