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WooCommerce Fundamentals
Jonathan Perlman
@jpurpleman
https://www.jpurpleman.ca
About me
• Canadian, eh! Montreal, Quebec
• Senior web developer at Dawson College
• Teacher at Dawson College’s CTD ( non-credit )
• WordCamp speaker
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Agenda
• What is E-Commerce?
• E-Commerce platforms
• WooCommerce and the extensions
• Installation and setup
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What is E-Commerce?
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E-Commerce Solutions
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WooCommerce
42%
Shopify
6%
Other
52%
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My opinion and it depends!
WooComerce Pros
• Easy to add-on if you're already using WordPress
• Free plugins if you need basic store functionality
• Yearly costs for advanced features and capabilities
• Community supported
• You own all of you're data
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WooComerce Cons
• Bigger learning curve and overhead if you're starting from scratch.
• Community supported
• SSL certificate setup
• Take measures to secure your site
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Shopify Pros
• Hosting and SSL certificate included
• Includes marketing and promotion tools
• Modern-looking, easy to use admin area
• Customer support
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Shopify Cons
• Pricing model for bigger stores with more requirements
• Higher monthly costs
• Your order and customer data is locked-in if you decide to leave
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Installing WooCommerce
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https://docs.woocommerce.com/
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Theme Selection - StoreFront
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Store Front Child Themes
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Adding Products
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Product Types
• Simple
• covers the vast majority of any products you may sell.
• Grouped
• a set of six drinking glasses.
• Virtual
• one that doesn’t require shipping
• Downloadable
• digital album, PDF magazine, or photo.
• External or Affiliate
• one that you list and describe on your website but is sold
elsewhere.
• Variable
• a t-shirt available in different colors and/or sizes.
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Inventory
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Shipping
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Linked Products
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Attributes
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Advanced
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Product Page
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Selling Products
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Payment Gateway
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Taxes
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Shipping
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Managing Orders
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Reports
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Security and Hosting
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Security
• SSL Certificate
• https://letsencrypt.org/
• Use a reputable host
• Keep everything updated
• Never store credit cards
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Hosting
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http://2016.wooconf.com/videos/
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Final Thoughts
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Uniform and professional pictures
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Privacy Policy & Terms and Conditions
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Questions?
Thank you!
Jonathan Perlman
@jpurpleman
https://www.jpurpleman.ca

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