Myths, Mistakes and Management of WooCommerce at Scale

April 13th, 2016

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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

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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/