WooCommerce is an open source e-commerce plugin created for WordPress. It was created using wordpress merchants ranging from small to large size. It was launched on September 27, 2011. This plugin due to its simplicity to install, being free base product and also customizability swiftly became popular. WooCommerce is one of the leading ecommerce platforms. It is used by more than 3 million websites and 30% of all online stores. It’s perfectly suitable for a starting an online store. It also is a competitive option for someone looking for a more user friendly platform to migrate to and equally for million dollar retailers. It’s loaded with plugins and themes which in turn make introducing additional functionality to your store easy when your business starts to grow along with your needs. Giving it further edge over competition is that it’s free to download and use and has no monthly subscription fees for the use of software.
The web to print store get the added benefit of the WordPress WooCommerce product designer tool. The features offered by the design tool are in particular accordance with the demands of print commerce industry. They are mentioned as follows:
#1. You can upload fonts and images from not only your device but also from social channels, live URLs or even webcams
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- For instance, if the collection of fonts or images offered by the developer isn’t found satisfactory by the consumer, they can upload their own images sourced from webcam, web, Facebook, etc.
- All the files uploaded by the user would be saved temporarily for later use.
- It supports a variety of image formats such as PNG, JPG, GIF and the image size is appropriated in the backend.
- You have the flexibility of creating text shadows, zooming or rotating in accordance with dimensions X or Y.
- You get a lot of creative ways to crop a picture like a crop tool, lasso tool, heart shape, round shape or even star shape. You can also revert back the picture to its original size.
#2. Feature of free-hand drawing
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If you are passionate about designing yourself, WooCommerce custom product design solution has covered all the things you need. It offers full tools like pencil, spray, pattern, texture, square etc. It also allows you to add geometrics like circle, rectangle, triangle, polygon and line as well change color, rotate and opacity.
#3. You can add your own QR code
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You can incorporate the QR code into your design which will function as your signature; WordPress WooCommerce product designer offers you that feature. You can also zoom and rotate your QR code very easily.
#4. Introduction of Powerful help tools
- More tools have been introduced in this WooCommerce Product designer like next, zoom in, zoom out. All buttons have been laid out to ensure convenience while using
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- You can reverse layers, from above to below or from left to right.
- You can also vertically as well as horizontally align layers. Layers can be zoomed in and zoomed out, layers can be deleted individually.
So, it’s evident that the product designer plugin from WordPress WooCommerce is extremely robust and versatile. And, it is completely geared towards web to print solutions. The extent of customization offered here is very consumer appeasing. Especially with businesses like web to print t-shirt designing where the extent of success is determined by the variety the store can offer.
In addition, WooCommerce as an ecommerce platform puts on table the following features which are very crucial for an e-commerce store of a fledgling web to print start up.
- Web Hosting – With WooCommerce, you require a web host and will also need an obligatory installation of WordPress. These are pretty straightforward processes, and 1 click installation for WordPress is common occurrence, so it’s not a hassle.
- No Limit on Staff Accounts – With WooCommerce, you have no cap on the no. of administrators, staff members, store managers and moderators you can create.
- Unlimited File Storage – Unlimited for WooCommerce, while simultaneously dependent on the hosting package you opt for.
- Free SSL Certificate – WooCommerce gives you the facility of buying your own certificate and also associating it with your website. SSL Certificates range from $5/year to $300/year depending on your brand and security.
- Report – WooCommerce provides built-in reports and completely free.
Summary
WooCommerce is open sourced and free for all to use. It is a part of e-commerce platform group that revolutionizes web to print and in general the print commerce as a whole. The last few years have been the witness to rise of several e-commerce vendors offering custom t-shirt design ordering and printing. A single individual consumer is as important as an entire business. Print commerce will be on the up and rise with innovations such as these breaking through.
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