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This is a series of video tutorials on how to transfer your products from TpT to WooCommerce. I suggest you read and watch this entire page before starting.
Don’t want to deal with it? I do offer Transfer Services! Note that the transfer service goes above and beyond the tutorial here. I add your custom taxonomies, edit product descriptions, download and sort your downloadabe files and previews, and more. I cover a lot of what I describe here.
WooCommerce should be installed with your desired features before attempting this. It is much easier if everything is set including but not limited to the base plugin, your file delivery method (I use Dropbox), your payment methods (I use Paypal, Stripe, and Purchase Orders), pricing features (I use bundles and dynamic discounts), and a terms and conditions page.
Contact me if you interested in learning more about the base WooCommerce setup!
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The four main file delivery methods I am familiar with are:
Amazon S3 is a file storage method provided by Amazon. It is cheap and secure, but not very user-friendly. There is a plugin that can manage it for you, but you are NOT allowed to link to downloads of folders (zipped files – yes, but folders- no). I do not recommend it for some sellers because of the tech challenges in learning to use it. Also, I enjoy the flexibility of linking to folders instead of single files. If you decide to use Amazon S3, here is a tutorial on how to update your products with S3:
Most people are very familiar with Google Drive, however, the clients I have that have used Google Drive have had nothing but problems. The links don’t work, the files don’t download, or customers get confused. I do not recommend Google Drive to host products at this time.
Hosting products on your site (uploading to the media library) is an option, but you should first talk to your hosting provider. Hosting files on your site can GREATLY increase the size of the files on your server and can drain server resources as people download them from your site. This is an option if your host says they will support it (and be sure to ask if it costs extra!!). Hosting on your site works fine, just be aware of the cost.
This is my current choice because it is inexpensive, works reliably, and I can link to an automatic download of a folder. This means I can change out the contents of my folder without changing my link or rezipping! See below!
Another thing you need to prep is your store’s categories, tags, custom taxonomies (optional), and attributes (optional). These are similar to the custom categories in your TpT Store. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to transfer them over from TpT. Before setting up your products, set up your categories, tags, taxonomies, and attributes. Some of the things you see in the video will need custom code or will depend on your particular theme. Contact me if you need help installing custom taxonomies!
You will be visiting this site: https://tptproducts.bearwoodlabs.com/. From there you will download your products from TpT and then import them into your WooCommerce store. This video is how to import them without a lot of modification of the CSV file Bearwood labs gives you.
Yay! Now your products are in your store but we need to do a few things (every store will be slightly different but this list will get you started):
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Hey! In a couple of your videos you mention additional plug ins that you are using. Which one did you get to create the Custom Taxonomies and the one that allows you to have Custom Tabs at the bottom of your product (for Preview, FAQ, etc.)
Thank you so much!!
Hi! Apologies for missing this! I use Custom Post Types for custom taxonomies (https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/) and Custom Tabs (https://wordpress.org/plugins/yikes-inc-easy-custom-woocommerce-product-tabs/). Hope that helps!
Thanks for this tutorial. I would have done it all one at a time!
No problem! I actually did that a couple of years ago (manual upload). YUCK!!!