Elliot Taylor has written a nice…
Elliot Taylor has written a nice writeup on how to enable free trials in WooCommerce Subscriptions, without requiring a credit card.
Ultimate Member is averaging $712 per day in sales in less than a year
Brian Krogsgard
Ultimate Member has really come out of the gate speeding. An impressive free plugin with monetization options via an extensions model, Ultimate Member is proving to be an attractive option for a combination of membership website and community solution. From my…
It is the season for version…
It is the season for version 2.5, apparently. Both WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads have had major feature releases lately, both to 2.5 (which is arbitrary but fun). Easy Digital Downloads includes a new export tool for reporting, revamped settings…
The biggest competition for WordPress eCommerce plugins isn’t another CMS
Brian Krogsgard
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…
Envira Gallery doubles sales, discusses future
Brian Krogsgard
Recently, I talked about NextGEN and the route they are taking with a hosted product, via their new Imagely brand. In a recent blog post by Syed Balkhi, you can see that they are working on similar photography-specific functionality with…
WooThemes is experimenting with selling themes…
WooThemes is experimenting with selling themes and (more interestingly) WooCommerce extensions on MOJO Marketplace. I can't imagine how this would do particularly well, but there's really no downside for Woo. No third party sellers are currently in the mix, unless…
WordPress.com VIP is close to launching VIP Go — their next generation of hosting
Brian Krogsgard
WordPress.com VIP is working hard on launching new infrastructure that allows for a more traditional WordPress setup for VIP clients, and makes a variety of improvements that their service partners will enjoy. Called VIP Go, it's basically a VIP 2.0.…
Interview with Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg, on Calypso and more
Brian Krogsgard
Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder of WordPress, and founder and CEO of Automattic. In this interview, we talk about their new WordPress.com editor, and more.
This new Rapid Order plugin for fast…
This new Rapid Order plugin for fast WooCommerce wholesale checkout is amazing. I wish I had this in 2012. It will definitely come in handy for some of you consultants, especially if you have clients with wholesale or other big-buy style…
eCommerce is hard. Sock seller and…
eCommerce is hard. Sock seller and WooCommerce user Nic Harry tells the story of how he's worked hard on his eCommerce business, and expanded into retail, and how the experiences differ. Anyone with an online or physical store should enjoy…
Two AMAs to make you smarter
Brian Krogsgard
Two AMAs happened today with people I respect a lot, in different walks of life. AMA with Pippin Williamson Pippin Williamson, you all know, makes plugins. He did a great AMA on ManageWP. I'm going to steal some nuggets: On…
WooCommerce Subscriptions 2.0 makes huge strides
Brian Krogsgard
Subscriptions is a hugely popular paid WooCommerce extension. It initially launched three years ago, and some of the concepts in the big 2.0 release have been planned and developed over a period of about 18 months. Prospress has six full time employees and…
Weekend edition
Brian Krogsgard
Friday was a bit slow so I figured I'd wait for a weekend edition. We're going to pack it all into one Note. Jetpack had two vulnerabilities: one in the contact form (technically explained by Sucuri) and one limited to…
WooCommerce was release four years ago.…
Brian Krogsgard
WooCommerce was release four years ago. It's amazing. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was paying close attention to JigoShop at the time, and following the saga of WooThemes trying to come up with an eCommerce solution. The…
Grow with Woocommerce: better eCommerce sales metrics
Brian Krogsgard
Elliot Taylor and his team at Raison have released a nice WooCommerce plugin called Grow with WooCommerce. The free plugin (available on WordPress.org) allows you to set goals and then offers a month by month summary of how you are…
New WordPress.org plugin naming policy
Brian Krogsgard
There is a new WordPress.org naming policy that prevents plugins from using the names of companies and other plugins as the first item in the name and slug. For instance, if a reader submitted, "Post Status Extender Widget" to the…
