Make Money with WooCommerce

Workshop on why eCommerce is essential to your business, and live demo of basic setup of WooCommerce to start a new store, and ideas and intro to Subscriptions and Bookings to generate more income for existing stores.

*Delivered at WordPress Philly Meetup at 1776 Rittenhouse https://www.meetup.com/Philadelphia-WordPress-Meetup-Group/events/260151531/

Transcript

1. MAKE MORE MONEY WITH WOOCOMMERCE
2. @katchristofer Kat Nomadic
 Maximizer California
4. 2 3 Payment 1 Why eCommerce 4 Ways to make money Security Agenda ? Today
5. Why eCommerce SUBSCRIPTIONS CONTENT MOBILE SMALL IS BIG Products sold on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly basis are on the rise More people are using a device to browse and buy Vertical (North Face) vs. Horizontal (Amazon) Storytelling and unique voice/brand attracts audience and sales
6. 2 Enhance Existing 1 Start a New Store Ways to Make Money
7. How to choose a payment method • STORE LOCATION • FREE VS. PREMIUM • SUPPORT FOR RECURRING PAYMENTS • COST • HOW MANY? • TYPE OF BUSINESS • ONSITE OR OFFSITE
8. Security WHAT Security Socket Layer (SSL) HOW Protects transfer of sensitive information between sites WHY Builds trust and creates safe shopping environment WHERE Let’s Encrypt at letsencrypt.org
9. Workshop SETUP SUBSCRIPTIONS BOOKINGS
10. Q & A
11. RESOURCES WooCommerce woocommerce.com docs.woocommerce.com Example: teabento.com, swellbottle.com Payment and Security SSL and HTTPS docs.woocommerce.com/document/premium-payment-gateway-extensions/docs.woocommerce.com/document/ssl-and-https Which Payment Option is Right for Me docs.woocommerce.com/document/premium-payment-gateway-extensions WooCommerce Subscriptions woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-subscriptions Examples: joecoffeecompany.com and mysterychocolatebox.com Ideas: artoftea.com, trytheworld.com, imperfectproduce.com WooCommerce Bookings woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-bookings Example: iconcookeryschool.com.au
 Ideas: chocolala.ee, insidechicagowalkingtours.com WooCommerce Memberships 
 woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-memberships Performance and Site Optimization Performance Improvements to Speed Up Stores woocommerce.com/posts/performance-improvements-in-woocommerce-3-6-to-speed-up-stores
 Why Is My WooCommerce Site Slow? And How to Fix It woocommerce.com/posts/woocommerce-site-slow-fixes WordCamps 
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