Stock Control with WP E-Commerce
June 30, 2009
The WP E-Commerce Plugin allows you to set numbers of stock for any product listed in your shop. The system will then count down each time an order is placed until you are out of stock or you can set the stock to 0 yourself when you have run out.
Once this happens, the Add to Cart button beside that item disappears and is replaced with a message stating “This item has sold out”. As soon as you are ready, you untick the limited stock box and you are ready to go again.
How to Limit Stock Numbers
Sell Personalised Products with WP E-Commerce
March 17, 2009
Although the WordPress E-Commerce plugin is essentially an off-the-shelf shopping cart, you can setup numerous complicated variations including allowing your customers to write a personal message and upload a photo.
Download WP E-Commerce Plugin…
Allow Customers to Upload a Photo
- Sell advertising – customers can upload logos and images for their ad
- Print photos onto products
- Provide expertise based on a visual
- Creative agencies – web designers, graphic designers, artists, PR companies
- Login to your WordPress website and click on the E-Commerce button
- Click on Products in the submenu.
- Select the Product you want to have this functionality.
- On the right side of the page, scroll down until you see the Advanced Options section.
- Tick the box next to “Users can upload images at checkout.
- Click on the Edit button at the bottom of the page to save your changes.
E-Commerce Shop Inside WordPress
February 17, 2009
This amazing plugin turns your wordpress website from a self-managed website and blog into a fully functional (and customisable) online shop. Created by kiwis at Instinct, this has to be the easiest way to sell your products on your own website anywhere.
Once you have activated your plugin, an E-Commerce button appears on your admin menu. From here you can setup products to ship, products to download, registrations for courses, subscriptions and more.
Creating Product Pages
You create groups first to categorise your products, then assign each product to a group and simply click on the little shopping cart icon when you are creating a new web page and select that group for it to appear automatically on the page. See an example below on the new website I have just setup for Weekend Gardener magazine.
Sample Product Page
This is a product page showing all the products in the Quarterly Magazines group. The product listing includes a description (this can be extended), drop-down options (in this case whether it is a gift or not), a photo and the price. When you click on the Add to Cart button, your product appears in the shopping cart to the right of the page. From there you can add more products or checkout.
Other Websites Using WP E-Commerce
