Magento Patches: Keeping your Magento 1.x store secure

Magento is one of our favorite E-commerce platforms, and many store owners around the world agree. No open source E-commerce solution is as scalable, robust, and feature-rich. However, with these advantages comes increased complexity, and its ever-increasing popularity attracts unsavory sorts who seek out to exploit any vulnerabilities that may be present in the vary … Read more

Magento 2 Upgrade

Magento 2

Get the conversation started now. Update: Magento is providing security patches and support for Magento 1 through June 2020. Magento 2 was released late in 2015, but if you are like many of the thousands of Magento 1.9 shop owners, you have not yet upgraded. This being May of 2017, we are halfway through the upgrade cycle. That … Read more

The Road to Magento

e-commerce: from a cannabis sale to everyday use. “The seminal act of e-commerce” took place in 1971 over ARPANET (an ancestor of today’s internet). Of all things, it was used to arrange a cannabis sale between students at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It then took almost a decade for … Read more

Starting an Ecommerce Store? Some things to consider before you begin.

Think you are ready to set up your own online store? Here are some things you should consider before you begin the development process. Tax and Shipping Collecting sales tax and determining the optimal shipping methods are probably the least glamorous aspects of selling online, but they are very important to establishing an online business. … Read more

Expand your WordPress E-commerce Marketplace in WooCommerce with WCMP

WooCommerce is the de facto standard in getting an eCommerce setup quickly with a WordPress environment. Like all eCommerce solutions, it does have it’s own learning curve, and for very specific customizations you will need a web developer to assist you with some heavy lifting. That’s why it is always impressive when a plugin comes … Read more

WooCommerce Shipping Methods: FedEx, USPS, UPS

WooCommerce: E-commerce powered by WordPress WooCommerce is a powerful ecommerce solution for WordPress. Woo’s feature set is impressive out of the box , but what is perhaps most useful is the number of WordPress plugins you can add to further enhance your storefront for your customers, and maximize the efficiency of running the store for … Read more

Auditing usability in your Magento site

Magento is one of the most powerful and robust eCommerce platforms available. It provides solutions for any product you can imagine, from highly complex product bundles, to digital download products and online training and event ticket sales. Any product under the sun can be configured and sold through Magento. But despite its power, your Magento … Read more

5 Reasons Why Your E-Commerce Site Isn’t Working

You’ve got a great product, a solid business model, and your website is up and running, and yet… the sales aren’t coming in. What gives? In this article we take a look at some of the most common issues that can torpedo your e-commerce site. 1) No clear focus for your store: Can you describe … Read more