The Dotstore Blog

Learn the best WooCommerce checkout optimization tips to reduce cart abandonment, speed up conversions, and keep your store secure with the right plugins.

Facing WooCommerce cart abandonment on your online store because your potential customers cant decide for themselves? You’re not alone. Lets explore this phenomenon of decision fatigue in online buyers and learn how to fix this. All of us have scrolled through page after page of products and felt like shutting down when things on an […]

Do you want to blacklist customers in WooCommerce? In this in-depth tutorial, I’ll walk you through the steps to block users from registering and placing orders in your store based on various parameters: IP address, email address, email domain, billing and shipping addresses, phone number, and others. Managing an online store is a balance between […]

If you want to increase WooCommerce sales for your online store without spending months on a full website redesign, we have the perfect action plan for you to get more customers and make more sales. When stuck, many store owners like to believe that a new theme or custom design might help them sell more. […]

WooCommerce enables businesses to sell products worldwide — no matter where they are based. In this detailed tutorial, we’ll walk you through the steps to set up WooCommerce international shipping with the default settings and with a simple-to-use plugin. Thinking about shipping your products internationally? Running an ecommerce store means that you can attract customers […]

Top smart WooCommerce plugins that increase sales, automate workflows, and keep your team productive.

Find out how you can prepare for 2025’s Q4 with 7 powerful Dotstore plugins that will help you nail holiday eCommerce sales. The holiday season brings the most sales and the most pressure. It is important to stay prepared. If you wait until October, you’ll be fixing problems when you should be selling. This is […]

Ecommerce sites (those built with WooCommerce included) are susceptible to attacks. We’ve compiled ten of the best WooCommerce security plugins to guard your online store from spam, fraud, malware, brute-force login attempts, and numerous kinds of threats. On the hunt for the best WooCommerce security plugins to fortify your ecommerce store from various types of […]

In this guide, we’ll walk through what quoting looks like inside WooCommerce and how to set it up properly. Explore the best WooCommerce request a quote plugin to handle products that don’t have a fixed price. Sometimes a product just can’t be sold at a flat price. Maybe it’s a bulk order. Maybe it’s made […]

Looking for a way to prevent WooCommerce spam orders in your online store? In this in-depth tutorial, we’ll discuss what spam orders are, their impacts on your revenue and business operations, how to stop them, and more. I’ve seen many variations of these questions about tackling suspicious transactions: They all mean the same, and that’s […]

Searching for a way to combat spam in WooCommerce? In this no-nonsense WooCommerce anti spam guide, I’ll walk you through the steps to deal with fake customer registrations, bot-submitted orders, garbage product reviews, repetitive form submissions filled with links and nonsense, and other forms of spam attacks. Spam attacks are much more than an occasional […]

In this blog, we’ll show you how to harness the power of WooCommerce product samples in your online store. You’ll learn how to set up low-cost sample options and get tips on turning those sample-tasters into loyal, paying customers. Imagine walking through a grocery store and being offered a bite of a new snack. Thats […]

Minimum spend thresholds help protect profit margins, boost average order value, and drive higher conversion rates for ecommerce stores across various niches. In this in-depth tutorial, I’ll walk you through the steps to set up WooCommerce free shipping over amount using the default feature and with the help of a plugin. If you’re searching for […]

Want to move products quicker, increase revenue, and bolster customer satisfaction in your online store? In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through everything you need to know about setting up WooCommerce buy X get Y free promotions that work. Trying to work out how to set up buy x get y deals in WooCommerce? “Buy […]

In this blog, lets learn how your online store can sustain their holiday/weekend orders by adding a WooCommerce holiday extra fees. Running a WooCommerce store comes with surprises. One that hits harder than expected is the cost of weekend and holiday orders. You’re paying extra for delivery. Your team’s working longer hours. Some suppliers even […]

On the hunt for a WooCommerce anti fraud plugin to safeguard your site from bots, spammers, and other kinds of bad actors? We’ve rounded up the top ten options to consider for small, mid-sized, and large-volume WooCommerce stores. Ecommerce fraud shows no signs of slowing down. In 2024 alone, online businesses lost $44.3 billion to […]

We break down the common causes of the WooCommerce local pickup not showing error and walk you through the steps to resolve them with the default settings and with the help of a simple-to-use plugin. Trying to figure out why WooCommerce isn’t displaying the local pickup shipping method properly, either in the admin panel or […]

Offering in-store pickup can supercharge your business’s conversion rates, customer satisfaction scores, and revenue while lowering order fulfillment costs. In this in-depth tutorial, I’ll guide you through the steps to add unlimited WooCommerce store pickup points, enable date and time slot selection, charge store-specific fees, and more. If you’re looking to enable store pickup in […]