Wooing eCommerce with WordPress (Phoenix edition)

WordCamp Phoenix (#wcphx) presentation to introduce WooCommerce, the plugin and the ecosystem. Featuring WooCommerce 2.1 screenshots, some great stores using WooCommerce and a coupon for the new WooCommerce book (www.packtpub.com/building-ecommerce-solutions-with-woocommerce/book).

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1. ing eCommerce with WordPress
2. @thenbrent http://brent.io
4. ing eCommerce with WordPress
5. What is WooCommerce? ! What can you do with WooCommerce? ! How is WooCommerce used?
6. WooCommerce Stats Source: http://trends.builtwith.com/ Top Million Sites
7. WooCommerce Stats Source: http://trends.builtwith.com/
8. free (as in beer) WordPress shopping cart + open-source - free to do anything with it + community developed 200+ contributors + backed by a respected company + support in every timezone + rapidly growing user base + hundreds of extensions
 ______________________ = DREAM COME TRUE What is WooCommerce?
9. WooCommerce 1.0 0 downloads
 1 x free theme
 6 x official themes
 9 x official extensions Today A Brief History +1 month Sept. 2011 310,000 downloads
 24 x official themes 
 145 x official extensions
 30+ third party themes
 50+ third party extensions
 $500,000+ of extension sales +1 year Oct. 2011 14,000 downloads 10 x official themes 20 x official extensions Jan 2012 Sept. 2012 +4 months 2,100,000 downloads
 40+ official themes
 200+ 3rd party themes
 200+ official extensions
 400+ 3rd party extensions WooCommerce 2.1(ish) +2.3 years WooCommerce 1.4 45,000 downloads
 16 x official themes 
 52 x official extensions
10. What can I do with WooCommerce?
11. Publish Your Products
12. Publish Your Products
13. Variable Products
14. Variable Products
15. Variable Products
16. Variable Products
17. Grouped Products
18. Grouped Products
19. Grouped Products
20. Shopping Cart
21. Shopping Cart
22. Checkout
23. Checkout
24. Payments
25. Simplify Commerce Bitcoin Payment Extensions Stripe
26. Payments
27. Payments
28. Orders
29. Edit Order
30. Customer’s Order View
31. Coupons
32. Shipping
33. USPS UPS FedEx Shipping Extensions
34. Reports
35. WooCommerce Theme
 200+ Or Your Existing Theme 3000+ … YMMV Themes
36. How is WooCommerce used?
37. STORES FOR BETTER
 EATING
38. LOCALLY PRODUCED SNACK BOX SERVICE www.goodyfoodssf.com
39. FOR RESTAURANT ORDERS www.shanghaigardenbtn.co.uk
40. FOOD FROM THE FARM TO YOUR DOOR, WEEKLY www.farmtruckorganics.com
41. MAKING IT EASIER TO GET THAT COFFEE FIX www.bluestarcoffeeroasters.com
42. CALORIC CONTROLLED FOOD DELIVERY www.flexfoods.co
43. FOOD FOR OUR FURRY FRIENDS TOO www.alphadogfood.com
44. STORES FOR SERVICES
45. TRAINING REAL NINJAS IN A REAL DOJO www.hakkoryu-kennin.org Ninja beget Ninja Huzzah!
46. ADDING SPICE SALSA TO LIFE www.gottasalsa.com
47. HELPING BUSY PEOPLE KEEP A CLEAN HOME www.kisscleaners.com
48. MAKING LIVES MORE MUSICAL www.hdpiano.com I can’t thank you enough for the Subscriptions plug-in. It’s really making a dream come true.
49. STORES FOR THE ESSENTIALS
50. A CLEAN, HEALTHY SMILE FOR ALL www.smilesforthepeople.com
51. SOAP THAT SAVES THE WORLD www.soapboxsoaps.com
52. ECO-FRIENDLY NAPPIES FOR BUSY PARENTS www.nappy.ch
53. REALLY
 BIG
 STORES
54. 60,000 BOOKS FOR KIDS KINDERS www.kinder-book.de
55. “HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS” OF ORDERS www.woothemes.com
56. 30,000 GROOVY TRACKS, ON VINYL www.soulbrother.com
57. REALLY
 LITTLE
 STORES
58. JUST THE ONE PRODUCT www.designerfounders.com
59. STORES IN ANY
 LANGUAGE
60. PARTS FOR ROBOT MAKERS IN TURKEY www.robotus.net
61. PANTYHOSE, IN NETHERLANDS www.pantyabonnement.nl
62. SECURITY SYSTEMS, IN RUSSIA www.mircamer.com
63. STORES THAT TURN
 WOOCOMMERCE
 UPSIDE DOWN
64. PARKING SPOTS MAPPED TO A PRODUCT www.tailgatersparking.com
65. DESIGN A ONE PAGE CHECKOUT, WITH
 ONE PROBLEM www.designerfounders.com
66. STORES FOR ALL THE THINGS
67. RENTING THE POWER TO WALK AGAIN www.flexleg.com
68. THE GIFT OF EDUCATION www.greenkidcrafts.com
69. KEEPING YOUR BAIT BOX STOCKED www.tacklegrab.com
70. PREVENTING CLIMATE CHANGE www.terrapass.com
71. The best thing about iPhone 
 is not iPhone
72. The best thing about iPhone 
 is not iPhone it’s the games Apps
73. The best thing about WooCommerce 
 is not WooCommerce
74. The best thing about WooCommerce 
 is not WooCommerce it’s the extensions ... and themes ... and support ... but mostly the extensions
75. Stripe, Authorize.net, all the PayPals and 100 other payment gateways Payments Accounting Shipping Miscellaneous Subscriptions Xero, Quickbooks, Freshbooks USPS, FedEx, UPS, Australia Post, New Zealand Post, Canada Post & 20 more My personal fav - but I’m a little biased. Gravity Forms, Name your Price, Email marketing, SMS marketing, Pinterest, Pre-orders, Twitter Product Cards
76. Freshbooks Xero Quickbooks Accounting
77. Follow Up Emails MailChimp SMS Notifications Email & SMS
78. Product Add-ons Pre-orders Checkout Fields Miscellaneous
79. Why I <3 WooCommerce
80. www.packtpub.com/building-ecommerce-solutions-with-woocommerce/book Learn More
81. WooThemes www.woothemes.com/woocommerce WordPress.org www.wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce Learn More
82. Thank You!