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Five delivery services in one plugin: SDEK, KIT, Business Lines, Russian Post, Boxberry
Why pay for five separate delivery plugins when you can connect SDEK, KIT, Business Lines, Russian Post and Boxberry in one? We analyze the architecture, FIAS addresses, checkout matrix and shipment tracking.
Drag-and-drop form builder: tickets and surveys without Contact Form 7
Contact Form 7 + five addons for one form? I’ll tell you how we built a visual form designer with drag-and-drop, conditional logic and application storage directly into the WooCommerce plugin.
Read moreRequest for Quotation: Turning WooCommerce into a B2B Platform
70% of B2B transactions begin not with a “Buy” button, but with a request for a quote. Let's look at how to turn WooCommerce into a full-fledged B2B platform with RFQ workflow, dialog system, PDF auto-generation and integration with 1C.
Read moreWhy CommerceML is deprecated and how to replace it
CommerceML is a 2005 format that still remains the standard for 1C exchange and website. I analyze the real problems of XML uploading and show how the OData approach solves them: incremental updates, webhooks, auto-discover attributes.
Read moreSubaccounts and purchase lists: access for client managers
How to organize corporate access to an online store on WooCommerce: subaccounts with custom limits, purchase lists for repeat orders and minimum order quantities. Real experience of implementation at a plant with 12 purchasing managers.
Read moreSmart search on Typesense: 50 times faster than built-in WooCommerce
WordPress built-in search is a MySQL LIKE query that kills conversions with 10,000+ products. I’ll tell you how we replaced it with Typesense and got a response in 5-50ms instead of 500-2000ms.
Read moreSynchronizing WooCommerce with 1C: Real-time Trade Management
80% of Russian online stores keep records in 1C, but synchronization with the site is an eternal headache. OData connector instead of CommerceML, webhook subscriptions, import of 19,000 products, auto-discover attributes and SEO protection during synchronization.
Read moreOne plugin instead of twenty: how much does a zoo of WooCommerce extensions cost?
A typical WooCommerce store uses 15-25 plugin extensions. Each is a separate subscription, separate hooks, potential conflicts. We calculate the real cost of the zoo and figure out why a single solution is more profitable.
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