Exploring WooCommerce

A look into the extendability of WooCommerce

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1. EXPLORING
   WOOCOMMERCE
   

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2. INTRODUCTION
   ▸ Caleb Burks
   ▸ WC Ninja at Automattic
   ▸ Loves Gummy Bears
   ▸ Tweets at @WPprodigy
   

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3. WHAT IS WOOCOMMERCE?
   A good developer solves problems, a great developer solves problems
   with the tools he already has.
   — Someone Smart
   WooCommerce is a powerful, extendable eCommerce plugin that helps
   you sell anything. Beautifully.
   

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4. STEP ONE: FIND THE PROBLEM
   What is the Scope of the Project?
   

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5. STEP TWO: FIND THE TOOLS
   WooCommerce is great for selling physical and downloadable products
   out of the box, but what if your client needs:
   ▸ Subscriptions?
   ▸ Memberships?
   ▸ Ticketing?
   

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6. STEP THREE: IMPLEMENT THE SOLUTION
   

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7. CASE STUDIES
   Let's take a look at some examples of these three steps in action!
   

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8. CASE STUDY #1
   Name:
   Lemonade Stand
   Needs:
   Basic physical products with multiple options
   Solution:
   WooCommerce Variable Products
   

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9. CREATE A VARIABLE PRODUCT
   

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10. VARIABLE PRODUCT: ADD ATTRIBUTES
    

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11. VARIABLE PRODUCT: VARIATIONS
    ▸ Create Variations
    

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13. VARIABLE PRODUCT: RESULT
    

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14. CASE STUDY #2
    Name:
    Taylor Swift Song Album
    Needs:
    Multiple products grouped together
    Solution:
    WooCommerce Product Bundles
    

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15. QUICK COMPARISONS
    ▸ Grouped Products
    Perfect for letting a customer add several similar products from a
    range to their cart in one go and is included in WooCommerce core.
    ▸ Chained Products
    Ideal if you want to gift customers product x & y when they purchase
    product z.
    

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16. QUICK COMPARISONS
    ▸ Force Sells
    Used to link ‘required’ products together such as a service and a
    part.
    ▸ Product Bundles
    Ideal for creating product Kits, Assemblies or Combos where the
    bundled products are static properties of the Bundle and then
    (optionally) sold at a discounted price.
    

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17. CREATE A BUNDLED PRODUCT
    

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18. CONFIGURE THE BUNDLED PRODUCTS
    

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19. BUNDLED PRODUCT: RESULT
    

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20. CASE STUDY #3
    Name:
    Computer Store
    Needs:
    Configure multiple parts conditionally based on user selections
    Solution:
    WooCommerce Composite Products
    

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21. CREATE A COMPOSITE PRODUCT: LAYOUT
    

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22. ADDING COMPONENTS
    

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23. ADDING COMPONENTS: ADVANCED
    

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24. SCENARIOS?
    

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25. SCENARIO EXAMPLES
    ▸ If X is chosen, Y is not available
    When a Retina Screen is chosen, only make 256 and 512gb hard
    drives available.
    ▸ If X is not chosen, Y is available.
    When a Mac is not chosen, all PC parts available.
    

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26. BACK TO THE LAYOUT OPTIONS
    

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27. OPTIONS STYLE
    DROPDOWNS VS PRODUCT THUMBNAILS
    

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28. LAYOUT: STACKED
    

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29. LAYOUT: PROGRESSIVE
    

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30. LAYOUT: STEPPED
    

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31. LAYOUT: COMPONETIZED
    

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32. COMPOSITE PRODUCT: RESULT
    

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33. QUICK BREAK :)
    

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34. GUESS THE WEB BROWSER
    

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35. GUESS THE WEB BROWSER
    

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36. GUESS THE WEB BROWSER
    

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37. GUESS THE WEB BROWSER
    

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38. GUESS THE WEB BROWSER
    

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39. CASE STUDY #4
    Name:
    Bed and Breakfast
    Needs:
    Allow online room reservations
    Solution:
    WooCommerce Bookings
    

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40. CREATE A BOOKABLE PRODUCT
    

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41. ADDING AVAILABILITY
    

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42. ADDING COSTS
    

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43. ADDING PERSONS
    

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44. ADDING RESOURCES
    

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45. MANAGING RESOURCES
    

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46. BOOKINGS PRODUCT: RESULT
    

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47. CASE STUDY #5
    Name:
    Magazine Service
    Needs:
    Physical and Digital Magazine Subscriptions
    Solution:
    WooCommerce Subscriptions
    

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48. CREATE A SUBSCRIPTION PRODUCT
    ▸ Simple Subscription
    ▸ Variable Subscription
    

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49. ADDING ATTRIBUTES
    

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51. SUBSCRIPTION RESULT
    

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52. SUBSCRIPTION EXTRAS
    

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53. SUBSCRIPTION EXTRAS
    

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54. IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE
    ▸ Manual or Automatic Renewals
    ▸ Choosing a Payment Gateway
    ▸ One Subscription Per Order (for now)
    

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55. 
    

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56. NOTEABLE MENTIONS
    ▸ WooCommerce Memberships
    ▸ Product Vendors
    ▸ Taylor Swift
    ▸ Sensei (Learning Management)
    

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57. QUESTIONS?
    

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58. A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE!
    

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59. WOOCOMMERCE 2.4
    

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