Lets Make Lots of Money. Unsucking e-Commerce

Any developer worth their salt will tell you e-Commerce sites just suck. Systems are confusing, never do exactly what you want, and costs balloon quickly before you even utter the words “what do you *mean* you don’t have a gateway for the People’s Bank of Outer East Duluth.. they have awesome rates!”   Every developer you talk to will give you a different opinion on what you should do and how you should do it. But we’re WordPress people… so lets unsuck it. We’ve got 40 minutes to jumpstart your dainty leap into the vast briny depths of WordPress and e-Commerce and we’re gonna rock this bitch.

  • Who should bother setting up a store rather than use existing systems
  • Should you use WP vs proprietary software or e-Commerce systems
  • What do you need to get going?
  • The 10 things you really ought to know about e-Commerce sites

Oh yeah, and we’ll TOTALLY SET UP A STORE. This isn’t a hands on session (and I can set the landspeed record for words per minute and you’ll want your eyes up front since I’m known to throw things at attendees) but you can definitely follow along. Hop on board, peeps. I’m about to show you where they keep the $$