When we talk about WooCommerce, the online store creation plugin for WordPress, it is such an active tool that practically every day new plugins appear that add additional functionalities, improve previous ones, or add opportunities for your online store to sell more or better, or both.
So let’s catch up and see which plugins you should know about, or even give a try, right now, to get the most out of your eCommerce with the winning combination of the best web hosting (SiteGround) + WordPress + WooCommerce.
As always, I will focus on free plugins, most of which, if you need them, also have a premium version with additional features.
JoinChat
Of all the communication methods currently available, WhatsApp is by far the most widely used. You, your friends, even your grandmother use it, and it is a tool that goes beyond personal use, as it can be used for completely professional purposes.
In an online store, one of the biggest reasons for lost sales is distance, the lack of direct communication with the customer.
In a physical store, you have the customer in sight at all times, and you can answer any questions they may have about your products or even the purchasing process. However, in an online store, we lose that connection. If the customer needs to ask a question or has a payment problem, we usually don't offer a visible, quick, and easy way to communicate with us and complete their purchase without problems.
If we combine the tool and the problem we have JoinChat, a free plugin, developed in Spain, that solves this need with honors.
Although it has a premium paid version, to use multiple numbers and operators, among other very professional features, the free version is more than enough to offer simple and direct communication with your online store's customers, from a recognizable and visible floating WhatsApp icon.
to customize the look of the app, display welcome messages, decide which pages or devices it will be displayed on, and even predefined messages for your product pages, a gem that I encourage you to try, due to its enormous potential.
Don't even think about it, it's an essential tool for any online store, and indonesia whatsapp number data better than any other chat system you see out there, your customers already know this one, but you can also personalize the direct communication experience and take it to the next level.
WooCommerce Added To Cart Popup (AJAX)
If we talk about the shopping experience and making it easier for our customers to navigate our online store, it is important that they know at all times what happens with their actions, and when they add a product to the cart it is one of the most important decisions for both the customer and us, since our entire e-commerce depends on this simple decision.
Unfortunately, neither WooCommerce by default nor most WordPress themes offer a visual experience of this important action that is clear enough for customers to understand the importance of it, and they often don't have many options.
Worse still, in many cases the client does not even have truly visible confirmation of their action, which is even worse.
Thankfully, we can quickly fix this by adding a plugin like this one, which turns the default, dull experience of adding a product to the cart into something relevant, allowing you to automatically display a popup to the customer, without having to visit another page, or even reload the current one, to offer them options, such as going to cart, adding more products, completing the purchase.
