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eCommerce on the cheap with WordPress
Alexandre Simardbrocheafoin.biz
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W(ho)TF? / T'es qui toé?
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W(hat)TF? / De kessé?
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Step 1: WordPress.com
"We're gonna have some fun"
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First year compilation
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Step 2: PayPal
"There's so much we can do"
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If only it were that easy...
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Nom nom, I eat FORM tags for breakfast
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Epic Shipping Rates Model Fail
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Are we screwed?
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Let's just wing it
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The buy page - Excerpt
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A business lesson
It's hard to sell what you've already given away.
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Collectors items!
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Enter the cart
"We're gonna party like it's 1999"
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Quickly rejected
1. PayPal: awkward UX, shipping still brain dead2. Shopify: expensive3. Yahoo Store?
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Are we screwed?
By which we mean: "Are we stuck with Paypal?"
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Might as well...
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Plugins evaluated
• Quick Shop• WP eCommerce• eShop• YAK for WordPress• WordPress Simple PayPal Shopping Cart
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In the end...
Theme• Tarski
Plugins• Akismet• Wordpress.com Stats• Codestyling Localization• WP Contact Form III• And the shopping cart winner...
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Step 3: hosted WordPress + eShop plugin"It's just you and me"
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Demo
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Lessons learned
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Yes, we can!
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Buy or Build?
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Different processes
Build
1. Needs analysis– Functional analysis– UI Design– Programming– User testing– Quality Assurance– Deployment
Buy
1. Cursory needs analysis– Product evaluations– Product(s) approval by
client– Installation and
configuration– Theming– Smoothening of rough
edges
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Evaluating products quickly
Steps
1. Do not read online reviews– Define a list of dealbreakers– Eliminate based on feature lists– Design a valid proof-of-concept test– Eliminate from proof-of-concept results
Tips
• Value your time• Be ruthless• Trust your instinct
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Smoothening rough edges quickly
• YAGNI. No, really.• Concentrate on public facing details• Vanilla is the best flavour in the world!• Choose at which level you want to customise and stick to it• Something you can't do? YAGNI!
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The greatest lesson of all
is happening to me...
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Beggars can't be choosers
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How to make it work with the client
• Explain the process right from the start: pick two from fast, cheap and "good". We sacrifice "good".
• Use the economic argument: the other way is orders of magnitude more expensive and the results are just as unproven
• Be dictatorial: prioritise in his/her placeo Corollary: get to know his/her business
• Choose the right clients
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Thanks!