Selling physical products online requires a lot of work behind the scenes. Shipping, storage, and inventory all take time and money to manage. Fortunately, digital products offer a great way to earn revenue without any hassle. If you’re looking to monetize your WordPress site, you can start selling downloadable content in a few simple steps. In this post, we’ll talk about the benefits of selling virtual goods online. Then, we’ll show you how to get started in three easy steps. Let’s dive right in! The Benefits of Selling Digital Products There are a lot of benefits to selling downloadable and […]
4 Reasons You Should Choose WordPress for Your E-Commerce Site
If you’re looking to start an online store, the platform you choose is essential. While there are a wealth of options, making sure you pick the right one can smooth out the setup process, and ensure that you’re prepared no matter how large your e-commerce store grows. WordPress has become a popular e-commerce platform, and it offers a number of key benefits for online store owners. We’ll talk about these in more detail later on. In a nutshell, however, the platform is scalable, secure, and flexible enough that it can handle practically any type of e-commerce site. In this post, […]
The Beginner’s Guide to the WooCommerce REST API
WooCommerce is a powerful ecommerce solution for WordPress, and has a set of Representational State Transfer (REST) API endpoints for custom development. This is a huge advantage for any apps you may build in the future, but to get there you’ll first need to understand the REST API and how to use it. REST APIs enable developers to interact with data in a number of meaningful ways, without being restricted to a front-end interface. By getting to know WooCommerce’s REST API, you’ll also have a complete ecommerce platform to work from in any external application you may build. It can be a […]
4 Best Practices to Supercharge Your WooCommerce Development
WooCommerce is an increasingly popular plugin for adding robust ecommerce capabilities to WordPress. As more and more WordPress stores use the platform, you’ll need to be on the ball to develop quality WooCommerce solutions. As with WordPress, there are two ways to build your own solutions for WooCommerce. You can build custom store themes, or extend its ecommerce capabilities with plugins – and WooCommerce provides in-depth documentation to help you along the way. To keep up with the growing platform while producing custom solutions, you’ll need to stay attentive to coding standards and updates. In this article, we’ll introduce you to […]
4 Reasons Nobody’s Buying On Your New WooCommerce Site
No matter how much time you’ve spent creating your new WooCommerce site, once the first sales roll in, it may feel like it’s not quite the success you thought it would be. Simply put, once you begin seeing your conversion rates slide it’s time to take action – or your new venture will be dead on arrival. Rather than simple chance, there’s likely some definite reasons why your products aren’t selling – perhaps it’s because your initial marketing strategies are off, or your website’s design lacks accessibility. Whatever the reason may be, the fact of the matter is that nobody’s buying from your […]
Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop: Google puts a stop to pop-ups
Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. Doc Pop’s News Drop Google announced their plans to lower search rankings for websites that use intrusive (aka “pop-up”) ads. Love WordPress news, but hate reading? This is Doc Pop’s News Drop. Oh hey, look we’ve got a pop-up now. That’s cool. It’s for our Torque newsletter, y’all should sign up, but I’m going to close that now. Speaking of ads, Google announced they’ll start punishing sites that feature intrusive pop-ups […]
Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop: NASA’s WordPress Site Is Out Of This World
Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. Doc Pop’s News Drop This week Doc talks about NASA’s recent post explaining all the reasons they love WordPress and use it for their own site. Love WordPress news, but hate reading? This is Doc Pop’s News Drop. The US government is one of the largest purchasers of code in the world, so it’s great to see more and more federal agencies like NASA and the White House adopting open source […]
Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop: WordPress Notifications
Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. Doc Pop’s News Drop This week Doc talks about the new notifications feature on WordPress.com WordPress release leads in 2017 and WordSesh. Love WordPress news, but hate reading? This is Doc Pop’s News Drop. Are you one of those folks whose phone is constantly vibrating from nonstop Facebook and Instagram notifications? Then you’ll love WordPress.com’s newest feature. Last week WordPress.com launched instant notifications for new comments and likes, even when you […]
Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop: Looking for WordPress Release Leads
Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. Doc Pop’s News Drop This week Doc talks about the hunt for new WordPress release leads in 2017 and recaps our short interview with Joost de Valk from Yoast SEO. WordPress.org on the hunt for release leads for 2017. With 4.6 shipping in just a week and Helen Hou-Sandi leading the release for 4.7 in December, the WordPress foundation is looking for some fresh blood to come and lead the next […]
Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop: WooCommerce adds Square Payments
Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. Doc Pop’s News Drop This week Doc talks about the new Square Payments integration for WooCommerce and how it can help small businesses.
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