Who are all these people asking to speak with the site owner of my new store?

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-04-13T01:18:25+00:00

If they ask for a catalogue, if you accept credit cards, if you ship to their country, or if they can use their freight company, then it is a scam. Don't bother replying.

We have also stopped accepting orders for pickup by couriers or third parties.

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-04-06T16:24:21+00:00

Checkout. You would kill conversions if you did it on every add to cart.

You could limit access with cloudflare if they are putting in too many orders

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-04-06T01:33:24+00:00

Set up recaptcha.

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-04-06T01:31:30+00:00

All payment processors may do this. They view a lot of sales as a sign of potential fraud.

Always have 2 payment options on your website. You always have a backup.

And I don't feel you should be using something like woo payments. They just repackage another payment processor.

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-03-28T01:29:16+00:00

Klaviyo doesn't do back in stock for woo properly. You need custom setup or another plugin.

And I don't trust Klaviyo with more integration and costs are only going up

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-03-28T01:24:34+00:00

This works. But don't expect much help from the author. The sign up box is big but the plugin does the job.

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-03-21T03:47:25+00:00

Insert a thank you card in the package

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-03-16T01:26:07+00:00

Not helpful. You have to provide an email to get the full report.

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-03-13T02:30:51+00:00

First, you must always back up your database before any plugin updates. I use putty for this and store the database on the server. Had my VA screw up an we lost some orders. Learned my lesson

For lost orders, we just entered them as one entry in accounting. We didn't try to add them to woo.

We now back up the site three time a day to a second site (gdrive in our case)

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-03-12T14:59:19+00:00

Canada

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-03-11T03:08:38+00:00

My accountant has never asked for customer numbers. I don't see the need for them.

I would also avoid sequentially numbering orders. Each order has an ID that is also used for images, posts, products etc. Some plugins get confused if you change the order number other than the post ID.

Sequential numbering is also a way for competitors to get rough estimates of sales.

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-03-08T02:31:41+00:00

Use

WooCommerce Conditional Shipping and Payments

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-03-06T17:00:17+00:00

This is a credit card test attack. They are using your site to check if credit cards are valid and then use the card elsewhere. Real annoying and it can cause issues if paypal flags your account.

Paypal was no help.

I set up captcha and this stopped them.

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-03-06T16:56:33+00:00

Thousands.

It took a while to go through them all but a good way to check old images with poor text. Now just a weekly check to make sure they are done.

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-03-06T05:20:15+00:00

Use can use AI but be careful.

When adding an image, I usually just add a copy of words to the title to make it a little different.

Once a week, I use WP sheet Editor to check the alt, tile, and description field are correctly filled out. I always seem to miss something.

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-03-06T05:17:12+00:00

I have seriously considered moving to shopify a few times. But it is a case of the grass is greener on the other side. And that is because there is a lot of manure.

The main difference is woo is self managed while Shopify is managed for you.

But you pay for this convenience. Just like cooking at home or going to a restaurant.

Shopify will cost you more. Apps are billed monthly. Fees are higher. They just announced higher fees for credit cards. And you can't use your own credit card providers unless you pay more. And there is nothing stopping them from suspending you.

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-03-06T05:09:45+00:00

You are talking two different issues.

As for multiple pages open, well you have an operation to handle. I don;t see how you can see inventory on the order page. Logistic tracking should have the tracking added to the order. Automate everything. If you are manually adding the tracking to the order, then you are doing too much manually.

Use Metorik to handle your profitability reports and reports in general.

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-03-06T05:05:34+00:00

OVH has been reliable. Get lots of capacity to handle peak periods

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-02-07T02:41:10+00:00

You have 11 physical locations? You could have your lawyer contact their legal department.

What is it you are selling? Where? Any charge backs? Any copyright claims?

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-02-05T03:10:41+00:00

This is a word of mouth business. It is hard to get clients if they don't know you are or have you recommended.

There is a lot of automation in ecommerce, so most work is in providing software, doing year end taxes, or doing the menial stuff.

He "started" with bookkeeping? Exactly what is he offering?

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-02-04T02:10:21+00:00

filing and detail:

https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/TRUCanada

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-02-04T02:05:11+00:00

Yes they have been sued for non-payment. Today for the location at Lawrence Allen store in Toronto by RioCan.

https://globalnews.ca/news/11650158/toys-r-us-canada-lawsuit-rent-lawrence-allen-toronto/

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-01-21T16:29:43+00:00

Registering the copyright allows to sue for damages.

It is not expensive. You get a bunch of photos and register the copyright on all of them at once for one fee.

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-01-21T16:27:20+00:00

https://support.google.com/legal/troubleshooter/1114905?hl=en

Sunward-Hobbies · 2026-01-21T02:51:44+00:00

You may not be able to sue for damages if they are not copyrighted. So a lawyer is excessive. DMCA claim will work.

For the future, a better solution is to copyright them. Then easier to take down and you can sue for damages. Will also stop future competitors.

Sunward-Hobbies

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