Yes – with one honest caveat. WooCommerce is free, extremely well-documented, and backed by the largest ecommerce community on the web, so a beginner absolutely can get a store up and running.
The caveat is that WooCommerce asks more of you than a fully hosted platform. Because it runs on your own WordPress site, you’re responsible for hosting, updates, security and speed. None of it is beyond a motivated beginner, but it’s real ongoing work – and getting performance and checkout right is where most self-built stores struggle.
So: a great choice for beginners who want to learn and keep full ownership, and are happy to handle the technical side or get help with it. If you’d rather spend your time selling than maintaining, starting with a managed setup removes exactly the parts beginners find hardest.
The payoff for the extra effort is no platform lock-in and no per-sale fees for the life of the store.