An overview of using Dukapress and Cart66 for selling stuff on your website. Originally presented at the East Bay WordPress meetup.

1. Technology Hotspot & Salon
eCommerce Plugins
DukaPress, PHPurchase

2. Introduction
Anca Tech Liminal
• Web Developer • Technology Hotspot & Salon
• Information Architect • Co-Working
• 15 years of experience in • Workshops, Conferences
technology & marketing orgs • Expert, friendly help with web &
• Freelancer, Entrepreneur social media
anca@techliminal.com
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3. Review Process
• What type of plugin?
• Feature Overview
• How products are managed
• How products are displayed
• Dashboard Features
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4. DukaPress Get it: http://dukapress.org
• Free eCommerce plugin - Donation-based
• Physical and Digital Products
• Product, Product Category pages
• Related Product Options
• PayPal, Credit Card options for payment. No PayPal Payments Pro.
• Discount Management w/ Coupons
• Inventory Management
• Order Management (rudimentary)
• Anonymous transactions (no accounts required)
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5. DukaPress - Shop Settings
Simple Options Panel covers
a wealth of features
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6. Product Management
Products are managed as Custom Post
Type with same categories as the rest of
your site
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7. Product Management
Shortcode causes the
product to be displayed
Product Options on a
per-product basis
Shortcode is needed to display a product
or Product Grid on a page
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8. Product Page
Images and
Descriptions are
automatically displayed
Related Products from
Category
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9. Category Grid
Shortcodes can be
used to display
products on any page of
the site
[dpsc_grid_display category=”1” total="12"
column="3" per_page="4" type="duka" order="DESC"]
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10. Shopping Cart
• Use widget to add to your
sidebar
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11. Other Setup
• You have to set up your shopping cart, thank you page with appropriate
shortcodes.
• Help files are easy to find and use
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12. The Low-down
• Relatively Straightforward eCommerce system
• Easy to set up products
• Slightly clunky for getting a site to display everything
• There are some themes that support DukaPress, but otherwise you have to
create the CSS to display your storefront
• Will display warnings if you turn on WP_DEBUG
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13. PHPurchase -> Cart66 Get it: http://cart66.com
• Premium Plugin (single site, developer, etc)
• What you can sell:
• Physical, Digital Products
• Memberships (recurring Payments)
• Upload Products from spreadsheet
• Supports PayPal, PayPal pro (communicate via API)
• Support Forum
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14. Pricing
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15. Product Management
No Product
Categories...
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16. Getting it on a page
Add through Editor
Button or shortcode
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17. Shopping Cart
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18. Payment Configurations
• Supports SSL - For using
Gateways and PayPal Website
Payments Pro
•
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19. Recurring Subs w/ PayPal
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20. Shopping Cart Widget
• Put your cart in your sidebar
or any widget area
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21. Under the Hood
• New Database Tables
• API Integration w/ PayPal
Payments Pro
• Automatically creates
shopping all needed pages
(cart, thank you, etc)
• Does not store Credit card
numbers (only PayPal)
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22. The Low-down
• Relatively Straightforward eCommerce system
• Good support through their forums
• Downloadable Documentation!
• Easy to set up products - Product Import is GREAT
• No support for Product Categories or automatically listing the products on
pages
• You are responsible for the CSS for displaying your products
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