<h1>Help Customers Choose Product Variations</h1>
<p><strong>Variation Recommendation for WooCommerce</strong> recommends variations purchased by shoppers on previous visits.</p>
<h2><strong>Benefits</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Reduces abandoned carts</strong></p>
<p>If a customer doesn’t remember what variation they chose on a prior visit, they may abandon their cart in frustration. <strong>Variation Recommendation for WooCommerce </strong>displays their previous variation choices solving this problem, increasing sales and customer satisfaction.</p>
<p><strong>Avoid the hassle of refunds and exchanges</strong></p>
<p>When customers purchase the correct variations, they won’t return variations purchased in error.</p>
<p><strong>Added convenience for customers</strong></p>
<p>The display of previous variation purchases means your customers can buy with confidence. This increases the usability of your site and customer satisfaction.</p>
<h2><strong>Features</strong></h2>
<ul>
<li>Recommends previous variation purchases by category.</li>
<li>Easy to configure.</li>
<li>Works for logged-in users.</li>
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<h2><strong>How does it work?</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Variation Recommendation for WooCommerce</strong> works in multiple use cases.</p>
<h3><strong>Example use case</strong></h3>
<p>After an initial purchase, the plugin recommends the previously purchased size in the same category.</p>
<h3><strong>Initial purchase</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>A user visits a variable product, a t-shirt, in the t-shirts category.</li>
<li>The t-shirt’s available sizes are listed as variations.</li>
<li>The user selects and purchases a medium t-shirt.</li>
</ul>
<figure id="attachment_18734003894312" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734003894312" style="width: 620px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734003894312 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/variation-recommendation-without-history-1.png" alt="" width="620" height="349" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734003894312" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>A T-shirt with Size M Purchased for the First Time</strong></figcaption></figure>
<h3><strong>Next purchase</strong></h3>
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<li>The user returns to the store to shop for another t-shirt.</li>
<li>The user sees a tip saying they previously purchased a size medium t-shirt below the size options on the t-shirt product page.</li>
<li>The user buys another medium t-shirt with confidence.</li>
</ul>
<p>The previous t-shirt variation purchased is displayed on all t-shirt product pages.</p>
<figure id="attachment_18734003894308" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-18734003894308" style="width: 895px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-18734003894308 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/variation-recommendation-suggestion-1.png" alt="" width="895" height="504" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-18734003894308" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Size Recommendation Displayed on T-Shirts Category</strong></figcaption></figure>
<h3 class=""western"" align=""left"">Requirements</h3>
<p>Minimum PHP version: 5.6</p>

Variation Recommendation

<p>Variation Recommendation for WooCommerce reminds users of their previous variations purchased in a product category.</p>

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<strong>Our latest update: Pricing and Profit Calculator</strong>. Setting pricing based on the suggested profit margin made easy! The price calculator suggests the best profit margin value based on the price range selected in the price calculator.</p>
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<h2>Dropshipping made easy</h2>
<p>WooCommerce Dropshipping is designed to make dropshipping easy and hassle-free. This lets you sell more, and work less! It’s a powerful store management tool for dropshipping stores.</p>
<p>Ideal for:</p>
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<li>Managing a dropshipping store.</li>
<li>Starting AliExpress Dropshipping with our free Google Chrome Extension.</li>
<li>Setting profit margins for AliExpress products based on a percentage or fixed amount offset.</li>
<li>Local Suppliers Dropshipping & fulfilment- Suppliers can fulfil orders when their products are purchased through your store.</li>
<li>Quickly importing inventory per supplier.</li>
<li>Assigning inventory to specific suppliers.</li>
<li>Amazon Affiliate Support.</li>
<li>Custom emails, packaging slip and invoices for Suppliers and Customers.</li>
<li>Packing Slip Verbiage.</li>
<li>Supplying tracking number of products to the client.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Our main features</h2>
<p>If you are looking for a solution to start dropshipping with AliExpress, local suppliers around you, or want to become an Amazon associate, this is the extensions for you. WooCommerce Dropshipping provides everything you need to start a successful dropshipping business.</p>
<h2>Monitor performance with a dropshipping dashboard</h2>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Get insight into your dropshipping business via a dedicated dashboard. This dashboard provides the following information about your listings:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400">Number of orders and projected profit.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400">Products that are out of stock.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400">Number of orders for AliExpress products.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400">Pending or fulfilled orders of other local suppliers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400">Completed orders of other local suppliers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400">Active affiliate products</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400">Best selling products of your store</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400">Products low on stock</span></li>
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<h2>AliExpress Dropshipping with a free Google Chrome extension</h2>
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<h3><strong>Bulk import products from AliExpress</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">With the help of our dynamic <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/woocommerce-dropshipping/hfhghglengghapddjhheegmmpahpnkpo?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chrome extension</a>, you can easily find, compare and select the best products and shipping methods for your store. Simply tweak your products, add to queue, and import products in bulk from AliExpress.</span></p>
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<h3><strong>Importing Individual products and variations</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">For individual product import, visit product page on AliExpress and make changes to product title, description, images, and variations as seems suitable to you and then add product to store via the Chrome extension.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">WooCommerce Dropshipping also allows you to import comments with images from AliExpress. It can help your customers know how product would look like when they receive it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Also sync price, variation, and stocks by clicking update product or compare on AliExpress. </span></p>
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<h3><strong>Setting Profit Margins for AliExpress products </strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Set profit margins for AliExpress products based on a percentage or fixed amount offset and enjoy hassle-free dropshipping.</span></p>
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<h3><strong>AliExpress Order Automation</strong></h3>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Our free Google Chrome extension allows for automatic completion of shipping details on new orders via your AliExpress login. There is no need to manually type out order details.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Whenever clients purchase AliExpress products from your store, clicking on “Place Order” from their orders will automatically redirect you to specific product on AliExpress. Shipping and billing address of your clients will be automatically filled. This saves a lot of time when you have a lot of orders in line.  </span></p>
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<h2><strong>Local Suppliers Dropshipping & fulfilment- Suppliers can fulfil orders when their products are purchased through your store</strong></h2>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400">With Local Suppliers dropshipping, assign products to suppliers and allow them to fulfil orders from within your website by assigning them a separate account for orders.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Local Suppliers dropshipping technique allows you to dropship from suppliers who even don’t have any online presence. </span></p>
<h3><strong>Add dropshipping suppliers and quickly import inventory</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Easily manage, add and update dropshipping supplier information. View a supplier’s email details, product count and more.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Supplier inventory can be imported from a CSV file provided by your supplier. This is great for bulk-assigning products to the same supplier.</span></p>
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<h3><strong>Assign products to your dropshipping suppliers</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Assigning a product to a supplier is as simple and intuitive as it should be. Simply pick a saved supplier from a drop-down menu in the product editor.</span></p>
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<h3><strong>Customise your email notifications</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Add your store’s branding and contact details to every order notification. Include your logo, contact details and more in the order notifications that are sent to suppliers.</span></p>
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<p>If you want to further enhance your suppliers’ emails and packing slip overall look, install <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/pro-add-on-for-woocommerce-dropshipping/">Pro Add-on for WooCommerce Dropshipping</a> on top of WooCommerce Dropshipping. With our new add-on dropshipping extension you’ll be able to:</p>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400">Align logo, order number and heading</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400">Style borders conveniently</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400">Change size and colour of fonts</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400">Customise signature block area</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400">Add additional HTML or text-based information under billing and shipping address section </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400">and much more! [/box]</span></li>
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<h3><strong>Send automated order notifications to suppliers</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">WooCommerce Dropshipping auto-generates order notifications and sends them to your suppliers via email. These notifications contain everything the supplier needs to know in order to ship the item,  such as the order details, addresses and chosen shipping methods. </span></p>
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<h3><strong>Suppliers can log in, supply tracking and access order information</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Your dropshipping suppliers now have access to a locked-down version of your WordPress website. After logging in, they can:</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">View order details, addresses and shipping information for the customers who buy their products.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Update you by marking it as “Received”, which tells that your supplier is prepping the product.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Check the status of orders and mark them as “complete”</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Download an order’s packing slip in .pdf format.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Provide shipping information by updating tracking numbers and shipping companies for your customers. </span></li>
</ul>
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<h3><strong>Packing Slip Verbiage</strong></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">You can control the wording of labels on packing slip that is sent to your supplier. Packing slip verbiage can be used to create non-English packing slips or to change the wording used on the packing slips. </span></p>
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<h2><strong>Amazon associates program support</strong></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">You can have Amazon products directly in your store, that you’re an affiliate for. Customers click to buy on your store and pay on Amazon, giving you an easy way to sell any Amazon affiliate supported product yourself without a lot of manual work.</span></p>
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<h2><strong>SMTP support</strong></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Check SMTP options from settings if you are using SMTP to send emails.</span></p>
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<h3>Coming Soon</h3>
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<li><strong>Improved email design </strong>– We’re improving the appearance of emails and PDF packing slips.</li>
<li><strong>Integration with Sequential Numbers Pro </strong>– Sequential Numbers Pro is a WooCommerce plugin which lets you customise and organise order numbers. We’re working on a way to integrate the plugin’s features with WooCommerce Dropshipping so that you can easily keep track of orders.</li>
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<p>Manage your entire dropshipping operation from within WooCommerce — including AliExpress integration and Amazon Affiliate support.</p>

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