You may think that WooCommerce sins of being too basic and that most online stores will ultimately require additional functions that can only be achieved through plugins.
But the truth is that the "essence" of WooCommerce is that, starting from an extremely simple e-commerce model so that anyone can have their online store without having to hire a software engineer. The objective is clear; set up your store easy, fast, and cheap, and start selling as soon as possible. Visit us and get to know more about how to setup a woocommerce store at an affordable price.
What if. You can do real wonders with the hundreds of plugins for WooCommerce that exist in the market. But if there is one conclusion that I have drawn in all these years working with WooCommerce, it is that not always the best solution for your store is based on installing a plugin.
The consequences of having an online store "infested" with plugins
Higher maintenance cost
It does not require the same time or resources to maintain a store with 5 plugins as one with 50. Updating it or simply fine-tuning the configuration can become a bitter experience.
Furthermore, the consumption of server resources (or hosting) grows exponentially in a store with several dozen active plugins as the volume of visits increases.
Eternal loading times that bore customers
Most plugins load a multitude of resources on the pages of your store (style sheets, images, javascript, fonts, etc). That makes the store take much longer to load. The more plugins, the slower the store will go.
Wasted resources
Other times it happens that only one of the dozens of options included in the plugin is needed and of course, that means that we have one or more plugins occupying memory and consuming server resources.
In the end, the benefit that the plugin brings does not compensate for all those wasted resources.
Important investment
As a general rule (although this is not always the case), the best plugins for WooCommerce are usually paid. So if for each important functionality that you want to add to your store, you have to buy a plugin, and on average each plugin costs you € 50 (on the low side), we would be talking about the investment to get your store ready would be several hundred euros easily.
Do you want to know how I do it without the need for dozens of plugins?
There is another way to fine-tune your online store and get the most out of it without having to sacrifice the aspects that I just mentioned before.
The solution I propose is called WooCommerce Hacks and the "magic" of snippets.
Ok, but… what is that WooCommerce Hacks and snippets?
If this is the first time you hear about snippets, don't be scared. Snippets are nothing more than small pieces of code (actually, it is nothing more than text) that allow you to access hidden WooCommerce functions that you could only access by installing dozens of plugins and in many cases, paid plugins.
I'm not telling you with this not to install plugins in your store, far from it. But if you do not abuse them and always resort to the easy way; install a plugin for any functionality you need, no matter how small.
These snippets have made my life much easier and saved hundreds of euros in plugins for my projects and those of my clients. For this reason, I have decided to collect them all ordered by categories, with detailed explanations, images, and examples of use, and make them public in my new premium section; WooCommerce Hacks.
With WooCommerce Hacks you can ...
Show cross-selling products in emails
Just like Amazon does in its customers 'order emails, now you can also display cross-selling products in the footer of your customers' order emails.
Increasing the percentage of customers who repeat purchases thanks to this simple technique.
Apply the Equivalence surcharge in WooCommerce
The Equivalence surcharge is a "special" tax (specifically a special VAT regime) that is mandatory for some self-employed sellers who sell to the end customer.
The peculiarity of this tax is that many online stores need to offer it as an option on the payment page since it does not need to be applied to all their customers. And this is precisely what you can do with this simple snippet đ
Quick purchase pop up on the product sheet
It shows a simple pop up with a button with a direct link to the payment page after adding a product to the cart.
Once the customer has added the product to the cart, they are offered two options, continue shopping or go directly to the checkout to finish the purchase. Of course, you can also close the pop up by clicking outside.
This simple technique reduces cart abandonment rate and improves conversions. Who doesn't want that! true?
Automatic discount coupon at the end of the purchase
Create a unique discount coupon for each customer who completes their purchase and show them on the thank you page
With this simple snippet, you can also define an expiration in days for that coupon, as well as the discount you want to apply both in percentage and fixed amount.
This technique is ideal for getting customers to repeat purchases and thus increase what the Yankees call " Lifetime Customer Value " đ
But this is just a preview. You can also ...
Disable certain payment methods if the order exceeds a specific total cost
Set a minimum order quantity to be able to complete the purchase
Show certain payment methods based on product category
Hide the price of products for unregistered users
Insert order completed event for FB Ads on WooCommerce thank you page
Create a custom thank you page for certain products
Add a dedicated sidebar for the checkout page
Send automatic notification emails to customers who have purchased a product when it is updated
Insert add to cart event for FB Ads in the product page
Add an option for "forced" sale of combined products
Add custom labels to your products to display them in the store and product page
Show the add to cart button always visible when the visitor scrolls
Allows you to attach downloadable files on the product file
Display the side menu of product categories with an accordion design
Redirect to a custom page when you click on the product photo of the store page
Show a list of product categories with a thumbnail image
Improve store performance
Sort the shipping costs according to their cost
Customize price text on discounted product
Add prices with and without taxes included
Show the list of all product variations without pagination
Show variable product selector on the shop page
Set a minimum order quantity to be able to complete the purchase
Send an email with a list of products to different suppliers each time a new order is received. Ideal for dropshipping!
Limit the maximum number of product-level units that a customer can purchase in a single order
Products of a certain category only visible to users with a certain role
Show an upsell message in the cart when the customer has not yet reached the minimum spend for free shipping
Customize the subject of customer emails with your name
Delete the header with the title of the emails
Customize the default message of customer order emails
And many more!
How does WooCommerce Hacks work?
Very simple, you just have to follow these 3 steps.
STEP 1
Enter the WooCommerce Hacks panel and select the category that interests you.
STEP 2
Find your snippet in the list and copy and paste the code in your theme following the instructions. In less than 2 minutes you have it đ
STEP 3
Clear the cache if you use a cache plugin and reload the page to see the changes. Ready! Easy right?
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