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July 21, 2013

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EastBayWP.com

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Fun with WooCommerce July 21st, 2013 Sallie Goetsch

@salliegoetsch

http://wpfangirl.com

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WooCommerce is a Fork of Jigoshop

http://jigoshop.com/

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Don’t Care about the Dirt?

• Try both plugins—both are free, with paid add-ons.

• They still have many similar features.

• The two continue to diverge.

• Some claim Woo provides better support and documentation.

• Pick the one you like best, or a different plugin entirely.

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Payment Gateways

Built-In

• PayPal Standard

• Mijireh

• COD

• Check

• BACS

Extensions

• 2 CheckOut

• Amazon Payments

• Authorize.net

• Bitcoin

• FirstData

• Infusionsoft

• PayPal Express/Pro

• Stripe

• WePay

• …and more

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Welcome to WooCommerce

Notice this button. It’s very important.

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Read the Docs. You Need Them.

http://docs.woothemes.com/document/woocommerce/

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Settings: Tons of These

Expect to spend time setting this up, and expect it to be different from site to site.

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Auto-Generated Pages…

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…And What’s on Them

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Taxes

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OMFG SHIPPING! UPS & USPS $49 each. Time to configure 15-30 min each.

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Shipping from the Front End

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Adding a Simple Product… Product Name

Product Description

Price & Tax Status

Excerpt

Product Categories

Gallery Images

Featured Image

…Almost Simple

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External (Affiliate) Products Get this from your Amazon Associates page.

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Affiliate Product Page

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Variable Products

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Variable Product Page

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Downloadable Products

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Download Page

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Cross-sells & Up-sells

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Single Product Page

Image Gallery

Product Description

Featured Image

Price/ Purchase Options

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Product Page Shortcodes

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Product Page from Shortcodes

Simple Products

Variable Products

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Checkout Pages

PayPal Stripe

Shipping Calculation

Free Shipping

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Account Page

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WooCommerce Receipt

Email can be customized with templates. (This wasn’t.)

Receipt includes information collected via Gravity Forms and stored in a cookie (custom work for client)

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WooCommerce Extensions

39 Free extensions

261 Extensions on 7/20/13

Prices from $29 - $99 for a single site license

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Coupons (Smart Coupon Extension)

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Manage Subscriptions

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Sell Classes Sensei Plugin $99 single site license

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This Is Not an API

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The Good, Bad, & Ugly

Pros

• Base plugin is free & powerful

• Handles many types of products, including CSV import

• Works with most themes

• Decent documentation

Cons

• Cost of extensions adds up fast

• Doesn’t do donations

• API is display-based, not function-based

• Many Woo Themes interfere with CSS

• Not intuitive enough to use without docs

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Bonus: The New Kid in Town

http://ithemes.com/exchange/