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Shopify introduces WordPress integration

Brian Krogsgard

March 15, 2016

Shopify has announced three WordPress themes and an official Shopify eCommerce plugin to help WordPress sites start selling using Shopify. Shopify partnered with Themezilla, Themify, and Ultralinx for the launch. The themes and plugin are free and Shopify is promising…

The biggest competition for WordPress eCommerce plugins isn’t another CMS

Brian Krogsgard

January 4, 2016

It's Amazon. And to a degree, a handful of other mega eCommerce retailers and marketplaces. Amazon controls a staggering percentage of all eCommerce transactions. According to Bloomberg and Slice Intelligence, Amazon controls nearly 40% of all holiday shopping dollars. Another…

Automattic has acquired WooThemes, makers of WooCommerce

Brian Krogsgard

May 20, 2015

BusinessHosting

Matt Mullenweg announced today that Automattic has acquired WooThemes, whose flagship product is the popular eCommerce plugin, WooCommerce. All 55 team members at WooThemes will join Automattic, swelling ranks at Automattic by around 18%.

OptinMonster goes SaaS in effort to cater for more hosting environments and non-WordPress platforms

Brian Krogsgard

May 6, 2015

BusinessHosting

OptinMonster has changed the very core of their product today, and it is now a standalone SaaS (software as a service) product, versus a plugin that runs on users' servers.

Is WordPress right for eCommerce?

Beka Rice

October 6, 2014

HostingPlanet

I'm going to take a leaf out of Chris Lema's book right now to answer whether WordPress should be used for eCommerce: It depends. There are camps of thought that think WordPress isn't right for eCommerce, and there are people…

WordPress.com adds partners to lower the barrier to eCommerce

Brian Krogsgard

February 25, 2014

BusinessWordPress News

WordPress.com has new eCommerce options available to its users. Back in March of 2013, they partnered with ShopLocket for their Enterprise and VIP customers to be able to use the eCommerce tools on their WordPress websites. Now, they've added Ecwid…

Interview with Mark Forrester, co-founder of WooThemes

Brian Krogsgard

November 12, 2013

BusinessDraft

Last week I had the pleasure of visiting WooThemes HQ in Cape Town, South Africa. Throughout the week I had the opportunity to interact with WooThemes' co-founders Mark Forrester and Magnus Jepson, as well as the rest of the Cape…

Shopify introduces WordPress integration

The biggest competition for WordPress eCommerce plugins isn’t another CMS

Automattic has acquired WooThemes, makers of WooCommerce

OptinMonster goes SaaS in effort to cater for more hosting environments and non-WordPress platforms

Is WordPress right for eCommerce?

WordPress.com adds partners to lower the barrier to eCommerce

Interview with Mark Forrester, co-founder of WooThemes

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Shopify introduces WordPress integration

The biggest competition for WordPress eCommerce plugins isn’t another CMS

Automattic has acquired WooThemes, makers of WooCommerce

OptinMonster goes SaaS in effort to cater for more hosting environments and non-WordPress platforms

Is WordPress right for eCommerce?

WordPress.com adds partners to lower the barrier to eCommerce

Interview with Mark Forrester, co-founder of WooThemes

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