State of the Woo 2023: WooCommerce Highlights AI-Powered Future and Continued Core Blockification
WooSesh 2023, the virtual conference for WooCommerce store builders, kicked off today with the State of the Woo address. This year’s theme is “Next Generation Commerce,” featuring advances across the e-commerce industry, as well as WooCommerce core and the wider ecosystem of tools and payment integrations. WooCommerce CEO Paul Maiorana began the presentation with a few stats on Woo’s growth in 2023: 4.4M+ live websites currently using WooCommerce (StoreLeads.app Woo usage) 33% of the top 1 million online store are powered by Woo 8.9% of the internet is powered by Woo (W3Techs) 270M+ Woo downloads to date (WooCommerce internal data) 908 products in the Marketplace 66 languages supported Maiorana highlighted a few e-commerce trends the company is watching, including the expansion of chatbots, on-site search, and AR. WooCommerce is seeing more merchants attracting non-local buyers through cross-boarder selling strategies, with high-growth stores focused on expanding across countries, languages, channels, and payment methods. Maiorana said customers are now expecting seamless experiences across devices and store must be fast, smooth, and intuitive from screen to screen. Maiorana also shared insights from WooExperts, officially endorsed WooCommerce agencies, who are seeing an increase in merchants embracing multi-channel selling, diversified payment options, and immersive buying experience…
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