A little while ago, I had promised to talk a bit more about the Donation, Store, and Events tools (more below) that WePay offers to help you collect money from your users/customers. Since then, WePay has added a new element to their services (more below), but the basic stuff is still in place and, in this post and the next one, I will be letting you know about what those tools are and how they can work with your site. Today’s tool is …
Stores
Want to start the new year off by turning your WordPress website into a full-fledged online store? You’re in luck – WordPress has a wide range of options available. We’ve put together a list of e-commerce plugins and carts that work with WordPress 3.0+, as well as a short introduction to each to help you narrow down your options. These are in no particular order. Some are free and some are premium, but what they all have in common is that they’ve been fairly recently updated for the latest version of WordPress.
MarketPress
If you’ve ever tried to sell downloadable products through a shopping cart made for tangible, shippable products, then you are probably familiar with the frustration of configuring your store for digital products. Most shopping carts handle digital products as an afterthought and are a bulky addition to your site because they include so much unused functionality.
Introducing the Dippsy Plugin
