PayPal is upgrading the SSL certificates on their payment notification servers. If your PayPal Checkout Express configuration uses their certificates, you will need to import the new 2048-bit secure certificates. See the email below that was sent out earlier today. Dear Customer, In keeping with industry standards set by the Certification Authority/Browser (CA/B) Forum, PayPal will […]
Top 5 Secrets To Keeping Visitors On Your Website Longer
Irina Tsumarava is a Marketing Coordinator at aheadWorks, a dynamic market leading provider of Magento extensions, Magento templates and themes, and custom development services with a comprehensive portfolio of best-in-class solutions for eCommerce businesses. Do you find that visitors of your website leave it too quickly? They enter your web store and after a while (often no […]
Weighing the Options for Hosting Ecommerce Videos: YouTube vs. Third-party Platforms
This post was written by Melody King of Treepodia. Melody has 13 years of experience in IT, focusing the last 7 in eCommerce. During this tenure, she consulted with more than 500 organizations to assist with increasing their site usability, merchandising, conversion, and order size. She has a Doctor of Management in Organizational Leadership, BSIT […]
Auction Management: Effective Product Titles, Descriptions And Photos
This post was written by Helen Fang, marketing manager for Vendio. Vendio offers ecommerce software and helps users in every phase of online selling, from finding the best products to sell online to opening a 100% free web store. Auctioneers of the modern era are posed with multimedia challenges they’ve never been forced to deal with in the past. A poorly laid-out website […]
A Guide To Selecting Shopping Cart Software For Your eCommerce Store
This post has been submitted by PixelCrayons. PixelCrayons is a creative web design and development agency that specializes in providing custom web design and development, PSD to HTML, Content Management System and ecommerce solutions. An e-commerce solution has become the utmost requirement of every business website. It is rather indispensable. Without a good e-commerce shopping […]
10 Great Magento Extensions – Part III
We’ve compiled some lists of Magento extensions previously. You can find the previous collections here: Part I — 10 Great Magento Extensions For Your E-Commerce Store Part II — 10 More Essential Magento Extensions For Your Store Here are some more extensions that add a lot to your eCommerce store. #1 – Follow Up Emails […]
Magento Go
What is Magento Go? Magento just announced Magento Go, a hosted version of the popular Magento eCommerce. This is very exciting news for small businesses that want the benefits of a platform like Magento, without the hassle of getting it set up and managing the server. Just sign up, fill out a few forms and […]
Improve Your Conversion Rate By Making Your Search Box More Prominent
Ever wonder why all the big eCommerce sites have a really huge search box in a really prominent position? The number one reason, is that consumers who search tend to convert at a higher rate. So if you get more people to search, you can get more people to buy… Here is a snapshot from […]
Magento Hosting Guide
Finding a reliable hosting company that fits your needs can be tough. As with any other platform, Magento has it quirks and needs to be set up on a decent server. Here are a few of the hosting providers I’ve dealt with and some basic info on their services and pricing. Nexcess: Nexcess, a Magento […]