kitbix

<h3>🛒 What is Kitbix Commerce?</h3>
<p><strong>Kitbix Commerce</strong> is a complete WordPress eCommerce plugin that lets you build a professional online store in minutes — without page builders, without theme lock-in, and without the bloat.</p>
<p>Whether you’re selling physical goods, digital downloads, or recurring subscriptions, Kitbix Commerce gives you everything you need in one lightweight plugin that works with any WordPress theme out of the box.</p>
<p>👉 <strong><a href="https://kitbix.com/kitbix-commerce/" rel="nofollow ugc">See the full feature tour at kitbix.com/kitbix-commerce/</a></strong></p>
<h3>💡 Why Kitbix Commerce Stands Out</h3>
<p>Kitbix Commerce is not just another WordPress shop plugin. It’s a complete eCommerce system built for speed, simplicity, and developer freedom. Here’s why it stands out:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>You own your data</strong> — all product, order, and customer data stays on your WordPress site. Nothing is sent to external servers unless you enable a payment gateway.</li>
<li><strong>Zero bloat</strong> — the public storefront loads minimal CSS and JavaScript. Your store stays fast.</li>
<li><strong>Works with any WordPress theme</strong> — no theme switching or page builder required. Drop in a shortcode and you’re live.</li>
<li><strong>Modern React admin</strong> — manage products, orders, and customers from a beautiful dashboard inside wp-admin.</li>
<li><strong>Built for developers</strong> — PSR-4 autoloading, REST API, hook system, and addon contracts make customisation straightforward.</li>
<li><strong>Stripe, PayPal & COD built in</strong> — start accepting payments in minutes with zero extra plugins.</li>
</ul>
<h3>🌟 Key Features of Kitbix Commerce</h3>
<p>✅ Unlimited products — sell physical goods, digital files, or subscriptions.<br />
🛒 Shortcode storefront — shop, product, cart, and checkout pages anywhere.<br />
💳 Payment gateways — Stripe, PayPal, and Cash on Delivery built in.<br />
📦 Eight free addons — Live Purchase Toast, Live View Counter, Product Q&A, and more.<br />
⚛️ React admin dashboard — fast, modern product and order management inside wp-admin.<br />
👥 Customer directory — order history, total spend, and profile insights per buyer.<br />
🖨️ Order printing — print receipts directly from wp-admin.<br />
🔌 Extensible — add custom gateways, addons, and templates with clean PHP interfaces.<br />
🌍 Translation ready — all strings are translatable via standard WordPress tools.</p>
<h3>🛍️ Product & Store Management</h3>
<p>Creating and managing products with Kitbix Commerce is simple and powerful. The React-powered admin lets you:</p>
<ul>
<li>Create unlimited products with images, descriptions, categories, and pricing.</li>
<li>Set regular and sale prices per product.</li>
<li>Manage a searchable, filterable product catalog.</li>
<li>Import products in bulk for fast catalog setup.</li>
<li>Create orders manually from wp-admin when needed.</li>
<li>View a customer timeline showing order history and total spend per buyer.</li>
<li>Add customer-facing order notes that sync to email notifications.</li>
<li>Track payment gateway, transaction ID, and order status per order.</li>
</ul>
<p>All store data lives in dedicated custom database tables — your <code>wp_posts</code> table stays clean and your store scales without performance issues.</p>
<h3>🛒 Storefront & Checkout Experience</h3>
<p>Kitbix Commerce gives your customers a smooth, fast shopping experience:</p>
<ul>
<li>Place your shop, product, cart, and checkout anywhere using simple shortcodes.</li>
<li>Category filtering on the product grid for easier browsing.</li>
<li>Theme-friendly HTML/CSS output that inherits your active theme’s styles automatically.</li>
<li>Fast cart and checkout powered by Kitbix REST API — no full page reloads.</li>
<li>Checkout loading indicator with button disable state for better UX.</li>
<li>Guest checkout supported out of the box — no account required.</li>
</ul>
<h3>💳 Payments & Gateways</h3>
<p>Kitbix Commerce includes three payment gateways ready to use from day one:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Stripe</strong> — card payments with Stripe Elements and PaymentIntents for secure, modern card collection.</li>
<li><strong>PayPal</strong> — redirect-based PayPal checkout for buyers who prefer PayPal.</li>
<li><strong>Cash on Delivery</strong> — offline payment support for in-person or bank transfer orders.</li>
</ul>
<p>Need a custom gateway? Implement the <code>PaymentGatewayInterface</code> and hook into <code>kitbix_commerce_payment_gateways</code> — the admin UI and checkout pick it up automatically. Webhook support is built in for asynchronous payment confirmation.</p>
<h3>📦 Built-in Free Addons</h3>
<p>Enable powerful store features from <strong>Kitbix Commerce <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Addons</strong> with a single click — no code required:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Live Purchase Toast</strong> — show real-time purchase notifications to boost social proof.</li>
<li><strong>Live View Counter</strong> — display how many people are viewing a product right now.</li>
<li><strong>Order Printing</strong> — print order receipts directly from wp-admin.</li>
<li><strong>Payment Trust Badge</strong> — display trust icons at checkout to increase conversions.</li>
<li><strong>Product Q&A</strong> — let shoppers ask questions directly on product pages.</li>
<li><strong>Related Products</strong> — automatically suggest relevant products to increase average order value.</li>
<li><strong>Shipping Cutoff Clock</strong> — create urgency with a countdown to the next dispatch time.</li>
<li><strong>WhatsApp Contact Button</strong> — let customers reach you instantly via WhatsApp.</li>
</ol>
<p>Each addon has its own settings panel and front-end UI.</p>
<h3>🚀 Upgrade to Kitbix Commerce Pro</h3>
<p>Unlock advanced revenue features with <strong><a href="https://kitbix.com/kitbix-commerce/" rel="nofollow ugc">Kitbix Commerce Pro</a></strong>:</p>
<p><strong>🤖 AI Support Chat</strong><br />
Embed an OpenAI-powered live chat widget on your storefront. The AI recommends products, handles order status enquiries (verified by both Order ID and checkout email for security), captures visitor contact details as leads automatically, and generates a plain-text customer overview after every conversation. View all captured leads under <strong>Kitbix Commerce <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> AI Leads</strong> in wp-admin.</p>
<p><strong>🔄 Subscriptions & Licensing</strong><br />
Sell recurring monthly or yearly subscriptions with Stripe billing. Includes free trial periods, grace periods after failed renewals, automatic renewal via WP-Cron, and optional per-site license key generation. Customers get a direct checkout link for each subscription product.</p>
<p><strong>📥 Digital Downloads</strong><br />
Sell eBooks, software, music, or any file with secure tokenised download links. Set per-file download limits and expiry dates. Customers receive their download links by email automatically after purchase. A dedicated Downloads tab appears in the customer account area.</p>
<p><strong>👤 Customer Accounts</strong><br />
Give customers a secure <code>/account</code> portal to view their order history and manage their downloads — all inside your own WordPress site.</p>
<p><strong>⭐ Product Reviews</strong><br />
Collect verified reviews from real buyers and display star ratings on product pages. Fully customisable section headings, subheadings, and empty-state messages.</p>
<p><strong>🎨 Storefront Design Presets</strong><br />
Switch between 30+ curated layouts for product grids, product detail pages, cart, and checkout — no coding needed. Activate any preset instantly from the Design Presets admin panel.</p>
<h3>🔧 For Developers</h3>
<p>Kitbix Commerce is built with modern PHP practices and a clean architecture:</p>
<ul>
<li>PSR-4 autoloading via Composer.</li>
<li>Full REST API for products, orders, customers, and payments.</li>
<li>Hook system (<code>do_action</code> / <code>apply_filters</code>) for every major event.</li>
<li>Addon contract interface — build and register your own addons.</li>
<li>Custom payment gateway interface — integrate any provider.</li>
<li>Shortcodes and Gutenberg blocks for flexible page placement.</li>
</ul>
<p>📖 Developer docs: <a href="https://commerce.kitbix.com/docs" rel="nofollow ugc">commerce.kitbix.com/docs</a></p>
<h3>💡 Who Should Use Kitbix Commerce?</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Small business owners</strong> who want a fast, simple store without WooCommerce complexity.</li>
<li><strong>Freelancers and agencies</strong> building client stores that need to stay lean and maintainable.</li>
<li><strong>Digital creators</strong> selling eBooks, courses, or software files (with Pro).</li>
<li><strong>SaaS founders</strong> selling WordPress plugin licenses with recurring billing (with Pro).</li>
<li><strong>Developers</strong> who want a clean, hookable eCommerce foundation to build on.</li>
</ul>
<h3>🌱 Start Selling Today</h3>
<p>Install Kitbix Commerce, add four shortcodes to your pages, and you have a fully working online store — in under five minutes.</p>
<p>👉 <strong><a href="https://kitbix.com/kitbix-commerce/" rel="nofollow ugc">kitbix.com/kitbix-commerce/</a></strong></p>
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
<p>  Shortcode<br />
  Purpose</p>
<p>  <code>[kitbix_commerce_products]</code><br />
  Product listing / shop grid</p>
<p>  <code>[kitbix_commerce_product]</code><br />
  Single product page</p>
<p>  <code>[kitbix_commerce_cart]</code><br />
  Shopping cart</p>
<p>  <code>[kitbix_commerce_checkout]</code><br />
  Checkout page</p>
<p>  <code>[kitbix_commerce_cart_count]</code><br />
  Cart item count badge</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>Kitbix Commerce connects to payment providers <strong>only when those gateways are enabled</strong> inside <strong>Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Payments</strong>:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Stripe</strong> – loads <code>https://js.stripe.com/v3/</code> on checkout and sends customer/order details to Stripe’s PHP SDK when charging cards. See the <a href="https://stripe.com/legal" rel="nofollow ugc">Stripe Terms</a> and <a href="https://stripe.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Stripe Privacy Policy</a>.</li>
<li><strong>PayPal</strong> – communicates with <code>https://api-m.paypal.com</code> or sandbox endpoints to create and complete orders. See the <a href="https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/useragreement-full" rel="nofollow ugc">PayPal User Agreement</a> and <a href="https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full" rel="nofollow ugc">PayPal Privacy Statement</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>No data is sent to any external service unless the respective gateway is explicitly enabled by the site administrator.</p>


Kitbix Commerce – The Fastest Way to Start Selling on WordPress

Lightweight WordPress eCommerce plugin — sell products online with Stripe, PayPal, and a modern React-powered admin dashboard.

Metagauss

<p>Sell more on WooCommerce with modern user profiles, user activities, content restriction, groups, memberships, and social e-commerce. Create WooCommerce User Profiles with the shopping cart, purchases, current orders, past orders, billing address, shipping address, purchase count, total spent, and social activities to take customer focus to the next level. Build customer loyalty and brand value by creating WooCommerce membership levels and integrating with other WooCommerce integrations through our Premium extensions.</p>
<p><a href="https://profilegrid.co/" rel="nofollow ugc">Memberships and User Profiles for WooCommerce â€“ ProfileGrid WooCommerce Integration</a> currently supports following e-commerce platforms:</p>
<ul>
<li>WooCommerce </li>
<li>EDD (to be available soon)</li>
</ul>
<p>This plugin requires <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/profilegrid-user-profiles-groups-and-communities/" rel="ugc">ProfileGrid Core Plugin</a> to be installed & activated.</p>
<p>Immense possibilities to grow your e-commerce site with user profiles, membership and social commerce:</p>
<ul>
<li>Retain your customers and reduce your churn rate.</li>
<li>Have your customer spend more after joining a membership program.</li>
<li>Turn your customers into elite members and brand ambassadors.</li>
<li>Sell more through network effect, word of mouth and social proof.</li>
<li>And, a lot more below.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Free Features – User Profiles & Memberships for eCommerce</h3>
<ul>
<li>Show all the purchases the user has made using the Purchases tab. </li>
<li>Display and edit the Shipping Address and Billing address in the User Profiles. </li>
<li>Display the total count of products purchased by the customer. </li>
<li>Show the Total Spent by a customer on the User Profile page. </li>
<li>WooCommerce Product Reviews tab displays product reviews submitted by customers.</li>
<li>WooCommerce Orders displays order history and order status. </li>
<li>The Purchase and Spent visibility can be set for:
<ul>
<li>Public</li>
<li>Only Group Membership Leader</li>
<li>Only Group Membership Members</li>
<li>Only Friends</li>
<li>Private</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Free features through the core plugin</h3>
<h4>USER PROFILES</h4>
<ul>
<li>User Profiles elements include Cover Image, User Avatar, Username, User Group, Group Badge, Profile Navigation Menu, and About area. If required, the following optional social commerce elements are available: Messaging area, Friends area, and Notifications area</li>
<li>User directory displays all customers or registered users; if required, simple and advanced search options are available.</li>
<li>User Profile Templates are available; you can choose one of eight prebuilt templates.</li>
<li>Custom User Profile design is possible through page builders. We have created shortcodes for each user profile element; you can use these shortcodes in page builders and design the profile as per your needs.</li>
<li>User Profile Tabs are available for easy navigation; you can change the labels and order of these tabs as required.</li>
<li>Public or private user profile options are available on the site, group, or user levels.</li>
<li>Admin can selectively turn on or off the elements of user profiles.</li>
</ul>
<h4>GROUPS & MEMBERSHIPS</h4>
<ul>
<li>Group/Membership elements include Membership Title, Membership Description, Membership Icon/ Badge, Registration button, and option to make membership open or closed.</li>
<li>Hide or Show group/membership details on the front end.</li>
<li>Set the members limit for the group membership.</li>
<li>Display a message when a customer is assigned a specific membership group.</li>
<li>The All Groups/Memberships page displays the membership levels on your site. Clicking on the membership group will take the user to members in that group. Use the All Group page to display membership levels or allow customers to sign up for a specific membership group. </li>
<li>Send emails to users when the following events trigger: membership request, membership acceptance or denial, membership termination, and more.</li>
</ul>
<h4>SOCIAL COMMERCE</h4>
<ul>
<li>With a simple shortcode, allow the customer or registered user to submit or publish store blog posts, product-in-action images, and product experience blog posts.</li>
<li>Permit Private Messaging between customers as required. WordPress admin can turn the messaging system on or off.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Features through ProfileGrid free extensions</h3>
<ul>
<li>Control how the customer name will display in the account area.</li>
<li>Showcase customers in the hero banner and place it anywhere in the store as social proof.</li>
<li>Integrate with bbPress, MailPoet, RegistrationMagic forms, and EventPrime events.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Premium features through ProfileGrid & WooCommerce integration</h3>
<p>WooCommerce Product Integration automatically adds users to a specific membership group when the customer purchases a particular product.</p>
<p>WooCommerce Subscription automatically adds a customer to the membership group when a customer purchases a WooCommerce subscription. The customer is automatically removed from the group membership when the subscription expires.</p>
<p>WooCommerce Members Discount automatically adds a custom discount on WooCommerce products based on customer membership level.</p>
<p>WooCommerce Wishlist Integration adds WooCommerce products to your customer wishlist. The product wishlist is available on the user profile page.</p>
<p>WooCommerce Product Recommendations displays suggestions on user profiles based on customer purchase history.</p>
<p>WooCommerce Product Tab allows adding a custom tab to the WooCommerce product page. Utilize this feature to display customer-specific data, discounts, or social proof, among other things.</p>
<p>WooCommerce Extensions Integration connects user profiles and membership of the ProfileGrid plugin to WooCommerce free & paid extensions. Currently, only a few extensions are supported.</p>
<h3>Premium features through ProfileGrid extensions</h3>
<p>User Profile Tabs: Add custom tabs to user profiles with data fetched from different plugins that use shortcodes. Ultimate tool for plugging in content from different plugins enhancing functionality of user.</p>
<p>Menu Restriction: Hide or show menu items on your site only to specific customers based on their membership group(s). Combine it with ProfileGrid’s core content restriction system to build a compelling e-commerce membership site.</p>
<p>Widget Privacy: Adds additional visibility options to all ProfileGrid widgets. Restrict information to intended customers. Create new instances of a widget to deliver different information to different customers.</p>
<p>Online Customers: Displays a list of currently online customers with their profile images and display names.</p>
<p>Customer Geolocation Map: Generate maps showing the location of all customers or customers of specific membership/groups.</p>
<p>Customer Activity: Display various activities by different customers inside a beautiful widget as social proof to build trust.</p>
<p>Recent Customers: Display a pre-defined number of recent customers with profile images. Add a custom link to the display as required.</p>
<p>Social/Group Wall: Add a new communication layer to leverage value from loyal customers.</p>
<p>Give all free features a try, and you will have awesome and unique tools to grow your e-commerce business. Or, <a href="https://profilegrid.co/extensions/" rel="nofollow ugc">Get ProfileGrid for WooCommerce</a>.</p>


Memberships and User Profiles for WooCommerce – ProfileGrid WooCommerce Integration

Sell more on WooCommerce with modern user profiles, user activities, content restriction, groups, paid memberships, and social commerce.

Kitbix Commerce – The Fastest Way to Start Selling on WordPress vs Memberships and User Profiles for WooCommerce – ProfileGrid WooCommerce Integration