{"id":4362,"date":"2023-07-05T23:51:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T18:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/?p=4362"},"modified":"2023-10-25T17:42:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T12:12:34","slug":"woocommerce-the-complete-beginners-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/woocommerce-the-complete-beginners-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"What is WooCommerce? The Complete Beginner\u2019s Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online shopping and transactions are an integral part of today&#8217;s websites and many online businesses. In this article, our focus is on WooCommerce, which is a versatile plugin to transform a simple WordPress website into an eCommerce platform. The transaction could be done to purchase a tangible product, buy services, buy subscriptions, make online donations, enroll in training and course programs, or many other reasons based on a specific business model.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simply explain<\/span>, eCommerce is a method to make financial transactions online through Credit\/Debit Cards and net banking<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_1e61b593-febe-48b7-97f2-2ae73f26f296\"><hr class=\"ub_divider\" ><\/hr><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_e20f9017-9d1b-4578-8182-5e31e591b103\"><hr class=\"ub_divider\" ><\/hr><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are various methods to make a website eCommerce enabled. Various platforms are available to develop eCommerce websites like Magento, Drupal, WordPress, Zen CMS, Shopify, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are usually 4 parties involved in an eCommerce transaction, as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merchant<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Payment <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gateway<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merchant\u2019s <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bank<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer\u2019s <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bank<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image imgsha round\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/e-commerce-transaction.png\" alt=\"Woocommerce working\" class=\"wp-image-6009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/e-commerce-transaction.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/e-commerce-transaction-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/e-commerce-transaction-768x431.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>Woocommerce Working<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The customer buys through the online transaction on the merchant\u2019s website. The payment gateway processes the payment using a credit card or net banking based on the selection made by the customer.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The payment gateway enables the transfer of money from the customer\u2019s bank account to the merchant&#8217;s bank account.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_26e4edc0-d6ba-4125-b5ac-027878d5703e\"><hr class=\"ub_divider\" ><\/hr><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group tip is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<h2 class=\"myh2 wp-block-heading\">What to look for in an eCommerce Solution:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is an increasing demand for eCommerce as people prefer to make purchases online through mobile, tab, or laptop. Hence, it is a good investment to develop a good eCommerce website that has all the good inbuilt management tools for store admin, and an intuitive, easy-to-use,<\/span> and hassle-free<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> experience for the website visitor.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><video autoplay=\"autoplay\" muted=\"\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><source src=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/woocommerce-beginner-guide.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><\/video><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are also many <\/span><b>extensions for WooCommerce<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will help us to further customize our store, being able to add for example payment gateways, and <\/span>extensions for personalized shipments, to add other types of services such as reservations, and <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">billing.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_30cb77c8-b289-4021-8978-661ff99f2396\"><hr class=\"ub_divider\" ><\/hr><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why is Woocommerce best?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><b>Ease of Use &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> An ideal eCommerce solution should be user-friendly<\/span> from an admin\u2019s perspective as well as the customer&#8217;s<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> perspective. It should be quick to install and customize. The overall buying experience for customers should not be cumbersome.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><b>Management Tools &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The eCommerce backend should have sufficient tools to manage the web store effectively. Also one should consider how well it can integrate with third-party applications.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><b>Budget &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> There are various costs involved in running an eCommerce store. Some of them are one-time<\/span> while others are recurring expenses. You should consider the overall budget for running the eCommerce solution. The typical expenses include annual domain costs, annual web hosting, annual SSL certificates, development, and customization charges (if you are hiring the developer), and <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">license fees for plugins and extensions.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><b>Compatible Payment Gateways &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Make sure that the eCommerce solution provides easy integration with payment gateways that are popular in your country\/region, and that the checkout &amp; payment processing is easy and hassle-free for the customer. Here is a complete guide to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/woocommerce-payment-gateways-and-taxation-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WooCommerce Payment Gateways and Taxation Guide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><b>Flexible &amp; Scalable &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The solution should not be restrictive in terms of scalability. It should be able to accommodate changes in the future if you want to add more features to your web store.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><b>Support &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is of utmost importance that there is a capable support team to guide you in situations when you are stuck with finding the right solution or troubleshooting any technical issues. Besides that, the solution should release occasional updates to counter security issues and make it compatible with the latest technologies and applications.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image imgsha round\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"812\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/woocommerce_infographics.jpg\" alt=\"Why Choose Woocommerce\" class=\"wp-image-6025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/woocommerce_infographics.jpg 812w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/woocommerce_infographics-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/woocommerce_infographics-768x312.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>Why Choose Woocommerce<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_f1433fb5-3f2a-49fe-92af-30238f692266\"><hr class=\"ub_divider\" ><\/hr><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is WooCommerce?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WooCommerce is a third-party<\/span> WordPress plugin, developed to make small-scale to large-scale<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> eCommerce websites. The WooCommerce plugin has several add-ons based on various specific uses, for example, \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/woocommerce-subscriptions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WooCommerce Subscription<\/a>\u2019 to enable subscription-based services to enable recurring payments. It will not be an exaggeration to say that WooCommerce is one of the most popular plugins of WordPress.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/plans-and-features\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WPOven<\/a> is the best Woocommerce hosting for your eCommerce store. With free SSD storage, server, and WordPress support. Free SSL, Free business E-Mail, daily Malware cleaning, etc at no extra cost.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/woocommerce-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CTA-woocommerce-hosting.jpg\" alt=\"woocommerce hosting\" class=\"wp-image-6028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CTA-woocommerce-hosting.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CTA-woocommerce-hosting-300x82.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CTA-woocommerce-hosting-768x209.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>WPOven<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latest version of WooCommerce is 3.7.1 with more than 5 million active installations and an overall rating of 4.5 stars. It is available in about 60 languages. WooCommerce was started as WooThemes in the year 2011 as a theme store and eventually went on to develop this amazing eCommerce plugin.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WooCommerce plugin has lots of inbuilt functions and tools along with an easy-to-use interface to effectively manage the eCommerce store. It is a versatile eCommerce solution with all the basic necessary features to manage a web store effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_ae78a57f-043f-4a22-af40-fa07d0c8b25f\"><hr class=\"ub_divider\" ><\/hr><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is WooCommerce Free?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, WooCommerce is a free plugin that can be downloaded from the WordPress repository or directly installed in the WordPress admin dashboard. Besides the base WooCommerce framework, various extensions and add-ons can be added to enhance functionality and add new features. Some of these WooCommerce add-ons are paid, while some of them are free. Each of the paid extensions can be purchased separately at its stand-alone price. For example, the \u2018WooCommerce Subscription\u2019 extension starts at $199 for a single site. It adds a feature to charge monthly or weekly or annual recurring payments which are not available by default in the WooCommerce setup.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left round has-background\" style=\"background-color:#daf2ff\"><strong>Read Complete Guide:<\/strong>   \ud83d\udea9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/woocommerce-subscriptions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recurring income business with a WooCommerce Subscription.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image imgsha round\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"374\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SUBSCRIPTION-OPTIONS.jpg\" alt=\"woocommerce subscription\" class=\"wp-image-6006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SUBSCRIPTION-OPTIONS.jpg 374w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/SUBSCRIPTION-OPTIONS-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>woocommerce subscription<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some other extensions are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image imgsha round\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"631\" height=\"245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/woocommerce-extensions.png\" alt=\"woocommerce extensions\" class=\"wp-image-4388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/woocommerce-extensions.png 631w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/woocommerce-extensions-300x116.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>woocommerce extensions<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The WooCommerce extensions are of various specific uses like Payment Providers, Shipping Methods, Product Customization, Payment Customization, and Marketing extensions (Mailchimp, etc.). There are more than 300 WooCommerce extensions.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn How to add a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/add-bitcoin-donate-button-wordpress-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">donate bitcoin button<\/a> to your Woocommerce website.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WooCommerce Integration:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WooCommerce is easy to integrate with many popular apps and platforms. Like you can integrate it with MailChimp for email campaigns, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coupler.io\/google-sheets-integrations\/woocommerce-to-google-sheets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">connect Woocommerce to Google Sheets<\/a>, it can also be integrated with the Gravity Forms plugin to manage product order processes and other customizations.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gravity Form is one of the most popular and versatile plugins that can be integrated with WooCommerce. Gravity form can be used as an ordering form that can be mapped to an existing WooCommerce product. A gravity form can also be used to create product add-ons and customization. Gravity form has a dedicated \u2018Product\u2019 field. Gravity form can be used to process payment through its Paypal and Stripe extension.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_cf92e305-9a21-4363-9919-48aa3c10d271\"><hr class=\"ub_divider\" ><\/hr><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group fre-pros-box is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<h2 class=\"myh2 wp-block-heading\">What Are The Best Woocommerce Plugins?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides these extensions and integrations, there are other plugins developed by other independent developers that enhance the functionality and usability for specific eCommerce needs. Some of these plugins are paid, while others are free. Here are some of these plugins:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stripe <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Payment Gateway<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YITH <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wishlist (and other plugins from YITH)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WooCommerce <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PDF &amp; Print<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AliDropship <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plugin.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jem-products.com\/woocommerce-table-rate-shipping-pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WooCommerce Table Rate Shipping \u2013 PRO<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left round has-background\" style=\"background-color:#daf2ff\"><strong>Read:<\/strong>   \ud83d\udea9<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/4xx-error\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/4xx-error\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/how-to-use-woocommerce-with-stripe-woocommerce-stripe-plugins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to use Woocommerce with Stripe (Woocommerce Stripe plugins)<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_e5256f9a-771e-48f9-ac75-27cbf34da0ba\"><hr class=\"ub_divider\" ><\/hr><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Application Integration:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. WooCommerce Themes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are some themes developed by WooThemes, while others developed Woocommerce-friendly<\/span> themes. The WooThemes are paid for and can be bought separately. While the other third-party<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> themes like MojoThemes are free as well as paid.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. WooCommerce Learning Management System (Sensei):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WooCommerce has developed a complete learning management and training management system, with features to add courses, lessons, and tests. It has an extension as well for content dripping using which content is delivered automatically to students based on a certain logic. You can define the logic like sending weekly lessons to students.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With WooCommerce you can create training products, which a student can buy and start the course. Go through the assessments, clear the modules, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It works seamlessly with every WooCommerce-friendly theme. Sensui is built in collaboration with Automattic, which is also behind products like WordPress.com, Jetpack, and Gravatar.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Why use WooCommerce:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will not be an exaggeration if we can call WooCommerce a DIY <a href=\"https:\/\/insights.daffodilsw.com\/blog\/the-ultimate-guide-to-ecommerce-application-development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eCommerce application development<\/a> tool, with all the basic functions embedded in it by default, and more advanced and complex functions can be added using extensions and plugins.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Pros of WooCommerce:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is scalable and flexible<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can be easily customized<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrated <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">really well other apps, including various shipping platforms<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tax definitions and calculations<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all the functionality of a basic online store inbuilt into the base <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WooCommerce installation<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to install and configure<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to define Shipping Methods and Costs<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to integrate with global and local payment gateways<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supports <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">almost all the currencies<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">drop shipping model of eCommerce<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100% <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free as it open source<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Impressive <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">customer support<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are just some of the<\/span> pros that you can avail <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the basic Woocommerce plugin.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Cons of WooCommerce:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the extensions and plugins are expensive<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dedicated eCommerce platforms like Shopify, this is a 3rd party <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plugin.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WooCommerce <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can be installed with any web host, you have to take certain <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">security measures with WooCommerce to make your online store more <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">secure<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Financial <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">transactions happen out of Woocommerce, through <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">independent payment gateways like Paypal or Stripe. In some of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dedicated platforms, the payment gateway is inbuilt in the system.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you can use Woocommerce-friendly themes and plugins by independent <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">developers, woo-commerce cannot provide complete support in such <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cases in case of some incompatibility issues.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/woocommerce-hosting\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CTA-woocommerce-hosting.jpg\" alt=\"woocommerce hosting\" class=\"wp-image-6028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CTA-woocommerce-hosting.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CTA-woocommerce-hosting-300x82.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CTA-woocommerce-hosting-768x209.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em><sup>WPOven<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/woocommerce-vs-shopify\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><b>WooCommerce Alternatives:<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shopify <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Dedicated and fully hosted eCommerce platform (Read our article about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/woocommerce-vs-shopify\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Woocomerce Vs Shopify<\/a>)<br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BigCommerce <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Dedicated and fully hosted eCommerce platform<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magento <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Open source eCommerce platform<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_210d8990-4522-43e9-9ece-61905e762063\"><hr class=\"ub_divider\" ><\/hr><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Start an Online Store:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With many of the available solutions, developing an eCommerce store has become a cakewalk, anybody can develop it anywhere in the <\/span>minimum possible time. For this kind of business, it is <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">important to implement <a href=\"https:\/\/getvoip.com\/blog\/virtual-phone-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">virtual phone systems<\/a> to have effective internal-external communication. Online Business models like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dsers.com\/?utm_source=exchange&amp;utm_medium=wpoven&amp;utm_campaign=sep_654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dropshipping<\/a> have given a boost to the eCommerce industry.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The available eCommerce solution can be categorized in 3 ways, as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"justify\">\n<li><b>Fully <\/b> <b>Hosted eCommerce Platforms.<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example: Shopify and BigCommerce. With this solution, you don\u2019t <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have to worry about third-party hosting, server maintenance, <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">security, updates, etc. These platforms are ready to go.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Dedicated <\/b><b>eCommerce Platforms.<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are platforms especially developed for eCommerce. You have to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">install the script on your web server and customize it the way you <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">want. Example: Magento, Square, X-Cart.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Third-Party Plugins to add to a CMS platform.<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are the third-party plugins you can install on an existing <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CMS. Example: WooCommerce<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.experro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Experro<\/a>, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you have selected and configured one of the above solutions, there are some basic actions you have to perform to get started.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_03e752bc-ba27-402e-8ef4-c20b54096f71\"><hr class=\"ub_divider\" ><\/hr><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Configure Domain, Hosting, and SSL:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have to register the desired domain name and set it up on a web host. To build trust with your customers you need to install SSL, which is also a prerequisite for many payment gateways to process secure financial transactions online.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><b>Domain Name:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A domain is the web address of your online business. Web users will type the domain name in their browser to visit your online store. It is important to register a domain name that matches your business name and can be recalled and remembered easily.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Web Hosting:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A server that hosts the files and database of your website is known as a web hosting server. It is important to invest with a reliable and trustworthy hosting provider, that has good features and support to make your online business a success. Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/woocommerce-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wocommerse Hosting<\/a> Solutions.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our blog on How to choose your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/ecommerce-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eCommerce Hosting?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web hosting is one of the most important factors in making or breaking your eCommerce store. There are some points that you need to look for in a good web hosting company.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offers <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">maximum uptime, many hosting providers claim to provide 99% uptime<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Please check customer reviews on various platforms if they fulfill<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;the claim.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">faster response time. It is of utmost importance these days to have <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">websites that open quickly, and hosting servers are an important <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">consideration for that. WPOven has dedicated resources for all the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">websites hosted on their server and all servers have fast SSD disks <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that improve load time.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good Caching Capabilities. It is a feature that stores some scripts <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and data in the browser&#8217;s cache for faster loading. WPOven the best WordPress Hosting uses custom <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">varnish cache along with Redis caching which is a smarter way to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cache.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">should be feature-rich, like easy backup and update options from the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dashboard.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have good customer support<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">providers also offer WordPress Hostings to cater to the special needs of <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress, which makes managing WordPress websites much easier.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_1ebf32d7-55d9-46b2-82b6-a75d7388bb9b\"><hr class=\"ub_divider\" ><\/hr><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benefits of Dedicated WordPress Hosting for eCommerce:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">improves the overall performance of the WordPress website.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is installed by default.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automatic <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">updates and security patches<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offers <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mission Critical Security<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optimized <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for faster loading<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SSL Certificate:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People often have this myth that the SSL certificate doesn\u2019t add any value or functionality to the website, and hence it is a complete waste of money.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An SSL secures the connection between client and server through encryption and hence protects sensitive information about customers and their financial data. Once successfully installed it will display a secured lock icon with https in the user\u2019s browser and will help in identifying your website as secure for online money transactions.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Typically an SSL certificate costs between $8 to $1000 per year. But <\/span><b>WPOven<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> offers free SSL for all the sites.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A website with SSL installed scores better in search engine rankings, so you can definitely say that it\u2019s more business than usual with an SSL certificate.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides that, all the leading payment gateways have made it mandatory to install SSL certificates for online transactions. In the absence of it, your customers will not be able to make any online payments.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_db4f2d29-04df-4cb5-83ea-39dcfb57f345\"><hr class=\"ub_divider\" ><\/hr><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Setup WooCommerce?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With your domain, hosting and SSL ready, the next step is to start configuring WooCommerce.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a prerequisite, there should be a WordPress installation on the server for the website, and the WooCommerce plugin needs to be installed and activated.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image imgsha round\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/how-to-setup-woocommerce.jpg\" alt=\"Woocommerce \u2013 The complete Beginner\u2019s Guide\" class=\"wp-image-6007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/how-to-setup-woocommerce.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/how-to-setup-woocommerce-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/how-to-setup-woocommerce-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>Woocommerce \u2013 The complete Beginner\u2019s Guide<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Choose a Suitable Theme:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to choose the designs or themes. There are many WooCommerce-friendly<\/span> themes available on the <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress repository for free as well as leading WordPress Theme Marketplaces like Mojo, Themeforest, Woothemes, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While choosing a design you have to make sure that it adheres to all your WooCommerce requirements. Some themes provide some additional inbuilt functions like Ajax Search, Product Display Layout, Product Browsing, etc. Please make sure that the theme has good inbuilt customization options.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the important considerations here is to make sure that the theme should be compatible with other Woocommerce extensions and add-ons that you want to use to achieve your eCommerce objectives.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using Page Builders:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the leading page builder plugins support WooCommerce and have inbuilt WooCommerce widgets for various specific use. One of the benefits of using a page builder plugin like Elementor or Visual Composer is that it doesn\u2019t break the page layout in case you change the theme of your WordPress website in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Configure Basic Pages:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are some basic pages that each eCommerce website has. These include Registration\/Login, My Account, Shop (page to display the products), View Cart, and Checkout. These are essential for the seamless functioning of any eCommerce store. Without these pages, WooCommerce doesn\u2019t work. WooCommerce can automatically generate these pages, while one can create these pages and then assign them the above functionalities from the WooCommerce dashboard.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides these pages,<\/span> you can add some other legal pages like Terms &amp; Conditions, Privacy Policy, Refund Policy, Shipping Policy,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and any other pages relevant to your business model.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Basic Settings Configuration:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are some basic settings every eCommerce platform has that you need to configure like Physical Address, Country, Currency, and Select type of deliverable (physical\/digital\/services\/subscription).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Configure Payment Settings:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another essential step is to configure payment settings correctly to receive the payments in your account. There could be one or more payment methods applicable in an online store like Cash on Delivery, Pay by Check\/DD, Wire Transfer to account, NetBanking, or Credit\/Debit Card. You can select which ones to use, and the customer will be able to choose one of them while making the payment.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most popular method is NetBanking and Credit\/Debit Card as it instantly transfers <\/span>payment from customers to merchants. To enable NetBanking or Credit\/Debit card you need to configure an independent payment gateway like Paypal, Authorize.net, Stripe,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or any other payment gateways popular within specific countries and regions.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paypal and Stripe are pre-installed with WooCommerce, and you just need certain APIs and credentials to enable them. Whereas there are extensions available from other gateway providers to integrate it with your WooCommerce installation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Configure Shipping Settings:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have to define the shipping rates and methods if you are dealing with physical products. It can define flat shipping rates, and <\/span>region-wise shipping rates, and can even integrate leading shipping providers like FedEx to calculate shipping costs<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> instantly, based on weight, dimension, and distance.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can set up different shipping classes as well to use them for specific products.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Configure Product Settings:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under product settings,<\/span> you can define things like the unit in which you want to define the product weight (lbs, grams) and dimensions (inch, cm). Under this option,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you can also choose settings for Inventory Management, and <\/span>define low stock and out-of-stock<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> threshold levels.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Configure Digital Downloads:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are dealing with virtual products or digital files, you need to define the download path. You can select the file download method and how and when to give access to the download.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Configure Accounts &amp; Privacy:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under these settings, the admin can define the account management and guest checkout options. The registration and checkout policies can be defined under this module.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Configure Email Notifications:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can change the default email notification settings and messages to be sent to customers and the admin specific to each of the actions like Successful Order Placement, Order Processing, Order Completions, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding Products:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Basic WooCommerce offers functionality to choose one of the 4 product types, namely:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"justify\">\n<li><b>Simple <\/b> <b>&#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As obvious as a <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">simple product. Suitable for products that have static pricing and no variants like <a href=\"https:\/\/triworldhub.com\/quality-assured-triathlon-equipment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">triathlon gear<\/a>, Kitchenware, etc.<br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Variable <\/b> <b>&#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These are the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">products where customers can choose variations like color, size, <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">etc. Custom attributes can be easily defined and set as variables. <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each variable can have a different price as well. Suitable for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">clothes, shoes, apparel, etc.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Grouped <\/b> <b>Product &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You can <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">add a product that belongs to a parent group. Suitable for offering <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">additional products when purchasing one of the other products within <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the group.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>External\/Affiliate <\/b> <b>Product &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">obvious from the name, you can link it to another external or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">affiliate product sold on some other website.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To start with you need to add a product name and its description. A product short description can also be added to be used as a <\/span>product excerpt. You can place the product under one of the categories. Product Featured Images<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and other images for the product photo gallery can also be uploaded with provided options.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><b><strong>Product Data:<\/strong> <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can mention the Regular Price of the product as well as the Sale Price if you want to give an offer. The SKU can be defined as a unique product identifier and set its stock status. Under the shipping option product dimensions can be added including weight, length, width, and height along with the Shipping Class for the specific product.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under Attributes, you can add any custom attributes like size, color, or any other specific attribute for the product. For a simple product, you cannot define different sizes for different attribute options. To do that you have to make the product as a variable, and define variation prices individually.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also choose if you want to add a product as Virtual or Downloadable.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large imgsha round\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/product-addition.png\" alt=\"product data in Woocommerce\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>product data in Woocommerce<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_6d23eb4e-3503-4dc6-914e-5670b1223bab\"><hr class=\"ub_divider\" ><\/hr><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to secure your WooCommerce store<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As it involves your brand reputation and customer trust, it is essential to beef up the security around your WooCommerce store. There are a number of measures to follow, some of the important ones are explained here. For more details about WordPress Security, please refer to our<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wordpress-security-101-the-ultimate-wordpress-security-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">article here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image round\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CTA_final-1024x210.png\" alt=\"Managed wordpress hosting\" class=\"wp-image-20157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CTA_final-1024x210.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CTA_final-300x61.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CTA_final-768x157.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CTA_final-1536x314.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CTA_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>WPOven<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">strong usernames and passwords.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a check on registered users to identify suspicious ones.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">updated PHP version, preferably use the versions above 7.0.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">site&#8217;s theme and plugins updated. WPOven shows the outdated plugins <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and themes in its dashboard, along with the identification of plugins\/themes<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;with known vulnerabilities for malware.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">periodic Backups. You can use WordPress backup plugins like <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BackupBuddy, BackWPup, or UpdraftPlus. WPOven WooCommerce hosting <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">offers free daily backups for up to 14 days with all plans and saves <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">backups off-server.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SSL. <a href=\"https:\/\/app.wpoven.com\/users\/signup\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/app.wpoven.com\/users\/signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPOven WooCommerce hosting<\/a> provides a Free HTTPS certificate through One-click <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LetsEncrypt, install with auto-renew for all the sites.<br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Especially <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">protect against Brute Force attacks, where hackers can acquire <\/span>access to the website&#8217;s<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> backend. WPOven servers have inbuilt security <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">scripts to tackle brute force and DDOS attacks.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Captcha or Security Question to Registration and Login Screens.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Limit <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Login Attempts<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utilize <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two Factor Authorization, sending login code to the user\u2019s mobile or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">email.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_19b789e7-487a-4fa8-96ed-0ad986d068b5\"><hr class=\"ub_divider\" ><\/hr><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do I choose a WooCommerce theme?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is suggested to do thorough research before choosing a suitable theme for your WordPress eCommerce store. Here are a few things we recommend you follow to find the most appropriate theme.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Identify <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">your eCommerce objective and target audience.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Identify <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the features you want to have in your WooCommerce store.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine, <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and preferably wireframe the layout of all important pages of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">woocommerce store. Most importantly the Home Page, Shop Page, and <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Single Product Page.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">browse through the WordPress repository and popular, and broadly <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">identify the most suitable themes that match your above <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">requirement.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides the above specific details, a WooCommerce theme should:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Responsive, and easy to use on all the devices<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optimized for Speed and Load faster<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy to customize<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search Engine Optimized Coding<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GDPR-ready<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compatible with all the WooCommerce extensions and plugins you want <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to use<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compatible with WPML if you wish to use multiple languages in future<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have an inbuilt demo and single-click demo import<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">support Google fonts<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">be cross-browser compatible<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top Free WooCommerce-Friendly Themes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/themes\/estore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>eStore:<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This is a very elegant theme with an impeccable design suitable for an eCommerce website. eStore has inbuilt spaces for ads &amp; promotions and beautiful icons for wishlists and carts in the header. It has more than 10,000 active installations and a rating of 4.5. It is fully compatible with WooCommerce and YITH WooCommerce plugins.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/justfreethemes.com\/xclean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>XClean<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a canvas-based, to-the-point<\/span> design WordPress theme. Its clean design makes it faster to load. XClean is a perfect choice for all sorts of products ranging from gadgets, clothing, art, and fashion. It is a highly customizable and easy-to-use<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> theme. It has more than 10,000 active installations.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Best Premium WooCommerce-Friendly Themes:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/themeforest.net\/item\/porto-responsive-wordpress-ecommerce-theme\/9207399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Porto:<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is one of the best-rated<\/span> WordPress themes fully compatible with woocommerce and ready-to-use<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> WooCommerce layouts.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has more than 30 ready-to-use demos to choose from, and a large repository of predefined layouts, elements, and sections. Porto is currently used on more than 30,000 websites. It is optimized for faster loading and intuitive visual composition. It has a track record of achieving more than 90% of the PageSpeed score.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elegantthemes.com\/gallery\/divi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Divi:<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Divi is a very popular theme to use with or without woocommerce. It has a very rich, customizable yet fast visual editor. Divi has plenty of global elements &amp; Styles. It has more than 40 pre-built website elements, 800 pre-made designs, and 100+ full website packs.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elegant theme developer has launched a dedicated WooCommerce builder for Divi which has 16 fully loaded WooCommerce Modules.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/themeforest.net\/item\/thegem-creative-multipurpose-highperformance-wordpress-theme\/16061685\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>TheGem:<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a <\/span>highly customizable and flexible WordPress theme designed specifically for WooCommerce. TheGem is a high-performance theme optimized for SEO. It has more than 400 ready-to-use creative templates. It is a multilingual theme and can also be used for Right to Left (RTL) languages like Arabic. This theme is available on Themeforest Marketplace and has the <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">best-rated support.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_70d18f31-d0da-4b1e-9088-39290c18ecdc\"><hr class=\"ub_divider\" ><\/hr><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WooCommerce Extensions:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WooCommerce has developed certain extensions that work with woocommerce to enhance the eCommerce experience with a specific function. Each extension is designed for a specific task. There are more than 300 WooCommerce Extensions and they are priced separately, some of them are free to use.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image imgsha round\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"556\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/woocommerce-add-ons.png\" alt=\"woocommerce add ons\" class=\"wp-image-4386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/woocommerce-add-ons.png 556w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/woocommerce-add-ons-300x260.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>woocommerce add ons<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To install the extensions you can go to Extensions under WooCommerce from the dashboard sidebar menu.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image imgsha round\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"327\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/woocommerce-dashboard-extensions.png\" alt=\"woocommerce dashboard\" class=\"wp-image-4387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/woocommerce-dashboard-extensions.png 327w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/woocommerce-dashboard-extensions-300x218.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>woocommerce dashboard<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can search and filter the extensions, or go to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.com\/product-category\/woocommerce-extensions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Woocommerce Extension<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> page.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image imgsha round\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/search-extensions.png\" alt=\"woocommerce extensions\" class=\"wp-image-4385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/search-extensions.png 669w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/search-extensions-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>woocommerce extensions<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once purchased you can install it as a plugin, and activate it with the Licensed key provided by WooCommerce. Once successfully activated you will be able to use it with the basic WooCommerce plugin.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/woocommerce-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CTA-woocommerce-hosting.jpg\" alt=\"woocommerce hosting\" class=\"wp-image-6028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CTA-woocommerce-hosting.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CTA-woocommerce-hosting-300x82.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/CTA-woocommerce-hosting-768x209.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>woocommerce hosting<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_6e6bf075-8beb-4c2b-92cf-b3c740d37917\"><hr class=\"ub_divider\" ><\/hr><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top 5 WooCommerce Extensions you must have:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><b>MailChimp:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is the most popular application for email marketing and campaigns and managing email lists. You can integrate it with your WooCommerce and build an email list of your customers. WooCommerce offers<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.com\/products\/mailchimp-for-woocommerce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mailchimp extensions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for free.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using this plugin you can grow your audience and sell more stuff with Facebook and Instagram Ad Campaigns in Mailchimp.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><b>Product Add-Ons: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customers these days need the option to customize their product with things like special engravings, customized designs, and <\/span>gift wrappings, at an add-on the price to the base product. You can use the <a href=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.com\/products\/product-add-ons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Product Add-Ons<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> extension to add things like that to improve customer experience and make some additional sales.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><b>Checkout Field Editor:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This extension allows you to add\/edit\/remove custom fields at WooCommerce checkout. With<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.com\/products\/woocommerce-checkout-field-editor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Checkout Field Editor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you can add fields like preferred Delivery Date and a special note for product customization. It allows you to add text, select, checkboxes, and date pickers input fields. You can also play around with the default fields.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><b>Dynamic Pricing:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a very flexible extension to define rules for dynamic pricing, especially if you want to apply conditional logic like bulk discounts over a certain amount on the total bill. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.com\/products\/dynamic-pricing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dynamic Pricing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a tool for advanced product pricing based on a number of different criteria like first purchase, repeat purchase, the number of products ordered, total bill, category-based pricing, and a lot more options.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><b>Shipment Tracking:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As obvious by its name it allows your customer to keep track of their consignment.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.com\/products\/shipment-tracking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shipment Tracking<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> extension integrates directly with leading shipment providers like DHL, FedEx, TNT, UPS, Australia Post, Canada Post, Fastway South Africa, and a number of other providers. As soon as a customer places the order, a link will appear on his Order Status page to track the shipment, and will also be delivered over email.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the extensions come with a 30-day money-back guarantee from WooCommerce and a great support team available 24X7.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_8f36a942-5ea7-4bdd-8094-bf0440dfcab8\"><hr class=\"ub_divider\" ><\/hr><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Grow Your WooCommerce Store<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are two ways to grow the WooCommerce store:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increase the number of customers<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increase the number of repeat sales from existing customers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can apply both of the above methods to grow your sales exponentially using some of these tips.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"justify\">\n<li><b>Start <\/b><b>an Email subscribers list:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are a new store you can collect the emails of your target <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">audience through various lead generation techniques, if you already <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have an<\/span> existing customer base you can ask for their emails and add them to an email marketing tool\u2019s list like MailChimp, Aweber, etc. You can send them emails about new offers, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">loyalty <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">programs, deals, and discounts to engage them and encourage them to buy <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from your website. To collect emails you can use an opt-in form on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">your website as well.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Optimize <\/b> <b>Receipts:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You can send an optimized receipt on every order, suggesting the other related product that can be bought together offering a discount or deal. Always make sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jotform.com\/surveys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">take feedback<\/a> from customers about their experience at the physical store or web store.<br><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Use <\/b> <b>Good SEO Practices:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You must have a strong SEO team to boost your rankings, and hence <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the sales. You should know what keywords to target, it is very <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">critical for your success. You can also invest in a foolproof <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">online ad campaign.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Use <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Live chat:<\/strong> Customers always go for companies that have excellent <\/span>customer support, in the pre-sales as well as post-sales periods<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You can <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also use chatbots to welcome customers visiting your website and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">guide them through. This will help build a relationship with the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">customer and will project your brand as reliable and trustworthy. <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are some chat plugins that you can use on your WooCommerce <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">websites, for example:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZenDesk <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chat<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tidio <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Live Chat<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pure <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chat<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LiveChat<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the whole eCommerce process really simple for customers.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Always <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">attend to clients\u2019 complaints.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.g2.com\/articles\/social-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Use Social Media<\/a> to engage with the target audience and potential customers.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Invest <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in good graphics and creatives to use in social media.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Always <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">make sure to use icons that show that this site is secured.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">your website optimized for mobile usability in terms of speed and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">design.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Always <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">make sure to use payment options that are easy to use and are <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">trusted names.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Showcase <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">your top-selling items on the front page, and category-wise top-selling<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> products on each of the product category pages.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Always <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">make sure to cross-sell or up-sell. WooCommerce has an inbuilt feature <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to display suggested products with every product purchased.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Always <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tap the opportunity of selling more during the festive season and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">promoting seasonal products. There are many <a href=\"https:\/\/devrev.ai\/articles\/all\/zendesk-alternatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zendesk alternative<\/a> customer service platforms that can be just as effective for promoting seasonal products and driving sales.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sure that your shipping partner is a trusted name, often customers <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are doubtful about the delivery of products in pristine condition and on-time<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;delivery.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the environment of FOMO (fear of missing out), through messages like <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018this product is going out of stock soon\u2019 and with other limited-period<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> offers.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Always <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">keep a vigilant eye on website analytics and sales figures. A <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">capable sales manager will be able to gauge the decrease in sales <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and take corrective measures to increase sales.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are certain WooCommerce extensions and plugins that you can use to support you in implementing the above-stated sales strategies.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_451d6610-9987-4b98-bd66-5d9efc654db7\"><hr class=\"ub_divider\" ><\/hr><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is WooCommerce Mobile Friendly?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WooCommerce is as mobile-friendly as the WordPress theme being used with it in terms of design and layout.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With regard to usability, the ordering process works like a breeze for visitors. You just have to make sure that the theme you choose displays all the buttons nicely. So we suggest you test the theme thoroughly on a mobile device and hire a good developer for CSS customization.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To further make the checkout process easier on mobile you can do certain customizations.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Re-arrange <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the checkout form fields using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.com\/products\/woocommerce-checkout-field-editor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Checkout <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Field Editor<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">extension.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is recommended to set the option of guest checkout, where customers <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are not forced to register.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provide <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">payment options that are easier to make on mobiles like Amazon Pay <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Paypal.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can use plugins and tools to convert your WooCommerce web store into <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a mobile app. However, it depends on your business model whether it <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be a good choice or not.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WooCommerce Mobile App:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The wooCommerce<\/span> store can now be managed using iOS and Android applications. The store manager can now manage orders, receive sales notifications, and get insights about sales through the easy-to-use<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> mobile app.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although this just seems to be a starting phase, we can be sure of more features to be added to the mobile app in the near future.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_849d2982-4fe4-4c54-9eb0-a1dc81668a9c\"><hr class=\"ub_divider\" ><\/hr><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are a few things that are instrumental in the success of an eCommerce store, including user-friendly design, especially on smartphones, fast loading, easy product browsing &amp; ordering process, easy and trusted payment processing, timely delivery, and of course above all quality of the product.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify\">WooCommerce makes your job easier and saves you time in managing your eCommerce store so that you can focus more on other critical things stated above.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_480580a3-22c6-4f6e-a79a-34b3d0fce61c\"><hr class=\"ub_divider\" ><\/hr><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online shopping and transactions are an integral part of today&#8217;s websites and many online businesses. In this article, our focus is on WooCommerce, which is a versatile plugin to transform a simple WordPress website into an eCommerce platform. The transaction could be done to purchase a tangible product, buy services, buy subscriptions, make online donations, enroll in training and course programs, or many other reasons based on a specific business model.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Simply explain, eCommerce is a method to make financial transactions online through Credit\/Debit Cards and net banking. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpoven.com\/blog\/woocommerce-the-complete-beginners-guide\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More <i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What is WooCommerce? 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