Pillow Profits Beta Integration With WooCommerce

MOST IMPORTANT Information

Before we even get started, PLEASE keep in mind that this is a new feature and should be considered “BETA” at this time.  Our initial testing with a few stores has been very promising, but you may find small issues we’ll have to fix.  So please use this with that in mind.

Working with WooCommerce is very different than integrating with Shopify.  Shopify is very “standardized”, and no matter how many stores we work with, we are always working with one single platform.  With WooCommerce, every store is a different installation, on a different platform, a different web server, with different options and plugins installed.  There may be things installed in your store that are different than any than we tested, so there may be issues we just haven’t run into yet.

 

How It Works

We’ve tried to make Pillow Profits Integrate with WooCommerce work just like our Pillow Profits App for Shopify as much as possible.  

 Any information you find on this site regarding how to do things with Pillow Profits in Shopify, will apply the same or very similar to using Pillow Profits in WooCommerce.  There are some important differences you need to be aware of…

Differences Between WooCommerce and Shopify

 

One big difference is that with Shopify, you access the Pillow Profits App inside your Shopify store admin.  With our WooCommerce App, you separately log into the Pillow Profits App by going to a seperate login page here –> https://pillowprofitsapp.com/active/myaccount/ .   You use the App through our website separately from your WordPress admin.

Known Issues

The biggest problem we’ve run into up until now is that if you have some “cache” plugins, they can mess up how our App adds products to your WooCommerce store.

To be specific, product images don’t end up in the right place, or the “Featured Image” is missing.  If you experience this when you try to add products to your store with our App, try turning off any caching plugins, or disable them altogether.

Our app depends on “webhooks”, which is how your WooCommerce store notifies our server when there’s a new order in your store.  Some hosting providers disable or block your web site from sending requests to outside servers.  So that leads us to this…

First Things to Test

In order for Pillow Profits to work with WooCommerce, WooCommerce “webhooks” have to be working.  After you install Pillow Profits to your store, you should do this to test the installation:

  1. Try to add a product to your store.  This can be anything, just upload a simple design to get something on there really quick.
  2. In your store admin, make sure the product has all its mockup images in the correct places, and all your variants look correct, and have sizing information.  (Nothing should have a size of “Any Size”, this might indicate a problem)
  3. Create a “test” order in your store for that new product.  Wait 10-15 minutes, and then log into the Pillow Profits App and make sure your test order shows up on the Orders page in Pillow Profits.  If it does not, your webhooks might not be working.  Contact us and we’ll check it out to see if that’s the case or if something else went wrong.

TIP:  How to make a test order without having to pay for it
All you have to do is search for and install a plugin called “Test Payment Module for Woocommerce”.  This adds a “dummy” payment method that allows you to place an order and doesn’t require any real payment to be made.  Don’t worry, by default, this payment method only shows up if you are logged into your store as the admin, so if you have a live store, it won’t be available to your customers.

How to Get Started

We’ve created a separate page to install the Pillow Profits WooCommerce App.  PLEASE READ all the information and requirements on the installation page.  There are actually two different ways to install the app, so if the first doesn’t work, there is a backup, “alternate” way to install.

If and when you’re ready to give it a try here –> https://pillowprofitsapp.com/active/woo/appinstall.asp

WooCommerce Integration FAQ

Is Pillow Profits WooCommerce Integration Free?

Yes, Pillow Profits for WooCommerce is a free integration. You only pay when you order products. You can integrate here –> https://pillowprofitsapp.com/active/woo/appinstall.asp

How Do I access the WooCommerce Pillow Profits App? I can't find the Pillow Profits Plugin on my WooCommerce Store?

One big difference is that with Shopify, you access the Pillow Profits App inside your Shopify store admin.  With our WooCommerce App, you separately log into the Pillow Profits App by going to a seperate login page here –> https://pillowprofitsapp.com/active/myaccount/ .   You use the App through our website separately from your WordPress admin.

Will my customers receive tracking numbers when Pillow Profits ships the products?

If your order contains only Pillow Profits products – Yes – your customers will be notified that through your Woocommerce store email that the products have shipped.

You can find the tracking number in your order “notes” section.

Once tracking is added to your order your order will be marked as “complete” in Woocommerce and the notification will be sent to your customer.

 

Why are my products not published or images are missing?

There is a default execution time limit in wordpress, which is 60 seconds. Sometimes script can take more than that to publish a product. To increase this parameter, please check this guide: https://thimpress.com/knowledge-base/how-to-increase-maximum-execution-time-for-wordpress-site/

Can I use both the Pillow Profits Woocommerce integration and the CSV uploader on another Shopify store at the same time?

Since your Pillow Profits orders on Woocommerce are already automatically fulfilled by our Woocommerce integration, you do not need to fulfill them with CSV uploader.

Why aren't the style and size menu's working when I publish a product to my store?

Make sure you add a price to your product before publishing to your store. This should fix the problem.

Why do my products say "Out of Stock" when I select a size?

This is a common theme bug that occurs when your theme is displaying sizes that do not exist for a particular style variant.

For example: a customer has a men’s shoe style selected, and chooses a women’s size in the size drop down.

Please read our blog article about possible solutions to fix the problem on your theme: https://pillowprofits.com/hiding-unwanted-sizes-linking-variants/

There is a default Woocommerce limit of variations, which is 30 variants for product. If the limit is exceeded, Woocommerce stops hiding unavailable variants. This can be fixed by changing woocommerce_ajax_variation_threshold filter with adding following code snippet:

add_filter( ‘woocommerce_ajax_variation_threshold’, ‘wc_ninja_ajax_threshold’ );

function wc_ninja_ajax_threshold() {

    return 150;

}

This snippet will increase variations limit to 150. We recommend adding this snippet by using child team or plugin like Code Snippets. If you don’t know how to do such modifications on your own, please consult your developer.

 

Do you have a design catalog?

Currently no. We will consider adding this functionality at a later date.

Do you have an affiliate program?

Currently no. We will consider adding this functionality at a later date.

Do you have a CSV order uploader?

Currently no. We will consider adding this functionality at a later date.

Copyright © 2018 Pillow Profits, All Rights Reserved