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Maintenance

Confidently prepare your online store for WooCommerce updates

This is a guest post by Jason Conroy. Jason works at Prospress Inc. where he helps WooCommerce store owners sell more subscription products, automate their marketing, and ensure their stores are always running smoothly with automated checkout testing. When new...

/ October 24, 2018
WooCommerce Abandoned Cart App

Saving Lost Revenue with Jilt – Easy Digital Downloads and WooCommerce Abandoned Cart App

Many of us have probably been beaten over the head a bit with the famous statistic on cart abandonment from Baymard Institute: 68.81% of all shopping carts are abandoned, meaning over 2 out of every 3 customers who have placed...

/ November 21, 2016
mobile commerce

WordPress eCommerce Usage Statistics: October 2016

It’s been quite some time since we took a look at growth and marketshare of WordPress eCommerce plugins, so today I’d like to revisit some statistics on plugin usage and compare data from BuiltWith.com and WordPress.org. We’ve written two overviews...

/ October 26, 2016
eCommerce product filters

Advanced eCommerce Product Filters: A FacetWP Review

One of the main reasons why plugins like WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads have become so popular for WordPress sites is the ease with which they can be customized to sell almost any kind of product. With WooCommerce, you have...

/ October 12, 2016
Sell group memberships

Sell Group Membership Accounts with Restrict Content Pro

The ability to sell a membership to a group is an extremely tough problem to solve. Tying billing to one account, but having other accounts with access that depend on that account’s billing is a pretty involved system, and not...

/ September 5, 2016
captainform review: purchase forms

Creating Purchasing Forms: CaptainForm Review

When you’re looking to sell a product online, you may want to get started quick, and may not need all of the feature of a full-fledged eCommerce platform. When you’re in this situation, a simple purchasing form may do just...

/ May 11, 2016
eCommerce value metrics

What eCommerce Can Learn from Baseball

Actionable Metrics for New or Small eCommerce Stores

/ April 27, 2016
WooCommerce Product Carousel

Create Effective WooCommerce Product Carousels with WooThumbs

I know immediately that advocating for a carousel or slider of any kind in the title of this blog post may have already stirred some people up. And with good reason! Image carousels or sliders take a lot of heat...

/ March 23, 2016
Key Value Metrics

Key Value Metrics for new eCommerce Stores

There are a lot of things to keep in mind when you start an eCommerce business. It is an exciting, but also a challenging time. On the one hand, it is exciting as online stores open up a lot of...

/ February 1, 2016
Easy Digital Downloads sell bookings

Selling Bookings with Easy Digital Downloads

Easy Digital Downloads is a fantastic platform if you want to sell services with WordPress. As it focuses on virtual products, services are a natural fit, and it provides a solution that does just what you need without a lot...

/ December 16, 2015
WooCommerce Subscriber Coupons

Generate Monthly WooCommerce Subscriptions Coupons with AutomateWoo

Offering perks to your subscribers each month is a great way to provide value for your site subscriptions and limit churn, as members feel that they get benefits for every single monthly payment. A lot of subscription sites want to...

/ November 30, 2015
WooCommerce shoppable video

Shoppable Video: Selling WooCommerce Products via Videos

If I asked you to remember the last video you watched online, chances are you could recall watching a video today, let alone within the past week. You’re also not the only one — for example, Facebook users notch 4...

/ November 11, 2015