Building Your Online Store With WordPress and WooCommerce

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction to E-commerce

   • Lisa Sims

   Pages 1-12

3. Planning Your E-commerce Strategy

   • Lisa Sims

   Pages 13-22

4. Overview of WordPress

   • Lisa Sims

   Pages 23-38

5. WooCommerce for E-commerce

   • Lisa Sims

   Pages 39-56

6. E-commerce Themes

   • Lisa Sims

   Pages 57-75

7. Creating Your Online Store

   • Lisa Sims

   Pages 77-111

8. Securing Your Online Store

   • Lisa Sims

   Pages 113-131

9. Testing Your Online Store

   • Lisa Sims

   Pages 133-148

10. Marketing Your Online Store

    • Lisa Sims

    Pages 149-157

11. Maintaining Your Online Store

    • Lisa Sims

    Pages 159-171

12. Back Matter

    Pages 173-179

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Teaches you all about e-commerce and how to create your own online shop using WordPress and WooCommerce. Regardless of a business’s size, e-commerce helps level the playing field, increases a business’s exposure, allows companies to reach customers globally, and streamlines the fulfillment process. In the past, e-commerce websites were expensive, technically difficult, and time-consuming to create but not anymore.

WordPress and WooCommerce together are a complete e-commerce solution that can be used to sell both physical and digital products online. You'll learn how to install WordPress and how to plan your e-commerce solution with WooCommerce as well as install, create, secure, test, and market a sample online store.  

Save time and money by planning your own e-commerce strategy without paying expensive consultants. Increase your brand and products’ or services’ exposure to your target customers, and increase sales by offering target customers the ability to purchase products online as well as reach potential customers globally. 

What You'll Learn

• Plan an effective ecommerce strategy
  

• Choose a payment merchant and which products or services to sell online 

• Secure your store and add products, descriptions, categories, images, and prices

• Maintain and expand your online store with WooCommerce extensions
  

Who This Book Is For
Ideal for entrepreneurs and small business owners who know their products (physical or digital), but lack the technical background and skills to setup an online store to sell their products and services.  

• Woocommerce
• ecommerce
• eretail
• small business owners
• DIY websites
• Shopify

“The book appears to be of great value for someone committed to using WordPress … . It presents a lot of information in an encouraging, reassuring tone. The recommendations seem clear and accessible and assume the reader is familiar with nothing more mysterious than file transfer protocol (FTP) or MySQL.” (B. Hazeltine, Computing Reviews, June 27, 2019)

• Conyers, USA

  Lisa Sims

Lisa Sims is an Assistant Professor of Web and Mobile Technology for Ashford University and an Online Adjunct Faculty for The University of Phoenix Online and Southern New Hampshire University where she teaches technology courses in web design, ecommerce, and mobile application development.

Lisa is the author of six books and the creator and host of "The Stretching A Dollar for Entrepreneurs Show" on Blogtalkradio.com, where she provides money-saving tips for entrepreneurs. She is also the creator and host of The Living To Save Podcast, where she helps consumers save time and money while providing a little wisdom for their souls. 

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