---
title: "WooCommerce Tips"
description: "Recommended WooCommerce settings for your buyback store."
url: "https://docs.gytabuyback.com/configuration/recommended-woo-settings/"
---
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## WooCommerce Configuration for Buyback

Gyta Buyback works on top of WooCommerce. Below are the recommended WooCommerce settings to optimize your buyback store.

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## Shipping: Free Shipping Zone

Navigate to **WooCommerce → Settings → Shipping**. Create a shipping zone with **Free Shipping** for your service area. It is standard practice in buyback to offer free shipping — the cost is covered through EasyPost labels.

![The WooCommerce Shipping zones screen with a United States zone offering Free shipping](../../assets/images/gb-woo-shipping-zones.png)

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### Optional: Local Drop-off

To offer a local drop-off option, add a second zone limited to specific postcodes and give it **Local pickup**, renamed to “Local Drop-off”. Put it above the wider zone in the list.

Arrange shipping zones from **most geographically specific to least specific** so WooCommerce picks the right zone.

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## Payment Methods

Navigate to **WooCommerce → Settings → Payments**. Gyta Buyback adds reversed payment methods where the store pays the customer. Enable only the methods you plan to support.

![The WooCommerce Payments screen listing the Gyta trade-in payment methods alongside the standard gateways](../../assets/images/gb-woo-payments.png)

**Free:** PayPal, Check, Amazon Gift Card, Store Credit. **PRO:** Zelle, Venmo, Interac e-Transfer, UK Bank Transfer, ACH, Crypto/Stablecoin.

PayPal and [Wise](../../features/automatic-payouts/) are the two that pay out *automatically*. The rest are recorded against the order so you can pay them your own way.

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## Guest Checkout

Under **WooCommerce → Settings → Accounts & Privacy**, we recommend **enabling guest checkout** to reduce friction in the trade-in process.

![The WooCommerce Accounts & Privacy screen with guest checkout enabled](../../assets/images/gb-woo-accounts.png)

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## Email Notifications

Under **WooCommerce → Settings → Emails**, Gyta Buyback customizes several templates:

![The WooCommerce Email notifications list, including the Trade-in kit reminder and Abandoned trade-in quote emails](../../assets/images/gb-woo-emails.png)

*   **Order Created** — sent when the customer submits a trade-in (includes the shipping label or QR code).
*   **Processing** — sent when you receive their items.
*   **Completed** — sent when payment is on its way.
*   **Trade-in kit reminder** PRO — nudges a customer who has a [kit](../../features/shipping-kits/) but has not posted it back.
*   **Abandoned trade-in quote** PRO — follows up on a quote the customer never completed.

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## General Store Settings

Under **WooCommerce → Settings → General**, set your store address and currency. For the **Selling location**, select where you accept buyback items from.

![The WooCommerce General settings screen showing the store address and selling locations](../../assets/images/gb-woo-general.png)