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How to Start an Online Store With WordPress: Ultimate Guide

If you’re looking up how to start an online store, you should seriously consider running it on WordPress. First off, WordPress powers more than 40% of the web already. Many of those websites happen to be ecommerce stores. Even though WordPress has established itself as a blogging platform, the way it makes ecommerce work is with a plugin called WooCommerce. It is an all-in-one ecommerce solution that integrates with WordPress seamlessly.

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When to Use a Plugin for WooCommerce Product Options

Some customers will want to personalize a product before buying. The simple things might include picking a color, choosing a size, or selecting from other off-the-shelf elements. However, not all options will fit neatly into WooCommerce's default abilities. Plus none of it is usually that intuitive to set up.

PPOM Review: Need Custom WooCommerce Product Fields?

WooCommerce is a great tool, and it allows you to customize your products in a plethora of ways. However, all of that customization still goes in the direction of offering off-the-shelf-products at the end of the day. If you want to enable some client-facing customization or personalization, this is where the trouble starts. There's nothing built into WooCommerce to handle that. Personalized Product Fields Manager (PPOM) plugin aims to solve this. It lets you insert any of over 30 additional fields for product customization.

What’s the Best Payment Gateway for WooCommerce? 5 Options Compared

You've probably had to negotiate the minefield that is the inconsistent payment choices found on ecommerce storefronts. Some love PayPal, while others take plain credit cards, and a few even accept cryptocurrencies. With WordPress in particular, you need to consider payment gateway is best for WooCommerce.

How to Accept Payments With WordPress and PayPal (3 Methods)

In this post, you’ll find step-by-step tutorials for three different solutions for accepting payments in WordPress. Because PayPal is such a popular payment processor, I’ll focus these guides on how to use PayPal to do this. However, you could also easily adapt some of these methods to other payment processors, such as Stripe or Square.

10+ Must-Have and Best WooCommerce Plugins

WooCommerce is a powerful platform all on its own. However, there are some things it can't do. If you want to build a fully-powered online store, you'll need the help of some of the best WooCommerce plugins. Let's introduce you to some of our favorites!

Best Shopify Alternatives for Ecommerce Stores

The ecommerce space is teeming with platform options that help you run an online business. Even if you’re a die-hard Shopify fan, it won’t hurt to check out some of the best Shopify alternatives that are out there. After all, what’s good for one ecommerce store may not necessarily be good for another.