What's up, everyone? It's Jameson from NYC
Tech Club. Today, I'm going to show
you how to use the WooCommerce plugin
for WordPress. So if you have an
e-commerce website or you want to build
one with the WooCommerce plug-in, keep
watching this video because I'm going to
show you how to use WooCommerce
step-by-step. If you want to build
this exact website, I will have a link in
the video description to our video
tutorial on How to Create this E-commerce
Website Step-by-step. But for this video,
we're gonna focus on WooCommerce.
So I'm gonna show you how to set up your
e-commerce website with the WooCommerce
settings. So we'll go through all these
different tabs, including setting up your
tax rates, your shipping options and
integrating any type of payment option
that you want. You can see all the
different types of payment options over here.
So I'll show you how to integrate
these into your e-commerce website, and
I'll also show you how to complete your
orders or how to cancel and refund your
customers over here. We're gonna
learn how to create a bunch of different
types of products in this video tutorial,
including a simple product that looks
just like this and also a variable
product with as many different variables
as you want. We can also group products.
So I'll show you how to do this where
you can create a set of products and
then your customers can add whatever
they want. We can also learn how to
create affiliate products just like this
that will link you right to the Amazon
website. So I'll show you how to create
these, in addition to virtual products
and downloadable products. So if you want
to learn how to use the WooCommerce
plugin for WordPress, keep watching
this video because I'm gonna show you
how step-by-step. So if you're ready,
I'm ready. Let's get started.
The first thing
that you have to do is log in to your
WordPress dashboard, and you can see that
we're on the Dashboard right here.
We want to go and install the WooCommerce
plugin if you don't have it already.
So what you want to do is just hover over
Plugins and click on "Add New."
Once you're on the Add Plugins page, all
you're gonna do is come to the search
box right here and type in "WooCommerce."
You should get your search results
right here, and it should show up right
here. So it should be WooCommerce by
Automattic. If you need to, go ahead
and click on the "Install" button and then
the "Activate" button. You can see that
I've already installed and activated
this plug-in. So once you're ready, 
go ahead and push "Play."
And then we're gonna go
through the WooCommerce settings.
So I'm gonna go back to the WordPress dashboard
as I wait for you to install the plug-in.
Once the WooCommerce plugin is
installed, you should see this little pop
up at the top of your WordPress
dashboard that says, "Welcome to
WooCommerce" and you can click on this
button to run the setup wizard.
That's what we're gonna do next.
But if you don't see this, what you can
do once you install the WooCommerce
plug-in is just hover over WooCommerce
and then click on "Settings." Once
you're on the Settings page right here,
if you want to run the Setup Wizard and
you don't see this little pop-up, just
click on this "Help" button on the upper
right and you'll expand this section
right here and then you can click on
"Setup Wizard" right here. So there are two
different ways that you can go to the
Setup Wizard, and since we just installed
the plug-in, we're gonna click on this
button right here that says, "Run The
Setup Wizard." Once you're on the
Setup page, what you're gonna see are a
bunch of different tabs here and we're
just gonna go through these to setup our
e-commerce website with the WooCommerce
plugin. So if you've already done this,
you can always just skip this section
but I want to walk everyone through this.
So first, you should be on the Store
Setup page and this is where you can
choose the location of your e-commerce
store and then type in your address
right here. And then you can choose the
currency that you want to have your
e-commerce website in right here, and
then you can select if you want to sell
physical or digital products or both.
Once you're ready, all you have to do is
click on the "Let's go!" button. Now, you
should be on the Payments tab and you
can see that you can enable Stripe and
PayPal for your e-commerce website right here.
All you have to do is just make
sure that you turn these on. For my
e-commerce website, I just use PayPal so
that's the only one that I turn on. But
if you want to use some additional
payment methods other than stripe and
PayPal ,you can click on this link right
here and it's gonna open up this page
right here with all these plugins two
different payment methods. What you
can do is just download these and
install them into your e-commerce
website and then you can accept 
payments with all of these other options.
So I'll remind you about this page in just
a little bit because we can go to this
page in our WooCommerce settings, but
right now, I just want to go through the
Setup Wizard. So don't worry about this
page right now. We'll come back to this
in just a little bit. So right now let's just
stay on this page. Again, if you want
to enable these, go ahead and do that.
Type in your PayPal email address if you
want right here and check this box. And
then scroll down if you want to accept
offline payments. All you have to do is
click and expand this, and you can see
that you do have these options over here.
But since we're making an e-commerce
website, I'm just gonna have some
electronic payments. So I'm not gonna accept
offline payments. So once you're ready,
let's just click on the "Continue" button.
Now, you should be on the Shippings
page. So what you can do is select the
"weight unit" and the "dimension unit" in
these dropdowns right here. This is
gonna be used to calculate your shipping
rates if you're using the live rates
option which I'm gonna talk about in
just a little bit. So you do want to make
sure that you choose the weight and
dimension units that you use in whatever
country that you sell your products in.
And then once you're ready, just click on
the "Continue" button again. Now, you
should be on the Recommended tab and you
can see right here that both of these
are enabled right now. I want to
disable the MailChimp option but I want
to leave the Automated Taxes enabled.
So what that's gonna do is let WooCommerce
calculate the taxes for me whenever a
customer checks out. So instead of
putting in all the different tax rates
for all the different states and
everything, I'm just gonna leave it up to
WooCommerce to do that for me and that
just makes my life a lot easier.
So that's what I'm gonna recommend to
you. So once you're ready, we can just
click on the "Continue" button. Now, all
we have to do is connect our e-commerce
website to the Jetpack in order to get
the WooCommerce services. So if you see
this screen right here, then all you have
to do is click on the button that says,
"Continue with WooCommerce services." If
you get a login page right here, what you
want to do is make sure that you have an
account with woocommerce.com and then
log in and then connect your e-commerce
website to the Jetpack that way. So again,
if you do see this, then let's just click
on this button right here that says,
"Continue with WooCommerce Services." 
Now, we have just gone through the setup
wizard. So if you want, you can type in
your email address and subscribe to some
tips if you want. Down here, you can
see that you can start creating products
but we're gonna do this in just a little
bit. There's one more thing that I want
to do and that's just to go through the
WooCommerce settings on the dashboard
before we start creating products.
You can see over here, if you want to
import some products and if you have a
CSV file, you can actually upload all of
those products right here,
but we're gonna start from scratch with
the WooCommerce tutorial and just create
a bunch of different types of products
and show you how to use this plugin. So
we're not going to do this. If you
want to go back to your WordPress
dashboard, you can do that right here or
if you want to go to your Theme settings,
you can click on this button right here
but what we want to do is go to our
WooCommerce settings. So if you see this
button right here that says, "Review
Settings," let's click on that. Now, you
should be on the WooCommerce Settings 
page. If you don't know how to get to this
page, all you have to do is hover over
WooCommerce and then click on "Settings"
right here and that's gonna bring you to
this page right here. You should see
a bunch of different tabs right here, and
we're gonna go through each of these
because the Setup Wizard goes through
most of them but it doesn't go through
everything in detail. What I want to
do is give you all the tools and
resources you need to really set up your
e-commerce website. So right now, we
should be on the General tab and you
should see the Store Address area right
here. So if you ever want to update your
address, you can do that right here.
And then down here, you can select the
Selling locations and the Shipping
locations and you can enable the tax
rates which is what we did for the
automated taxes. If you want to
enable coupons, you can do that right
here. You can see on the left hand
side, there is a Coupons tab right here.
So you can create some coupons with
different discounts and stuff like that.
So I'll go through that in just a little
bit. And then down here at the bottom are
the currency options. So if you didn't
select the right currency a little
earlier, you can always update that here
and then you can add separator lines and
the number of decimals and everything
like that for whatever currency you have.
So if you do make any changes, what you
want to do is click on the "Save Changes"
button down here, okay? So we're not gonna
make any changes here but I wanted to
point out everything in the General tab
so you know how to setup your e-commerce website.
So once you're ready, what I want
to do is go to the Products tab. So click
on that. Once you're on the Products
tab, you should see this section right
here where it says, "Shop page." What
you want to do is make sure that you
select the "Shop page"
for your online store. If you don't
have a page called "Shop" already, what you
want to do is hover over Pages and click
on "Add New" and then title the page "Shop"
and just "Publish" it. And then come back
here and go into this dropdown. In
your list of pages, select the Shop page.
You want to make sure that you do
that because that's the page for your
online store. And then down here in the
Measurements section, you can see that we
have the units. So we already selected
these in our Setup Wizard, but you can
always go in here and change these. Then down at the bottom, you can enable
Reviews and Product ratings. We just
leave these as checked because I want to
enable these. But if you want to disable
them, you can do that on your own. If
you do make any changes to this section,
make sure that you click on the "Save Changes"
button, okay? At the top over
here, you can see that we have some
additional links to Inventory and
Downloadable products. So if I click on
the Inventory link, it's gonna bring me
to this page right here. What you can
do here is Enable or Disable the Stock
Management option. So if you create a
product and say, you have 10 items, when
you're down to the last two or you're
out of them, it can say that it's out of
stock or that it's low in the number of
items left to be purchased. So if you
want, you can enable this or just uncheck
this if you want to disable it. This
whole section with out of stock or low
threshold, it only shows up when you
create a product and you actually put in
the number of items that you have in
stock. So I'll show you how to do that
when we create products, but again this
is where you can go and enable and
disable the stock management options
and how long you want to hold an item
for if someone wants to go and purchase
it, okay? So the last link right here is the
downloadable products. If you click
on this, it's gonna open up this page
right here. All you really have to do
here is select how you want someone to
download whatever downloadable products
that you're selling. So we're gonna leave
this as the default as "Force downloads"
but if you change anything here, just
make sure that you click on "Save Changes,"
okay? So that's pretty much all there is to
the Products tab. So I'm gonna close out
of this stuff. We should be back on
the main page right here. Now, what
we're gonna do is just go to the
Tax tab. Once you're on the
Tax tab, there's really not much that we
have to do here because we enabled the
automated taxes in our WooCommerce setup.
So if you have that enabled, then all you
have to do is just come down here and
choose your Display options. I like to
leave everything as the default so I
show the price excluding the tax price
until we get to the Checkout page. So if
you do make any changes here, make sure
that you click on the "Save Changes."
button. Otherwise, let's go and select our
shipping rates by clicking on the
"Shipping" tab. Once you're on the
Shipping tab, you should see a few
different links up here. We're gonna
go through these in just a little bit,
but first, let's talk about the
Shipping zones. So you should see two
shipping zones by default. So the first
is going to be where your e-commerce
website is located. I'm located in
the United States so that's why I have
the US right here, and then we have a
default shipping zone called "Locations
not covered by your other zones." So right
now, we only have the United States and
then if someone buys something not in
the United States, then they're going to
be covered by this shipping method down
here. What you can do is add as many
different shipping zones as you want, and
then select the shipping method that you
want for each of these zones. Again,
by default if you don't have a zone
created, it's going to go to this bottom
one down here. So what I want to do is
just show you how you can edit these
zones and then select the shipping
method that you want to use. So I'm gonna
hover over the United States and click
on "Edit" right here. Once you're on
the Edit Shipping Zones page, if you want
you can change the name of the shipping
zone right here. And then if you want to
add some additional regions to this
shipping zone, you can do that right here.
So you can see that we have the United
States right here. If you want to add
something like Europe, we can just go in
here and type in "Europe" and select that.
Now, whenever someone orders something
from the United States or Europe, they're
gonna get whatever shipping method that
we select down here, okay? So that's how
you add some additional shipping regions.
I'm gonna delete Europe and just
leave this as the United States. What
I want to do is just come down here to
the Shipping methods section and talk
about this. So by default, you should see
the shipping method that you selected in
the setup wizard and for most of you, it's probably
gonna be the flat rate option. So if you have
this one enabled right here, then that
means you're using whatever shipping
method that you see right here.
If you want to add a different shipping
method, you can just click on this button
right here that says, "Add shipping method"
and you'll get this pop-up right here.
If you go into this dropdown, you
can select the shipping method that you
want to use for this shipping zone. So
you have the flat rate option, free
shipping, local pickup, and USPS. USPS
is only available if you're in the
United States or Canada, I believe
because this is the live rates option so
WooCommerce will calculate the shipping
costs for you through the United States
Postal Service. The United States
Postal Service is only available in the
United States. So if you have an
ecommerce website in another country,
what you want to do is choose one of
these methods right here and then if you
are in the United States, then your best
option might be the USPS option. But
again, it's really up to you. So you can
select whatever you want and then just
click "Add shipping method." Once you
do, you'll see the shipping method show
up over here. And then what we can do is
just go into these and edit them. So I'm
gonna show you how to edit the flat rate
option with a certain price and then
we're gonna go in and just show you how
to use the live rates option for
everyone in the U.S. also, okay? So first,
if you have the flat rate option and
that's what you're gonna use for your
shipping method, just click on the "Edit"
link right here and you'll get this
popup. What you can do is just type in
the cost of your shipping that you want
to charge as a flat rate for all of your
customers whenever they order something
right here. And then all you have to do
is you click "Save Changes." Once it's
saved, all you want to do is make sure
that it's enabled right here. If you need
 to, you can click on the "Save Changes"
button right here. So that's the
flat rate option. What I wanted to
really quickly is just discuss the live
rates option for everyone in the U.S. and
maybe Canada, but I think it's just the
U.S. So if you're not in the United
States, you can just skip this section
and then move on to this other link that
I talked about, shipping options and all
that stuff. But really quickly if you're
using the live rates option, you want to
hover over this and click on the "Edit"
link right here and you're going to come
this page right here. What you want
to do is just type in the origin zip
code right here of where your business
is or where you're shipping from, and
then you're going to come down to the
rate section and choose what method that
you want to send your packages with. So I
have "Priority Mail" selected and then
"Priority Mail International" but you can
select whatever you want. And then what
you want to do is just come down here
and put in a Fallback Rate option. So if
the live rates option doesn't calculate
your shipping, you want to have a default
flat rate over here. So I put in "$15" and
you can charge whatever you want or you
can charge $0. It's really up to you. And
then, you can just come down to the
bottom and if you need to, you can select
whatever you want down here.
I don't really change anything from the
default options, and then just come to
the bottom and click "Save Changes."
That's gonna set up your live
rates option for you, okay?
So that's how you set up the live
rates for this shipping zone. And then we
can just go back to our shipping zones
link right here by clicking on this.
Once you're back on the Shipping Zones
page, if you want to add some additional
shipping zones, all you have to do is
click on "Add Shipping Zone" and then add
the regions that you want to put in and
then just choose the shipping method
that you want. What you want to do is
make sure that you come down to
locations not covered by your other
zones, and you want to edit the shipping
method that you're gonna select for this
section also. So we can just go in here
really quickly. Once you come to this
page for locations not covered by your
other zones, you can see that I enabled
the flat rate option. If I go in here,
you can see that I put in $15 for the
flat rate. If you're in the United
States, then I do recommend the USPS
option if you want to send out your
packages from the United States Postal
Service. But again, this is only available
to people in the United States. So if
you're not in the United States, you can
always just add whatever shipping method
that you want right here and then just
edit the cost or whatever you want, okay?
Just make sure that you click on the
"Save Changes" button if you do make any
changes. So really quickly, what I want to
do is just go through the Shipping
options and Shipping classes with you.
So if I click on this link right here, 
it would open up this page
right here. There's really
nothing that we have to do here, but I
do want to show you this page that you
can change your options right here.
If you do, you want to click on the "Save
Changes" button, okay? So one of the things
I do want to talk about is the Shipping
classes. So if you click on this, it's
going to open up this page right here.
What you can do here is create some
Shipping classes for your products. So if
you want to group some of your products
as free shipping or you want to charge
extra if a package is really large, you
can create a shipping class over here
and then we can put in the price and all
that stuff. And then when we go and
create our products, and this is a
Product page, and I'll show you how to
create a product a little bit later but
I want to come down to this section.
You'll see that there is a Shipping tab
when you create your product. Down
here is the Shipping class option. If
you create a shipping class, and let's
pretend that this is an extra-large
package, we can go in here and just
select bulky. And then if we update this,
then whenever someone buys this product,
they're gonna be charged an extra amount
because this is an extra large package,
okay? So if you want to create shipping
classes, what you want to do is just come
to this page right here. I'll create
one with you and then I'll
show you how it works.
So all we have to do to create a
shipping class is click on "Add shipping
class" and then we can just type in the
name right here. So we can type in "Bulky"
or "Extra-large" and then for the slug,
we'll type in the same thing. And then
the description might be over 40 lbs.
And then all you have to do is just
click "Enter." You should see the
shipping class get added right here and
if you ever want to remove this, you can
just click on the "Remove" button or you
can edit it by clicking on this button
right here. So after you add the shipping
classes that you want for your shipping
methods, what you want to do is go back
to the shipping zones page so that you
can set the rate that you want to charge
for these different classes. So what I'm
gonna do after I add my bulky shipping
class right here is I'm gonna click on
"Shipping zones." We should come back
to this page right here. What I want
to do is just go in and edit both of
these different zones with the bulky
option. So I'm going to click on "Edit"
right here. Now, you should  be on
this page right here. And you can
see that we have the "flat rate" enabled.
So we want to go in here and click on
"Edit," and we should get this pop-up. Before, we only saw this section right
here. But now that we created a shipping
class called "Bulky," we should see this
additional section right here. What
we want to do is put in the price for
whenever someone buys a bulky shipping
class product, and then we can also put
in a price for when no shipping class is
selected. So let me just show you on the
product page and we're going to go
through making products a little bit
later, but this is the page on creating
products. What I want to do is just
come down here to the product data
section. There's a tab called
"Shipping," and down here you can see it 
says, "Shipping class." In this drop-down
right here, there are a few different
options. There's no shipping class and
then there should be the new class that
you just created. So if I select "Bulky"
right here, whenever someone buys this
product they're gonna be charged the
bulky shipping class cost. So what we
want to do is put in the price that
we're gonna charge for the bulky
shipping rate and then also, whenever we
select "no shipping class." So let's go
back to our Settings page and down here
is where we want to put in the price
that we want to charge for a bulky
shipping class. So I'm gonna type in $25.
If you want, you can always hover over
this question mark and you can see how
to create an equation on your shipping
class cost. And then what you can do is
come down here and put in a price for
whenever no shipping class is selected.  
You only need to do this if you
create additional shipping class like
the bulky one. If you don't have this
section, then just leave whatever you
have up here. But I do want to note that
in addition to whatever you're charging
down here, if you have a cost up here,
then this is gonna be added on to the
cost down here. So if you do have
shipping class, the best thing to do is
actually delete this so that you're only
charging for this shipping class or
whenever no shipping class is selected,
you're charging this rate, instead of
adding an additional cost up here, okay?
You also have the option down here
of selecting how you want to charge for
these items. I'm just going to
leave this as the default but you can
go in here and see what these things
are all about. So once you're ready, just
click on "Save Changes." That's all you
have to do to set your shipping rates
for your different shipping classes.
One thing I might have mentioned a
little earlier but I want to mention
again is if you're using the live rates
option, you have to put in the dimensions
of your product and the weight amount so
that the USPS can calculate the shipping
cost. So if this one is enabled for you
if you're in the US or maybe Canada, on
the Product page a little bit later when
you create your products, you're gonna
have to put in the weight and the
dimensions of all your products in order
to get the live rates option to work,
okay? So I'll remind you of this when we
create products but I just want to make
a mention of that right now
so that you're aware of it. Now, what
we can do if you need to, you can click
on the "Save Changes" button right here.
We don't need to do that since it looks
like it's already been saved. So the last
thing to do is just look at this link
right here where it says, "WooCommerce
Settings" or "Services." So if I click on
this link, it'll bring me to this page
right here. This is just where you
can go to create some shipping labels
and all that stuff. So we're not gonna do
anything here but you should be aware of
this page, okay? So once you're ready,
let's go and set up our payment options.
Once you're on the payments tab, what
we're gonna do is integrate PayPal with
our e-commerce website, but don't forget
that you can always click on the
extensions link down here. You'll go
to the WooCommerce website and if you
click on the payments tab, you have all
these other options for payment options
that you can integrate into your
e-commerce website, okay? So what we're
going to do is just set up our PayPal
account. So there should be two PayPal
options here: the Express Checkout and
then the PayPal option which allows
people to log into their PayPal account.
So we want to enable both of these. Do go
ahead and click on this so that it turns
purple and then click on the "Save
Changes" button right here. Once
everything is saved, what we can do is go
and manage both of these to set them up.
So let's click on the first "Manage"
button right here. Once you're on the
PayPal page, just make sure that this box
is selected and then you have your email
address for your PayPal account right
here. And then come down here 
and you can always update the
receiver email address. So if
you want to put in another email address,
you can do that right here. If you
don't know what this stuff is, you can
always hover over these question marks
and you'll get this little pop-up right
here that explains what this section is
for. We're gonna leave this as is and all
I really want to do is come down here to
the API credentials, and I want to put in
a username password and signature so
that I can process refunds via PayPal.
So if you want to be able to do that, what
you can do is click on this link to get
directions on how to get your API
credentials or you can just keep
watching this video because I'm gonna
walk you through it. So what you want to
do is go to your PayPal account and I
have a tab open right here. I'm on my
profile page. Once you log in, what
you can do to come to this page is just
click on the "Profile" button up here and
then click on "Profile and settings" and
you'll come to this page right here.
What you want to do is click on this
button that says, "My selling tools." So
once you're on this page, just click on
this, and you're going to come to this
page right here. Just come down to
where it says, "API access," and what you
want to do is click on the link right here.
So it might say, "Manage" or "Update."
Once you're on the API Credentials
page, all you're gonna do is come down to
the bottom and you're going to request
an API credential. So if you have this
link or something similar, go ahead and
click on that. Once you're on the API
signature page, what you're gonna do is
come over here and generate a username,
password and signature and all you have
to do is click on the show links right
here and then copy that information back
into your WooCommerce settings into
these different sections right here. And
then once you're ready, click on the "Save
Changes" button. I'm not gonna do this
with you because all of these API
username passwords and signatures are
unique. So I have to keep them secure but
I will paste them in. And then once
you're ready, go ahead and click on "Save
Changes." Once everything is saved,
let's go back to the Payments tab. And
once you're back on the main page right
here, we're gonna do the same thing with
the PayPal Express Checkout.
So we can click on the "Manage" button
right here. And once you're on this page
right here, just make sure that you have
this box selected and then you have your
PayPal email address right here. If
you want to change your website name for
your Checkout page, you can do that
right here. You also have the option
of doing that on the other page, I
believe. And then if you do make any
changes, just come down to the bottom and
click on the "Save Changes" button, okay?
So we're not going to make any changes here.
So I'm just going to come back up to the
top. Pretty much, unless you're going
to integrate any other payment options,
we are good to go. So what I want to do
is just move on to the next tab called,
"Accounts & Privacy." Once you come
to this tab right here we're not gonna
make any changes to the default settings
but if you want to change the options
for Guest checkout and Account creation,
you can check whatever options that you
want right here. All I really want to do
on this tab is come down to the Privacy
policy section and right here where it
says, "Privacy page," I want you to make
sure that you select the Privacy Policy
page that you create, because privacy
policy is pretty important nowadays. So
if you don't have a page creator already,
what you can do is come down and hover
over settings on the left hand side and
you should see this pop up and you
should see this link right here that
says privacy. If you click on that, you're
gonna open up this page right here and
this is a WordPress Privacy Policy page.
And what you can do is "Create a New Pag"e
and create your Privacy Policy page that
way or what you can do is use a default
WordPress Privacy Policy page that's
created for you. And what you can do is
edit it or you can view it. After you
edit the Privacy Policy page or create
a new one, then all you have to do is
click on this link right here that says,
"Use This Page" and then you can go back
to your settings, and in this dropdown
right here, you should see the privacy
policy page that you can select. And once
you do that, just come down to the bottom
and make sure that you click on "Save
Changes, okay? 
So that's just a suggestion to you to
make sure that you create a Privacy
Policy page. And once you're ready, let's
go to the "Emails" tab. And once you come
to this page, this is where you can go to
update your email address for whenever
you get a new order, a cancelled order or
a failed order. And for all of these
other options, you're gonna send an email
to your customer. So if you want, you can
update this and then what you can do is
come down to where it says, "Email sender
options." By default, right here where it
says, "From," it's gonna say,
"My Blog." And you probably want to
change this to your e-commerce business
name. So I'm just going to change this to
Studio Designs and then what you want to
do is just come down here and click "Save
Changes." Once your settings are saved,
we can just go to the "Advanced" tab.
Once you come to this page,
WooCommerce should already set up a Cart
page, Checkout and My Account page, and
they should be selected right here for
you. If not, we can go over the stuff at
the end of this video tutorial just to
make sure that we have everything. The
one page that we don't have is the Terms
and Conditions page. So we can actually
go and create that right now and just
select that page, and then we can go and
edit that page a little bit later.
So let's go and do that. Let's hover over
pages and click on "Add New." Once
you're on the Add New page, all we're
gonna do right now is just create a
Terms and Conditions page. So I'll just
paste in the title right here. And then
once you're ready, all we have to do is
click on the "Publish" button. And once the
page is published, let's go back to our
WooCommerce settings and set that page.
So we'll just click on settings. And once
you're back here, let's click on the
"Advanced" tab. Now, all I'm going to do
is come down to Terms and Conditions and
go into this drop-down and select the
page that I just created, and then we can
come down to the bottom and click on
"Save Changes." Once the settings are
saved, we are good to go and we are done
with our WooCommerce settings so we can
move on to the next step. And now what
we're gonna do is learn how to create
different types of products with our
WooCommerce plugin. So what we want to do
is go to the Product page. So on the left
hand side, we can hover over Products and
click on "Add New." Once you're on the
Add New Product page, this is where you're
gonna go to create all of your different
products with the WooCommerce plugin.
So the first type of product that I want to
show you how to make is called a simple
product, and that's what you see right
here. So a simple product doesn't have
any options, such as variable sizes or
colors. There's only one option. And this
is a simple product so you can add as
many of them as you want to your
shopping cart. So let me show you how to
create this on your e-commerce website
with the WooCommerce plugin. The first
thing that you want to do is type in a
product name right here. So we can just
type in "Red Dress." And then what we want
to do is come down here and this is
where you can add your long description.
So depending on the theme that you have,
you'll probably have the short
description right over here, and then
you should have another section with the
long description down here. So you can
see that both of my descriptions are the
same, but this section allows for a
longer description and then at the top
over here, we have the short description.
So let me show you how to add both of
those. So right here is where you put in
your long description, and I'm just gonna
copy and paste the text from the product
demo site. And then once you're ready,
come down to the Product data section.
And this is where you go into this
dropdown to select the product type
that you're making. So right now, we're
creating a simple product. So let's just
select that. This is a physical
product so we're not gonna check the box
for a virtual product or a downloadable
product, but I'll show you how to create
that after we're done creating this one.
So you should be on the General tab
right here. What you want to do is
just put in the price of the product
right here. So I'm just gonna type in
$49.95, and if you want to put this
product on sale, you can type in a sale
price right here or what you can do is
click on this link right here that says,
"Schedule" and you'll get this little
pop-up. You can put the dates that
you want the product to go on sale, and
then your e-commerce website will just
update automatically, okay? So that is an
option for you. And then once you're
ready, we can go to the Inventory tab. And
this is where you can type in an SKU
number if you want, and then if you want
to manage your stock, just check this box
right here and you'll get this pop-up
and then you can put in the quantity of
this item right here. And then your
website will calculate as you sell this
item on how many you have left, okay? So I'm
gonna leave this unchecked. Let's go
to the Shipping tab once you're ready. 
For shipping, remember if you're
using the live rates option, you have to
put in the weight and the dimensions in
order for the USPS to calculate the live
rates for you. And then if you have a
shipping class, you want to go in here
and select it if you need to. We're gonna
leave this stuff untouched or as the
default, so I'm not gonna do anything
here. And then we can go down to the
Linked Products tab. We're not gonna
cover upsells or cross-sells right here,
but if you want to add some additional
items to recommend to 
someone that's buying this one,
you can just go in here and type in the
name of the products and then just
select the ones that you want to upsell.
Same with the cross-sell, if you want to
recommend some additional products in
your shopping cart, you can type in the
products right here. If you need to
know what upsell and cross-sell means,
you can always hover over these question
marks and you'll get this little pop-up
with these definitions right here, okay?
So we're not going to go through the
attributes because this is for variable
products, and then if you want to come
down to the Advanced tab, you can just
enable reviews right here if you want.
So I'm gonna leave that checked. And then
what you want to do is just come down to
the short product description area and
just type in the short description.
So again, I'm just gonna paste in the same
text that I have for the long
description. And then once you're ready,
we can add our images for this product.
So right here where it says, "Product
Image," we can just click on "Set product
image" and you should get this pop-up
right here. And if you want to upload
your own product images, just click on
"Upload files" and then click on "Select
files" and find the images that you want
to use. I'm gonna use some images in my
media library so I'll come down here and just
select this one, and then click on "Set
product image." And you should see the
image show up right here and then if you
want to add some alternative images, just
come down to the Product Gallery and
then click on Add Product Gallery images.
And again, you'll see this pop-up right
here and then you can add as many
different images as you want. So I'm just
going to add one additional image. So
I'll click on that and click "Add to
gallery." The image should show up
right here. And then what you can do is
add some product tags and the product
categories. This stuff is going to
help with the related products that show
up on your Product pages. For this demo
or this ecommerce tutorial, I'm gonna
leave this stuff blank, but again you can
add this stuff on your own. If you
have a Featured Product Section for your
Homepage or the Shop page, what you can
do is come to this section right here
where it says, "Catalog visibility" and if
you click "Edit" right here, you can check
this box that says, "This is a featured
image" and then it'll show up on the
featured image section if you have that
for your e-commerce website. So all you
have to do is click "OK" right here. And
then all you have to do is just click on
the "Publish" button.
Once the product is published, if you
want you can go and check it out. And
once the Product page loads, again it
depends on the theme that you're using
but it should look something like this
where you have your featured image and
then the product title, the price, the
short description and then you have your
long description, the reviews and
category names, and all that stuff. 
Again, remember the related product
section populates based on the category
names and the product tags that you
create for each product, okay? So again, this
is a simple product and if that's all
you're creating for your e-commerce
website, then you're good to go.
But now what I want to do is show you
how to create a variable product with
the WooCommerce plugin. So this is a
variable product page and you can see
that the difference is right here we
have a single variable called "size."
So I'm gonna show you how to add a
variable to your products that you
create with the WooCommerce plugin. So
back on your WordPress website, if you
want to create a variable product, hover
over the new link right here and click
on the "Product" link. And once you're back
on the Add New Product page, to save some
time, I already typed in the product
title, the long description and then at
the bottom over here, I put in the short
description and added the images already.
Since this stuff is pretty easy, so I'll
do that for each of these products that
we create together now going forward in
this video. And really, all we have to
focus on is the product data section for
the different types of products that we
want to create. So right now, what we want
to do is create a variable product.
So we'll just come in here and select
"Variable product." you can see that
the General tab updates. So now the price
and the sale price disappear because
what we have to do is create some
variables and then we can put in the
price. So if you want, you can go through
these tabs, the inventory tab is the same.
So if you want to type in the SKU number
and manage your stock. You can do that.
And then for the Shipping tab, if you
want to put in the weight and the
dimensions, which you have to do if you
use the live rates option, you can do
that right here or you can select your
shipping class if you want to do that.
And then again, for the linked products,
you can add the upsell products or the
cross-sell products right here.
What you have to do for a variable
product, if you want to skip all that
stuff, is you want to come to the
Attributes tab. And what you want to do
here is just make sure that you have the
"Custom product attributes" selected right
here and then click on this "Add" button
right here. You should see this
section pop-up, and what you want to do
is type in the name of the variable
right here. So we're gonna create a size
variable. So I'll just type in size right
there. And then right here is where
you're gonna type in the values. So we'll
type in "small, medium, and large." We
want to separate this stuff with this
line right here, instead of a comma. So if
we come in here, we type in "Small" and
then create that line. So it's gonna be
Shift and the slash button to make this
line right here. And then we'll type in
"Medium" and then create the line again
for a separator and just type in "Large."
So once you have whatever values that
you want for your variable, you want to
check this box right here that says, "Used
for variations" and then click on "Save
attributes." Once that's saved, now if
you wanted to, you can create additional
variables and we'll do that for a second
variable product. Right now, we're just
gonna have a single variable. So if
you're ready, come to the variations tab.
Once you come to this tab, you'll see
in this dropdown that there are a bunch
of different options, but all we have to
do is just make sure that we have this
selected where it says, "Add variation" and
then click on "Go" right here. Now, you
should see this section right here with
your variable and all we have to do is
just click and expand this, and then we
can type in our price and the sale price
right here. So again, I'll just type in a
random price right here. For this one,
I'll type in a sale price just for fun.
If you want, you can always check
these boxes if you want to create a
downloadable or virtual product or
manage the stock. We're not going to do
that. So pretty much, that's all we have
to do for this section. So once you're
ready, just click on the "Save Changes"
button. Once that's saved, if you want
you can just go and collapse this. And
now, we can go to the Advanced tab.
Again, this is where you can enable your
reviews. And then all you have to do is
just put in your product image and the
additional images right here, and then
add your product tags if you want, and
also the product categories if you want
to sort this product by different
category names. And again,
this stuff helps with the related
products. And then up here, if you have a
Featured Product section, and all you
have to do is check this box right here
to make this a featured product and then
it'll show up in your Featured Product
section. We're gonna leave that unchecked
for this one. And then the last thing
that you have to do is just click on the
"Publish" button. Once the product is
published, if you want to go and check it
out, click on "View product." Once the
Product page loads, now you should see a
variable for your product right over
here, and you can select whatever size
that you want. So if this is what you see,
then we are good to go. Now what I
want to do is show you how to create a
more complex variable product where you
can have a range of different prices
based on your variables. So you can see
on this Product page that we have two
variables: size and color. And when I
select the "Green" color right here, you
can see that the price of this product
is $79.95. If I change this to the blue
color, you can see that the price changes
to $109.95. So if you want to learn how
to create a variable product with
different price points based on the
variable options, let's go back to the
WordPress website. Let's hover over
New and click on "Product." Once you're
back on the Add New Product page, you can
see that I already filled out a lot of
this information. So we have our product
title, our long description, and our short
description down here. I have some
product categories and some tags right
here, and then our featured image and an
image for our image gallery. So again, if
you need to you can pause the video and
fill out all that information or you can
do that later. Really, what I want to do
is just show you how to create a
variable product by coming to the
Product data section. Again, remember
that you're going to go into this
drop-down and select the Variable
Product option if that's what you're
going to create. You can see that the
General tab changes and then you can go
through these other tabs, such as the
Inventory tab and you can manage your
stock if you wanted to. If you do the
live rate shipping, you want to make sure
that you go to the shipping tab and
put in your weight and your dimensions.
Otherwise, it doesn't really matter. This
is just additional information. For
linked products, you can read up on this on
your own. We're also going to cover
this section when we go over Grouped
Products. So if you want, you can just
watch when we create those. What I
want you to do for a variable product is
come to the Attributes tab, and we want
to add some custom attributes. For
this product, we're gonna create a size
and a color variable. So we're 
gonna add two product attributes.
So first, let's click on the "Add" button
right here. Once we get this section
right here, we can just type in our first
variable. So we'll type in "Size" right here.
Remember, for the values, you
want to separate this with this line. So
you want to type or hold down "Shift" and
the "line" button in order to get this
line to show up. So we'll type in "Small"
and put in that line, and then type in
"Medium" and then "Large." Again, you want
to click on this button right here that
says, "Used for variations" and click "Save
attributes." Once that's saved, now what
we want to do is add another product
attribute for the color variable. So once
you get this section right here, we can
just type in "Color" and then come over
here to the values, and you can type in
whatever colors that you want. So we'll
type in "Green" and we'll type in "Blue."
We'll just use those two and then we'll
click "Save attribute." Once everything
is saved, now what I want you to do is go
to the Variations tab. Now you should
see this section right here. Again in
this dropdown, you have all these
different options but we want to leave
it as "Add variation." I want to click
"Go" right here, and you should see the
variation get added right here.
I want to add another one. So I'm
gonna click "Go" one more time. Now, you
should see two variations. What we're
gonna do is leave this as any size so
your customer can select any size that
they want. But based on the color, we're
gonna change the prices. So I want to
select "Green" for this first one and then
I want to select "Blue" for the second one,
and then we're gonna go into each of
these and put in different prices so
whenever your customer selects any size
and green, they're gonna get a certain
price and then whenever they select any
size and blue, they're gonna get another
price. So first, for the green I'll click
and expand this, and I'll just come down
here and type in a price. So we'll put in
$79.95, and then I'll close this. Now,
I'll go to the second variation, and I'll
open up this one. I'll type in
and $100.95 or $109.95. So
we'll close this up.Now, we have
two different prices based on our
variables. You don't need to have two
variables. You can actually just have one.
So if you just have different sizes or
different colors and you want to have
different prices, then you can just
create a variable for whatever variable
that you want. And then just select them
in the variation section and then go and
change the different prices. That's
gonna set your prices, okay? So once
you're ready, just click "Save Changes."
Once everything is saved, just make sure
that you fill out all this other stuff
if you want to put your product in a
certain category or have them show up as
related products. And then just as a
reminder, if you want to make this
product a featured product that shows up
on your Homepage, come to this section
where it says, "Catalog visibility." Click
on the "Edit" button and check this box
right here to make this a featured
product and then click "OK," all right? And
once you're ready, the last thing that
you have to do is click on the "Publish"
button. Once everything is published,
let's go and check out our new variable
product. Once the Product page loads,
you should see two variables over here.
We can select whatever size we want,
and then we can just choose a color.
You can see that it's $79, and then if we
change the color, you can see that the
price changes. So this is how you create
a variable product with different prices
based on the variable options. So now you
can create as many different variable
options and simple products as you want.
What I want to do really quickly is just
show you how you can store some of these
values or variables if you use them over
and over again just to save some time. So
what I'm gonna do is just go back to our
WordPress website right here. This is
the Products page. If you want to
store some of the variables that you're
gonna use over and over again, such as
sizes or colors, what you want to do is
hover over products and click on
"Attributes." Once you're on the
Attributes page, this is where you can go
and store the variables that you're
gonna use over and over again. You
can see I already created some. So I'll
just walk you through how to create one
right here. So I'll type in "New colors" as
the new variable. What I want to do
for the slug is type in the same thing,
and then we can just come down here and
click on "Add attribute."
Once the attribute is added to this list
over here, what we want to do is add the
values. So click on "Configure terms."
Once you come to this page, this is where
you can add the values for your
variable. So we can type in different
colors right here. So I'll type in "Black"
and click "Add new." Once that's added,
I can add another color right here. So
I'll type in "Blue." You can add as
many different values as you want for
your variable, and if you want to
rearrange the order of these, then just
click on this icon and drag these to
wherever you want to place them. So this
is gonna save the variable and the
values. So when you go and create a new
variable product and we can go to the
new product page right here, now when you
come down to the product data section
over here and select a variable product,
when you go to the Attributes tab to add
your variable, you can go into this drop
down and you should see the stored
variables right here. So if we click on
"New colors" and just click "Add" right here,
you'll see this section show up and all
you have to do is click "Select all" and
then your values will show up right here,
and then just check this box just like
normal and click "Save attributes."
Once that's saved, just go to the
variations tab. And now we can just click
on "Go" right here, and you should see the
section with your variable and all the
values right here, okay? So that's just a
quick and easy way to store variables
and the values if you're going to use
them over and over again. So I'm gonna
cancel out of this. So if you're
ready, I'm gonna walk you through how to
create a virtual or downloadable product
really quickly. So all the other steps
are the same as creating a simple or
variable product. The only difference is
you're gonna check this box if you have
a virtual product and that's gonna make
the shipping tab disappear over here
since you're not gonna be shipping
anything. And then if you want to make
this a downloadable product, just check
this box and you'll get this little
section right here and you can add
whatever files that you want to sell. And
then if you want to limit the number of
times a customer can download this file,
you can put in that number right here.
You can also make the downloadable
link expire after a certain number of
days. So you can put in the number of
days after the customer purchases the
downloadable file right here, and that's
gonna make the link expire.
So creating a virtual product, you can do
this with a simple product or a variable
product. It's really easy. Just make sure
that you check these boxes right here.
So you can create those on your own.
What I want to do now is just show
you how to create a bundled product or a
grouped product. What you'll notice on
this page is a grouped product. So what I
created was something called a "Bridal
Set. You can see that there's a range
of different prices depending on what
you purchased. So I put in a few different
items here that I recommend for this
bridal set, and then a customer can just
buy whatever they want. Maybe, they
only want to buy these two and they
don't want to buy this last one. They
can just change the quantity and add
this to their shopping cart. So it just
really bundles everything together on a
page, instead of creating a bunch of
different individual products if you
have a bunch of different items that
might go together. And then if you wanted
to upsell some additional items, you
can see right here that we can put in
this section where it says, "You may also
like." So this is a little different than
the recommended products. This is what
you would actually put in on your own on
the Edit product page or the Add product
page. So let me just show you how to
create this really quickly. So back on
the new product page, you can see right
here that I already created this product.
So it says, "Bridal Set." And then we have
our long description right here, and then
down at the bottom, we have our short
description and a featured image, and
then some additional images down here. So
the only thing that's different for this
product is we went into the product data
section and we selected "Grouped product."
You can see that these are the tabs
that you get. Again, you can always
just put in an SKU number if you want. I
leave that blank. But what you have to do
for a grouped product is go to the Linked
products tab, and this is where you're
gonna put in those product items on your
product page. So the grouped products are
the three products that you saw in the
list, and all you have to do is just type
in the product names. So you can just go
in here and just type in whatever name
that you want, and then your products
will populate. You can select
whichever one that you want to add. And
then, if you want to upsell some
additional products, just come down to
this section and then do the same thing,
okay? So that's how you create a grouped
product, and just make sure that you
always put in the product categories or
the product tags if you want to have
recommended items. And then again, just
remember if you have a featured product
section and you want to add this to that,
just click on the "Edit" link right here
and then check this box and then click
"OK" right here. And then, always remember
that you need to click on the "Publish"
button to create these products. So let
me just do that really quickly.
That's all you have to do to create a
grouped products. So really, the only
difference is right here in the Product
data section, you want to select the
"Grouped product" option and then just go to
the Linked products and then add the Grouped
products right here. You can always
leave this section blank if you don't
want to upsell anything, but you can
always put in some products there also,
okay? So the last type of product that I
want to show you how to create is an
affiliate product. So if you want to
learn how to create an affiliate
ecommerce website or create some
affiliate products, let me show you what
that looks like. So what I did was I
created an affiliate product with Amazon
affiliates. You can see on my Shop
page right here that this product looks
just like all my other products. If I
click on this, you can see that it brings
me to the Product page and this page
looks like all the other Product pages,
except you can't choose your quantity
and add this to your shopping cart.
There's just a button right here that
says, "Buy product." If we click on this,
it'll bring us to the Amazon website
where you can actually purchase this
product and select the size and
everything like that. So this is an
Amazon affiliate product, and you can
create any type of affiliate product. So
if you want to learn how to create
affiliate products with the WooCommerce
plug-in, let's go and do that right now
by hovering over New and clicking on
"Product." Since I already created this
product, I just went to the "Edit product"
page just to show you what I did. So for
the product title, I took this from
Amazon and just pasted this in. And then
I have the long description from Amazon
right here. And then at the bottom over
here, I put in the short description and
I took the product images from Amazon
and put them in over here. So the big
difference with an affiliate product is
in this Product data section. You want to
go in here and just like all your other
products, you want to choose the product
type that you're creating.
So we're creating an affiliate product. So I
just selected this one and these are the
tabs that show up. In the general tab,
what you want to do is put in the URL
for the product right here. For
Amazon, you should have affiliate links
that you can just copy and paste right
here. And then if you want to change the
button text for the Product page, you can
do that right here. Otherwise, it defaults
to "Buy product." And when you click on that,
it's going to bring you to the affiliate
website. And then what you want to do is
put in the price that shows up on the
Product page. If it's on sale, you can
put that in right here. Pretty much,
everything else is the same. If you want
to manage your inventory or put in the
SKU number, you can do that right here. If
you want to link products, you can do
that right here. And then this other
stuff, you don't really need to go
through. So attributes, you pretty much
skip and for the Advanced tab, the only
reason why I would go here is if you
want to enable your reviews. Again,
you can put in product categories and
product tags right here. And then all you
have to do if you don't want to make
this a featured product is just click on
the "Update" or "Publish" button right here.
Once the product is created, that's
all you have to do to create an
affiliate product with the WooCommerce
plugin for WordPress. So pretty much, we
have just covered how to create
different types of products using the
WooCommerce plugin for WordPress.
The last thing that I want to do is just
show you the pages that you should have
with your WooCommerce plugin. So let's
hover over Pages and go to "All pages."
Once you're on the Pages page, I just
want to make sure that you have the
pages that you need to run an e-commerce
website using the WordPress plug-in.
So you want to make sure that you have the
Cart page, the Checkout page and then the
My Account page, and these should all be
installed for you by default, but just in
case, make sure that you have them and
they should be set to these pages right
here that you see. These are set in your
WooCommerce settings. So if you need to,
to you can go back and set these pages.
If you don't have these pages, what you
can do is go to the text tutorial on How
to use the WooCommerce Plugin -
WooCommerce Tutorial for WordPress, and I
have a link to this NYC Tech Club page
in the video description. You can
just come here and you just want
to make these pages and title 
them the "Cart page, Checkout
page and My Account" page. And then all
you have to do is just paste in this
text into each of these pages, and then
just push "Publish." And then go into your
WooCommerce settings and then set these
pages if you don't have them. And that's
gonna set up these pages for your
e-commerce website, okay? So the last
thing that I want to do is just go
through a few other options with the
WooCommerce plugin. So if I hover over
WooCommerce and if we click on "Orders"
right here, this is the Orders page.
When you get some orders, you'll see them
all show up on this list right here.
You can see that we have the "Status"
right here. So if I go to this one and
just click on it, you can see the order
details right here, including the billing
information, where to ship this product
and then what the customer bought down
here. If you want to change the
status of your order, you can do that
right here. Just make sure that you click
the "Update" button if you do change the
status or make any changes to the order,
okay? So this is how you can fulfill your
orders and see all the order details for
whatever your customers buy. What I
want to do now is just show you how to
create some coupons. So if I click on
this link right here, this is the Coupon
page. All you have to do to create a
coupon is click on "Add coupon." And all
you have to do to create a coupon is
type in the coupon code right here that
the customer can use. And then come over
here and choose the discount type and
then put in the coupon amount right here.
If you want to make this a coupon
with free shipping, then you can just
check this box right here. There are
some additional options here so you can
go through these on your own, but this is
what you have to do to create a coupon
and just make sure that you click on the
"Publish" button right here. You can
always remove or delete these coupons if
you want also, okay? So the last thing
that I want to do is come back to
WooCommerce, and I want to go to the
Reports page. So if I click on this, and
it's gonna bring you to this page right
here with different tabs and different
links right here. This is the
Analytics page. So it'll be more useful
to you once you start making sales, but
this is where you can go and create
whatever type of reports that you want
for your e-commerce website. So I just
want to make you aware of this
page so that you can use it once you
start making sales and you want to track
everything for your e-commerce website.
So pretty much, we have just completed
our tutorial on how to use WooCommerce.
So let me just go back to the Homepage
right here. I just want to say,
"Congratulations!" on going through this
WooCommerce tutorial on How to Use the
WooCommerce plugin for WordPress. If you
have any questions or comments, you can
always leave a comment in the comment
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always coming out with new videos just
like this. Again, if you want to
create this ecommerce website, I will
have a link to our video tutorial on how
to create this ecommerce website step-by-step.
Again, Congrats! Thanks for
watching, and I'll see you in the next video.
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