Integrating a Shopify Store on your existing Wordpress site
So you have invested heavily in your Wordpress site/blog but have recently been thinking about selling products but don't want to have start from scratch with a brand new Shopify store. There are several good options available to you including WooCommerce (I'm taking a quick guess as to this being the only option you have heard of).
WooCommerce is an ecommerce plug-in for WordPress built by Automattic and is one of the most popular ecommerce plug-in options. WooCommerce was developed specifically to fill WordPress’s ecommerce gap. You can customize WooCommerce’s look and feel to match your branding, as well as leverage its many integrations. With Woo, you can sell both physical and digital products and tap into more than 100 compatible payment gateways. Create product variants, sell affiliate items, and configure sales tax and shipping settings. While WooCommerce certainly has it's place it is renowned for being clunky, hard to use and it also requires a lot of maintenance and constant updates if you don’t want your site to break.
So what do you do? Install the Shopify Buy Button of course!
With the Shopify Buy Button, you can add ecommerce to your WordPress site in minutes. Shopify generates a code we can put on your website/blog wherever you want the Buy Button to appear. It’s a straightforward way to monetize your pre-existing WordPress blog or website.
With the Shopify Buy Button, all that is needed to start selling to is copy and paste a code to your WordPress site. SPF can even customize the look and feel to match what you’ve already built.
Rather than creating a whole new Shopify store from scratch, the Buy Button creates a mini-site independent but co-existent to your WordPress site. On the front end, it appears on your WordPress site, but it’s actually connected to your secure Shopify platform in the back end—so you get to take advantage of Shopify’s other ecommerce features.
Other advantages of the Shopify Buy Button include the ability to add unlimited products, integrate more than 100 compatible payment gateways, track sales and growth trends, and simplify foreign taxes and currency conversion.
Turning your WordPress site into an online storefront is simple and quick. We can simply drop the Buy Button into place of your choosing on your website. The Shopify Buy Button creates a standalone mini-storefront on your WordPress website and connects directly with Shopify’s secure shopping cart platform. All you need is a product to sell and you’re ready to launch.
Overview
- Price: $9/monthly Shopify subscription fee, included in all Shopify subscription plans
- Free trial length: 14 days
- Customer support options: Website help center; online tutorials; discussion forums; 24/7 email, live chat, and phone support
- Mobile app features: Track sales; add and edit products; view reports; manage staff; process orders; upload product photos; get order notifications
- Point of sale (POS): Shopify, Amazon Pay, Authorize.net, PayPal, Braintree, BitPay, Checkout.com, and more.
If you are interested in adding a shopify store to your existing wordpress site/blog then don't hesitate to get in touch!