{"id":91869,"date":"2018-12-05T18:47:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T13:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcomdesigns.com\/?post_type=bwl_kb&amp;p=91869"},"modified":"2018-12-05T18:47:21","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T13:17:21","slug":"using-an-e-commerce-plugin","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/docs.wbcomdesigns.com\/docs\/learndash\/using-an-e-commerce-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"Using an E-commerce Plugin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now, LearnDash does provide an option to sell courses using PayPal, but for additional e-commerce capabilities such as sale pricing, the option to bundle courses, discount coupons, you\u2019ll be better off with an e-commerce plugin.<\/p>\n<p>LearnDash provides integrations with popular e-commerce plugins on WordPress \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/woocommerce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>WooCommerce<\/b><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/easy-digital-downloads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Easy Digital Downloads<\/b><\/a>. Now the advantage both plugins bring to the table is different. Easy Digital Downloads can be used to sell purely digital products, while WooCommerce can be used to sell physical goods along with virtual products.<\/p>\n<p>However, the path to integrating either of the plugins with LearnDash is pretty similar.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You need to start by installing either of the plugins and setting them up (WooCommerce provides a setup wizard, so this could be an advantage for\u00a0the not-so-tech-savvy audience)<\/li>\n<li>Based on the plugin you choose, you need to install the integration plugin with LearnDash- this would be either the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learndash.com\/work\/woocommerce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>WooCommerce Integration plugin<\/b><\/a>\u00a0or the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learndash.com\/work\/easy-digital-downloads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>EDD Integration plugin<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li>You may want to set up an additional payment gateway specific to your location or currency. Now\u2019s the time to do so. You\u2019ll need to hunt for the payment gateway plugin (or contact a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wisdmlabs.com\/wordpress-development-services\/payment-gateways\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>payment gateway developer<\/b><\/a>\u00a0if the payment gateway is a Can\u2019t-do-without and a ready plugin is not available)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":1990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_category":[66],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-91869","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-learndash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.wbcomdesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/91869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.wbcomdesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.wbcomdesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.wbcomdesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.wbcomdesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/docs.wbcomdesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/91869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.wbcomdesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.wbcomdesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=91869"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.wbcomdesigns.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=91869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}