{"id":4657,"date":"2021-03-14T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T13:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futurestatemedia.com\/?p=4657"},"modified":"2022-08-18T10:08:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T10:08:51","slug":"steps-to-increase-woocommerce-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futurestatemedia.com\/en\/steps-to-increase-woocommerce-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Steps to increase WooCommerce Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is going to be a detailed guide for store owners of WooCommerce who are trying to understand; what next?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once you\u2019ve built your WooCommerce store and started taking some orders &#8211; what next?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You want more than the basic tutorials on how to start or build a WooCommerce store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now what you actually need is a roadmap and a guide on how to grow your eCommerce business using WooCommerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The great news is &#8211; I\u2019m all about the \u201croadmap\u201d mentality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With SO MANY options and WooCommerce plugins, opportunities and distractions. It\u2019s easy to get lost when thinking about what you should do NEXT out of all of the things you could invest your time and money in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My focus for the roadmap will be ROI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What will give you the biggest ROI in the SHORTEST TIME.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This way you\u2019ll MAKE MORE MONEY and be able to invest that in progressing along the eCommerce store owners growth roadmap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This ISN\u2019T just a list of plugins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a business focused guide that will help you understand what YOU need to do to grow your eCommerce business in a profitable and sustainable way so you can earn what you deserve whilst delivering great products, great customer experience and long term success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Feel free to ask for advice on your business growth direction in the comments below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Starting Point &#8211; Let\u2019s Get On The Same Page<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Starting Point &#8211; A Functional WooCommerce Store<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order for these growth steps to apply, I thought it was worth defining the \u201cwhere you are now\u201d (or at least likely to be at right now).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019ve installed WordPress, setup your website and the installed the WooCommerce plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019ve setup your WooCommerce Products, setup WooCommerce Shipping Options etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019ve configured your Payment Gateway and your WooCommerce emails (maybe not how we would &#8211; but you\u2019ve ticked the box)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019ve spent (wasted) time tweaking how your website looks only to realise things go out of whack every time there\u2019s a WordPress, plugin or theme update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The key point is &#8211; you\u2019ve started taking orders!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You have some customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019re now wondering where you can put all that energy you have after spending way too long \/ paying way too much to get your WooCommerce store to where it is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it\u2019s been a learning experience &#8211; and you now realise it\u2019s worth taking stock and thinking more strategically to avoid wasting even MORE time and effort in Facebook Groups and messing with WooCommerce settings etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This article from top to bottom is for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Equally &#8211; if you\u2019ve been struck by shiny object syndrome and have tried 6 million plugins over the last 3-6 months for a store with less than 500 products &#8211; this article could be you\u2019re \u201csimplifying saviour\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remember &#8211; you got into eCommerce to build a business, not a website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s a difference!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 0 &#8211; Basics in place &#8211; things <strong>you<\/strong> <strong>probably<\/strong> missed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m not saying you missed something to annoy you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am saying you probably spent far too much time on things that added very little value to your business and overlooked some HUGE value actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 0.1 &#8211; WooCommerce Email Setup &amp; Configuration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DON\u2019T SKIP THIS ONE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You might think you have this covered &#8211; but I guarantee you that you\u2019ve missed an aspect of this that you wouldn\u2019t have even considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You probably don\u2019t even realise there\u2019s a problem lurking with your WooCommerce emails<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More coming soon&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wondering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurestatemedia.com\/en\/how-does-woocommerce-make-money-isnt-it-free\/\">how WooCommerce makes money because it&#8217;s free?<\/a> Have a read of this article where I explain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurestatemedia.com\/en\/how-does-woocommerce-make-money-isnt-it-free\/\">how WooCommerce makes money<\/a> from successful store owners.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is going to be a detailed guide for store owners of WooCommerce who are trying to understand; what next? Once you\u2019ve built your WooCommerce store and started taking some orders &#8211; what next? You want more than the basic tutorials on how to start or build a WooCommerce store. Now what you actually need&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.futurestatemedia.com\/en\/steps-to-increase-woocommerce-sales\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Steps to increase WooCommerce Sales<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecommerce-stores","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.futurestatemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.futurestatemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.futurestatemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.futurestatemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.futurestatemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.futurestatemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.futurestatemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.futurestatemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.futurestatemedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}