WooCommerce is more popular than Shopify and my go-to e-commerce platform. I'll run through setting up WooCommerce for the first time, the main WC pages, create a product or two, set up some shipping zones and connect to Stripe for payments. Presented at WordPress Sydney meetup group March 2022 WooCommerce, WooCommerce Setup, WooCommere for Beginners

2. Thank You Sponsors

3. Step Up As A WPSyd Volunteer Organiser
Online Meetups: 2-3 hrs/month
● Social posting
● Comment moderation & responses
● Curate questions from comments
In-person Meetups: 5-6 hrs/month
● Setup/Closedown venue
● Meet and greet
● MC
● Coordinate with guest speakers
Commitment of at least 6 months
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4. Who's Here?

6. https://youtu.be/XK52lg4_QRY

7. Why WooCommerce?
1) Free 2) Easy Setup 3) 1000's Plugins 4) Community
Download from wordpress.org/plugins or from woocommerce.com
Full documentation at docs.woocommerce.com

8. WooCommerce vs Everyone Else
Source: https://trends.builtwith.com/shop

9. WooCommerce vs Everyone Else
Source: https://trends.builtwith.com/shop

10. WooCommerce vs Everyone Else
Source: https://trends.builtwith.com/shop

11. WooCommerce Setup Wizard

12. WooCommerce Setup Wizard

13. WooCommerce Setup Wizard
None of your business - why are you asking me this?

14. WooCommerce Setup Wizard

15. WooCommerce Setup Wizard

16. WooCommerce Setup Wizard
WooCommerce Payments
WooCommerce Tax
Jetpack
MailPoet
Google Listings and Ads

17. WooCommerce Setup Wizard

18. Setup Checklist

19. Check Store Settings

20. Check Store Settings

21. Store Dashboard Navigation

22. Store Dashboard Navigation

23. Store Dashboard Navigation

24. Where Does WooCommerce Store Data?

25. WooCommerce Pages
Common Shortcodes (there are more!)
[add_to_cart]
[woocommerce_cart]
[woocommerce_checkout]
[woocommerce_my_account]
[woocommerce_order_tracking]

26. WooCommerce Blocks
https://wordpress.org/plugins/woo-gutenberg-products-block/

27. Importing Products

28. Free Importer
https://woocommerce.com/document/product-csv-importer-exporter/
https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/blob/master/sample-data/sample_pro
ducts.csv

29. Product CSV Import Suite: $49 USD / year
https://woocommerce.com/products/product-csv-import-suite/

30. WP All Import: $299 USD one-time-payment
https://www.wpallimport.com/

31. Products: Settings
Pay attention to:
● Shop page
● Placeholder Image ID
● Weight & Dimension units
● Inventory, enable/disable

32. Products: Single Product

33. Products: Single Product

34. Products: Single Product: General

35. Products: Single Product: Inventory

36. Products: Single Product: Shipping

37. Products: Single Product: Linked Products

38. Products: Single Product: Attributes

39. Products: Single Product: Advanced

40. Getting Paid

41. Payment Processor & Fees
WooCommerce
Purchase
Transaction
Payment
Processor
(Fee)
Bank
Fees per transaction
PayPal: 2.9% + A$0.30 (all), 4.5% currency conversion
Stripe: 1.75% + A$0.30 (domestic), 2.9% + A$0.30 (non-domestic), 2% currency conversion
WC Payments: 1.75% + A$0.30 (domestic), 2.9% + A$0.30 (non-domestic), 2% currency conversion

42. Setting Up Stripe: Create Stripe Account
https://stripe.com

43. Setting Up Stripe: Install Plugin
https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-gateway-stripe/

44. Setting Up Stripe: Set Up Stripe

45. Setting Up Stripe: Webhook Endpoint
WooCommerce
Stripe

46. Shipping

47. Shipping
https://woocommerce.com/products/australia-post-shipping-method/

48. Shipping

49. Shipping

50. Extending WooCommerce Core App
https://woocommerce.com/products/
https://codecanyon.net/category/wordpress

51. Questions

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