I’ve worked on a lot of WooCommerce stores. That’s not meant as a flex, exactly. It’s more that I’ve had enough weird checkout problems, mystery slowdowns, cart issues, plugin conflicts, and “why is this suddenly broken?” moments pass across my desk that I usually have a good instinct for where to look first. Bloated theme? … Read more
You run a business. Your website takes payments, manages user accounts, or handles recurring billing through WooCommerce. Then the emails start. Customers are frustrated because their subscription renewals failed. You lose revenue, you lose trust, and you spend your afternoon digging through logs trying to figure out whether your site is broken or the payment … Read more
WooCommerce feels simple at first. A few products, a handful of orders, and everything behaves. The database looks tidy. Reports load instantly. It is easy to believe the structure underneath does not matter. To learn more, read our guide on WooCommerce & Ecommerce Development. Then the store grows. Ten thousand orders arrive, then fifty thousand. … Read more
WooCommerce is a dominant force in the e-commerce space with a total market share of almost 40%. Customers are attracted to this solution because of the low cost, extreme flexibility, and endless customization options. The one downside of running your own ecommerce store (vs selling on Esty, eBay or Amazon) is that you are fully … Read more
Google ReCAPTCHA used to be the golden standard for bot and spam protection for the web. Over the past couple of month we have noticed an increasing number of card attacks on WooCommerce websites that were using Google reCAPTCHA and paying for the reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce plugin. The hackers have found a way to bypass … Read more
Dominate the SERPs: The No-Nonsense Guide to WooCommerce SEO That Actually Drives Sales Launching a WooCommerce store is the easy part. Getting eyeballs on your products without burning your entire budget on ads? That’s where the real work begins. If you aren’t aggressively optimizing for search, you’re essentially opening a shop in a dead-end alley. … Read more
Some people might not realize that WordPress was created as a blogging platform and, if you pay close attention you can still see remnants of the original design – the special “Post” post-type and the comments enabled by default on every site. Today, not many of the websites are primarily blog oriented and very few … Read more
Stripe vs Braintree vs PayPal: Choosing the Right Payment Processor for Your WordPress Site At Watermelon, we’ve implemented a wide range of payment solutions for our WooCommerce clients. Our clients range from growing eCommerce startups to large enterprise platforms. Three names consistently come up in the conversation: Stripe, Braintree, and PayPal. Each of these payment … Read more
Considering creating a new WordPress website or hiring a website development team to create a personalized site for you? Whichever route you choose here are some things to consider: Purpose and Goals It’s important to clearly define the purpose of the website and establish specific goals. Whether it’s to sell products via e-commerce, provide information, … Read more
Did you know that as many as 10% of males are color blind? That means that, on average, five out of a hundred visitors are not able to distinguish the reds and greens in your website design. In addition to that, there are users who rely on keyboard navigation (using only tab, shift, arrow and … Read more