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  • September 16, 2021

Yahoo! Store Update: September 2021

As previously announced, Verizon sold its media assets Yahoo! and AOL to private equity. The SMB division, which includes Yahoo! Store, was not part of the sale. Over the next several months, Verizon will be introducing new branding and some small changes to the Yahoo! Store platform. The changes are necessary in order to facilitate […]
  • September 8, 2021

2021 Holiday Season Survival Guide Part 3: Customer Service

As we inch closer and closer to the holidays, by this time you should have your inventory beefed up, your holiday sales planned out with a corresponding marketing calendar, and your warehouse primed to handle the increased demand that is just a few weeks away. But there’s one more thing we need to touch on […]
  • August 31, 2021

Search Magic August 2021 Update

Search Magic, our flagship advanced search application for BigCommerce, Shopify, and Yahoo! Store, is under constant development based on store owner feedback and improvements in search technology.  Our latest update to the application is one many have asked for based on shopper feedback. Previously, when a search results page was loaded and a shopper browsed […]
  • July 28, 2021

BigCommerce Acquires Feedonomics to Help Merchants Expand their Reach

If you’re a BigCommerce store owner, getting your products into shopping channels such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft Ads, Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Wish, Pinterest, and Snapchat is going to get a whole lot easier! Today, BigCommerce announced that they have acquired Feedonomics, a full-service data feed management platform that enables merchants to grow and succeed on […]
  • July 23, 2021

Having a Sale? Create Deal Pages to Get Extra Attention from Google!

Hooray for the holidays! Especially this year when online shopping is expected to blow estimates out of the water. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a new wave of people who just recently made their first online purchase. And we all know that online shopping is like a piece of candy, one bite and you keep […]
  • July 22, 2021

Register Now for BigCommerce Make it Big 2021 Free Virtual eCommerce Conference

BigCommerce merchants, mark your calendars! “Make it Big” is back for 2021 with more eCommerce legends and industry experts than ever before! This free virtual conference is being held September 14 – 15, 2021, and offers proven strategies, expert tips and tactics, and real-world success stories. Go from keeping up to standing out. Bigger names, […]
  • July 19, 2021

Blair Candy Makes a Sweet Move to BigCommerce

More than a year ago, one of our long-time clients came to us with concerns over their Yahoo! Store. Blair Candy Company, located in Altoona, PA, was experiencing its normal year-over-year growth plus a rapid increase fueled by the COVID-19 crisis. With more online orders coming into their warehouse than ever before, they needed to […]
  • July 15, 2021

2021 Holiday Season Survival Guide Part 2: Site Search

Welcome to the second installment of our Holiday Survival Guide. Previously we discussed shipping challenges that eCommerce store owners may face this season due to unprecedented package demand coupled with the lingering impacts of COVID-19. Today we’re going to discuss an often-overlooked element of the shopping experience – site search. Believe it or not, many […]
  • June 25, 2021

Introducing the Part Finder Add-on for Search Magic

If you’re in the automotive or similar industry that sells parts or accessories based on criteria such as year/make/model, I’ve got exciting news to share with you. Our app development team has just released a Part Finder add-on for our flagship app, Search Magic. Search Magic is one of the most powerful and affordable advanced […]
  • June 20, 2021

2021 Holiday Season Survival Guide Part 1: Shipping

It may be June and your sights are probably set on the summer vacation plans you have coming up, but there’s also something you should be looking forward to… the holidays! There, I said it. Yes, it’s time to start thinking about the holiday shopping season that gets underway in less than five months. The […]