Exploring WooCommerce

A look into the extendability of WooCommerce

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1. EXPLORING WOOCOMMERCE
2. INTRODUCTION ▸ Caleb Burks ▸ WC Ninja at Automattic ▸ Loves Gummy Bears ▸ Tweets at @WPprodigy
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.
4. STEP ONE: FIND THE PROBLEM What is the Scope of the Project?
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?
6. STEP THREE: IMPLEMENT THE SOLUTION
7. CASE STUDIES Let's take a look at some examples of these three steps in action!
8. CASE STUDY #1 Name: Lemonade Stand Needs: Basic physical products with multiple options Solution: WooCommerce Variable Products
9. CREATE A VARIABLE PRODUCT
10. VARIABLE PRODUCT: ADD ATTRIBUTES
11. VARIABLE PRODUCT: VARIATIONS ▸ Create Variations
13. VARIABLE PRODUCT: RESULT
14. CASE STUDY #2 Name: Taylor Swift Song Album Needs: Multiple products grouped together Solution: WooCommerce Product Bundles
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.
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.
17. CREATE A BUNDLED PRODUCT
18. CONFIGURE THE BUNDLED PRODUCTS
19. BUNDLED PRODUCT: RESULT
20. CASE STUDY #3 Name: Computer Store Needs: Configure multiple parts conditionally based on user selections Solution: WooCommerce Composite Products
21. CREATE A COMPOSITE PRODUCT: LAYOUT
22. ADDING COMPONENTS
23. ADDING COMPONENTS: ADVANCED
24. SCENARIOS?
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.
26. BACK TO THE LAYOUT OPTIONS
27. OPTIONS STYLE DROPDOWNS VS PRODUCT THUMBNAILS
28. LAYOUT: STACKED
29. LAYOUT: PROGRESSIVE
30. LAYOUT: STEPPED
31. LAYOUT: COMPONETIZED
32. COMPOSITE PRODUCT: RESULT
33. QUICK BREAK :)
34. GUESS THE WEB BROWSER
35. GUESS THE WEB BROWSER
36. GUESS THE WEB BROWSER
37. GUESS THE WEB BROWSER
38. GUESS THE WEB BROWSER
39. CASE STUDY #4 Name: Bed and Breakfast Needs: Allow online room reservations Solution: WooCommerce Bookings
40. CREATE A BOOKABLE PRODUCT
41. ADDING AVAILABILITY
42. ADDING COSTS
43. ADDING PERSONS
44. ADDING RESOURCES
45. MANAGING RESOURCES
46. BOOKINGS PRODUCT: RESULT
47. CASE STUDY #5 Name: Magazine Service Needs: Physical and Digital Magazine Subscriptions Solution: WooCommerce Subscriptions
48. CREATE A SUBSCRIPTION PRODUCT ▸ Simple Subscription ▸ Variable Subscription
49. ADDING ATTRIBUTES
51. SUBSCRIPTION RESULT
52. SUBSCRIPTION EXTRAS
53. SUBSCRIPTION EXTRAS
54. IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE ▸ Manual or Automatic Renewals ▸ Choosing a Payment Gateway ▸ One Subscription Per Order (for now)
55. </CASE STUDIES>
56. NOTEABLE MENTIONS ▸ WooCommerce Memberships ▸ Product Vendors ▸ Taylor Swift ▸ Sensei (Learning Management)
57. QUESTIONS?
58. A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE!
59. WOOCOMMERCE 2.4