Tagged WooCommerce

Hello Woorld!

We are excited to share the news that the official launch of our Small Woorld website took place on April 06 2016! In future, all of our interviews with WooCommerce entrepreneurs will be published on the Small Woorld site. This represents a change in direction for the “Prospress blog”, which will now focus more on company related news and posts.

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WooConf 2016: WooCommerce Powered Drones, Branded Limes and Texas Tacos

Well, we didn’t know whether it was possible to top the first WooConf, but team Woo managed to do it the week before last. If you couldn’t make it to Austin for WooConf this year (or even if you could but you’re now suffering post-conf withdrawals), we’ve tried to recreate the magic for you here. Fix yourself a taco with diablo sauce, mix a margarita, and join us for a trip down WooConf memory lane.

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WooCommerce Melbourne September 2015 Recap

The first WooCommerce meetup in Australia was held on September 24th, and I was sent down to Melbourne to share the Prospress love and chat all things WooCommerce. Just under 25 locals attended the first meetup which was held in the office of the Emote Digital team. There were many familiar faces amongst the crowd (some of whom I have met previously overseas at #WooConf, and here in Australia at previous WordCamps).

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WooCommerce London September 2015 Recap

This Monday we had our September London WooCommerce meetup, hosted by Realex Payments. With Marina out of town, it was up to Elliot and myself to orchestrate everything.

The London meetups usually start out with networking, talking amongst each other, consumption of refreshments. We planned a Q&A session where those who came could ask questions, and we’d try to answer them using our collective knowledge about all the things: Paul and Alan from Realex about the nitty gritty of payments, Elliot about the business cases, and myself mostly about developer focused topics.

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Bertrand's Proper Socks in Shoes on Black Background
Bertrand's Proper Socks in Shoes on Black Background

Proper Socks for the Modern Gentleman: An Interview with Bertrand’s

This week we have another eCommerce interview out of the UK, this time with Bertrand’s Proper Socks.

Bertrand’s Proper Socks is using WooCommerce and WooCommerce Subscriptions to sell funky, high-quality men’s socks to the discerning online customer.

I spoke with Founder Xixi Zhu over Skype about the origins of Bertrand’s Proper Socks, what they’ve been up to recently and their plans for the future.

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Group of 4 people wearing Snaps sunglasses on bench
Group of 4 people wearing Snaps sunglasses on bench

What’s Life Without Risks? Our Interview with Snaps

Josh Gare is the founder of Snaps, an eCommerce retailer of high-quality, yet affordable, sunglasses in the UK. We were excited when Josh reached out to us about Snaps, and jumped at the chance to hear more of his story.

You see Josh isn’t your typical entrepreneur (if there’s such a thing). He’s currently finishing his final exams for his economics degree at the University of Bristol. He’s also had a number of successes building iOS apps, something he’s been doing since he was 16 years old.

Read on to hear more about how Snaps has used clever partnerships to overcome early marketing challenges, the process they went through to find suppliers, and their plans for the future.

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