A four-day virtual conference for WooCommerce store builders that will help grow your business.
You've missed the 2021 event, but you can watch the recordings!
What's WooSesh?
WooSesh is a live, virtual conference for WooCommerce store builders. Each event is highly curated to provide you with the absolute best possible experience.
Every presenter has been hand-picked and each topic is selected to complement or build on the others.
Best yet, every presentation is recorded and published to WPSessions after the live event has ended. This means you can watch everything no matter when you're available.
Stay informed! Join the mailing list and stay up-to-date about all future event details!
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4 Days
24 Speakers
15 Sessions
6 Workshops
$799 Free!
Why attend WooSesh?
If you regularly work with WooCommerce in your business, there are several presentations at WooSesh for you.
We have curated a speaker and session line-up that is designed to help grow your business in the year ahead. From project scoping, to troubleshooting, to improving customer experience and site performance, the talks at WooSesh will help you do better work and be more effective with your time.
At WPSessions, we care deeply about helping good people do great things. This entire conference is an extension of that commitment. We hope that you'll join us. Let's do great things together!
Meet the Speakers
Say hello to our speakers for WooSesh 2021! You'll have a chance to meet each of them in the event's Slack channel.
Schedule
This year we have 15 sessions and 6 workshops that touch on topics like customer experience, SEO, business development, and extending WooCommerce.
Every session brings a valuable lesson and perspective to the table, so you should make time to watch them all.
October 12, 2021
16:00 UTC |
Meet & Greet in SlackAll Attendees |
16:15 UTC |
Opening Remarks |
16:30 UTC |
An Introduction to the Behemoth that is WooCommerceWhile a popular choice to get started in the world of business online, using and managing an online store on the plugin is no small feat. In this session, attendees will go through some of the ways to maximize the plugin. We will touch upon setting up shipping as well as how to use the plugin to deliver digital downloads. We will also go through how to make better product pages for customers. |
17:00 UTC |
Hey, Must be the Money!Let’s talk about advanced online payment processing features you can leverage to increase conversions, open new markets, and drive growth in your bottom line. Discover how to unify online and in-person sales as we show the basics of using point-of-sale terminals, card readers, and pay-in-store for online orders. |
17:30 UTC |
WooCommerce Payments: Powering Payments in 2022Check back soon for the complete description. |
17:45 UTC |
WooCommerce and WooExperts: Winning TogetherCheck back soon for the complete description. |
18:00 UTC |
When Owned is All You Have: How Popular CBD Brand Tonic Grows Their Business Despite Marketing RegulationsIn an industry heavily dependent on paid advertising and 3rd party data, how do online merchants adapt their marketing strategy for impending privacy changes to iOS and Google? In this fireside chat, we sit down with a brand who’s often been restricted from paid advertising and use of synthetic profiles, online CBD Merchant, Tonic. Join Klaviyo’s Val Geiser as she asks Tonic Founder, Brittany Carbone, to uncover the Owned marketing optimizations every brand should adopt in this new era of data privacy. |
18:30 UTC |
6 Proven Ways to Make More Sales with WooCommerceIt has never been easier to set up an eCommerce website and start selling products from your own storefront! However, once that WooCommerce store is up and running, your job is only half complete. Now, it's time to make some sales by finding new customers and encouraging repeat purchases from previous customers. For new business owners, this can often be even more difficult than building the store to begin with as sales and marketing are often a challenge. In this presentation, we're going to review six proven ways that you can make more sales on your WooCommerce store that will help you build and grow your business. These are easy, actionable steps that any WooCommerce store owner can take immediately to begin making an impact on their bottom line. |
19:00 UTC |
3 eCommerce Content Tips to Increase SalesAre you looking to grow traffic to your WooCommerce site from Google? Invest in content expansion. Join this session to learn 3 easy to implement content marketing tips for your eCommerce site. And good news, blogging isn't one of them. We focus instead on your homepage and product category pages to drive high-quality traffic that converts. |
19:30 UTC |
Driving Revenue Growth with Post-Purchase OffersChris will offer multiple strategies different ways to drive the Average Order Value (AOV) up with post-purchase offerings. He'll also share different tools you can use with your WooCommerce store. |
20:00 UTC |
Closing Remarks for Day 01 |
October 13, 2021
16:00 UTC |
Meet & Greet in SlackAll Attendees |
16:15 UTC |
Opening Remarks |
16:30 UTC |
Live Commerce meets WooCommerce – a Case StudyRocky Mountain Sewing and Moore’s Sew are two businesses in Colorado and California focused on the art of sewing. Their eCommerce presence was virtually nonexistent before COVID hit in March 2020. This talk is a story of how we boosted sales from their WooCommerce stores by over 200x within a year. While we were at it, we created a unique solution using WooCommerce, Gatsby, Firebase, and more to create an interactive live commerce experience for the store customers. This live commerce experience enhanced sales for the store owners and what started off as a single online demo went on to become a series of live commerce events garnering nationwide sales for the retailer. By the end of this talk you will have a better understanding of the endless possibilities available with WooCommerce. More about live commerce: https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/its-showtime-how-live-commerce-is-transforming-the-shopping-experience |
17:00 UTC |
10 Simple WooCommerce Code Hacks – in a Good Way!One of the best arguments for using WooCommerce is its endless extensibility. See ten examples of ways that you can quickly hook into WooCommerce to make simple tweaks to your store’s content and functionality. |
17:30 UTC |
5 Revenue Boosting Tactics for WooCommerce SubscriptionsWhat’s better than a one time sale? Subscription sales! What’s better than subscription sales? Higher order total subscription sales! You’ve worked hard to develop a subscription business, now Daniel will show you five ways to increase order total and reduce customer churn. |
18:00 UTC |
Two Ways to Grow Your Brand with ReviewsIf you are looking to grow your brand, reviews on your site are a great way to do so. In this session, Meg MacCune, Director of Customer Success US at Trustpilot, will walk through two ways to make the most out of your reviews: utilizing social proof and building an online reputation strategy. |
18:30 UTC |
Unlocking WooCommerce: Composable Solutions for Scalability and PerformanceWooCommerce is fantastic for online retailers. The statistics show it is the top solution for eCommerce, but are there ways for it to grow along with your brand? When your business outgrows that solution, are you forced to change platforms? The answer may be different than what you have guessed. We will discuss ways in which we are tackling the most common issues tech and marketing teams face when it comes to scaling, growing, and sustaining an online eCommerce platform with WooCommerce. Don’t replatform just yet! We have the keys to help you unlock the secret potential of WooCommerce! Technology is always changing. Since the pandemic, eCommerce has exploded as people flipped from in-person shopping to online and the technology direction that seems to be growing the fastest is integrations: the idea of taking different services that do their jobs extremely well and marrying them together using APIs to create a whole - this composable solutions approach is one we see over and over again. It’s an approach that anyone can use and this talk will show how Crowd Favorite and Bold are exploring this approach together. Attendees will learn specific tactics they can implement to optimize WooCommerce for their business. Specifically, we will highlight example case studies around Growth, Performance, Security, Integrations, Personalization, and more! Coming from experience, we are here to show you exactly how you can unlock the potential of WooCommerce today! |
19:00 UTC |
The 2021 Holiday Planning Guide: what retailers can do now to prep from the Q4 rushThe holiday season is make-or-break for many retailers, with many merchants preparing all year for the big Q4. This session will look at how merchants are applying the lessons learned in 2020 to prepare for the 2021 holiday season. We’ll look at strategies retailers are implementing ahead of the season, including everything from essential shopping cart services to omnichannel shifts as shoppers return to stores. |
19:30 UTC |
Build, Test, and Manage your Stripe Integration from the TerminalLearn how to use the Stripe CLI to build better integrations faster—directly from your terminal. You’ll be able to make API calls, trigger webhook events, and even test local webhook handlers without third party tunneling software. |
20:00 UTC |
Closing Remarks for Day 02 |
In-Depth Workshops October 14th & 15th
This year we have added 6 in-depth workshops to provide you hands-on practice to what you're learning.
Each workshop is anticipated to last roughly 1-2 hours inclusive of all instruction, activities, discussions, and breaks. All times shown in your local timezone.
An Introduction to WooCommerce
10 Secrets for Setting Up Your Store Like a Pro
(Shopping from) Home for the Holidays
Simple Tips & Tools to Build Your Brand’s Trust
When Owned is All you Have, Cont.: The How-To Behind Tonic's Growth
Sales Tax Planning for Holiday 2021: Five Steps to Stay Compliant
The holiday season is make-or-break for many retailers, with many merchants preparing all year for the big Q4. This session will look at how merchants are applying the lessons learned in 2020 to prepare for the 2021 holiday season. We’ll look at strategies retailers are implementing ahead of the season, including everything from essential shopping cart services to omnichannel shifts as shoppers return to stores.
What folks are saying about WooSesh...
Learned so much at #WooSesh today + so much more to analyze/consider + action steps to take. Thank you @WooSesh_ Brian + Patrick for organizing, @WooCommerce for sponsoring and all speakers, especially @rebeccagill @LindseyMillerWP @shaptora and @MaddyOsman! #TiredButInspired
— Luci Westphal (@luciwest) October 19, 2018
Thank you for a great discussion today, @shaptora! Deep conversation around building & using Staging sites at #WooSesh, I even learned from other attendees in the comments! I've got a lot of new ideas I can't wait to try out. 😎 #WordPress #WooCommerce
— jamie schmid (@jamieschmid) October 19, 2018
Thank you Patrick Rauland & Brian Richards for all your hard work to make @WooSesh_ such a great online conference.
— Sandi Batik (@sandi_batik) October 19, 2018
I think we all can agree, @WooSesh is the single best WooCommerce conference out there, put on by some of the best people possible. Very excited to see what @rzen and @BFTrick have put together this year. Don't miss it! https://t.co/N3g1yDzLox
— Mindsize (@mindsizeme) September 16, 2020
Thanks so much to @rzen and @BFTrick for organising @WooSesh_ 👏Thanks to all the speakers for sharing their knowledge and experience, and to @WooCommerce for sponsoring 👏What an incredible couple of days ❤️
— Prospress (@Prospress) October 20, 2018
FAQs
Who should attend WooSesh?
Anyone whose business is built on WooCommerce could benefit from WooSesh, but the ideal attendees are freelancers, agencies, and other designers or developers working with WooCommerce on a daily basis. That includes folks writing code, sales and marketing teams working with clients, and project managers.
If you're a shop owner whose store runs WooCommerce you'll find several great sessions for you, too!
What's included with my ticket?
All tickets includes access to two full days of presentations, two full days of workshops, the WPSessions Slack for event Q&A, and all of our excellent swag.
If I can't make it, can I watch a recording?
Yes! All sessions are being recorded and will be made available to WPSessions Members after the live event has concluded.
Please note that while we've made arrangements to broadcast the entire event for free to live attendees, the recordings are only available to paying members. Even still, you'll be able to access recordings worth hundreds of dollars apiece for as little as $15 USD.
Does WooSesh have a Code of Conduct?
Absolutely. Read our full Code of Conduct
But wait, there's more! We also have...
The Hallway Track™
No good conference is complete without the opportunity to chat and network with your peers. WooSesh includes multiple built-in opportunities for you to connect with other attendees, talk shop, swap notes, and make new friends from around the globe.
Virtual Swag
No, we won't have any stickers, pins, or t-shirts, but we will have plenty of useful gifts for every WooSesh attendee! We've made special arrangements with many awesome companies in the WordPress space to provide exclusive digital swag. Look for more details on some of the goodies later...
Watch Past Events
There have been so many great presentations on WordSesh that it would be criminal to make a list of favorites. Instead, here are just a few recent sessions.
You can watch the recordings from all past WooSesh events right now on WPSessions.
WooSesh, a WPSessions Event
For the past eight years, WPSessions has been recruiting remarkable presenters to teach what they know.
WPSessions is home to nearly 200 hours of exclusive content to help you write better code, find better clients, and deliver better projects.
If you're hungry for WooCommerce training, and two full days of WooSesh just isn't enough for you, WPSessions is ready feed that desire year-round.