It may be a difficult process for an ecommerce business owner to find the time to take a vacation, but when they do they need a plan for their online store. In this article we’ll take a look at 4 different ways you can put your store into a “Vacation Mode”.

They say “timing is everything”. And in many cases, this is very true. In the story of the 3 Little Bears, timing is important even for Goldilocks.

And it also holds true for maximizing the percentage of customers who return to leave a product review on your site…

Tweet Something that can help you stand out from your competitors and increase sales is to show clear, accurate photos of the products you are selling.  While a professional photographer with the proper lighting and studio equipment is the best way to go, you can certainly learn some tips to to improve product photos taken […]

Facebook has recently announced their new “Like” button that can be added to any page. This is BIG NEWS in the Social Media arena, and since Facebook is on the same level as Google in terms of its popularity and use, it would be silly to ignore these new developments.

Tweet Sometimes you want to show products on your store but don’t want people to order them anymore – maybe they are out of stock, or you no longer carry them – but you don’t want to just delete the product completely.  With this article we’ll review 3 ways to show the product but hide […]

ShopSite has changed the way it handles filenames that are changed for pages and more info pages. This is important to realize, as it can be quite a handy feature to utilize in the day to day management of your online store.

Mastercard and Discover recently announced new rules concerning how merchants process, handle, and refund debit cards, pre-paid cards, and gift cards. Here is a summary of what’s changing, when it’s required to be implemented, and how it may affect merchants and customers.

It’s critical to fully test your store prior to going live. Stores go live all the time with errors that could have been avoided by thoroughly testing all aspects of the website. Here are a few key things to review before you open your virtual doors.

If you are running an ecommerce store, accept PayPal as a payment option, and are still using “PayPal Standard” as the integration method, you may want to consider switching to PayPal Express Checkout. The Express method offers many advantages, and is just as easy to implement as PayPal Standard.

Merchant Corner, a web design and development company that specializes in ecommerce and ShopSite websites, is currently running a Promotion for their Sprout Commerce ShopSite solution. Merchant Corner works with a number of our clients, and I had the chance to ask Eamon Rodeck a few questions about design and how it relates to ecommerce…