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This week we consider some business owners when choosing an eCommerce platform. To kick things off, walk through how to set up a WooCommerce store - a two-part process.
If you are starting from scratch, go to WooCommerce.com/start to get a basic site. If you already have a self-hosted WordPress site or a WordPress.com site with a business plan, go to the Plugins section of your dashboard to find, add and activate the WooCommerce plugin.
Make the WooCommerce Wizard your guide
Every new installation of WooCommerce starts with a WooCommerce setup wizard for key questions such as what kind of currency you to use, whether you sell physical or digital products, and more.
It will also prompt you to add services relevant to your country, and you’ll also be asked to select a payment processor.
Select bank transfer, check, or COD. Additional payment gateways can be added later.
Next, you’ll be asked to choose a shipping option:
For shipping cost estimates you will be asked to identify the weight and dimension units.
WooCommerce supports flat-rate shipping, free live rates, and at-home label-printing via a free service called WooCommerce Shipping to the US and Canada.
Next is the "extras" section, where you will see if the theme you installed - you did this when you first installed your WordPress site - is compatible with WooCommerce. You will also get some additional recommendation extensions (free):
You can choose to install Storefront, the default theme of WooCommerce
Finally, if you are in a country where any of WooCommerce's cloud-based services are offered to automatically calculate shipping rates and calculate tax at checkout:
If you’re in the U.S., you’ll want to enable this given the new laws.
Once you’ve completed the setup wizard, you’ll land in your newly eCommerce-ready WordPress site. Head to the Settings tab to review your information:
Make sure a SKU is created for each product - you will need it for data collection and inventory management. Read more about why you should use SKU for WooCommerce, even if your store is small!
SKUs can be added to the product data area of any WooCommerce product page.
Difference between WooCommerce and WordPress page
If you are already familiar with WordPress, you will note that there are some differences in WooCommerce, especially with pages.
page layout. For most WordPress giants working on WooCommerce for the first time, the most shocking feature is where to place content. The main editing panel you see on a brand new WordPress page is not where you see content viewers first see about the product featured on that page. This very important piece of writing goes to the "Small Product Description" area next to the page.
At the top is the large area where you give information about the product, such as its manufacture, components, country of origin - whatever you think buyers will be interested enough to scroll down and get more information.
Attributes and Variations. Since WooCommerce is an online store, it contains items that may be unfamiliar to those accustomed to using WordPress simply for blogging.
On each WooCommerce page you set up, you will see a location for features and variations.
- Attributes are details about each product. It includes different sizes, different colors, V-neck vs. scoop neck and so forth.
- Variations add features and simplify the options you present to the customer. Instead of listing colors and sizes separately and having the customer create lots of boxes, you can list each size with a drop-down list of available colors.
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