{"id":13028,"date":"2020-03-17T01:45:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T08:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sfwpexperts.com\/?p=13028"},"modified":"2020-03-17T01:49:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T08:49:42","slug":"avoid-7-woocommerce-mistakes-to-optimize-your-selling-experience-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sfwpexperts.com\/avoid-7-woocommerce-mistakes-to-optimize-your-selling-experience-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid 7 WooCommerce Mistakes To Optimize Your Selling Experience In 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the increase in online buyers, almost retailers are shifting to eCommerce platforms. Today, creating a new fully functioning WooCommerce website has become very easy, thanks to WooCommerce support and tutorials.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But most of the time while creating or managing the WooCommerce website, store owners commit small mistakes that affect their online selling experience. Managing every aspect of a WooCommerce website is a bit of a complex job.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you want to know more about how to set up a fully functioning WooCommere store then check our blog on <\/span>How To Set Up A Fully Functioning WooCommerce Store Using WordPress?\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Remember WooCommerce mistakes have affected many online businesses. In Today\u2019s online world where you are trying to grab people\u2019s attention using online channels, there is no space for mistakes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore to overcome the problem, we have listed some common WooCommerce mistakes done by almost every retailer while creating eCommerce websites for their business. Rectifying these WooCommerce mistakes will help you to <\/span>optimize your website for SEO<\/span><\/a>, gain more customer\u2019s trust and outrun your competitor business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are the mistakes carried out by many WooCommerce store owners:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1. Ignoring Staging site<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Today most of the newbies don\u2019t have any idea about what a staging site is and what is the importance of creating a staging website?\u00a0 So, Before understanding why you should create a staging site for your WooCommerce store. It is important to know what a staging site is?<\/span><\/p>\n

In simple words. A staging site is a <\/span>clone of a live website<\/b> that is created to run various tests to identify errors on the website.\u00a0 A developer creates a staging site to avoid issues and downtime that can affect your reputation among the audience. If you are using WordPress then you can create a staging site to <\/span>test things like plugins, theme, code status, etc.<\/b><\/p>\n

Today, updating WooCommerce to the latest version without testing it on a staging site can create lots of problems. Most of the time websites face issues when the plugins don\u2019t fit with the updated version of WooCommerce or vice versa.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our team has come across many cases where the retailers have lost many orders due to issues occurring after back-end updates.\u00a0 That\u2019s why whenever we deliver our website we create the staging site that can help them in testing the updates before making it live for the audience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Many online retailers compare their website with blogging or standard websites. Due to that, they ignore creating a staging site of their website. If you’re using a WooCommerce website then remember an eCommerce website is complicated compared to a blog or standard website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, before making your website live in front of the audience check your eCommerce website working in a staging site to make it more effective and error-free.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Neglecting to update plugins<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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If you want you to optimize the buying and selling experience of your eCommerce website then keep your plugins up to date. Most of the WooCommerce website owners neglect to update their plugin but they forget that small ignorance can create large issues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are the <\/span>20 best WooCommerce Plugins Every Store Owner Should Use In 2020<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

There are times when plugins provide updates to <\/span>prevent a website from security threats<\/b>. If you fail to update your website then there are chances that your website may face issues related to security.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Before updating your website you can test it in the staging environment to check the effectiveness of the plugin. There are other factors like avoiding plugin updates that can <\/span>impact your website speed<\/b> and there are chances that your <\/span>website payment and shipping option may stop working <\/b>which can affect your e-commerce website sales.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, always keep your website plugin updated. If you think plugin update can affect your\u00a0 WooCommerce website then you can check the website in the staging environment\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Failing to determine specific selling Location<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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There are lots of mistakes made by WooCommerce website owners and one of the most common mistakes is they fail to determine the specific selling location of their WooCommerce website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Now you may wonder why we are stressing on this point, it’s because many times you get the order from a place where product delivery is a bit difficult from your selling location.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you try to cancel or ignore the order then there are chances that people may write bad about your eCommerce website. These types of actions can affect your brand reputation among the audience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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So, to avoid this you can specify the location in the back of your WooCommerce website. If you want to set up a specific selling location in your WooCommerce store then you can:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n