Diana Thompson (www.likethegoddess.com) presents an overview of the WP e-Commerce plugin for the East Bay WordPress Meetup on March 20, 2011

1. WP e-Commerce Plugin
Presented to the
East Bay WordPress Meetup
by Diana Thompson, Like the Goddess

2. Introduction
Diana Thompson
Like the Goddess
Freelancing in web, email, and graphic design since 2005
WordPress design and administration since 2008
Specializing in design for the arts and small businesses
WP e-Commerce Plugin
Developed by Instinct, http://www.instinct.co.nz/
Over 850,000 downloads
Offers free and premium options

3. Features
Accepts payment through PayPal and Google Checkout
Shippable and downloadable products supported
Quick and easy set up
Presentation customization through administration panels
and/or custom CSS
Marketing Options
Cross sales within your shop
Coupon code support
Share This social bookmarking integration
How Customer Found Us Survey option
Google Merchant Center / Google Product Search
integration
Note: currently compatible up to 3.0.5

4. Installation Options
1. Install through administration panel:
http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin/plugin-install.php
2. Available for download from official WP e-Commerce site or
WordPress plugins directory:
http://getshopped.org/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-e-commerce/

5. Payment Gateway Options
1. Google Checkout
http://checkout.google.com/
2. Paypal
http://merchant.paypal.com/
3. Chronopay
http://www.chronopay.com/
4. Manual Payment / Test Gateway

6. Store Administration Panels
1. Sales
2. Products
3. Categories
4. Variations
5. Marketing
6. Settings
7. Upgrades

7. Sales
Gives overview of current month

8. Settings > General

9. Settings > Payment Options

10. Payment Options > Google
Checkout

11. Payment Options > PayPal

12. Settings > Presentation

13. Products
View/edit existing products and add new product

14. Product Options
Categories: types of products and brands
Tags: additional info
Price and Stock Control: tax, out-of-stock action,
donation option
Shipping Details: weight, dimensions, shipping fees
Variation Control: sizes, colors, etc.
Advanced Options:
Custom Meta
Merchant Notes
Personalization Options
Off-site Product Link
Product Images: upload facility
Product Download