Tweet If your store is currently configured to send order notifications with the customer as the ‘From’ address (default setting), you may soon stop receiving these notifications. This will apply to any merchant currently forwarding order notifications to GMail, Yahoo and other 3rd party mail servers. This is true even if your store email address […]
Tweet There are two broad types of ecommerce solutions: 1. Software that is installed in a hosting account (like ShopSite or Magento) -or- 2. Software as a service [SaaS] (no installation or ownership of files like Volusion, Shopify, BigCommerce, etc…) (Remotely hosted shopping cart) Although the idea of not having to install or maintain any […]
Tweet JavaScript can be used for a variety of features on the Shopping Cart page in ShopSite, such as this tip for showing the amount left to purchase to receive free shipping, and today we’re going to look at a very simple piece of code which will pop-up an alert to the customer with a […]
Tweet Break out the champagne and confetti! At least that’s how I feel after finalllllly getting the new website out the door. We launched the new site this past Friday afternoon. It was a long process, but one that required patience and attention to detail to get right. Out with the old It has been […]
Tweet In this post, we are using the ShopSite Product Review module to display a single page containing reviews/testimonials for selected products (or all products depending on catalog size and number of available reviews). Merchandising > Custom Templates > Pages/Products 1. Create a new Product template containing only a [– DEFINE PRODUCT –] section (You […]
Tweet It’s a balmy 15 degrees outside here in Connecticut as I write this post – looking forward to warmer weather any time now. Here at LexiConn, we’ve been busy putting the final touches on our soon to be released new website re-design. It’s been a long process, but we can see the light at […]
Tweet Accessing email on a mobile device (smartphones, tablets, laptops, etc…), while connected to a public or unsecured wireless network, can lead to your password(s) being intercepted and used by spammers. To help protect you on these networks, we would recommend configuring mobile devices to use SSL (Secure Socket Layer). The SSL protocol transmits information […]
Tweet A few months ago we reviewed how you can use JavaScript to sell product in quantity increments, but that method only took effect on the cart. What if you want to enforce the limits at the product level and use drop-downs so the customer can easily select their quantity? In this post we’ll provide […]
Tweet Here are a few hot articles to warm you up during this cold and snowy winter… TOP PICK: How To Come Up With A Value Proposition When What You Sell ISN’T Unique – ConversionXL A must read for every online merchant. 31 Link Building Tactics Discovered From Competitive Analysis – MOZ Lots of great […]
Tweet Ah, the dreaded the postal code returned from PayPal did not match the cart message in ShopSite… It can be confusing, annoying, and ultimately result in lost sales… What really happens? When a customer enters a ship to zip / postal code in the shopping cart that does not match the ship to zip […]
