Have a product you want to sell online? Want to start creating an online store website, but don’t know where to start? Don’t worry because you will get the most complete guide on how to create an online store in this WooCommerce tutorial.
Why Should You Use WooCommerce?
WooCommerce is a free online store plugin from WordPress. With this plugin, you can create an online store with no coding skills at all.
This plugin also allows you to easily manage your online store, from setting up product displays to managing payments.
Apart from that, here are the reasons why WooCommerce is the best plugin for your online store:
1. Trusted by Millions of Users
WooCommerce has been trusted to be an online store platform by more than 59 million users worldwide. This means that WooCommerce has become the online store platform for 28 percent of online stores globally. The quality is not in doubt. Because as many as 21 percent of online stores that use WooCommerce managed to get into the Top 1 Million Sites.
2. Compatible with WordPress
WooCommerce is a plugin developed by WordPress directly. So you can easily install WooCommerce on your WordPress website by simply installing the WooCommerce plugin like installing any other plugin.
3. Guaranteed Security
All online stores must convince their customers that their online store is a safe place to make purchases.
If you use WooCommerce, you don’t have to worry about security. Because WooCommerce protects all transaction data that occurs in your online store from falling into the hands of third parties. So your customers can shop safely.
4. Free
One of the main advantages of WooCommerce over other online store platforms is that it is free. Basically WooCommerce provides its services for free to anyone. However, WooCommerce also provides some features that you must purchase if you want to use them.
5. Easy for Anyone to Use
With WooCommerce, you can easily build an online store, from creating product displays, managing product categories, adding promotions and discounts, to making payment options without needing to know any coding.
6. Provides Many Theme Options
Display is certainly an important thing for all online stores, right? Each type of online store has its own concept. The concept of an online shop for men’s clothing is certainly different from the concept of an online store for women’s clothing.
Likewise, the concept of an online book store is definitely different from the concept of an online shop for electronic goods. No need to worry because WooCommerce provides a wide selection of themes, both free and paid.
WooCommerce Tutorial: How to Install, Set Up, and Manage
Before starting this WooCommerce tutorial, make sure that you have WordPress installed on your website.
If you already have WordPress? You can get started right away following the WooCommerce tutorial below!
1. How to Install and Activate WooCommerce
As previously explained, WooCommerce is a plugin that can be easily installed via WordPress.
How to install WooCommerce is quite easy. Follow these steps:
a. Login to your WordPress dashboard.
b. Select the Plugins menu -> Add New. Type “WooCommerce” in the search field.
c. Select the WooCommerce plugin, and click Install Now. Then, Activate.
2. How to Setup WooCommerce
Once the installation and activation process is complete, you will see a notification from WooCommerce to run the Setup Wizard. Please select Yes Please.
Using the Setup Wizard is the easiest way to setup WooCommerce. However, if you missed the notification, you can open the WooCommerce menu > Help > Setup Wizard.
Step 2.1. Store Address Settings
The first step, WooCommerce will ask you to fill in your online store details
The required information is
– Address Line 1. The main address of your online store.
– Address Line 2. An alternative address for your online store.
– Country/Region. Select the country of Indonesia.
– City. Select the city where your online store is located.
– Postcode. Fill in the postal code number of your online shop address.
Step 2.2. Setting Your Business Industry Type
The next step in the WooCommerce tutorial is to set up the industry type of your online store.
In this section, you can choose several industries according to the product you are selling. Just check the following options:
Fashion, Apparel, and Accessories
Health and Beauty
Art, music, and photography
Electronics, and computers
Food, and drink
Home, furniture, and garden
Other
For example, if you sell health drinks, you could tick Food and Drink and Healthy and Beauty.
Step 2.3. Setting the Type of Product Sold
In this section, you are asked to determine what types of products you sell in the online store.
There are many types of products that you can choose from. You can use two types of products for free, namely Physical products (products that require delivery) and Downloads (digital products that can be directly downloaded).
Step 2.4. Business Detail Settings
In this step, you can fill in two information related to the business that you run.
First, how many products will you display in your online store. Second, do you sell the product elsewhere or only at the online store.
Step 2.5. Theme Selection
The final step in the WooCommerce setup wizard is to choose a theme for your online store.
There are several themes that you can use for free. To make sure that the theme used is suitable for your business, use the Live Preview mode.
3. How to Add Products
After successfully creating an online store, you need to add products before they are ready for consumers to visit.
The trick, from the WordPress dashboard page, please select the WooCommerce menu.
To add a new product, you can select Add your first product. There are three options available: Add manually, Import and Migrate.
Select Add manually as the easiest way to add products one by one. You will be automatically directed to the posting page to fill in the complete product information.
After that, you will be asked to provide the following information:
– Product names. Your product name.
– Product description. Full description of the product.
– Product types. Your product type (simple, grouped, affiliate, variable). In general, simple products are commonly used.
– Short description. A simple explanation of the product that will appear on the product page.
– Product images/gallery. Image of the product to be used.
– Product tags. Labels for products.
– Product categories. Product category.
Make sure you fill in the information above clearly. Specifically for Product types, you will be asked to fill in more complete information as follows:
– Generals. Information about general prices and product discount prices.
– Inventory. Item code and item status owned (available or out of stock)
– Shipping. Type of delivery of goods and determination of weight and dimensions of goods.
– Linked products. Choose a similar product to do up selling (selling a product with a price class above it)
– Attributes. Product attributes, such as color.
– Variations. Variations in the products sold, for example different sizes (S, M, L, XL).
– Advanced. Advanced settings that can be used to manage order orders, and more.
– Get More Options. Option to add other functionality using WooCommerce extensions.
You can also take advantage of WooCommerce shortcodes to make managing your store easier.
If you have added all the important product information, you can release the product by pressing the Publish button.
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