Blog – WooCommerce

What’s new in WooCommerce 3.3: Revamped Orders screen, shop display improvements, and stock management improvements.

Claudiu Lodromanean — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:40:31 +0000

Since our last minor release in October, we’ve been working on a variety of improvements to WooCommerce: Redesigned Orders screen for easier order management. Simpler and more intuitive stock management. Image sizing and theme compatibility improvements. Shop customization features. To ensure this update is stable, we’ve been doing plenty of testing and QA on our […]

The post What’s new in WooCommerce 3.3: Revamped Orders screen, shop display improvements, and stock management improvements. appeared first on WooCommerce.

Extending CRUD Data Stores in WooCommerce

coderkevin — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:00:04 +0000

Have you heard about CRUD? In programming it stands for Create, Read, Update, and Delete, basic operations we all perform with our data. With WooCommerce, that includes products, orders, customers, coupons, and other data stored in your database. Recent changes to WooCommerce relating to CRUD mean that the platform is on its way to being more […]

The post Extending CRUD Data Stores in WooCommerce appeared first on WooCommerce.

How Saying “No” Wins More Work

curtismchale — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 12:00:00 +0000

Winning more work is what every company wants. They want to stop wasting time on proposals that don’t put money in the bank. Unfortunately, far too many freelancers and agencies enter talks with a prospect from the wrong angle. They default to saying yes, and only bother with anything getting close to a no when […]

The post How Saying “No” Wins More Work appeared first on WooCommerce.

How Passion and Innovation Became a Profitable Business and Online Store

Anne Gravel — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:00:00 +0000

It’s a one-of-a-kind tool that Drake producer, Noah “40” Shebib, raves about and Diplo can’t live without. Fans of Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, Kanye West, Coldplay, and Justin Bieber have already heard Output’s work, whether they know it or not. So what is Output? Think innovative software and tools created for musicians, composers, producers, […]

The post How Passion and Innovation Became a Profitable Business and Online Store appeared first on WooCommerce.

What’s new in WooCommerce Stripe 4.0: European payment gateways and a new credit card form

Matty Cohen — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 14:10:00 +0000

Stripe is a popular payment service provider for eCommerce stores worldwide, and we’re pleased to announce we’ve shipped a major release with a multitude of new features to enhance your experience of working with WooCommerce and Stripe. Payment acceptance using European and other non-U.S. payment gateways Fully PCI compliant credit card form on your checkout […]

The post What’s new in WooCommerce Stripe 4.0: European payment gateways and a new credit card form appeared first on WooCommerce.

How to Price Your WooCommerce Projects

Chris Lema — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 16:00:11 +0000

Everything starts with the story you’re telling. One of the most overlooked aspects of pricing is the fact that it never happens in a vacuum. Pricing is always contextual. And to that end, the context for a WooCommerce project isn’t just the work that needs to be done. It’s about the customer, how they define […]

The post How to Price Your WooCommerce Projects appeared first on WooCommerce.

The Future of eCommerce is Inclusion

John Maeda — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 23:37:42 +0000

In the ’90s we’d talk a lot about eCommerce, but it seemed a bit unlikely to matter because not enough consumers had computers back then. Similar to what Guy Kawasaki points out in his “Lessons of Steve Jobs” talk, There was a time in the last century when folks like Thomas J. Watson of IBM […]

The post The Future of eCommerce is Inclusion appeared first on WooCommerce.

Top-Selling WooCommerce.com Extensions in 2017

Marina Pape — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 14:30:23 +0000

Let's take a look at which products piqued your interest this year in the form of our WooCommerce marketplace top sellers.

The post Top-Selling WooCommerce.com Extensions in 2017 appeared first on WooCommerce.

An Introduction to GDPR Compliance for WooCommerce Stores

Hannah Swain — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 16:00:49 +0000

Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on 25 May 2018 – is your shop ready? What is GDPR and what does it have to do with you? I attended WordCamp Manchester and WordCamp Stockholm in the last few months, and they had one thing in common: lots of questions about GDPR. I […]

The post An Introduction to GDPR Compliance for WooCommerce Stores appeared first on WooCommerce.

The Three-Headed WooCommerce Project: Your Agency, The Freelancer, and Your Client’s Developer

Matteo Duò — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:00:39 +0000

With predictions of online shopping phasing out retail outlets in the next decade, people are increasingly jumping on the online store’s bandwagon. Developing a WooCommerce project requires time and expertise that sometimes might not be available at your agency when you need it, forcing you to look for help elsewhere, like freelance developers. If you […]

The post The Three-Headed WooCommerce Project: Your Agency, The Freelancer, and Your Client’s Developer appeared first on WooCommerce.

9 Things You Should Know In Advance To Estimate On A WooCommerce Project

Matteo Duò — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:00:47 +0000

It’s probably one of the most common questions you’ve been asked in your professional life: “How much would a new WooCommerce store cost us?”. Any of its variants count as well: “how much will you guys charge us to build that extension?”. If you’ve worked on a WooCommerce project, you get the gist. As someone […]

The post 9 Things You Should Know In Advance To Estimate On A WooCommerce Project appeared first on WooCommerce.

Join the WooCommerce Affiliate Program and start earning for all referrals

Travis Jacobson — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 09:20:17 +0000

We’re pleased to announce that WooCommerce has now been added to the affiliate program on refer.wordpress.com! Earn 20% on all referrals by recommending the platform and extensions available on WooCommerce.com to your audience. Keep reading to find out more, then create a refer.wordpress.com account, and pick WooCommerce to start collecting cash. Program overview The WordPress.com Affiliate program now includes […]

The post Join the WooCommerce Affiliate Program and start earning for all referrals appeared first on WooCommerce.

Myths, strengths, and weaknesses of open eCommerce

bekarice — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:30:30 +0000

Open platforms like WooCommerce give merchants unparalleled flexibility, freedom, and sustainability while powering their business - let’s see how.

The post Myths, strengths, and weaknesses of open eCommerce appeared first on WooCommerce.

Selling to international customers? How to cross borders with ShipStation.

Marc van Bree — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 06:00:00 +0000

Expanding product sales to a global customer base can be a great avenue to increase volume and revenue. But selling across borders brings a host of questions. One of the areas most impacted is shipping. Let’s dive right in! Quick WooCommerce settings General settings In selecting locations, you can choose to sell to all countries […]

The post Selling to international customers? How to cross borders with ShipStation. appeared first on WooCommerce.

MailChimp for WooCommerce: Holiday Tips

Allyson Van Houten — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 09:24:00 +0000

Pumpkin spice is back in stores, and that means it’s time to get cracking on your holiday marketing plan! When it comes to driving revenue, the holidays are often the most hectic—and most important—time of year. There are tons of ways business owners can capitalize on the season, from retargeting ads to acquire new customers, […]

The post MailChimp for WooCommerce: Holiday Tips appeared first on WooCommerce.

Preparing WooCommerce for the arrival of Gutenberg

James — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 19:12:55 +0000

Dedicated WordPress users have probably heard about Gutenberg, the revolutionary new editor currently in development as a feature plugin and scheduled for inclusion in WordPress version 5.0. It transforms the way we edit content of our WordPress websites by providing a richer “block”-based experience. Put simply, a block is any single element of content – […]

The post Preparing WooCommerce for the arrival of Gutenberg appeared first on WooCommerce.

WooConf: State of the Woo

Todd Wilkens — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 15:52:19 +0000

This is the first part in a series of posts highlighting talks from WooConf. You can watch the talk or read some of the points below. WooCommerce has been amazingly successful over the last five years. The plugin itself has more than 32M downloads, more than 3M active installs, and over 600 contributors […]

The post WooConf: State of the Woo appeared first on WooCommerce.

Insights from the WooCommerce Marketplace: Successful Extensions are Built on Understanding Customers

Aviva Pinchas — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 14:53:27 +0000

When WooCommerce launched in 2011, we launched something alongside it: an online marketplace where builders could buy extensions to customize their stores. Over the years, the WooCommerce Marketplace grew from the original nine extensions to nearly 400 products, and from a few developers to nearly 40 companies actively creating, updating, and supporting extensions. For the […]

The post Insights from the WooCommerce Marketplace: Successful Extensions are Built on Understanding Customers appeared first on WooCommerce.

Three things we hope you take away from WooConf 2017

Patrick — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 18:32:57 +0000

A little over a week ago, I traveled to Seattle along with designers and developers, freelancers and agencies from across the wide world of Woo, for WooCommerce’s annual gathering at WooConf. For me, it was the culmination of 10 months of work that started early in January, when I came on board to plan the […]

The post Three things we hope you take away from WooConf 2017 appeared first on WooCommerce.

From day 1 to successful homeschool bookstore on WooCommerce

Marina Pape — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 18:28:36 +0000

Charlotte Mason revolutionized education 100 years ago and is still having an impact today, especially in homeschooling. A British educator from the late 1800s, she left an impressive legacy in the form of extensively documented materials for home education. I think Charlotte Mason would have loved simplycharlottemason.com, the passion project of two homeschooling families and […]

The post From day 1 to successful homeschool bookstore on WooCommerce appeared first on WooCommerce.