OT API Key integration into WooCommerce plugin for filling online store with goods

- Advantages of WordPress WooCommerce
- Alibaba product import plugin into WooCoommerce

The article is dedicated to WooCommerce product parser. Description of plugin operation with Taobao API integration/1688.

OT API Key integration into WooCommerce plugin for filling online store with goods OpenTrade Commerce developed a ready-made integration to add Taobao products into WooCommerce website.

WooCommerce is a highly specialized e-commerce plugin for popular CMS WordPress. This is an engine that allows to create beautiful and functional websites for various purposes. WooCommerce plugin was developed for creating WordPress based online stores of varying complexity, even without professional web development skills. Although basic knowledge may still be required.

This CMS is popular all over the world. According to statistics of 2021 on the Internet more than 3.3 million websites around the world were powered by WooCommerce plugin. Since then, this figure has been constantly growing. This is justified by a number of advantages provided by WordPress compared to other CMS.

Firstly, WordPress is a free and open source CMS. That is, anyone can install the basic version of WordPress with WooCommerce plugin without spending any money. All basic tools are free. You only need to pay extra for expanded and advanced functionality. This makes WooCommerce a very affordable tool for starting online business.

Advantages of WordPress WooCommerce

WooCommerce plugin for dropshipping is also quite easy to use. Almost any user can create an online store, since this CMS has a very good and clear interface that does not require working with code to configure basic functions. Skills in web development may be required if you need some specialized functionality.

An important advantage of WordPress is that it offers a large number of paid and free design templates. This allows to create a beautiful and functional online store that will be different from other sites. Moreover, all templates are adaptive, i.e. they are already optimized for screens with any resolution. Therefore, customers will be able to use the site from any device. And you don’t need to separately create website mobile version.

And another advantage of WordPress is its wide functionality that allows to develop an online store. There are is large number of different available plugins and integrations with other services in WordPress. They allow to develop business, promote online store on the market and attract a large number of customers. For example, you can connect various plugins for importing products into WooCommerce. Using this functionality, you can resell goods from Amazon, Pinduoduo, Ebay and JD to WooCommerce.

By the way, WordPress constantly releases updates to improve its functionality. CMS reminds about them in the form of an announcement in website admin panel.

All these features have made WooCommerce one of the most popular tools for creating an online store.

Although there are some disadvantages. The most important one is the lack of tech support. Official service for working with WooCommerce simply does not exist. If there are any questions, then the answers to them should be sought on the official WordPress forum, or write them to the developers of this or that plugin. This is where professional skills in web development can come in handy.

Another significant disadvantage is that expanded functionality and unique design templates can be expensive. Therefore, in the first stages of operating an online store, they may not be affordable for novice businessmen.

It is worth noting here that different updates and plugins may be incompatible with each other. This may interfere with website functionality. In this case, developer’s efforts and skills may be required to put the site in order.

Alibaba product import plugin into WooCoommerce

WooCommerce plugin for dropshipping has everything for running an online store: an ordering system, payment methods, price and currency settings, creating a catalog. But integration is required to work with Taobao API and OT API Key.

OT team developed its own OT plugin, which allows to work with OT API Key to obtain information about products from well-known marketplaces in your WooCommerce online store.

You can connect Taobao, 1688, Alibaba, AliExpress, Amazon, Ebay, JD, Trendyol, Shein products to WooCommerce.

OT plugin works on the principle of product information broadcasting. This means that all goods are stored in OpenTrade Commerce database. Information about goods is transferred to WooCommerce online store via API.

How plugin works

User can add any product to the shopping cart. Product is added to WooCommerce database when client adds it to the cart. At this stage, OT plugin work is rolled up. Business logic of WooCommerce plugin for WordPress starts working, which will allow user to place an order. OT plugin does not take part in order formation, it is only required to display and update product information. OT plugin is WooCommerce product parser.

This operation principle allows to accomplish the following tasks:

WordPress online store is not designed to store a large amount of data (more than 1 billion products). If all products are uploaded directly to WordPress online store, it will significantly reduce website speed and performance or lead to a complete stop of online store. OT plugin allows to receive and display information about millions of products of popular marketplaces into WordPress online store without compromising site performance. Transferring data about products via API does not load the site and it works as usual.
Storing a large amount of information requires significant costs for servers and their maintenance. In our development, all information is stored in OT database and you pay only for calls made to get required product information. You can read more about calls here.
Using API to get product information allows customers to see only the products they are looking for and want to buy. This way, you won’t pay for all products at once, but only for required ones. This will optimize and reduce your costs.
Goods search by API works much faster than by huge product database.

Plugin benefits

Broadcasting a large number of products in your WordPress online store.
Opportunity to connect several product providers (Taobao/Tmall, 1688, Alibaba, JD, Pinduoduo, AliExpress, Amazon, Ebay, Shein, Trendyol) at once.
Quick search for products in the system.
Photo search functionality.
Automatic updating of product information.
Translation of information into 1 required language.
Opportunity to use various design templates that WordPress offers.
Technical and client support of OT API Key.

To receive file for installing the plugin, contact operators on the site or leave requests here https://otcommerce.com/key-payments/cms-integration/

Note! To simplify plugin installation process and initial configuration, we recommend to contact programmers.