Diamond jewellery websites developed on Woocommerce ( A WordPress e-commerce plugin) often require integrating diamond data from diamond trading exchanges like Rapnet, Nivoda , IDEXonline, MID or Polygon.
Unlike Magento or Shopify, which are built ground up for e-commerce; WooCommerce is a plugin for WordPress. It converts the blogging platform into an e-commerce shop.
Essentially, the posts in WP are altered by WooCommerce to show as items/products; this makes it restrictive for customization. Furthermore, for diamond data (Typically Rapnet feed which may go into 150,000+ diamonds) with numerous diamond specific attributes like carat weight, colour, fluorescence, clarity, cut etc.; integration becomes complex.
As a specialist in Diamond Jewellery websites; Transpacific regularly receives project requests to integrate Woocommerce with Rapnet data.
Rapnet login and Rapnet Instant Inventory subscription
More info on subscription can be found on Rapnet website
Rapnet Provides Instant inventory Restful web services (API).
Integration is a two-step process:
Front end UI design is integrated with the website's parent theme.
The diamond search engine is highly optimized for speed and accuracy through multiple optimization techniques. These include caching, query optimization and customizing it for mobile.
Additional value-added features like detail page, video (if available) , certificate pop-ups, compare and wish list are also added.