All I can say today is STAR WARS STAR WARS STAR WARS. But in case your brain isn’t fried, here are some updates and tips from this week in eCommerce:
New or Updated Plugins & Themes
- A new Bookings plugin for Easy Digital Dowloads was released, and we’ve got a review of the plugin already (along with the introduction post from EDD).
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EDD is also beta testing version 2.5, and the second beta version was just released for testing.
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Speaking of beta versions, WooCommerce is also testing version 2.5, and beta version 3 was announced with Star Wars flair.
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The WooCommerce Order Status Manager was updated to version 1.3 to add “is paid” support for your statuses, re-ordering statuses, and improvements for the upcoming WooCommerce v2.5.
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Wrapping up a round of updates, MemberMouse was updated to version 2.2.4 with lots of fixes, and small features like the ability to limit trial products to only be purchased once.
Tutorials & Reviews
- If you use AffiliateWP with EDD, you can limit referrals to only products the affiliate as purchased themselves with this tutorial.
Other Tips & Articles
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WooThemes has examples of how packaging is a part of your brand.
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What will 2016 hold for eCommerce stores? Ecommerce hacker has a recap of predicted trends for eCommerce in 2016.
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ConversionsXL has tips on mitigating buyers’ remorse with site and email copy.
