Story: Consumer behavior
In 2021, COVID is still restricting our life. During the pandemic, consumer behavior has changed. Many people enjoy online shopping, at least expand the market. As a web designer, I recognized the demand for Ecommerce development.
Therefore, I am developing an Ecommerce website myself. I would like to blog about what I needed to do through the process.
WordPress & WooCommerce
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Payment Gateway(Stripe/PayPal)
WooCommerce kindly asks me to set up payments. It shows Stripe and PayPal. I had a Stripe account. I put an account email and chose a business that I created before. One of the preferences of Stripe is that I can register the business under the 1 account. On PayPal, I could not find how to register mulch business under the 1 account.
Stripe
Open Bookmarks Co.(1 account)
– Business 01
– Business 02
– Business 03
– Business 04
etc..
PayPal
– Open Bookmarks Co.(1 account)
– Business 01(1 account)
– Business 02(1 account)
– Business 03(1 account)
Newsletter(Mailchimp)
When I access the Mailchimp website, I feel it often updates the user interface and it makes me confused..
There are many videos on YouTube for integrating Mailchimp and WordPress. I embed the code from Mailchimp, but it requires CSS. I will search for the easiest way.
Product(Fast Dropshipping/Shopify)
We need products we sell. These are the sequences to search the products.
1. Oberlo Chrome extension
2. Find products at AliExpress
3. Shipping from the United States
4. Add to Oberlo
5. Variants > Ship From United States
According to my research, Oberlo works for only Shopify, not WooCommerce. If I want to make an online store on WordPress, WooCommerce, I need an alternative.
AliDropship(WooCommerce)
*You need to download AliDropship WOO Plugin. I got an error by AliDropship Plugin.
©Darrel Wilson: How To Use Alidropship Plugin for WordPress – Alidropship Plugin Review and Tutorial
AliDropship Blog: AliExpress Dropshipping Q&A Series №1: AliDropship Plugin
I thought AliDropship is good. However, I don’t know how to achieve a fast dropshipping by AliDropship. I think making a WooCommerce website is not hard. I just cannot provide a bad shopping experience to customers which I have. I must achieve fast shipping.
Conclusion: Facing issues
I am developing a WooCommerce website. The landing page has done. I decided what products I sell. I still don’t know how to achieve fast dropshipping.
Current knowledge:
– I am not looking for an alternative to AliDropship, like a DropshipMe
– Dropshipping supplier in North America
– Buy bulk of products at Alibaba and send fulfillment services(center).
– Use US-based supplier
It’s on March 7th, 2021, I am researching how to achieve dropshipping before the decision every day. Stay tuned.
Reference:
CommerceGurus: The Ultimate Guide To WooCommerce Dropshipping: Everything You Need To Build Your Business