Word is starting to spread about Merchant, our all in-one, conversion-focussed plugin for WooCommerce stores. Shout out to @WPTutz for the great video! youtu.be/nXMw-3g9l0o?si=dYxd…

Got some BIG NEWS to share! We have acquired aThemes (@athemesdotcom), a popular WordPress theme company known for building beautiful website templates that are optimized for speed and performance. Over 130,000 websites use aThemes' WordPress themes and plugins to build an online presence, launch online stores, and grow revenue. Their flagship themes Sydney and Botiga both maintain an impressive 4.9 out of 5-star rating on WordPress 🏆 Sydney is a powerful multipurpose WordPress theme used by over 100,000 websites. It comes with: • Professional starter site templates • Easy-to-use template builder • Multiple header presets • Flexible blog layouts • And more! Botiga is a lightweight WooCommerce theme designed for optimal performance while boosting conversions. It lets you: • Customize every part of your online store in real-time • Create a fly-out mini cart to show cart details at a glance without interrupting your customers’ browsing experience • Quickly customize the checkout page for high conversions This acquisition is particularly special because it directly addresses a long-standing request from our @wpbeginner community - to provide a FREE WordPress theme that makes it easy to create stunning websites. See the full background story here: wpbeginner.com/news/welcome-… While we already offer premium solutions like @ThriveThemes and @seedprod, I'm excited to now have high-quality FREE theme options for our community. Our software today powers over 30 million websites, and we're helping shape the web for billions worldwide. With aThemes joining the @AwesomeMotive family, we're taking another step in making professional website design accessible to everyone. My goal is to create the best WordPress themes on the market while keeping them affordable and accessible. We have an exciting roadmap ahead. If you're looking to create a professional website or online store, check out Sydney and Botiga themes. Both available for free on WordPress.org 🚀 Thank you Charlie Livingston (@LCharlie) for trusting us to carry forward your legacy.

This is one of the best Trustpilot reviews we've ever had - thankful for the customers who appreciate what we do!

This is the problem our Merchant plugin for WooCommerce solves: The question is, how much are WooCommerce going to put into core, as they seem to have realised this is an issue too? Merchant (40 essential eCommerce features in one): athemes.com/merchant/ #woocommerce

Our all-in-one WooCommerce plugin, Merchant, has just hit 10k active installs! wordpress.org/plugins/mercha… We will soon be adding analytics to Merchant so that WooCommerce store owners can see how effective their Merchant campaigns are (like bulk discounts and so on). #woocommerce

It's nearly Christmas but we're still shipping over here at aThemes! I'm excited to announce our latest Merchant module is now live - Recent Sales Notifications. This is a feature that I'm noticing on more and more stores, and is an easy way to create social proof. athemes.com/merchant/#featur… #woocommerce

Work has started on v2 of Merchant. What we're aiming for: brand new Recent Sales Notifications module, analytics dashboard, and automatic review requests. It's going to be big! #woocommerce

Seeing a few complaints about the new 'Live' badge in the admin bar for WooCommerce sites (related to the new Coming Soon mode feature). Thread here with a link to relevant Github issue: wordpress.org/support/topic/… There are snippets you can use to hide the badge too.

Last week we pushed a big update to our Bulk Discounts module in Merchant Pro. Instead of only discounts like 'buy 3 of a particular item', it is now possible to create discounts like 'buy any combination of products that adds up to 3'. athemes.com/tutorials/woocom… #woocommerce

More and more store owners are hopping aboard the Merchant train: athemes.com/merchant/#featur… #woocommerce