Webinar: Myths, Mistakes and Management of WooCommerce at Scale
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Transcript of Webinar: Myths, Mistakes and Management of WooCommerce at Scale
Myths, Mistakes and Management of WooCommerce at Scale
April 13th, 2016
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Please use the “Questions”pane throughout the webinar
Slides and recording will be made available shortly after the webinar
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Ask Questions as We Go
What We’ll Discuss
❖ eCommerce/WooCommerce by the numbers
❖ Myths associated with scaling WooCommerce
❖ Common mistakes to avoid❖ How to pick a development partner❖ How to pick a hosting partner
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Chris LemaCTO and Chief Strategist Crowd Favorite@chrislema
❖ LOVES cigars (has a dropcam to view his humidor anytime, from anywhere!)
❖ Has a quilt made of WP Engine T-shirts
Introducing our Speakers
Jason JaynesVP, ProductWP Engine@jasoncjaynes
❖ Built first WordPress website in 2008
❖ Co-founded Apptive in 2011 to create native eCommerce apps
❖ Joined WP Engine in June 2015#wpewebinar
eCommerce is Growing
Source: US Commerce Department
Web Sales (Billions $)
WooCommerce is Growing, too
Sources: WooCommerce and BuiltWith
October 2, 2015 April 6, 2016
We are feeling the Growth at WP Engine
21%12%
WP Engine accounts with 1+ website using WooCommerce
WP Engine WordPress sites running WooCommerce
Key Takeaways from Hosting Large # of WooCommerce Sites
1. Support matters...a LOT!
2. Not all themes are created equal
3. They are transients for a reason
4. Bare metal isn’t the silver bullet
Q&A
Feel free to ask away inthe “Questions” pane!
Want to find out if WP Engine is right for your eCommerce site?
● Call +1-512-827-3500, or● Chat with us wpengine.com
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Resources
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❖eBook: An Executive’s Guide to Scaling WooCommercehttp://wpeng.in/woobook
❖Ecommerce on WordPress: A Getting Started Guidehttps://wpengine.com/try/ecommerce-on-wordpress-getting-started/
❖11 Ecommerce Tips to Reduce Shopping Cart Abandonmenthttps://wpengine.com/try/reduce-shopping-cart-abandons/
❖Ecommerce KPIs: Seven Ways to Measure Scalability and Successhttps://wpengine.com/try/ecommerce-kpis/