Part of the beauty of WooCommerce is it can work as hard as you need it to. You can expand its capabilities dramatically with just a few simple clicks.
There are plenty of extensions you can use to take your new store to the next level -- and make it work even harder for those clicks and sales.
Here are five WooCommerce extensions that we recommend for your brand new store.
1. Jetpack: see site traffic right on your dashboard
Jetpack has a ton of benefits, from backups to theme customization. But it has big potential for new WooCommerce store owners in its Site Stats feature.
Jetpack shows traffic stats right from your WordPress dashboard, so you can see your growth at a glimpse. You’ll be able to find out which days are the most popular, when you get your most traffic, and much more.
The more you know about the habits of your shoppers, the better -- and Jetpack is a fantastic way to help you learn.
2. InstantSearch+: send searching shoppers to the right place
The built-in search on your store is pretty strong, but there’s a way to help make it even more powerful.
InstantSearch+ is an extension that uses the power of stored suggestions to instantly complete search queries. It saves your shoppers time by finishing their searches, and offers fast previews of the products you sell.
As a bonus, you’ll be able to use the extension’s reporting to see what is being searched for and how often.
3. Google Product Feed: make your products easier to find by shoppers
Many shoppers start their buying journey by looking for specific products on a search engine like Google.
Google Product Feed lets you list your store’s products in Google’s shopping results. This way, when someone searches for a product you sell, they’ll be shown the listing right from your store.
The extension gives you full control over which WooCommerce fields appear in shopping listings, including image, price, product description, and more. This helps you to be certain that shoppers will like what they see -- and want to check out your store.
4. PayPal Express Checkout: a fast and familiar payment experience
If you’re selling to international customers, you should offer them secure payment options that don’t rely on credit cards.
PayPal Express Checkout is a perfect choice:it adds the familiarity of
PayPal to your store.
PayPal is also a name shoppers know. Since PayPal does not share your customers’ full financial information with you, Express Checkout can reduce your customers’ security concerns.
5. Checkout Add-Ons: sell gift-wrapping, express processing, and more
Grocery stores make a little extra money by selling “add-ons” at the register -- candy, snacks, magazines, and so on.
You can do the same thing with your online store.
Checkout Add-Ons gives you the ability to sell upgrades on the checkout page, like gift wrapping or bags, gift messages, shipping and handling upgrades, shipping insurance, and virtually anything else you can think of.
You can enable and disable add-ons at any time -- for example, turn on gift wrap for the holidays, then simply turn it off again in January.
Grow your store with these extensions
Whether you use one or all five of these extensions, they’ll help your new store find success. Best of luck growing your sales!
This article represents the thoughts of the author. You should always seek your own independent business and legal advice.