Build a better wordpress store

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hey all,

Did a bunch of searching and now I'm asking you...

I'd like to find the right combo of plugins to pull products from networks like shareasale, pepperjam and cj and display the products as a mix on my own site.

Now, here's the twist... I'd like individuals to continue shopping within my site and complete their purchase there. In many cases, when you display an affiliate product on your site, and the user clicks on the product, they are transported to the affiliate site.

Ideas? I'd like to creat a true online estore experience and with wordpress if possible.

Thanks!

Frank
#build #store #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Keith Kogane
    That's just not possible as far as I know. How would checkout work? Who would collect the money? Who makes sure the other parties get paid properly on a multi-product order?

    I'm not saying you can't pull those kinds of product if you can get good feeds. That part of your idea is do-able. I'd recommend the Affiliate Datafeed Plugin (sold as a WSO a while back). I haven't used it much, but it operates very similar to an Amazon or Ebay scraper plugin except it uses affiliate datafeeds instead of RSS.

    There are a few plugins to let you do a digital download store via wordpress, but that's only going to work if you sell your own products, afaik. So I can see why you'd have trouble finding what you're looking for because not only have I not seen anything available, but from what I understand of the external systems involved (payment processing, affiliate tracking, etc) I don't think it's technically possible.

    Hopefully I'm wrong and someone has a better answer for you.
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  • Profile picture of the author rdraiss
    try popshops.com , you will have to upgrade from free account to a paid account. popshops.com corporate level would be best ,however I don't know if they offer wordpress plugins for corporate level. Take a look at skymall.com , this a popshops.com corporate account. Hope this helps,best of luckk.
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  • Profile picture of the author stma
    Thought for you.....

    Instead of going the affiliate route - go the dropshipping route. There are a couple of "ecommerce" options for wordpress. Be a simple matter to import all those products into the ecommerce system.

    It would increase your income compared to affiliate as well.
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    • Profile picture of the author fthomas137
      Now you're talking! Do you have any more advice in this area? (I will definitely look at the dropshipping and wordpress search option in google.) Never thought of that yet!

      Boy, you guys (and gals) are so smart!

      Frank

      Originally Posted by stma View Post

      Thought for you.....

      Instead of going the affiliate route - go the dropshipping route. There are a couple of "ecommerce" options for wordpress. Be a simple matter to import all those products into the ecommerce system.

      It would increase your income compared to affiliate as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author radio
    you could go the dropshipper route, but you end up dealing with a lot more. i definitely prefer the affiliate model - especially with eBay - no shipping, no customer hassles, no fulfillment or expensive shopping cart scripts. showcase the products on your site, drive traffic, earn commissions. got paid yesterday, a great feeling!

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    • Profile picture of the author fthomas137
      I have done not too bad with ebay as well. Can't retire with ebay, but it is one of my revenue streams.

      I'd really like to figure this dog out though. Kinda becomes a challenge when it just doesn't want to come together.

      Hey! Maybe that's why I've got such a 'flat' forehead! I really like banging it up against that virtual wall!

      Nah, can't be.

      By the way, nice looking plugin Radio!
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      • Profile picture of the author radio
        Originally Posted by fthomas137 View Post

        By the way, nice looking plugin Radio!
        That's nice of you to say... thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author John Dufresne
    I saw a plugin for wordpress that deals with datafiles, but I can't remember the name of it.
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