COVID-19 has changed the way we shop
and for small businesses
that are considered non-essential,
they've had to close their brick and mortar locations,
for the time being and open up shop online.
I'm Emma and this is Darlene and we're gonna talk
about adding WooCommerce to your WordPress site
so you can sell physical and digital products
to your customers.
- If you have a WordPress website for your blog, hobby
or brick and mortar, adding WooCommerce
is a great option to get
an eCommerce platform up and running.
When you add the WooCommerce plugin
a wizard walks you through setting up
some of the basics for your online store.
And once the plugin is installed,
you can add your products and configure it
to look however you want.
- Yeah, taking the time to set up
and configure your new storefront
is something you wanna continue to benefit from
when the dust settles and life gets back to normal.
Will you show us how this is done, Darlene?
- Sure, thing Emma.
Let's get to it.
The starting point is your WordPress admin dashboard.
Choose Plugins and then Add New.
We wanna install the WooCommerce plugin.
I can see the WooCommerce option
in my GoDaddy recommended section,
but if you don't see it, you can enter WooCommerce
in the Search plugins field.
Let's choose Install Now.
It'll take just a few moments and you'll see
the Install button change to Activate.
So let's activate it.
The WooCommerce wizard displays.
It'll ask you a bunch of questions
and as you fill in the information,
it's creating your ecommerce site.
Let's see how it works.
First, enter where your store's located.
I'm gonna choose the US and then enter in my address.
Select what type of currency you wanna accept.
I'm gonna choose US Dollars and I'm gonna say
I plan to sell both physical and digital products.
If you have a brick and mortar store,
choose that you'll also be selling
products or services in person.
I'm gonna leave mine blank.
Choose Let's go.
Now, choose if you wanna help improve WooCommerce
with usage tracking.
I'm going to enable it and then continue.
WooCommerce can accept both online and offline payments.
You can choose Stripe, PayPal or both.
You can also say you'll use offline payments.
Please note that you can add
additional payment methods later.
We're gonna select both stripe and PayPal
and then enter the email address
that we wanna use to create our accounts.
When things look good, click Continue.
Now you're ready to set up your shipping options.
There are two shipping zones,
one for the US and one for the rest of the world.
For the US, I'm gonna choose free shipping.
I know that more and more people are shopping online
and they expect free shipping and I don't want them
to pass up my store because I charge.
For locations outside of the US,
I'm going to turn off the option
because I only wanna ship in the US for now.
Let's click Continue.
At this point, choose what recommended features
that you want to enhance your store.
The Automated Taxes is a no brainer
because it calculates taxes for you upon checkout,
and you don't want to be off because trust me,
the government is gonna come collecting.
Mailchimp will help you sync customer lists
and send emails and targeted campaigns to your customers.
And Facebook is a great way to extend your reach
to get your products in front of more potential customers.
I think all three of these options provide great value,
so I'm gonna leave all three selected
and then choose continue.
Because we said we did want the automated taxes,
the next screen is connecting us to Jetpack.
Let's choose to continue with Jetpack.
You'll be prompted to create a Jetpack account.
Enter your email, create a username and a password.
Congratulations, you're done with the WooCommerce wizard.
At this point, you can sign up to get product updates.
Choose to start adding or importing products
or go to your admin dashboard.
We'll let you look around
and go through these options on your own.
But, take your time add your products
and publish your site when you're ready.
- That's great Darlene, thank you so much
for walking us through the wizard.
There's a lot of steps but the wizard
makes it easier for sure.
- Thanks for joining me today Emma.
Stay safe and stay healthy.