Weekly Roundup: June 10, 2016

Another week, another roundup!

Easy Digital Downloads has released beta 2 of version 2.6 with some improvements to import / export functions and some other changes. Be sure to test on staging sites!
WooCommerce 2.6 has reached a release candidate, so be sure to test updates here as well! This means version 2.6 will most likely be released next week.
You can now sell access to a single page / post with some enhancements to the add-on packages plugin for Paid Memberships Pro.
WooCommerce Authorize.net SIM has been released as a standalone payment gateway plugin rather than as part of Authorize.net AIM, along with being upgraded to newer SIM protocols.
Version 3.0 of the WooCommerce Customer / Coupon / Order CSV import suite has been released to add support for merging orders, large import files, and column mapping for imports.
Tiered affiliate rates for AffiliateWP is now updated to version 1.1 with new features like monthly rate resets.

If you’re interested in code / frontend development, Practical Ecommerce has a guide to structured data for product pages to help with rich snippets in search results.
Chris Lema has a neat tutorial on building a recommendation engine that could be a great way to help customers select a product or show them new products they may be interested in.

Shopify has a guide to dynamic Facebook product ads that’s still helpful for WordPress stores.
ConversionXL has a detailed overview of social commerce and how eCommerce stores can use it.
Reviews can help you compete with eCommerce giants like Amazon, according to some new data from Power Reviews.
We’ve talked about measuring customer acquisition costs before, and I found this insight into marginal CAC to be a good complement from Jeff Bussgang (h/t Chris Lema).

A neat read on product photography from Shopify: Models or mannequins — which should you choose?
Not sure if Amazon Payments is a good option for your store? Practical Ecommerce has a balanced overview of Amazon Payments for store owners.
WooThemes has a list of the 5 things you should customize first in a WooCommerce store.

Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your weekend!

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