Tag: business ideas

Guitar Compass: Teaching the World to Strum With Online Guitar Lessons Powered by WooCommerce Subscriptions

By Ali on May 3, 2017 — 16 mins read

Want to shred on the axe but don't have time to see a tutor? Guitar Compass is the answer to your dilemma, with online guitar lessons powered by WooCommerce Subscriptions. This Atlanta, USA based company has moved with the times, and we follow their entrepreneurial journey through to offering a subscription-based model of unlimited streaming lessons from their enormous catalogue of tutorials.  More

Three65 Underwear Subscription: Never Run Out of Clean Undies Again

By Kirby Prickett on October 21, 2015 — 8 mins read

Some of the best candidates for subscription products are day-to-day necessities, like toothbrushes, toilet paper, and pet food. These items might not be the most exciting, but all (or most) of us need them on a regular basis. William Strange and some friends realised that underwear is something that you just need to buy (especially once you grow up and your parents stop buying them for you). But getting to the shops to buy them can be a hassle and expensive. Inspired by Dollar Shave Club, Will decided to launch Three65, an underwear subscription service for men. In this interview, Will reflects on the story behind Three65, his experience pitching the business on Shark Tank Australia, and some of the challenges he’s faced. More

A Toilet Paper Subscription Business With a Twist

By Kirby Prickett on August 26, 2015 — 9 mins read

Toilet paper. We all need it, and I expect most of us know the frustration of unexpectedly running out. It's the perfect example of an everyday item that is ideally suited to a subscription delivery model. TPFactory is making the most of this common sense business opportunity, but with a twist. Customers can select a charity partner of their choice to receive 5% of their monthly subscription fee as a donation. I had the opportunity to chat with Lee Jossel, the founder of TPFactory a couple of weeks ago. He shared his experience running this toilet paper subscription business, which is powered by WooCommerce and WooCommerce Subscriptions. More

Renting Out Clothes With WooCommerce

By Kirby Prickett on April 1, 2015 — 6 mins read

Clothing rental subscriptions make a lot of sense. Customers are happy, because they receive regular deliveries of new items to wear. They also get to benefit from the expertise of professional stylists. When a customer gets tired of a particular item, they can easily send it back for somebody else to enjoy. That means less waste and fewer items sitting forgotten in the back of cupboards. I recently spoke to one such business owner, Vladimir Paniouchkine, the CEO and Co-Founder of The Mr Collection, a clothing rental subscription business for men. Vladimir gave me some great insights into the origins and experience of running The Mr Collection and its sister business The Ms Collection. More

WooCommerce and the Chocolate Factory

By Kirby Prickett on March 25, 2015 — 11 mins read

With WooCommerce businesses scattered all over the world, it’s not often I get to do an interview in person. But this is an entrepreneur story that could only come from San Francisco. Last week I spoke Dandelion Chocolate founder Todd Masonis, at their factory location in San Francisco’s Mission District. After selling their consumer internet business to Comcast in 2008, Todd and business partner Cameron went down a path of experimentation and discovery that eventually led them into the business of fine, small batch chocolate making. Read on to learn more of Dandelion Chocolate's unique story.  More

WooCommerce, Subscriptions and Good Karma: the Story of Alpha Dog Food

By Kirby Prickett on March 4, 2015 — 13 mins read

Royce Reed has taken his passion for healthy pets and harnessed the power of WooCommerce to build his pet food subscription business, Alpha Dog Food. I had the pleasure of chatting to Royce last week about his experience starting and running Alpha Dog Food. Some of the highlights include: how they’ve implemented their Ambassador (affiliate) program, which benefits Alpha Dog Food and many of their clients, including great animal charities like the Humane Society of Atlantic City;
 Royce’s seven favourite things about WooCommerce (we agree Royce, it’s so hard to choose!); and
 how Alpha Dog Food wound up accepting Bitcoin payments, and Royce's experience with that so far. 
 I hope you enjoy reading this interview as much as I enjoyed doing it! More

Using WooCommerce to Build a SaaS in 3 Days

By Kirby Prickett on February 4, 2015 — 11 mins read

Bryce Adams is a WooThemes ninja who—in his spare time—built a handy little SaaS (Software as a Service) business called Nomad SMS. Nomad SMS allows you to easily create a local phone number in over 15 countries and receive SMS messages to that number in your inbox and online. Anybody who’s had the frustrating experience of being locked out of their bank account while traveling or overseas will see the benefit of this simple idea. Bryce got some love from WooThemes and others on Twitter for Nomad SMS, but when it was featured on the hot product aggregation site Product Hunt, traffic to Bryce’s little side project really took off. Bryce was kind enough to talk to me about the whirlwind experience of building Nomad SMS in three days—using WooCommerce and Subscriptions—and releasing it to the world. More