Tweet We get asked this question every time an update is available for ShopSite. Clients aren’t sure if we’ll automatically upgrade their ShopSite ecommerce store, or if they need to request the upgrade. Here is our policy when it comes to ShopSite upgrades… Maintenance release -> Automatic update If ShopSite releases a maintenance version (like […]

Tweet Sometimes you need to secure content on your site to specific customers.   Maybe you want to limit products to only certain people or just create some “Members Only” pages for a group of users. Our Wholesale Module can do this, but it provides many more features instead of just a basic security option, […]

Tweet Flash back to January 2012… We helped one of our ecommerce clients get 1,000 orders in just under two hours. They were on Good Morning America (GMA), and it was a success. This year, they were once again invited back to GMA. They told us “we expect even more volume!” – They weren’t kidding. […]

Tweet  ok, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are only a few days away… And you’ve been busy with inventory, marketing, and day-to-day things. Now you’re worried if your site is ready for the surge in holiday sales. Here’s my quick checklist of a few things you must check before the mad rush begins… 1. Test […]

Tweet Free Shipping is a popular feature and it’s a great way to encourage customers to purchase more items from your store.  But it’s not always clear to the customer that it’s an option, or how much they need to purchase before it activates. Add $5.00 for FREE shipping! ShopSite’s javascript variables are always available […]

Tweet With the release of Google Trusted Stores, merchants have been signing up and implementing the tracking code on their stores.  While the seal code is simple to implement, the code needed on a store’s Thank You page is quite complex.  Google needs to receive  a lot of details to properly track the order in […]

Tweet If you’re using Google Analytics on your store there’s an easy change you can make to your Google Analytics account to show the referrals and sales which are coming from Google Shopping. Advanced Filters When on the Home screen of your Google Analytics account click on Admin, then on the list of Profiles click […]

Tweet One of the ShopSite features that’s popular among new users is the Order Anywhere feature.  If you already have a website and you just want to add some products to it, ShopSite’s Order Anywhere code can be placed on an existing page which creates an Add to Cart button.  With ShopSite v11 SP1 this […]

Tweet PayPal Standard, the old “standard” for paying with PayPal, has seen its best days behind it. These days, there is no reason not to use PayPal Express Checkout. I wrote about this a few years ago in a post titled Ditch PayPal Standard for PayPal Express. I’m writing it again as PayPal made a […]

Tweet The most common way for customers to add products to their shopping cart is one at a time, but sometimes it’s easier to present people with a list of products and allow them to add multiple items at once. Maybe you’re selling a group of products that are common for people to purchase a […]