DukaPress Discount Rules (click for larger image)

This new feature improves the way DukaPress handles. We would like to make it possible for shop admins to give more and better types of “offers” on their shop. Here are some of what we have in mind:

1. Make it possible to give time-sensitive discount codes e.g. expiring automatically in 24 hours or 7 weeks, etc
2. Make it possible to create discount codes of a fixed amount instead of percentage e.g a discount of Kshs 5 instead of 5%
3. Make it possible to make discount codes that work only in certain categories of products (defined by the shop admin)
4. Make discounts offer such that it is dependent on the number of items purchased e.g. if you purchase 20 or more items you get 5% off (or $5 off)
5. Make it possible to make a discount offer such as: if you buy goods worth X, you get a discount worth Y (Y could either be a fixed amount or a percentage of the value of goods in the cart)
6. Make it possible to combine the discount rules e.g. 4 and 5 above such that if you buy goods worth X from a certain category you get discount Y
7. Make a type of discount that is created during the checkout process and displayed on the thank you page (to wow the customer and make him purchase again) e.g. “thank you for shopping with us, for your next order worth over $20 you get a discount of X%”. The properties of the discount will be defined by the admin but a new code is created for every customer who successfully checks out. The admin should be able to define how long the discount should be created e.g. for 76 hours, or for 20 successful checkouts etc

Discounts are a powerful way to increase your shop’s revenues. We are creating a tool that will give you infinite possibilities on how to structure your shop’s discounts and sales offers.

Guess what? We have a demo ready! Right now, you can go to www.madoido.com/styles2 to test the bulk discount feature from the above list. (Put 3 or more items in your cart, go to checkout and watch the magic.)

We’ll update with more of the planned features as time goes by.

There are those that say WordPress is not suitable for online shops. Yes, we want to prove them wrong. WordPress + DukaPress is the ultimate selling tool for small shops.

What do you think of this new feature?

It gets even easier with WordPress. WordPress is the simplest and easiest to content management system around and so it makes a lot of sense for Amazon affiliates to want to use WordPress to run their Amazon affiliate shops. I’m sure there are plenty of ways to do this but one of the best, we believe, comes from DukaPress 2.3.5.

In version 2.3.5, we added a new feature that lets you create products which will redirect to an external URL when you click on their “Add to Cart”/”Buy Now” button. (This was a very sought-after feature!).

This means that you can create products as normal but have them redirect to Amazon (or any other site) where you can earn affiliate commissions.

The best thing about doing this with DukaPress is that you can use the “grid view” to easily and quickly create a professional-looking shop and start earning right away.

How do you do this?

1. First, you need to download and install DukaPress
2. Then, you need to find a nice looking theme for your site. You can check out some of the beautiful DukaPress themes.
3. Then proceed to set up your DukaPress shop as usual.
4. When creating your products, do everything as normal but place the affiliate link for that product in the box that asks for “Affiliate URL” as shown below.


Add New Product (click for larger image)

5. Set up as many products as you want and then use the grid display shortcode to create a page that displays all your products in a nice grid.
6. You’re done! You should have a page like this one. Notice how the “Buy Now” buttons redirect to external URLs.

You can learn more about this feature here.

To enhance and style up your new Amazon shop, have a look at our List View and Styles addons.

Good luck!

We’ve been getting quite some good reviews and excellent ideas from you guys so we decided to act on this.

So we had a number of people who wanted to display the products in a list, but also show an image. Others saw it as the perfect way to sell music online. We jumped on these ideas.

The new list view enable you to do both of the above. Want to show an image with your list? We got you! Want to show an image and use the list to sell music? We still got you!

Specifically, we’re introducing:

1. The ability for the List View to display thumbnail images
2. The option to attach mp3 files to your products and have List View give your customers a way to sample your music.

Neat, huh? What do you think of these additions?

You can find the demo here: Audio List View demo.

We’re putting the final touches on this and it should be available for sale soon.

Audio List View - DukaPress Demo

DukaPress List View was made specifically with online shops that need, well, a list of items such as restaurant menus, spare parts, etc. Now you don’t have to “force” your products to fit into an online shop made only of images and grids.

List view 1.1 contains the following improvements:

1. You can now display short product descriptions in the “list view”.
2. You can display an optional “SKU” column.

You can purchase it here:

Pictures:

Chai DukaPress Theme

We’re pleased to announce the immediate release fo yet another DukaPress & WordPress e-commerce theme. Say hello to Chai! Chai is a child theme of the elegant Liquorice Theme.

Chai’s design is light and airy without being too plain or minimalistic; it’s a great fit for any type of shop. Gorgeous textures and smooth-as-silk typography make this a striking backdrop for your content.

Theme Features:

• Simple and clean vintage looking theme
• Custom subscribe icons for RSS, Twitter, and Facebook for your site header
• Built-in support for the bold and adventurous Lobster typeface.
• Make this theme your own with the custom background feature and a custom menu.
• Styled to work elegantly with DukaPress
• Includes a custom category template so that your products show in categories automatically

Custom category template
The theme includes a custom category template – category.php – which makes it possible for all your category pages to show your products in the grid view format, like this. The benefit of this is that you do not have to create new pages for each new products category in your shop – it just works!

The theme also includes a category template for normal blog posts named category-blog.php in case you want to use that. You can change the name from category-blog.php by replacing the “blog″ to correspond to any category ID. In this way, those particular categories will display blog posts and not products.

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As usual, we encourage you to “look under the hood” to see just how easy it is to create DukaPress themes. Pay particular attention to functions.php, category.php and style.css. Please note that this theme is designed to work with the DukaPress WordPress plugin.

Here is a link to the live demo: Chai Live Demo

The shipping/delivery module on the live demo is powered by our Shipping Pro DukaPress Addon.

Similarly, the “List View” page is powered by our DukaPress List View premium addon.

Please note that this theme is a child theme. It requires Liquorice to work. Here’s how to install a child theme.

LIVE DEMO
DOWNLOAD: Chai DukaPress Theme

Kalamazoo WordPress & DukaPress Theme

Oh, you won’t believe what we found for you. Please say hello to the Kalamazoo Theme! This is a WordPress & DukaPress e-commerce theme developed by Doidos. This theme is fantastic!

Kalamazoo is sophisticated, lightweight, and adaptable.

Theme Features:

• Clean and minimal layout
• Two different theme layouts
• Theme options page to easily edit the layout
• Support for WordPress 3.0 custom menus
• Styled to work elegantly with DukaPress
• Includes a custom category template so that your products show in categories automatically

You can get the Kalamazoo theme today for just $30.

LIVE DEMO
DOWNLOAD: Kalamazoo DukaPress Theme

DukaEleven

Looking for a new theme to spruce up your online shop? Well, you’re in luck! We are happy to announce that today we are releasing our newest DukaPress & WordPress e-commerce theme: DukaEleven.

DukaEleven, following in the footsteps of TwentyShop, is a child theme for the default WordPress theme, TwentyEleven.

DukaEleven is sophisticated, lightweight, and adaptable. Make it yours with a custom menu, header image, and background — then go further with available theme options for light or dark color scheme, custom link colors, and three layout choices.

Theme Features:

• Clean and minimal layout
• Custom background support
• Customisable header image
• Two different color schemes
• Three layout choices and widget-ready sidebar
• Theme options page to easily edit the layout
• Support for WordPress 3.0 custom menus
• Styled to work elegantly with DukaPress
• Includes a custom category template so that your products show in categories automatically

Custom category template
The theme includes a custom category template – category.php – which makes it possible for all your category pages to show your products in the grid view format, like this. The benefit of this is that you do not have to create new pages for each new products category in your shop – it just works!

The theme also includes a category template for normal blog posts named category-blog.php in case you want to use that. You can change the name from category-blog.php by replacing the “blog″ to correspond to any category ID. In this way, those particular categories will display blog posts and not products.

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As usual, we encourage you to “look under the hood” to see just how easy it is to create DukaPress themes. Pay particular attention to functions.php, category.php and style.css. Please note that this theme is designed to work with the DukaPress WordPress plugin.

Here is a link to the live demo: DukaEleven Live Demo

The shipping/delivery module on the live demo is powered by our Shipping Pro DukaPress Addon. Shipping Pro enables you to offer delivery services to custom locations, but it is not limited to custom locations, you can offer custom shipping packages like so:

DukaPress Shipping Pro in action

Please note that this theme is a child theme. It requires TwentyEleven to work. Here’s how to install a child theme.

LIVE DEMO
DOWNLOAD: DukaEleven DukaPress Theme

Begi the best

Begi theme was mentioned in these places:

1. Free WordPress Themes – Best Collection of Feb 2011
2. Free WordPress themes, 250 best and fresh!

The Duka Theme

We’re extremely pleased to announce that the first DukaPress Premium theme is now available!! The Duka Theme is a clean, minimal & stylish theme that will provide a professional yet trendy look for your online shop. When you’ve got lots to sell and you need a professional, stylish way to show it off, this is the theme for you. Use it to showcase your products, your company, services and what you can offer.

View the Live Demo and then purchase below:

$35

Main features:

• Elegant design so that your customers are impressed.
• DukaPress Styles is built in to this theme. DukaPress Styles lets you customize the look and feel of your DukaPress shop quickly and easily and with absolutely no need to mess around in code.
• Built using HTML5 (and works on all browsers); your shop will be at the cutting edge of technology.
• 3 columns or 2 columns – it is up to you. This allows you maximum flexibility.

Other features:

• In-built support for DukaPress product custom post type
• 3 Sidebar Positions
• 3 Page Templates
• WordPress 3.0 custom menus
• Multi Level Dropdown Menu
• WordPress 3.0 supported
• Well Documented
• PSDs files Included (for logo)
• Cross Browser Compatible

$35

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The Simple SlideShow is a DukaPress Addon that allows for the display of a simple slideshow.

Here’s what’s new:

• There is now a user friendly options screen where you can set up your slideshow
• Eight different image transition effects for the slideshow
• The ability to upload images instead of just pulling them from the content
• The ability to assign each slideshow image with a URL to link it to
• Tons and tons of improvements which means that you will not run into any of the old bugs and quirks

You can get Simple Slideshow by purchasing below:

This plugin will cost $10 as from 21 May 2011.