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Overview of the WooCommerce Integration with Zoho Inventory

This integration was discussed on our Zoho Inventory Full Product Tutorial. Here are some key highlights from this segment:

  1. WooCommerce Set Up
    • WooCommerce is a plugin that needs to be installed to your WordPress website.
    • Recommended plugins include WooCommerce Payments for credit card payments, and WooCommerce Shipping and Tax for automated tax calculation based on location.
    • There’s an integration plugin for WooCommerce and Zoho which is provided by CRM perks.
  2. WordPress and WooCommerce
    • WooCommerce is a part of a bigger website and not the whole website, unlike Shopify.
    • WooCommerce is developer-friendly and offers more flexibility as it’s managed through WordPress.
    • It’s possible to add multiple Zoho applications through the Zoho WooCommerce plugin.
  3. Zoho Feeds
    • The Zoho feeds feature allows the user to integrate entities from Zoho applications.
    • Entities to be integrated need separate feeds, for example, invoices, sales orders, items, and customer payments.
    • The pro feature, which requires purchase, allows the user to sync sales orders, items, and invoices.
  4. Payment, Shipping, and Order Processing
    • WooCommerce has a shipping plugin that enables shipping directly from the platform.
    • The platform allows managing shipping from within the shopping cart.
    • The order process in WooCommerce is similar to Shopify’s, with customers making their orders on the front end of the website.
    • WooCommerce Payments allows the acceptance of payments via Visa, Mastercard, Express, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and third-party bank accounts.
  5. Integration with Zoho Inventory
    • After setting up integration with Zoho Inventory, orders from WooCommerce will create sales orders inside Zoho Inventory.
    • The Zoho log shows all the API pushes and data syncs between the WordPress site and inventory, which can be useful for troubleshooting.
  6. Pricing
    • WooCommerce does not have flat rate fees like Shopify but charges per transaction (2.9% plus 30 cents for every transaction) through WooCommerce Payments.
    • Other payment providers such as PayPal or Stripe can also be integrated to possibly reduce fees.
  7. Developer-Intensiveness
    • Although WooCommerce is developer-friendly, it requires more setup for a functional site compared to Shopify.
    • WooCommerce and WordPress communities can provide support for customization and development.

Billy Bates

Senior Web Developer

Billy is a Wordpress Developer with an eye for design. His knowledge will help our company website and client sites meet their goals. Billy and his young family have just moved to Ashland Oregon, and are looking forward to exploring the area’s amazing beer, wine, and food. He also has a passion for synthesizers and drum machines.

Lucas Sant'Anna

Consultant

With a background in Operations Research and Data Analysis, Lucas is a Brazilian programmer that likes to get stuff done quickly and reliably. In previous jobs, he implemented industrial job scheduling, fleet management and detailed long-haul route optimization – among other data-driven processes – to reach objectives of increased profit and reduced wasted resources. His goal is to make Zoho fully automated and with more meaningful data for spot-on decisions.

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