Guide – WC Product Table PRO

How do I create a WooCommerce ‘Wholesale B2B shop’?

Your wholesale products can be easily displayed in a table with special discounts applied based on user role.

This simple and quick guide will help you build the perfect woocommerce wholesale B2B shop today itself! Zero coding required. We will use simple visual tools so anyone can follow along.

Wholesale B2B functionality plugin

WooCommerce wholesale and B2B shops commonly require some or all of these facilities:

List a regular / retail price and a special wholesale product price
Provide different prices for the same products on your shop based on different user roles
Hide / show certain products based on specific user roles
Tiered pricing – the cost of the product per unit reduces as the quantity purchased increases based on specific pricing rules
Highlight the price difference to show the wholesale savings offered to customers

The wholesale suite plugin and the advanced dynamic pricing plugin cover all the above requirements so you may like to use either of these plugins for your wholesale B2B shop. For information on this plugins please refer to their documentation, tutorials or contact their support team.

Examples of woocommerce wholesale product lists

Below you will find examples of woocommerce wholesale product list layout that you can build with this guide. You will be able to customize these templates to show the product data that you want to display in your wholesale shop:

Examples of woocommerce wholesale shop product lists that can be quickly create with this guide

Create the basic woocommerce wholesale product

Using the wholesale plugin you can provide your products with special rules such as separate wholesale prices, tiered pricing, user role visibility. Please refer to the wholesale plugin’s tutorials and documentation to setup your wholesale products.

Create a woocommerce product list layout for your wholesale shop

We will use WooCommerce Product Table PRO to create our wholesale product listing. You can purchase a copy of the plugin from here. Then install and activate this plugin on your site.
Next, please see the how to use tutorial video so you can start creating product tables on your site right away. You can also get started with quick preset templates included in the plugin for fast results. Please see the how to modify preset tutorial video to start customizing your product table the way you want.
WooCommerce Product Table PRO is integrated with two very popular woocommerce wholesale plugins and you can use either of these: (1) Please see product table + wholesale suite integration site and also see (2) product table + advanced dynamic pricing integration site where you will find step by step instructions on how to use the product table plugin along with either of the wholesale plugins.
You can even download the product templates displayed in this guide above and use them on your site. Please see FAQs → Other → How do I import the PRO version downloadable product table demos to my site? Then install either of these wholesale demos on your site: Demo 1, Demo 2.

Further enhancements

You can further improve the shopping experience on your site by using the following addons for the product table plugin:

Grid table view switcher	With this addon you can also create a grid view for your product table and give you customers the option to view the products in a grid or table layout. This way your customers can choose to browse the products in the layout that best suits their requirement.
Favorite products	Helps your customers save their favorite products in a special list. This helps them keep track of their favorite items. They can view their favorites list at any time on your shop and buy items off the list.
Global term relabel	Make your product table more engaging and easy to comprehend by replacing plain text product properties with images and icons that are easy to understand at a glance.

How do I create a WooCommerce ‘Tire shop’?

Show your tires in a product table along with key features to improve shopping user experience.

By following this simple and quick guide anyone can create the perfect woocommerce tire shop today itself. No coding knowledge is needed. We will only use simple visual tools. So just about anyone can easily create their woocommerce tyre shop with this guide.

Examples of woocommerce tire product lists

Below you will find examples of product list layout for woocommerce tyre shop. Once we have covered this guide you will find it easy to build such product list layouts (and much more) on your own woocommerce tire shop:

Create the basic woocommerce tyre product

If you are not familiar with how to create woocommerce products, please see this tutorial video. It will quickly cover the topic for you. After that you can follow along these steps:

Create a new woocommerce product and add the tire product’s name and price.
You can also add information about that tire in the content section of the woocommerce product and add a feature image.

Add other tire properties to your woocommerce product

Perhaps you would like to add other properties to the tire tire product as well such as width, aspect ratio, diameter, manufacturer, weather condition etc. For this you can use the global woocommerce attributes facility. Then add the attribute to your tire product as well as related terms.

Create a woocommerce product list layout for your tyre shop

Step one is to purchase, install and activate the WooCommerce Product Table PRO plugin on your site. We will be using this plugin to create the tire product list.
Next please see the quick and simple how to use tutorial video for this plugin so that you can start using the plugin right away.
To help you get immediate results the plugin also provides you downloadable tire product listing demos that you can setup on your site right away. You can also customize these demos to look the way you want. So go ahead and install a downloadable tire demo on your site: Demo 1, Demo 2, Demo 3, Demo 4. See FAQs → Other → How do I import the PRO version downloadable product table demos to my site?
After you have installed the demo on your site, just watch the how to modify preset tutorial video and you will be ready to begin customizing your product list or table layout the way you want.

Setup tire shop product list navigation

If you are using one of the downloadable demo then you will find that the navigation section of the list is already setup for you. And if you wish to further modify the navigation simply watch the product table navigation tutorial. Then make the changes you want to the navigation filters.

– Optional tips –

You may also like to add an automatic result count next to each of the navigation filter options. For this please see FAQs → Navigation → How do I dynamically hide empty filter options (adaptive filtering) that have no results? How do I show filter count?
Also, if you are using global woocommerce attributes in your tire products and you have printed these attributes in the table columns then you can add another feature for better UX. You can connect the filters options in the navigation with the attribute terms in the product table / list for easier navigation. See FAQs → Navigation → How do I link category and attribute elements with their filters so that clicking them activates their corresponding filter?

Use icons instead of text for better presentation

In the tire shop demos above you may have noticed icons being used to show some tire properties such as vehicle type, driving condition, weather condition. And the manufacturer is represented by their own logo image.

Using icons and images in the product listing (instead of plain text) improves its visual presentation and makes it quick to understand at a glance. This increases the appeal of the listing to the prospective customer. They are more likely to favor our site over competitors and more likely to find the product they want and complete the sale.

You can use the global term relabel addon to replace plain text names of attribute terms and categories with more striking icons, images and information tooltips.

Add a favorites products facility to your tire listing

Almost all the popular auto parts shops provide their shoppers the option to add different products to a ‘favorites list’. The shops provide this options because it is known to help increase sales on the site. This ‘favorite products’ facility makes it much easier for your shoppers to mark out and keep track of their preferred products. Later they can quickly find these particular products when they return to shop in the future and buy products from their favorite product list at any time.

You can also easily add this ‘favorite products’ facility to your tire product listing. First purchase, install and activate our favorite products addon on your site. And then use its simple setup guide to help you get it running immediately.

How do I create a WooCommerce ‘Auto parts shop’ or ‘Spare parts shop’?

Browsing your spare parts in a product table makes it easier for shoppers to compare and find the right parts sooner.

With this quick and easy guide you can create the perfect woocommerce spare parts shop today itself. Zero coding knowledge required. We will be using simple visual tools so absolutely anyone can follow along.

Examples of woocommerce auto spare parts product lists

Following are examples of product list layout for woocommerce spare parts shop. Once you have covered this guide it will be easy for you to create such product list layouts (and much more) on your woocommerce spare parts shop:

Spare parts shop – list layout
Spare parts shop – standard table layout
Spare parts shop – large table layout (with horizontal scroll)

Create the basic woocommerce spare part product

If you don’t known how to create woocommerce products, please see this tutorial video which will quickly cover the topic. After that you can follow along these steps:

Create a new woocommerce product and add the spare part name and price.
You may also add information about that spare part in the content section of the product and image thumbnail.

Add other spare parts properties to your woocommerce product

You may also like to add other properties to the spare parts such as length, width, maker etc. For this you can use global woocommerce attributes. And add the attribute terms to your spare parts product.

Create a woocommerce product table or list layout for your spare parts shop

First, you need to purchase, install and activate the WooCommerce Product Table PRO plugin on your site. We will use this plugin to create the spare parts list.
Now you may like to watch the quick and simple how to use tutorial video for this plugin so you can start using it right away.
For immediate results the plugin provides you downloadable demos that you can setup on your site right away then customize them how you want. So go ahead and install a downloadable spare parts demo on your site: Demo 1, Demo 2. See FAQs → Other → How do I import the PRO version downloadable product table demos to my site?
Then watch the how to modify preset tutorial video to start customizing your product table the way you want.

Setup product table navigation

If you are using a downloadable demo then the navigation would already be setup for you. If you wish to modify the navigation simply watch the product table navigation tutorial. Then change the navigation filters in the ways that you want.

– Optional tips –

You may also like to add an automatic count for each of the attribute filter options in the navigation. For this please see FAQs > Navigation > How do I dynamically hide empty filter options (adaptive filtering) that have no results? How do I show filter count?
If you are using global woocommerce attributes in your spare parts products and you have printed these attributes in the table columns then you can also connect the filters options with the attributes in the table for easier navigation. See FAQs > Navigation > How do I link category and attribute elements with their filters so that clicking them activates their corresponding filter?

Product CSV file download option

All major online spare parts stores provide the option to download their product list in a CSV file format as well. This options is usually provided via a ‘Download CSV’ button placed above the product list.

This is a powerful facility because once your visitors download the product data in CSV file format they can open it in specialized spreadsheet software like Excel, Google Docs and many others. These software allow quick sorting, searching and filtering through the product data as well as taking print outs and sharing information if needed.

WooCommerce Product Table PRO provides this CSV download facility so you can easily set it up for your product list as well. You can also select the exact product properties that are permitted to be downloaded in CSV format making this facility excellent for online spare parts stores.

Create a favorites list facility

Popular spare parts shops and established e-commerce shops in general always provide their shoppers with the option to add different products in a ‘favorites list’. They provide this options because it is known to help increase sales on the site. This ‘favorite products’ facility makes it much easier for your shoppers to pick out and keep track of their preferred spare parts, quickly find these particular products when they return to shop in the future and buy items from their favorite list at any time.

You can easily add this favorite products facility to your product table. Just purchase, install and activate the simple to use favorite products addon on your site. Then follow it’s ‘how-to-use’ guide to set up favorite products facility on your site.

How do I create a WooCommerce ‘Wine shop’?

Create the perfect product layout for a beverage shop where you can sell wine, beer, soft drinks or any bottled liquids.

With this simple A-Z guide you can quickly create a great woocommerce wine shop today itself. No coding knowledge required. We will only use simple tools so anyone can follow along.

Examples of woocommerce wine shop product lists

Below you will find examples of woocommerce wine shop product lists. Once you have followed this guide you will be able to create such woocommerce wine lists on your site as well:

Create the basic woocommerce wine product

In case you are not yet familiar with creating woocommerce products please see this tutorial video. Then follow these steps:

Create a new woocommerce product and add the wine name and price.
You may also add information about that wine in the content section of the product and image thumbnail.

Add other wine properties to your woocommerce product

You may also like to add other properties to the wine such as country, region, brand, type etc. For this you need to create global woocommerce attributes. Then add the attribute terms to your wine.

Create the woocommerce product list layout for your wine shop

First, you need to purchase, install and activate the WooCommerce Product Table PRO plugin on your site. We will use this plugin to create the wine list.
Now you may like to watch the quick and simple how to use tutorial video for this plugin so you can start using it right away.
For immediate results the plugin provides you downloadable demos that you can setup on your site right away then customize them how you want. So go ahead and install a downloadable wine demo on your site: Demo 1, Demo 2. See FAQs → Other → How do I import the PRO version downloadable product table demos to my site?
Then watch the how to modify preset tutorial video to start customizing your product table the way you want.

Setup product table navigation

If you are using a downloadable demo then the navigation would already be setup for you. If you wish to modify the navigation simply watch the product table navigation tutorial. Then change the navigation filters in the ways that you want.

– Optional tips –

You may also like to add an automatic count for each of the attribute filter options in the navigation. For this please see FAQs → Navigation → How do I dynamically hide empty filter options (adaptive filtering) that have no results? How do I show filter count?
If you are using global woocommerce attributes in your wine products and you have printed these attributes in the table columns then you can also connect the filters options with the attributes in the table for easier navigation. See FAQs → Navigation → How do I link category and attribute elements with their filters so that clicking them activates their corresponding filter?

Create size variations for your wine products

You may like to provide your customers the option to buy your wine bottles in different sizes such as 750ml, 1.5L etc. Only follow these steps if you do need to provide different bottle size options:

Create a new global attribute called ‘Bottle size’ and add terms to it based on sizes such as 750ml, 1.5L etc.
Turn your wine product into a Variable product by going to its Product data settings and selecting the option. If you are not familiar with this you can read more about variable products here.
Create size based variations for your wine product based on the Bottle size global attribute. Then add different prices for the variations based on the size of the bottle.
Now your wine store customers will be asked to select the bottle size while adding the wine to their shopping cart. Optionally you can also place the ‘Select variation’ element in any column of your product table to provide the size option dropdown inside the table itself.

Create a favorites list facility

Popular wine shops and established e-commerce shops in general always provide their shoppers with the option to add different products in a ‘favorites list’. They provide this options because it is known to help increase sales on the site. The favorite wine list facility makes it much easier for your shoppers to pick out and keep track of their preferred wines, quickly find these particular wines when they return to shop in the future and buy items from their favorite list at any time.

You can easily add this favorite products facility to your product table as well. To do this, purchase, install and activate our favorite products addon on your site. Then follow its simple how-to-use guide to help your offer this excellent facility to your wine shop visitors as well.

How do I create a WooCommerce ‘Audio store’?

Build your audio store to sell music, podcasts, courses and loop tracks. Table layout is perfect for audio stores.

Using this guide you can easily and quickly create a great woocommerce audio store product list on your website right now. Anyone can follow along, no coding knowledge required. This is a complete step by step guide and we will only use simple tools.

Examples of woocommerce audio store product lists

Below are some examples of woocommerce audio store product tables / lists. By following this guide you can easily create such audio track lists on your site as well:

Audio table with filter sidebar
Standard table with audio player
Large table with products (horizontally scrolling table)

Examples of woocommerce audio store product lists you can create with this guide

Create the basic woocommerce audio product

If you are not familiar with creating woocommerce products, please see this tutorial video.

Create a new woocommerce product and add the song name and price.
Optionally you can also add the song description and image thumbnail as well.
In ‘Product data’ settings check mark ‘Virtual’ and ‘Downloadable product’ options.
In the ‘Downloadable files’ option add the audio file customers can purchase.

Add other audio product properties

To add other song properties like Artist, Genre, Mood, etc create global woocommerce attributes.
For numeric properties like BPM that need to be filtered by range create new custom fields.
Upload the audio preview file to site Media, create a new custom field in the product and add the preview file’s URL to this custom field.

Create woocommerce product table for your audio store

Purchase, install and activate the WooCommerce Product Table PRO plugin on your site.
Watch the basic how to use tutorial video to begin using the plugin right now.
To help you quickly get started the plugin provides the option to start with preset tables. Create a new product table and start with a ‘Table’ type preset.
Watch the how to modify preset tutorial video to start customizing your product table.
Add columns to your product table to show the audio product’s properties through Attributes and Custom Field elements in the product table.
Add the audio player button in any column of your product so visitors can use the play button to listen to the audio file. See FAQs → Other → How do I add an audio player button in my product table?

Setup product table navigation

See the product table navigation tutorial and add filters for price and global attributes.

– Optional tips –

For numeric fields like BPM that were stored in custom fields you can create range filters.
You can add an automatic count for each attribute filter option in the navigation. See FAQs → Navigation → How do I dynamically hide empty filter options (adaptive filtering) that have no results? How do I show filter count?
If you are using global attributes you can also connect filters options with the attributes in the table for easier navigation. See FAQs → Navigation → How do I link category and attribute elements with their filters so that clicking them activates their corresponding filter?

Create multiple license type options

Most audio sites provide option to purchase different license types such as regular, extended, etc. Only follow this step if you need to provide different license types.

Create a new global attribute called License and add terms to it based on license types such as regular, extended.
Turn your audio product into a Variable product in its Product data settings. You can read more about variable products here.
Create variations for your product based on the License global attribute and add different prices for each license variation.
Customers will be asked to select license type while adding product to cart. You can also add the ‘Select variation’ element to your product table to give license option dropdown inside the table itself.

– Optional steps –

Note: At this point you already have a basic audio table on your site. Rest of this guide is optional. But the following steps will further improve your audio product table thus increasing the chances of sales by giving your audio site visitors a great shopping experience!

Create favorites playlist

Popular audio shops always provide their site visitors the option to add various audio tracks to their favorites playlist. Because this greatly helps sale conversions on the site. The favorite playlist facility makes it easier for your potential customers to pick out audio tracks they like, quickly find these tracks when they return to shop in the future and buy from this favorites list at any time.

To add the favorite lists facility to your site just purchase, install and activate the favorite products addon. And then follow the simple ‘how-to-use’ instructions on the addon page to enable it.

Audio footer player

Popular audio store also provide a smart footer audio player that is activated when any audio track is played on the site. While footer audio player is not part of WooCommerce Product Table PRO’s own facilities, it has integration with another 3rd party wordpress plugin that provide this facility called ‘WavePlayer’. You can see a demo of this integration here — on this demo site the waveplayer plugins is being used to create the audio player in the product tables generated by WooCommerce Product Table PRO. You can quickly get started with using the plugins together. First get a copy of the waveplayer plugin, and install it on your site. Then just follow the how-to-use steps on the integration demo site mentioned above.