Ezra Firestone’s eCommerce Business Cost Breakdown

Ezra Firestone’s eCommerce Business Cost Breakdown

I love finding out how other people spend their money in their eCommerce businesses. I’ve yet to come across an entrepreneur who invests quite as much as I do in the innovation side of their business! Ezra Firestone is someone to aspire to in eCommerce. Having...

Caching and Compression Guide for WordPress

This is a confusing topic. Multiple plugins offer multiple answers. In many cases, the plugins duplicate functionality along with those functions which come built in with your chosen theme. It feels like you need to be an IT expert just to select the right settings....

Is eCommerce worth it?

There’s lots of conversation out there in the world of website investing and eCommerce – in fact, any business model that leverages labour significantly is looking pretty hot right now. BUT Is it worth starting an eCommerce business right now? It’s...

eCommerce Hreflang Tags – International SEO for stores

You’d swear hreflang tags were a leading edge brand new phenomenon in the world of international eCommerce SEO. I say that because most agencies, freelancers, developers and even international store owners we speak to are completely oblivious. What do hreflang tags do...

Security in Ecommerce

Ecommerce has grown tremendously in recent years, with global sales predicted to hit $4.5 billion in 2021. The success has inspired malicious actors to try different ways of compromising the security of eCommerce websites using sophisticated tools. Ecommerce sites are...

Steps to increase WooCommerce Sales

This is going to be a detailed guide for store owners of WooCommerce who are trying to understand; what next? Once you’ve built your WooCommerce store and started taking some orders – what next? You want more than the basic tutorials on how to start or build a...

How to change wordpress theme without going live

There are times when you’d like to test a wordpress theme without going live. Maybe you’re thinking about trying a new design or new look for your WordPress site or WooCommerce store. Or Maybe you’re trying to figure out if a problem with your site...

How do I remove checkout option from WooCommerce?

Disable WooCommerce checkout is a common requirement. Particularly for WooCommerce store builders who want to drive traffic to their Amazon product listings and not take payment on their own eCommerce store. You can remove the WooCommerce checkout option without using...

WooFunnels Review by a REAL user of WooFunnels 2021

Tired of reading reviews by websites that write in bad English and simply don’t know what they’re talking about? I certainly am! That’s what inspired this WooFunnels review – the sheer lack of quality in the other articles was appalling. We...
Customizing WooCommerce Cart Page Without Code

Customizing WooCommerce Cart Page Without Code

Yes, there are plugins that have the ability to customize or edit the WooCommerce Cart page – in fact, they’ll customize the whole WooCommerce checkout flow. WooCommerce themselves have caught on to the fact that WooCommerce Store owners have a strong urge to...

Can I use WooCommerce Without a WordPress Site

If you’re wondering if you can use WooCommerce without a WordPress site – the answer might surprise you… And actually, I’ll add to the question “self hosted WordPress site” to clarify the question. You CAN create a WooCommerce store...

How to customize woocommerce shop page – without code!

There are a few options if you want to Edit the WooCommerce Shop Page on your WooCommerce store. Your options will vary depending on which WordPress / WooCommerce Theme you’re using and which WordPress Page Builder you’re using (assuming you’re using...

How to Delete All WooCommerce Products Properly

There may come a time when you need to delete all WooCommerce Products from your WooCommerce store. Deleting specific products from your WooCommerce store is a more common requirement. Either way, there’s a procedure required to delete products from WooCommerce...

How to Customize WooCommerce Pages from Default Style

WooCommerce default pages created from short codes typically don’t allow for much editing or Customization. Using WordPress Page Builders to customize WooCommerce default pages Your theme or page builder may provide some options to customize the header, footer...

Shopify vs Amazon FBA

In this post I’m going to get deep into comparing Amazon FBA with Shopify from a bunch of different perspectives. I’m going to cover the critical aspects of the Amazon FBA and Shopify business model both as individual businesses and also for YOU as a...

Cartflows vs WooFunnels – Checkout & Upsell Showdown

If you’re debating about whether to sign up for Cartflows or WooFunnels, you’re in the right place. Having taken both for a test ride and chosen our weapon of choice for creating awesome cart, checkout and upsell experiences that drive up average order...

How To Customize WooCommerce Product Page Without Code

There are so many ways to edit the WooCommerce Product Page from the default WooCommerce page template – choosing the right way to customize WooCommerce product pages can be tricky. So today I’m going to cover how to edit the WooCommerce product page using Page...

How to customize Shopify Checkout

If you’re trying to improve conversion rate or average order value on your Shopify store, a great place to focus your effort is the Checkout page – and in fact, the entire checkout process. If you’ve been working with Shopify for more than 2 minutes,...

Best WooCommerce Side Cart Plugin To Replace Cart Page

A Side Cart completely transforms the look and feel of your WooCommerce store. Instead of a default WooCommerce cart page you’re essentially replacing a page with a slide out panel which looks and feels awesome. This provides customers with the ability to quickly...

Hide Recaptcha Badge in a Google compliant way

If you’ve done the smart thing and added Google reCaptcha V3 to your contact forms, customer account creation and customer login pages on your WordPress or WooCommerce website, you’re pointing in the right direction. You may also now be wondering why the...

WordPress & WooCommerce Emails Going To Spam? SOLVED

There are a number of reasons why WooCommerce emails are going into spam folders. Depending on your setup, we’ll troubleshoot and provide solutions to prevent your WordPress and WooCommerce notification emails going to the spam folder! Table of Contents Issues Sending...

How to add a WooCommerce Buy Now Button without code

By default there’s no way to add a buy now button in WooCommerce – allowing users to both add to cart and go straight to checkout with one click of the buy now button. WooCommerce default add to cart options allow you to either; 1. display a message saying...

How Does WooCommerce Make Money? Isn’t it free?

If you’re evaluating which eCommerce software or platform to use for your eCommerce business, whether just starting out or looking at changing platforms, no doubt WooCommerce is going to come up in your research. Immediately the contrast between WooCommerce and...

WooCommerce Remove Additional Information at Checkout

The default WooCommerce Checkout page is styled as 2 columns side by side. On the left is all the useful checkout information like the name and address fields, meanwhile on the right you have a less than useful additional information field. To remove the additional...

How To Edit WooCommerce Checkout Page Without Custom Code

Customizing the WooCommerce Checkout Page without custom code is entirely possible in 2021. You don’t need to be a developer to make the WooCommerce checkout like Shopify, or to add or remove checkout fields from WooCommerce Checkout. In fact you can completely...

How To Add Gift Wrapping Option WooCommerce Product Page

You have a number of options when it comes to adding a gift wrap option in WooCommerce. There are dedicated plugins specifically for gift wrapping in the WooCommerce Extensions marketplace – or you can use a more generic approach using “WooCommerce Product Add...

WooCommerce How To Set Multiple Prices Per Product

If you’re using WooCommerce and you want to set multiple prices per product, such as setting pricing tiers for quantity discounts or pricing per user type – you’re in luck. WooCommerce has a whole plethora of pricing plugin options for anything from...

Remove Additional Information Tab WooCommerce Product Page

Removing or renaming the additional information tab in WooCommerce Product Pages can be achieved in a couple of ways – both with and without custom code! The Additional Information tab with WooCommerce Product Pages is used to display the weight, dimensions or...

Divi WooCommerce product page layout customized examples

We’ll be listing out a bunch of WooCommerce product pages built with Divi To get us started, check out this awesome product page layout – fully responsive and customised WooCommerce Product page using the Divi Page Builder (NO CODE!) The Healthy Dog Co...

Profit Tracking WooCommerce

We’re building a profit dashboard for WooCommerce, so we’re doing some research and providing you the heads up on the progress. If you’re reading this, we’re in the very early stages, so come back soon! What about WooCommerce Cost of Goods Sold...

WooCommerce Product Page Customization Plugins & Themes

Customizing the WooCommerce Product Page design, in any theme is an essential step to conversion rate optimisation of your online store. At the end of the day the themes and the WooCommerce specific templates they create within the themes are generic, designed for...

WooCommerce Disable Account Creation – How to & Why

If you’re trying to switch off or disable account creation in WooCommerce it’s most likely because you’re getting bombarded by Spam registrations that are ultimately trying to find vulnerabilities in your website. If you haven’t enabled Google...

Remove ‘You May Also Like’ on WooCommerce Products

Within the WooCommerce Product Page editor is a field called “cross sells” if you select products as cross sells for a product they’ll appear in a few distinct places with the objective of trying to get customers to ALSO add to their cart these...

Best WooCommerce Multistep Checkout Plugins

If you’re looking for a multi-step Checkout Plugin for WooCommerce, you have a number of options. As with all plugin selections, you should be looking at compatibility FIRST. No point in picking what you believe is a feature rich “perfect multistep...

Do I need a WooCommerce Site Management Service Contract?

If you’re asking this question, it’s quite likely you’ve run into problems with your WooCommerce site after updating your website. If you’re inexperienced at running a WordPress website with WooCommerce you’ll likely wonder why should you be concerned about updates?...

Websites Using WooCommerce Example Sites in all niches

Here’s a list of online stores using WooCommerce and WordPress to power their ecommerce business with ease. I’ll highlight what themes they’re using and any other pertinent information. This should be a great resource for inspiration and learning...

WooCommerce Grouped Product Type FULLY Explained

Not finding the information you need on WooCommerce Grouped Products? You’re not alone. This WooCommerce product type seems to be hidden below a tonne of promotion for WooCommerce Product Bundles and a bunch of other WooCommerce Plugins that appear to be...

WooCommerce Hide Product Title on Shop Page How To Guide

If your WooCommerce store sells highly visual products, sometimes the preference is to hide the product title on Shop Pages and in any sections of the website where the product image appears with the product title underneath it. This can easily be achieved with some...

WooCommerce Hide Category & SKU on Product Page

Using WooCommerce, want to remove category from the product page? Or want to remove the SKU from the product page? We’ve got a solution We hate custom code and hacky solutions to things that should be fundamentally fixed PROPERLY. But as always, we present the...

What is a SKU in WooCommerce?

When setting up a product in WooCommerce you’ll be presented with a number of boxes to enter some data. If you’re new to eCommerce or retail in general, it’s likely the abbreviation “SKU” will have you wondering what is a SKU? What Does...

How to hide & protect a pdf from download on WordPress

You work hard on your eBook opt in, upload your PDF to the WordPress media library and just like that it’s out there in the world for Google to index and users to share freely. It’s not ideal to have your PDF easily shared meanwhile you’re not...

How To Hide Uncategorized Category In WooCommerce?

Many WooCommerce themes provide you the option to “hide empty categories” for both “post categories” and “Product Categories”. Divi, our recommended theme does this! However, some WooCommerce themes don’t provide quite this level of control to automatically remove...

The Difference Between WordPress and WooCommerce Explained

When it comes to WooCommerce vs WordPress and the difference between WooCommerce and WordPress you need to understand how one functions as a Content Management System (WordPress) whilst the other works inside that Content Management System to provide eCommerce store...

CartFlows Review 2021 for WooCommerce Upsells

Considering CartFlows for WooCommerce funnel building? Read this first – a CartFlows review from a real user with real experience! Upselling with WooCommerce isn’t just a good idea, it’s a GREAT idea. Improving Average Order Value (AOV) directly...

WooCommerce Security Issues, Checklist, Plugins & Hosting

This WooCommerce Security Guide for Store Owners NOT Tech Geeks is a Work In Progress – and probably always will be to a certain degree. Some topics are age old classics, meanwhile some WooCommerce and WordPress security topics and very transient. This Security...

WooCommerce unpaid order cancelled – time limit reached

So why does WooCommerce cancel orders if the order wasn’t actually placed? This is due to some advanced WooCommerce stock management functionality that is designed to prevent you from over-selling your products on WooCommerce. WooCommerce will automatically...

Why you shouldn’t get a website built on Fiverr

Ok this isn’t a smash at Fiverr – it’s a shot at the mindset. When it comes to websites, actually a lot of the battle that comes in later down the line is borne out of poor initial implementation. There are things that can be easily changed down the...