• Stamps.com Announces New Integration with Volusion

    Updated: 2010-06-30 22:54:05
    Stamps.com, the leading provider of USPS® postage online and shipping software solutions to approximately 400,000 customers, yesterday announced its new integration with Volusion. Available at no additional cost to new and existing Stamps.com customers, the new shopping cart shipping integration allows Volusion customers to print USPS postage for all mail classes, via the Stamps.com XML format. [...]

  • Flash, Rich Media Driving Display Ad Resurgence

    Updated: 2010-06-30 22:54:00
    Latest figures from online metrics firm comScore highlight a display ad renaissance fueled by more sophisticated creative formats.

  • All Things Bonanzle: An Interview with CEO Bill Harding

    Updated: 2010-06-30 22:54:00
    Bonanzle CEO, Bill Harding talks about recent developments at the Bonanzle marketplace and what the company’s future plans hold for its online buyers and sellers.

  • Ecommerce Marketing: Domain Name Tips

    Updated: 2010-06-30 22:54:00
    Choice tips on domain names, online video conversion software and a great marketing lesson from Toyota are all on tap right here -- courtesy of maverick marketer, Andrew Lock.

  • Free Ecommerce Website Tools: Creating Content

    Updated: 2010-06-30 22:54:00
    Take a look at these three fun, free tools to help you provide compelling content on your ecommerce website.

  • Ecommerce Marketing: 10 Email Marketing Tips

    Updated: 2010-06-30 22:54:00
    These 10 tips can help your ecommerce marketing efforts pay off by engaging customers and improving participation and sales.

  • Twitter Tips to Boost Small Business Marketing

    Updated: 2010-06-30 22:54:00
    We take you step-by-step through the process of maximizing your 140-charcter small business marketing messages on Twitter.

  • GoMobi: Tools for a Mobile Website

    Updated: 2010-06-30 22:54:00
    DotMobi introduces tools to help you build a mobile version of your website.

  • Ecommerce Marketing: Understanding Web Analytics

    Updated: 2010-06-30 22:54:00
    Helen Bradley explains how tracking and analyzing your website statistics helps you grow and improve your ecommerce business.

  • Marketing Apps and More from Constant Contact

    Updated: 2010-06-30 22:54:00
    Looking for software to solve a problem? A new online application marketplace caters to small business and ecommerce owners with one to nine employees.

  • Google Hopes Commerce Search 2.0 Boosts Online Sales

    Updated: 2010-06-30 22:54:00
    Google's revamped its original Commerce service with new features designed to offer ecommerce sites easier customization.

  • Online Community – 6 Benefits of Online Community

    Updated: 2010-06-30 22:53:55
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Online Community 6 Benefits of Online Community Share Online communities represent a great opportunity . When you join an online community you get the chance to convert relationships with other community members into revenues . Joining an online community can be proved fruitful if you know how to go about it and also if you know the right way to engage other . members Not only will an online community increase your sales it can also save you a lot of money when it comes to advertising . Next to blogging , joining an online community is one of the less expensive ways of getting the word out about your business . The success of your online business centers on its capability to produce a well-built community with its

  • Online Marketing Trends – 6 Online Marketing Trends that Entrepreneurs Should Know

    Updated: 2010-06-30 22:53:55
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Online Marketing Trends 6 Online Marketing Trends that Entrepreneurs Should Know Share If you're new here , you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed Thanks for visiting Online Marketing Trends If you are starting-up your own online business then you know how important it is to allocate your money wisely . Investing your capital wisely will enable you to get a return on your investment as well as lessen the risks . Now of course as an online marketer you cannot help but invest in various marketing channels , right It will be in your best interest that you take a closer look at the online marketing trends before . investing Understanding the changing online marketing trends will help you perform better and also will

  • 5 Tips to Attract Customers and Spread the Word about your Online Business

    Updated: 2010-06-30 22:53:55
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business 5 Tips to Attract Customers and Spread the Word about your Online Business Share The main reason why you build a website is to attract customers and spread the word about your online business . As I have said time and again although it is not a requirement , building a website has its advantages . Having your own website gives you an edge  compared to other online businesses without a website when it comes to your goal to attract customers and spread the word about your . business The thing is there are times that it seems like your website is not able to attract customers and it does not do anything when it comes to spreading the word about your online . business To be honest there are plenty of factors that can cause

  • Social media and Email Marketing – 5 Benefits of Using Social Media and Email Marketing

    Updated: 2010-06-30 22:53:55
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Social media and Email Marketing 5 Benefits of Using Social Media and Email Marketing Share Social media and email marketing are important facets of internet marketing . Social media and email marketing are very important to the success of any internet business . Why Well let us face it that most if not all of your customers are part of some social media and have . emails So as online entrepreneurs we should make the most out of social media as well as email marketing to boost our profits . Maximizing the use of social media and email marketing is something we should be doing because of the benefits it can bring to our online . business Most of our prospects or customers are participating in conversations in social

  • Website Features – 3 Website Features To Include

    Updated: 2010-06-30 22:53:55
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Website Features 3 Website Features To Include Share If you're new here , you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed Thanks for visiting Thinking and deciding which website features to include is not as easy as it seems to be . If you are not versed on website development and design then it would be indeed difficult to decide which website features to include on your . website Knowing which website features to include is important because that would make a difference between a sale and shopping cart abandonment . So as online entrepreneurs who utilize the power of the internet we should know the basics of which website features to . include And so today we will talk about three important website features to include .

  • Grow your Business – 5 Tips to Help you Grow your Online Business

    Updated: 2010-06-30 22:53:55
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Grow your Business 5 Tips to Help you Grow your Online Business Share In the past I have talked about how to boost your profits using various techniques . It does not matter if you already have an established business or you are just starting-up , those strategies are formulated to boost profits and grow your business in the long . run To truly grow your business you need to look at things all of which are important when you want to grow your . business Acquiring more leads Being able to convert your leads into paying customers Convince your customers to make bigger purchases Convince customers to buy frequently Get more sales at higher profit margins If you get to increase these factors by at least 10 per cent then

  • Content Management System – 7 Advantages of Content Management Systems

    Updated: 2010-06-30 22:53:55
    StartUp Internet Business how to start an internet home based business Content Management System 7 Advantages of Content Management Systems Share If you're new here , you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed Thanks for visiting As what I have said in my previous articles the reason why plenty websites fail to perform what the entrepreneur is expecting is basically because of obsolete contents . Always keep in mind the adage , content is king . The reason why many websites fail to maximize its performance is because the content is not up to . date Because there is a need to update your website on a constant basis content management systems came about . I mean if you are a visitor and you arrive at a website expecting to see valuable information but you arrive to a website with out-of-date

  • Access Denied in Magento

    Updated: 2010-06-30 11:07:06
    A common problem that seems to come up quite often these days, seems to arise after the installation of new extensions – dread imposing Access Denied in the Magento Admin, especially the System-> Configuration area. Don’t worry though – it’s annoying but not an sign that your immediate sign that your new extension has broken [...]

  • New Magento Extensions

    Updated: 2010-06-29 09:50:34
    Here at ecommerce website design we are starting to piece together the more useful blogs that we have on our magento blog and are determined to create easily installable magento extensions. Ones that we currently plan to turn into extensions are the following: Our Free Samples solution Our Special Offers block (remade with magento friendly JQuery) Quick Discreet Navigation [...]

  • Magento Blog on iPhone

    Updated: 2010-06-28 22:33:50
    You’ve heard me bang on for a long while now about mCommerce, the importance of pervaisive computing and how the future of computing as a whole lies heavily on the development of mobile technologies. There’s nothing worse that a hypocrite in this line of work, so thanks to the folks at WPTouch this blog has [...]

  • Dataflow Spreadsheet Upload Error

    Updated: 2010-06-28 10:22:06
    For all of it’s problems and shortcomings, Magento Dataflow can still be very useful when it comes to the mass upload of data to your website. Being a Magento developer can sometimes feel like being a doctor of an ill patient, constantly having to come up with cures to a range of unknown illnesses. I [...]

  • Volusion’s IRCE 2010 Recap: The Next Big Thing in Ecommerce

    Updated: 2010-06-26 09:42:00
    The Volusion team attended the 2010 Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition in Chicago from June 8-11 to showcase our award-winning shopping cart software and meet some of our successful online business owners. Volusion took IRCE 2010 by storm. The team exhibited at the tradeshow as well as sponsored the “After Hours” cocktail party with Stamps.com. Even [...]

  • Levi’s Turns to Facebook to Incorporate Social Shopping

    Updated: 2010-06-24 20:03:25
    Today’s post is a guest appearance by B2C Marketing Insider’s Brian Rice. B2C Marketing Insider aims to provide a balanced view of the current marketing landscape based on industry news and trends, as well as real-life experiences. Levi’s recently become the first retailer that Facebook invited to pilot its new plug-in capabilities.  In order to fully [...]

  • Turn Off Incoming Messages

    Updated: 2010-06-24 16:24:16
    You know that feeling of annoyance you get when the same piece of junk mail is always delivered to your door? You don’t really care what its about because everything you’ve got already works very well as it is. Draw similarities if you will to the admin notifications that always pop up when you log [...]

  • Volusion Takes American Business Award for Business Innovation of the Year

    Updated: 2010-06-23 20:01:39
    On June 21, 2010, Volusion was awarded The American Business Award, or Stevie, for Business Innovation of the Year for our new product Fraud Score, which is a credit card protection service for online store owners. . We’ve pulled out the power drills to add a new shelf to the Volusion awards vault. This week we’re very [...]

  • How to Easily Edit the Top Links in Magento

    Updated: 2010-06-23 01:46:39
    All right, so you have a great ecommerce web design -it’s a little bit different, a little bit none-standard… it’s the little things that count. Little things like.. the top links. My Account, My Cart, Checkout… But how can you change them? Well, my first thought was the XML files, and then the CSV files – [...]

  • Great event! View the Sramana Mitra 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable on June 24

    Updated: 2010-06-23 00:56:31
    As part of the 1M/1M initiative, Sramana Mitra offers free weekly online strategy roundtables for entrepreneurs looking to discuss positioning, financing, and other aspects of a startup venture. This is a perfect opportunity for online business owners like you to learn from experts in an open, friendly environment. Attention Volusion customers and online business owners everywhere! We’d like [...]

  • Essential E-Commerce Developer Tools

    Updated: 2010-06-22 11:55:47
    When developing an e-commerce website, whether you are using Magento or creating a completely bespoke system or even if you are simply making a php-based website, you are always in need of the right tools. When you have the right tools you can do the job better, faster and stronger…maybe not stronger but you get [...]

  • Building A Better User Experience In Your Shopping Cart

    Updated: 2010-06-21 15:31:46
    While working on some ecommerce affiliate sites, I tried to find the ecommerce merchant’s shipping prices. Unfortunately, it’s a remarkable pain in the neck to find shipping info at most mom-n-pop ecommerce stores. I think it’s because they place a blind reliance in their ecommerce store’s shopping cart. The problem is that the cart was usually [...]

  • Magento Cake

    Updated: 2010-06-21 11:18:16
    Sometimes at Ecommerce Web Design, there’s nothing that quite motivates you like an early morning cake… In a tribute to Magento, and the Hex Montage that accompanied all that ‘Core Element’ stuff that Magento were feeding into peopl’s minds – this hexagonal chocolate cake will feed your stomach. The cake proudly displays the Magento logo, however [...]

  • List Widget Test

    Updated: 2010-06-18 17:58:22
    This is an example of the List Widget Add-on for WP Auctions. With a simple shortcode you can easily show a list of your auctions in one convenient location. It will also accept the style you set for your main widget.

  • Customise Navigation Menu Links

    Updated: 2010-06-18 14:38:39
    The navigation menu in magento is more versatile than it seems. Obviously the menu does what it needs to do – list categories and subcategories in their respective positions. However recently I got a request to manipulate the menu and make some things click-able and others not click-able. The client wanted only the landing pages to [...]

  • Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 Template Pack for SharePoint® 2010 is Now Available

    Updated: 2010-06-17 17:35:55
    The Commerce Server Product Unit is pleased to announce the release of our Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 Template Pack for SharePoint 2010. Commerce Server 2009 integrates with SharePoint 2010 through Commerce Services providing a robust platform for...(read more)

  • Show Magento Products by Attribute

    Updated: 2010-06-17 12:59:21
    You may remember Rob’s recent post about Smart Product Lists which detailed how to bypass Magento’s usual database interactions, and get straight in there yourself with your own MySQL code. Putting this to good use the other day I developed this script which does something so simple, yet can be quite difficult if you don’t know [...]

  • Volusion Powers More Than 20,000 Online Stores and $2B in Online Transactions, Surpassing eBay’s ProStores

    Updated: 2010-06-16 10:08:36
    . We’ve had one heck of a year. By focusing on product innovation and customer support to boost your online success with our award-winning ecommerce solution, we’ve been able to grow by leaps and bounds and stake our position as a pioneering leader in the ecommerce industry. Funny thing is, we’ve been so busy working that [...]

  • Making Links Local in Magento

    Updated: 2010-06-16 09:49:08
    One of the lovely built-in issues with Magento is that all the links it generates are external – ie it will always preface the link with the domain, like this: http://www.domain.co.uk/category.html. This is a Bad Thing in terms of SEO – and what’s the point of having a brilliant e-commerce web design if the search [...]

  • Customer Logged-In Check

    Updated: 2010-06-11 17:37:56
    In magento did you know that it is really easy to check whether a customer has logged in or not? Picture the scene – you want to design a website that shows a certain image or tab on the homepage that you want to show up ONLY when a customer is logged in – perhaps [...]

  • Google Launched Its New Search Engine “Caffeine”

    Updated: 2010-06-11 10:34:00
    Home About Subscribe Email Call : 1-213-316-6188 Retail Ecommerce Blog Online Retail Marketing eCommerce SEO Tips by Mobius 6 11 2010 Google Launched Its New Search Engine Caffeine” Google has announced the completion of a new web indexing system called Caffeine on June 8, 2010. With a whole-new algorithm , Caffeine can provide 50 percent better results than its predecessor . Also , it has the largest collection of web content that Google has ever offered before . Users can easily get the relevant content for their search queries , no matter what they are looking . for Previously , when a search query was entered into Google’s search field , the result pages were not from the live web , instead they were taken from Google's index of the web . This system does not meet the changing trends

  • Find Magento Category IDs

    Updated: 2010-06-10 09:39:35
    Picture the scene…. no I’m not about to describe a tropical paradise, but a fairly common situation that us Dataflow users have encountered on many occasions. You’ve got a shop with dozens, perhaps hundreds of categories on it and you’ve just exported your spreadsheet. You now realise that you need to know the IDs of [...]

  • Volusion Adds Four Best-of-Breed Companies to Partner Network

    Updated: 2010-06-10 01:21:16
    Shipwire, eBridge, Stamps.com and Verisign join Volusion to streamline online merchants’ business operations. . As the leading provider of ecommerce software and services for online merchants, we’re very proud to announce the addition of four new partners to our network at Internet Retailer’s 2010 Conference and Exposition. Shipwire, eBridge, Stamps.com and Verisign have all partnered with us [...]

  • FastSpring Develops Embedded Store

    Updated: 2010-06-09 21:17:40
    FastSpring is pleased to announce its release of in-application purchasing via an Embedded Web Store SDK. The SDK is currently available for Mac products and will be ready for Windows products as well by Summer’s end  (Mac clients were requesting it primarily). While FastSpring’s focus is online stores, we also offer a way for end-users to [...]

  • Outfoxed

    Updated: 2010-06-09 09:48:33
    Welcome to the first issue of Magentoon – the new addition to the Magento Blog. Keep checking back at ecommerce web design for more cartoons in the future.

  • Volusion Positioned in Leading Industry Analyst Firm’s Magic Quadrant for E-commerce

    Updated: 2010-06-09 01:18:38
    Volusion was recently positioned in this year’s Magic Quadrant for E-commerce, a leading and respected research tool proprietarily developed by Gartner. Inclusion in the Quadrant is based on set criteria: market traction and momentum, e-commerce product capabilities and short-term viability. . We’re thrilled to announce our placement in the prestigious Magic Quadrant for E-commerce. The Magic Quadrant [...]

  • Magento User Permissions

    Updated: 2010-06-08 10:17:02
    OK, so as a magento developer you have just created a fantastic Magento website for a customer. You have included all the tips and tricks that you know and really gone to town on it. You now have to pass the reigns over to the customer…sometimes this can be like handing over you brand spanking [...]

  • Up-sells, Cross-sells & Related Products

    Updated: 2010-06-07 10:38:50
    A key feature in Magento in terms of effective marketing, is to make use of up-sells, cross-sells and related products – in the same way that a high street shop would use POS around certain products to make a customer spend more on items they should also consider. Let’s say for example that you own [...]

  • Every Single Page In Your Store Is A Landing Page

    Updated: 2010-06-07 01:30:25
    Is it my site URL with a slash after the .com? What most people fail to realize is that every single page within your store is a landing page. The home page, every section page, and every single item page its own landing page. You have to treat every single page as a separate landing page. That [...]

  • Volusion mCommerce™ Now Available

    Updated: 2010-06-04 22:40:07
    Volusion is proud to release its breakthrough mobile commerce tool, Volusion mCommerce to all customers currently using the Winter ’09 software release. Continue reading for important information detailing this exciting new feature. . Good news – your online store has officially gone mobile! After receiving helpful feedback from customers participating in the beta release of our newest [...]

  • Smart, Sortable Product Lists

    Updated: 2010-06-04 11:52:27
    There comes a time in everyone’s life when you need to do a little sorting. Whether this is sorting your room or sorting out relationships some form of arrangement and re-arrangement of data/things/spouses is required. When it comes to magento you may want to do the same thing to your store. The following code and file [...]

  • Skinning Magento

    Updated: 2010-06-03 15:12:40
    I recently stumbled across a visually striking website developed in Magento which pushes the limitations of the software further than I have ever seen it go. A site called nineteen47.com is a superbly-realised e-commerce development making use of flash, JavaScript and some stunning CSS, and it’s all developed using Magento. Everything has been re-skinned from the [...]

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