Building a Membership Site with WooCommerce Memberships
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The document outlines the process of building a membership site using WooCommerce and its extensions. It covers important aspects such as setup, payment gateway integration, content restrictions, and managing subscriptions and memberships. The author, Anthony Hortin, provides insights on the benefits of using WooCommerce, which is the most popular eCommerce plugin, and shares key links for further information.
Building a Membership Site with WooCommerce Memberships
- 1. Anthony Hortin @maddisondesigns Building a Membership Site with WooCommerce Memberships #WPMELB User Meetup
- 4. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Things to Consider Ease of setup/use
- 10. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Receiving Payments 9/10 support PayPal* 3/10 support eWay*All support Stripe* *Out of the 10 previously mentioned membership plugins
- 11. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Receiving Payments Only 1 out 10 supports all 4 major Australian Banks* (and PayPal, Stripe, eWay and many others) *Out of the 10 previously mentioned membership plugins
- 12. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Benefits of WooCommerce Most popular eCommerce plugin (powers 30% of all eComm sites*) *http://trends.builtwith.com/shop
- 13. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Fully security audited by leading WP security firm Sucuri
- 14. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Extensive range of add-ons
- 15. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns 15+ different Australian Payment Gateway add-ons
- 16. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Extensive range of reports
- 17. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Ability to sell products easily (digital, physical, affiliated etc.)
- 18. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns No need for separate membership & shop logins
- 19. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Easy to setup and use
- 20. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns What you’ll need WooCommerce (free) WooCommerce Memberships (paid) WooCommerce Subscriptions (paid) PayPal, Stripe or some other Payment Gateway plugin (free/paid)
- 21. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Getting Started Install and activate all your plugins
- 22. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns After Activating WooCommerce, install the WooCommerce Pages Getting Started
- 23. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Install & activate the free WooThemes Helper plugin for updates Getting Started
- 24. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Configure Base Location & Currency WooCommerce > Settings > General WooCommerce Setup
- 25. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Turn off Manage Stock as we’re dealing with digital products WooCommerce > Products > Inventory WooCommerce Setup
- 26. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Turn off Shipping Calculations as we’re dealing with digital products WooCommerce > Settings > Shipping WooCommerce Setup
- 27. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Turn off Enable guest checkout Enable Force secure checkout (ie. SSL) if required WooCommerce > Settings > Checkout > Checkout Options WooCommerce Setup
- 28. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Enable our Payment Gateway (eg. Stripe) Add API Keys if required WooCommerce > Settings > Checkout > Stripe WooCommerce Setup
- 29. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns If your payment gateway doesn’t support subscriptions, you may want to enable the option to Accept Manual Renewals WooCommerce > Settings > Subscriptions WooCommerce Setup
- 30. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Choose to hide your membership content completely, show excerpts only or redirect to a landing page. WooCommerce > Settings > Memberships > General WooCommerce Setup
- 31. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns You can also hide restricted products from your shop catalogue WooCommerce > Settings > Memberships > Products WooCommerce Setup
- 32. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Add some content for our Members and assign them Categories Posts > Add New Content Setup
- 33. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns WooCommerce Subscriptions WooCommerce Subscriptions makes it easy to create and manage products with recurring payments“
- 34. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns WooCommerce Memberships can be used with or without WooCommerce Subscriptions. WooCommerce Subscriptions enables you to sell recurring subscriptions (e.g. Monthly, Yearly memberships) Creating Subscriptions
- 36. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Creating a subscription is just like creating a regular product Products > Add Product Creating Subscriptions
- 37. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Make the product a Simple Subscription and Virtual Set your Subscription Price per Day/Week/Month/Year Set how long the subscription should last Creating Subscriptions
- 38. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Memberships Memberships is a WooCommerce extension that allows you to restrict your content so that it’s only accessible to members on your site “
- 39. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Create a new Membership Plan and select the product that members need to purchase to get access to this plan WooCommerce > Memberships > Membership Plans Creating Memberships
- 40. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Restrict the content that members get access to WooCommerce > Memberships > Membership Plans Creating Memberships
- 41. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns You can also restrict specific products so they’re only available for plan members WooCommerce > Memberships > Membership Plans Creating Memberships
- 42. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Provide discounts to plan members without having to set up coupons WooCommerce > Memberships > Membership Plans Creating Memberships
- 43. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns You can also restrict access on each Page or Post using the Memberships panel Creating Memberships
- 44. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Our Subscription Products
- 45. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Our Subscriptions View all your subscriptions in the Dashboard WooCommerce > Subscriptions
- 46. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Our Members View all your members in the Dashboard WooCommerce > Memberships
- 47. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Our Members If you need to, you can also edit a member’s membership
- 48. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns Our Product Orders View all your orders in the Dashboard WooCommerce > Orders
- 49. #wpmelb @maddisondesigns WooCommerce http://woocommerce.com WooCommerce extensions http://www.woothemes.com/product-category/woocommerce-extensions Subscription Payment Methods & Gateways http://docs.woothemes.com/document/subscriptions/payment-gateways WooCommerce Memberships http://www.woothemes.com/products/woocommerce-memberships WooCommerce Subscriptions http://www.woothemes.com/products/woocommerce-subscriptions Links to remember
- 50. I’m Anthony Hortin You can find me here @maddisondesigns maddisondesigns.com @easywpguide easywpguide.com Thanks! Questions?