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WordPress 2.9 E-Commerce

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WordPress 2.9 E-Commerce

Overview of this book

WordPress is easily one of the hottest platforms for building blogs and general web sites. With the addition of the WP e-Commerce plug-in, it's also a competent platform for easily creating and running an online store, capable of selling physical items as well as services and digital downloads. WordPress with e-Commerce offers every feature that a seller and a customer may need. You can build an online store that makes it easier for the customers to find and buy products.WordPress 2.9 e-Commerce focuses on the integration of WordPress with the WordPress e-Commerce plug-in, covering all aspects of building and developing an online store from scratch.This book provides a simple, step-by-step approach to developing an effective online store. It guides you through your initial planning and first steps, plug-in installation and configuration, building your catalog of products to sell, accepting payments for your orders, and dealing with taxes and shipping. You will also learn how to promote and market your new store, handle customer accounts and staff roles, and deal with essential store security.As you work through each chapter, your online store will grow in scope and functionality. By the time you finish this book, you will have a complete and working store, ready to release your products to the world.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
WordPress 2.9 -Commerce
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Getting Started with WordPress and e-Commerce
2
Getting Ready to Sell
3
Configure Your e-Commerce Settings
4
Managing Your Product Catalog
5
User Accounts: Customers and Staff
6
Checkout and Payment Setup
7
Shipping, Taxes, and Processing Orders
Setting Up a WAMP Testing Platform
Index

Summary


Ultimately, the message here is that the more active you stay with the post-launch elements of your shop, the more likely you are to start accumulating visitors and customers. Just like how the human brain never wants to stop learning, a good store owner should never stop trying to improve the overall store, either by researching and creating new products, or by finding new ways to promote said products.

The difference between a successful person and an unsuccessful person is that the successful person does what the unsuccessful person was not willing to do: persevere and see a project through to the end. The marketing methods listed in this chapter are only a handful of the overall tactics that you can try. No single technique is "good enough," and a combination of many different techniques is what will eventually bring you success.

You make an investment when you build an e-commerce store, not just in money, but in time. The hours that you have put into building your shop are just...