News on news on news this week, so I’ll let you get to reading 🙂 .
- Easy Digital Downloads has released version 2.3 beta 2 for testing — you can get an early scoop on the new features by helping with the testing effort.
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WooThemes has made platform conversion plugins free: you can now use the official WPeC to WooCommerce or Jigoshop to WooCommerce converters at no cost.
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WinningWP has a detailed guide to setting up an affiliate program for WooCommerce using AffiliateWP.
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Here’s a tutorial from WooNinja Nicola Mustone on hiding checkout fields based on products in the cart.
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I really liked this post from Raison on why choose WooCommerce; they’ve included some great points on when a hosted solution (like Shopify) vs a self-hosted solution (like WooCommerce) makes sense, as well as some considerations that should be prioritized over which platform you’ll use.
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Bigcommerce also wrote about self-hosted vs hosted solutions this week; as they’re a SaaS solution, it’s a nice counterpoint to the article above.
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Paid Memberships Pro has released an add-on that will help you create a members directory based on which members have purchased a specific plan (or plans) on your site.
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We wrote about extensions for the Storefront WooCommerce theme recently, and here’s a new one to check out: Storefront blog excerpts.
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Crazy Egg has some interesting statistics on using videos in your store that takes a look at product videos, landing page videos, and onboarding to show you how they impact different eCommerce sites.
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Since this week was basically the week of email for us, I’d also recommend Crazy Egg’s tips on creating the perfect transactional emails.
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KISSmetrics has 5 tips on increasing customer LTV ready for you.
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Here are 8 mistakes to avoid that will hurt sales on your eCommerce site from WeMakeWebsites.
This week’s roundup is sponsored by WooAssist: Virtual WooCommerce Assistants.
Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your weekend!
