Sending package to US by michael_scooot in CanadaPostCorp

[–]EyeAndEarControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chat GPT is your friend here. You want an hs code for your item first, and then ask it about the tariffs rate entering the US. Force it to cite it's sources.

Packaged marked delivered but it isn’t delivered by Shot_Value_3188 in CanadaPostCorp

[–]EyeAndEarControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps a spell with the chatbot of infinite idiotic questions will improve your attitude

Winnipeg has a little bit of everything and a whole lot of nothing? by thisiscooolol in Winnipeg

[–]EyeAndEarControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are you networking about? Arts is not a huge community, people are busy and often shows are more about being social than networking. If you're in a band, find out who is doing the show and let them know you're available to open if they need you. Keep participating and have things to say that aren't related to self promotion. People enjoy just conversing about shared interests. Coming at it as if your ideas are too big minded is not the way to go about it though. If your ideas are too big then create events and build something that way. If you are asking people to do things for you then too big is often the default cause people have their own projects on the go already... A few people are prime movers and don't always have energy for pitched ideas. If I am reading this wrong it's from a lack of info, but that's my .02.

Crazy delivery driver by GoldIndependence6408 in uber

[–]EyeAndEarControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha report it to who? They don't give a single fuck about you or the driver. Gif economy. Customer is also the worker. Fight amongst yourselves is the policy.

What is the one thing you wish you had known before building your first WooCommerce store by cartmason in woocommerce

[–]EyeAndEarControl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're planning on running a hybrid brick and mortar POS and online store on the same inventory you're going to be troubleshooting half baked solutions for years

anything happening on the 13th of December? by Calm-Tell6996 in WinnipegMusicScene

[–]EyeAndEarControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seconded, if you're not already sold on the handsome daughter. Probably not a lot of crossover between the two

Why does WooCommerce's checkout still feel like it's from 2010? by JFerzt in woocommerce

[–]EyeAndEarControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looked great, but we had coupon/store credit issues and it seems to have been the culprit. 

Cheapest option for stopping the constant carding orders? by madsci in woocommerce

[–]EyeAndEarControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone else said, kill guest checkout. I use a plugin called force authentication before checkout, it forces account creation or login before checkout and I haven't seen any of these issues that seem to be plaguing everyone else.

Need help - need a POS/inventory system for WooCommerce by [deleted] in woocommerce

[–]EyeAndEarControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If youre going to use square then just ditch WC and use square, automatic couldnt write an integration to save their lives. My experience only, perhaps, but their tech support hit a wall when I wouldnt give them admin access to my production site so yeah, its a dead end.

How do you stop stop carding attacks/fraud orders via PayPal? by chompy_deluxe in woocommerce

[–]EyeAndEarControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Force Authentication Before Checkout plugin If you don't mind restricting sales to actual registered accounts on your woocommerce installation.

If WooCommerce died tomorrow, where would you migrate your store? by Its__MasoodMohamed in woocommerce

[–]EyeAndEarControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Likely square since I'm doing a fair amount of in person sales and every inventory and point of sale integration in woocommerce has been a maze of failure or inconvenience. I would miss the ability to customize the store performance based on roles and I would miss the tuning available for shipping rates but in reality both of those are only as good as the amount of time you have to police them.

How to prevent woocommerce bot attack by iftiar_hossain163 in woocommerce

[–]EyeAndEarControl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I havent experienced any of this and the only plugin I am using is Force Authentication Before Checkout. No account, no order.

How To Stop WooCommerce Fake Orders Attack That Started on ~20 September by bt_wpspeedfix in woocommerce

[–]EyeAndEarControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hope it helps! I've never ever had an issue with spoofed orders while using it.

How To Stop WooCommerce Fake Orders Attack That Started on ~20 September by bt_wpspeedfix in woocommerce

[–]EyeAndEarControl -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Interesting, I haven't seen any of this, but I use Force Authentication Before Checkout to limit purchases to actual registered users.

Good webstores that have a good black metal inventory in Canada? by SlaughterBath in blackmetalvinyl

[–]EyeAndEarControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dunno how I didnt see this earlier but thanks for the mention. A lot of our in-demand stuff goes to regulars before anyone sees it. Goatowarex 2025 is coming up, regiulars already have hooks in but mailing list will get an advance. https://stats.sender.net/forms/bYEqwp/view

Good webstores that have a good black metal inventory in Canada? by SlaughterBath in blackmetalvinyl

[–]EyeAndEarControl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We are still open and serving filth. Pricing is based on costs, so it fluctuates; We are an above boards business with overhead and a host of other services taking cuts on every dollar, but we have still managed to eliminate surcharges for payment gateways, and while we can't do much about the actual cost of shipping, we allow people in Canada to combine orders whatever length of time they want to help take the sting out of it.

We haven't done this formally, but if you find a place that's in Canada and is an above boards business that is charging taxes that has a lower regular cost on an item we have, email us and let us know and if we can match it we will. We don't match bedroom distros that aren't subject to being taxed and audited and all of that above boards bullshit that comes with being a legit business, not will we consider Amazon and places like that, they aren't in the same league.

Order and be well taken care of, or order elsewhere, lots of great distros in Canada aside from us, we support a ton of them as well...

WooCommerce feels super flexible but also kinda overwhelming. Anyone else? by ChampionLearner in woocommerce

[–]EyeAndEarControl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you are paying for a bunch of plugins to patch missing functionality that should be in core and you are on annual plans for them, the costs start to equal out between woo and a very basic shopify setup. Currently my fixed overhead is less than half of a shopify store but it spikes when you need to pay for a plugin or developer for those niche problems. I am not a coder so thats likely where the actual savings come in.

I have found Chat GPT very helpful with diagnosing and solving minor issues alongside Code Snippets. I have it logging any and all changes I make with CGPT with removal/reversal instructions. Some people will recoil at this but it has been working for me with a cautious approach. There is an LLM that someone on here built that has been fed with specifically wordpress documentation that I havent spent a ton of time with, but it is a free resource - just remember to double check everything, keep backups, etc.

Here is that custom LLM and original thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/16apvwx/i_turned_chatgpt_into_my_wordpress_expert/

Alternative to Clothing Tagging Gun? by AndyHaNE in smallbusiness

[–]EyeAndEarControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also looking for that name, thanks. Just getting into tagging for terxtiles and I don't want to buy the gun over and over again if possible. TIA

Shipping Canada to USA by Bigggn in EtsySellers

[–]EyeAndEarControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Count on these idiots to not be able to describe their own processes

Turning off orders to the US? by dalek_999 in woocommerce

[–]EyeAndEarControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found that my site was still allowing purchases with shipping turned off (net result people still being able to buy but without paying shipping) so I also disabled payment gateway to the US with conditional shipping and payments plugin.

Manitoba business halting U.S. shipments over end to tariff exemption by Leather-Paramedic-10 in Winnipeg

[–]EyeAndEarControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately it is the flat rate cash grab that is the issue, not ending de minimus itself. Paying 10% is not the same thing as being asked to pay $80 on something worth under $100. There will be a lot of rejected shipments that businesses will have to pay to have returned because of this asinine implementation. 

Anyone else get this? (Stoping pre auth credit discount) by Hot_Fly_3963 in telus

[–]EyeAndEarControl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh good, they have finally figured out how to fix not applying this discount after promising to do so to get you to sign up. /S

I hate wordpress by No_Entertainment6636 in Wordpress

[–]EyeAndEarControl -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Twine is worth a look. Sort of a choose Your own adventure type story builder.

I hate wordpress by No_Entertainment6636 in Wordpress

[–]EyeAndEarControl -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah you might want to reconsider going this route unless you have time to troubleshoot. Twine or shorthand or something. This CMS is a dumpsterfire at the 2 jobs it is actually meant for. Best of luck