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WordPress + eCommerce = Jigoshop
WordPress London, April 2012
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Who is Jigoshop built for?
Shopify> Jigoshop < Magento
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• Jigowatt, an eCommerce design agency developed Jigoshop as their own WordPress solution.
• First software project, producing open source software under a GNU licence.
• Released June 2011, 7 versions to date, 70,410 downloads.
• Great response:
'Well let me tell you boys and girls – eCommerce for WordPress don’t suck no more!' Themesforge
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But it wasn't all good. We got forked...
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We're still here, and making money
• Premium Themes and Plugins.
• Premium Support
• Affiliate Revenue
• 3rd party sales
• Custom design and development work
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We've learnt...• Open Source can
still be cut-throat
• Community and reputation are vital
• Open Communication
• Customer data not opinion
• Always be optimising sales channels
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The future
Continue to make it easier for designers and developers to build on Jigoshop
Work to improve 3rd party sales even more. If you make money, we make a little, too :)
Evolve our support packages for agencies and developers