Can Wordpres work for Small eCommerce Site?

14 years ago

Oh yeah, I'm absolutely certain there are ecommerce plugins...unfortunately I've not worked with any so I don't know what to suggest to you. But I'm sure someone who knows will chime in...

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Istvan Horvath

14 years ago

It, probably, could.

There are quite a number of themes that will help you to show a kind of portfolio/gallery (think of Snapshot at Woo, for example).

Now, having individual custom items... you/she will have to create a paypal button for each of them with all the necessary fields for shipping (address etc.).

The courses and the ebook would have their own Page.

These were my first thoughts... others may have better ideas.

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Heidi White 14 years ago

This one looks interesting.

$55 though - but includes a theme and full ecommerce solution.

Wordpress Shopping Cart - Wordpress Ecommerce - Market Theme

Here's an example of one user's site in their forum. Mizuya: Fine Japanese Tableware
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mmurtha

14 years ago

Yes it can be. There is an ecommerce plugin for word press. Matter of fact, it might be the one above that I'm thinking of.

If you don't want to go that route, you can always have a theme created, and then use the shopping cart plugin.

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Dan C. Rinnert 14 years ago

Put up a WordPress blog for her self-promotion, classes, eBook, etc.

Then, put the art up on Etsy.

I think Etsy provides little ad blocks that will display a selection of the products you offer. Put one of those in the WordPress sidebar.

That way, you don't have the hassle of building a cart or worrying about eCommerce on the blog and you reap any benefit of the built-in traffic on Etsy.
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- TinkBD 14 years ago
  
  Yes, it will... here is one WP eCommerce solution.
  
  I'll be implementing it for one of my clients in the next few months,
  
  My client has a bead shop, but more importantly, she is a Kentucky certified craftsperson (which is a BIIG deal)
  
  She designs and makes custom pieces AND sell wholesale as well.
  
  In addition, we are looking into selling project instructions to consumers...
  
  We'll be using WordPress eStore Plugin - Complete solution to sell digital products from your wordpress blog securely | Tips and Tricks
  
  and probably also using WordPress eMember - Easy to Use WordPress Membership Plugin | Tips and Tricks to run the wholesale sales.
  
  The good thing about this WP ecommerce solution is it is designed to sell digital AND physical goods AND one of a kind pieces...
  
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edynas

Banned 14 years ago

You can modify any template you like to use with wordpress. There is no limit and you do not have to have a blog look and feel. Wordpress is a cms and yes it is mostly used for blogs but that does not mean you have to have a blog with it.

I created a Amazon plugin and as I liked the ecommerce look much better then a basic blog setup I also created a ecommerce template.
It's used for instance here BMX FREESTYLE BIKE | Large Selection Plus Low Prices...

You can pick any ecommerce template at for instance templatemonster.com and ask somebody to modify it. I think you will find someone willing to do that for a low fee in the service section or at places like getafreelancer.com

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Fox30

14 years ago

Yes. I think wordpress would be the easiest way to set up a simple e-commerce website. I helped a friend set one up.

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Lisa Gergets

14 years ago

Yes, Etsy will provide a sidebar widget and let me tell you...having an Etsy shop and using IM techniques to drive traffic to the Etsy site can be UNBELIEVABLY profitable.

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Lisa Gergets

14 years ago

This might be something worth checking out as well...
Shopify — Create Your Online Store

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eQuus

14 years ago

Thanks everyone for the links, I was looking for the same thing.

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AndrewCavanagh 14 years ago

Yes I've seen people do it effectively using wordpress.

Remember that wordpress is just the site platform.

Also if your friend is selling custom art then trying to take payment online may not be the most effective way to do it if the price of the pieces is substantial at all.

It may be smarter to just list and describe the pieces and then have them contact the artist or the dealer as a call to action.

When people are laying down a lot of money they will usually want some real contact with a live person first.

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TimAckley

13 years ago

aside from the e-commerce side of things, the Wordpress platform will work exceptionally well for local search to showcase her classes as well as the gallery.

I love wordpress.....highly customizable, great for attracting traffic....and easily changed.

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Brendon Zahrndt

13 years ago

Mostly,

I have an ecommerce site run on wordpress. You can absolutely do it. If you would like to see it to get an idea the usefulness of wordpress as an ecommerce site, I would be gald to provide you the link.

Brendon

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Friend of mine wants me to help her put up a website to showcase and sell some of her custom art. Probably no more than 10 - 20 items for sale at any time.

She also wants to promote herself, and some local classes she offers, and eventually an art instruction eBook (which she's working on at my suggestion.)

I can see how a Wordpress blog would work well for the second part of her list, but I'm not sure if it's the right choice for the physical product selling side.

Anyone using Wordpress to sell physical products? Any themes or plugins you can recommend?

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TinkBD 13 years ago

I love WordrPess for making it possible for non-tech clients to learn to maintain their own sites.

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jonlefave

13 years ago

I've had luck with Drupal + Ubercart ... fantastic combo for flexibility, stability, and so many add-ons

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DeborahDera

13 years ago

Originally Posted by MostlyHarmless

Friend of mine wants me to help her put up a website to showcase and sell some of her custom art. Probably no more than 10 - 20 items for sale at any time.

She also wants to promote herself, and some local classes she offers, and eventually an art instruction eBook (which she's working on at my suggestion.)

I can see how a Wordpress blog would work well for the second part of her list, but I'm not sure if it's the right choice for the physical product selling side.

Anyone using Wordpress to sell physical products? Any themes or plugins you can recommend?

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Check with the hosting provider she's using for ideas on how to set up a store site (there are some free options). Maybe you can simply create a two-part domain with the store on one platform and the blog/information section on the WordPress platform.

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Judith Tramayne 13 years ago

Wordpress works extremely well for an ecommerce site if you have the right theme. You should seriously look into the Builder Theme from iThemes.

It uses widgets extensively which would be good for putting her paintings in each widget. It's EZ to style the widgets and they have a widget content module with a WYSIWYG editor. This would allow your artist friend to switch out her paintings without your help.

And each page can have a different layout so one page could show thumbnails of her paintings and each graphic could have a hyperlink to another page with a larger painting. The buy now ecommerce button could be put on this page.

Hope this helps,

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Capitalist_Pig

13 years ago

I've used two plugins: wp-e-commerce, and Ecwid.

wp-e-commerce is great if you're only selling on one site. It has great SEO, and everything works as intended. One downside: it's somewhat fragile. Read the upgrade notes, and follow the recommended process for upgrades. If you just click "upgrade automatically", sometimes things break.

Ecwid is great if you're hosting a store on multiple sites. It integrates into Facebook, Wordpress, or any webpage really. It's all Ajax, but it's fast. Down side: The SEO *sucks*. The title and description are the same for every product page.

Both products can submit automatically to Google Base, allowing your products to show up in Google Shopping. Ecwid requires a 3rd party script - search it out, you'll probably find my site, as I wrote it.

If you choose one of these, let me know, and I'll help you as I can.

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imkevintan

13 years ago

You should check out WooThemes. There are a few in particular that would go really well with the kind of website that you want.

In my opinion, you should take a look at these WooCommerce themes.

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rahulbatra

13 years ago

You can make e commerce website in wordpress, using various plugins and supported themes.

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