Woocommerce is an open-source software or plugin to manage an eCommerce website. All you need is a dynamic eCommerce website to deliver your products or services to your customers online. You can showcase your woo-commerce store to your customers using this plugin. Woocommerce is the most popular software in the world.
Install woocommerce plugin:
Woocommerce is a platform of eCommerce. You can create it in your online store with the help of woo-commerce. You need a WordPress website to set up woo-commerce plugins. In the beginning, you will log in to your backend. After logging in to the backend of your WordPress website, click on add new from plugins.
Then type woocommerce in the search box. Then type woocommerce in the search box. Then the plugin will come automatically. Click on Install Now and activate. After the setup has been activated, a set of woo-commerce widgets will be available where some basic settings have to be entered. The settings of woocommerce can be changed at any time to match the nature of your business.
Woocommerce Store Setup:
You need to fill in the required information in the settings of Widgets. First, you need to select your business country. That means you have to give the location of the shop. Then you have to give the address of the office. Once the office and address are given, you have to pay the currency, which means the shop will run in any currency. Then you have to fill in what kind of product you want to sell, physical or digital product.
- Physical product: Various electronics products, garments products, fashion products.
- Digital product: Software, graphics, music, videos, songs, these are all digital products.
Woocommerce Payment gateway:
In the next option, you will be asked to select the payment gateway. That is, the customer will pay in any way while purchasing the product. There is an available payment gateway option:
- Paypal
- Offline Payments
- Cash on delivery
- Bank transfer
- Check Payments
Shipping Method:
The shipping method means delivery cost. How much will you charge for the delivery charge from your customer? You can choose from two types of shipping:
- Flat rate
- Free shipping
If you choose a flat rate and select a $20 here and the customer orders a product for $ 500, he will have to pay $ 520. He will see that he has to pay $ 20 extra shipping charge. This is called a delivery charge. And if you do not want to take any delivery charge from the customer, set free shipping from here. Then the customer will pay only the price of the product while making the payment. Extra shipping cost he will never see again. Free shipping will be written there
Product weight unit:
The products you will offer will show the default weight, kg, gram or other options. The next option is the dimension unit. What will be the product and dimensions, in inches or centimeters or meters or millimeters.
In the next section, woo-commerce will recommend you to install a theme and a plugins. There is no problem even if you do not install. You will see your setting complete in the next section. Then you should return to dashboard. This way I can set up woo-commerce plugins. I can change the bookmarks settings at any time.
By installing woo-commerce some widgets come by default, For example:
- Woo-commerce status: How much money is being sold from your store, how many cells are still waiting, how many products are in low stock and how many products are out of stock. That means you can see the total stock and a short report.
- woo-commerce recent review: If a customer gives a product and reviews and comments, it will show in this widget.
When you login to the dashboard, you will see a short report of your store through this widget. You have to set up the setting options of woocommerce according to the type of your business or company.
