Have you thought about going into eCommerce lately? Or perhaps you have and want to find out how to expand and grow your eCommerce store?

WooCommerce is a great platform that helps you accelerate your online retailing and grow your company steadily.

You might not be online at all times or you might not be able to run the store at all times, but you will want it to run without you.

So, how do you do this?

We thought we would take a look at several ways that you can successfully manage your WooCommerce store, and what processes you should put in place to allow it to grow and expand in this ever-changing online world. So, let's take a look

Get Your Inventory Streamlined

The first thing you will need to look at is how to manage your inventory.

Without the right tools and platforms, it can be a highly resource-intensive process. So, look at your various options and choose a WooCommerce inventory management solution that suits you.

Whether you have a warehouse or are dropshipping, having the right processes in place can save you time and money should something go wrong. Dropshipping model is a great option for inventory streamlining as it eliminates the need for businesses to physically store and manage inventory. This means you don't have to worry about inventory space, organizing, or shipping logistics. With dropshipping, the supplier takes care of everything for you, from storing the inventory to packaging and shipping it out to the customers. This not only saves you time and money but also reduces the risk of overstocking or understocking products. To multiply the effectiveness of management and control, you can consider integrating WMS systems.

There are various elements that form part of inventory management, so if you are just getting started, make sure you know the ins and outs and what is going on at all times to fulfill your customers’ needs.

Choose the Right Hosting Solution

You will want hosting services that work with and for your company. Spend some time working out what your company wants and who your target audience is before settling on a host.

Say, for example, you want to expand your brand globally and want to target audiences in different regions. Look for services that offer SEO hosting multiple IPs. This means that you will increase your SEO footprint on search results and improve your online presence.

This will also help you in the case of you owning multiple sites. Google usually picks up when several sites come from one location and ranks them together. However, the right SEO host will assign you dedicated IP addresses, resulting in Google ranking each of your sites independently. So, this will mean that some sites may rank higher than others, but they will be ranked based on their merit.

They will also be ranked based on the region you are targeting. So, if you have a retail WooCommerce site, and an online grocery focused on different parts of the world, they will receive different rankings and different listings.

Know Your Customers

The trick to a successful store is actually knowing who your customers are.

• What do they want?
• What do they respond to?
• What are they buying?
• Who are they engaging with on social media?

The more you know about your customers, the more you are able to mold a company and marketing plan around what they want.

Not only do you have to know about your basic customer profile like age, location gender, etc, but you also need to know about their interests and behaviors. With this, you can create content that will directly appeal to them.

If you keep your finger on the pulse of what is trending, what products are doing well, and how your competitors are marketing their products, you will be able to create an effective strategy yourself. This will enable you to create the right content and appeal directly to your customer to heighten conversions.

Put Money Behind Your Marketing

Numerous businesses, especially startups miss out on this element completely. The fact of the matter is that you have to spend money to make money. And this is especially true when dealing with giants like Google and Facebook.

The great thing is that you will be able to choose your budget and determine how much you spend per month. So, if you have a tight budget, but want to reach a small, highly targeted audience just beyond your followers, putting money behind ads on social media and Google can do this for you

Paid ads can be quite tricky. But, once you know what you are doing, you will see some great outcomes from your efforts.  Look out for keywords and put some budget behind them. Keyword research is absolutely key when it comes to getting your brand ranked correctly, so don’t skip this step.

The Bottom Line

A WooCommerce store is a somewhat easy concept to start and get off the ground. The trick is to keep testing and experimenting with the store. Try out different automation tools and plugins. Test different strategies with your marketing and watch your metrics carefully to see what is working and what isn’t. You will need the time to adjust should you need to.