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.

Transcript

1. WooCommerce in Real “Live” Job Thomas | @jobtex
2. CHAPTER I The Challenge
3. • store.dev • woocommerce.dev • wc.dev • localhost.dev Daily
4. Test sites ⚡ The reality
5. • Find an NGO with sales • Set up WooCommerce store - Design - Products - Payments - Shipping • Hand over Project
6. CHAPTER II The Preparation
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
8. CHAPTER III The Setup
9. • Cost ( # > > " ) • SSL certificate? • Speed • Traffic • Management • Sponsoring WC Harare? Hosting
10. • Jetpack - Security scanning ($) - Protect - Downtime monitoring - Akismet - Site backups ($) - Single Sign On • Password hygiene • 2FA Security
11. • Vital - Description - Price - Product image • Recommended - Category - Attributes - Shipping dimensions/class Products
12. Product Attributes
13. • What’s available? - Cash - Credit card (PayFast) - EFT (PayFast) • Set up PayFast account: # Payments
14. • Cash • “Bank Transfers” • DIY: skyverge.com/blog/how-to-create-a- simple-woocommerce-payment-gateway/ Payments: Zimbabwe
15. “Bank Transfers”
16. Shipping Where to? Options Local (Cape Town) Local pickup, SAPO, Courier Domestic (South Africa) Local pickup, SAPO International (Rest of world) SAPO International
17. • Where to? - Domestic (Zimbabwe) - International (Rest of the World) • What’s available? - Local pickup - Free shipping - Flat rates - Table rates ($) Shipping: Zimbabwe
18. Flat rate
19. • Whose account? • Theirs: complete handover - finished project + credit card - management • Yours: customer contract - easy access - “can you do this?” + cost/time Extras (A.K.A. Extensions)
20. • Akismet • Jetpack by WordPress.com • Storefront - Powerpack ($) - 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
21. CHAPTER IV The Hand-Over
22. • Jetpack them • Teach them - Creating products - Creating coupons - Managing orders • Charge them Hand over
23. Jetpack them
24. Jetpack them
25. • “Help” tab • Dev environment - DesktopServer - Test site • “You do it” - Give feedback - Limited engagement Teach them
26. Teach them: Help tab
27. Charge them
28. CHAPTER V The Result
31. Thanks Job Thomas @jobtex