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WooCommerce in Real "Live"

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December 10, 2016

WooCommerce in Real "Live"

As a WooCommerce Happiness Engineer, I’ve worked with WooCommerce stores for over two years. However, only in October of this year did I create a live WooCommerce store with physical products for the first time.

In this talk, I’ll focus on the challenges in setting up a WooCommerce store in Africa, but also on its potential and quick wins. I’ll share my experiences with handing over the project to the store owner and give some tips on setting boundaries.

By the end of the talk, you should have a good overview of the considerations when starting a WooCommerce project, especially in making sure that you can hand over to your client smoothly.

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December 10, 2016
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  1. WooCommerce in Real “Live”
    Job Thomas | @jobtex

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  2. CHAPTER I
    The Challenge

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  3. • store.dev
    • woocommerce.dev
    • wc.dev
    • localhost.dev
    Daily

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  4. Test sites ⚡ The reality

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  5. • Find an NGO with sales
    • Set up WooCommerce store
    - Design
    - Products
    - Payments
    - Shipping
    • Hand over
    Project

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  6. CHAPTER II
    The Preparation

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  7. Give Her Hope

    giveherhope.co.za
    " #
    design
    products

    (descriptions, prices, images)
    hosting & security taxes
    payments configuration payment options
    shipping configuration shipping costs, provider
    review & feedback order management
    make suggestions

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  8. CHAPTER III
    The Setup

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  9. • Cost ( # > > " )
    • SSL certificate?
    • Speed
    • Traffic
    • Management
    • Sponsoring WC Harare?
    Hosting

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  10. • Jetpack
    - Security scanning ($)
    - Protect
    - Downtime monitoring
    - Akismet
    - Site backups ($)
    - Single Sign On
    • Password hygiene
    • 2FA
    Security

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  11. • Vital
    - Description
    - Price
    - Product image
    • Recommended
    - Category
    - Attributes
    - Shipping dimensions/class
    Products

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  12. Product Attributes

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  13. • What’s available?
    - Cash
    - Credit card (PayFast)
    - EFT (PayFast)
    • Set up PayFast account:
    #
    Payments

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  14. • Cash
    • “Bank Transfers”
    • DIY: skyverge.com/blog/how-to-create-a-
    simple-woocommerce-payment-gateway/
    Payments: Zimbabwe

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  15. “Bank Transfers”

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  16. Shipping
    Where to? Options
    Local (Cape Town) Local pickup, SAPO, Courier
    Domestic (South Africa) Local pickup, SAPO
    International (Rest of world) SAPO International

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  17. • Where to?
    - Domestic (Zimbabwe)
    - International (Rest of the World)
    • What’s available?
    - Local pickup
    - Free shipping
    - Flat rates
    - Table rates ($)
    Shipping: Zimbabwe

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  18. Flat rate

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  19. • Whose account?
    • Theirs: complete handover
    - finished project + credit card
    - management
    • Yours: customer contract
    - easy access
    - “can you do this?” + cost/time
    Extras (A.K.A. Extensions)

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  20. • Akismet
    • Jetpack by WordPress.com
    • Storefront
    - Powerpack ($)
    - Product Hero ($)
    - Product Sharing
    - Sticky Add to Basket
    • VaultPress ($)
    • WooCommerce
    - Currency converter ($)
    - Helper
    - PayFast Gateway
    - Product Add-ons ($)
    - SAPO Domestic ($)
    - SAPO International ($)
    • Yoast SEO
    Used for Give Her Hope

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  21. CHAPTER IV
    The Hand-Over

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  22. • Jetpack them
    • Teach them
    - Creating products
    - Creating coupons
    - Managing orders
    • Charge them
    Hand over

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  23. Jetpack them

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  24. Jetpack them

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  25. • “Help” tab
    • Dev environment
    - DesktopServer
    - Test site
    • “You do it”
    - Give feedback
    - Limited engagement
    Teach them

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  26. Teach them: Help tab

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  27. Charge them

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  28. CHAPTER V
    The Result

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  31. Thanks
    Job Thomas
    @jobtex

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