The holiday orders are going to soon be rolling in and with them a slew of first-time customers either ordering gifts for someone, or treating themselves to an item they’ve been eyeing up and saving all year to purchase. These first-time buyers can quickly turn into lifetime customers if you wow them from the start […]
Grab your day planner, whip out your phone, or clear your whiteboard… it’s time to write down some important dates on your calendar! No, I’m not talking about the next meet-up, conference, or trade show, I’m talking about important dates for the remainder of the year that every eCommerce store owner should be aware of. […]
While confusion still abounds concerning sales tax on Internet purchases, it’s important for eCommerce store owners to remain in the know when it comes to this important issue. On October 1, 2019, four more states have enacted or updated economic nexus laws according to our partner, TaxJar. These states are Arizona, Kansas, Massachusetts, and Tennessee. […]
Welcome to October! Or should I ask, “where did the year go?” It’s hard to believe we are now in the fourth quarter and before we know it we’ll be ringing in the year 2020. As we approach the holiday shopping season, it’s time to start getting your eCommerce business ready for the onslaught of […]
With the start of September, store owners really only have 60 days to make sure their site is ready for the holiday shopping season. Over the past few years, we’ve seen shoppers take to shopping earlier and earlier thanks to stores pushing out sales and promotions before the traditional start of the season – Black […]
Have you ever been browsing your store, find something on a page that you need to modify, start clicking through bookmarks to find the admin page to log in, search for the page in the editor, and realize there must be a better way? Yes! We’ve all been there and it’s frustrating. That’s why we […]
August is upon us and that means we’re inching closer to the busiest shopping season of the year. So I need to ask, “are you ready?” This year, Thanksgiving falls late which means the period between Black Friday and Christmas is a week shorter. If you’re like me, that means I have even less time […]
Yahoo! frequently releases updates to its Yahoo! Store platform. Many are just fixes or minor updates that most store owners won’t notice or are updates designed to assist the developer community. However, this week a few updates were made that caught my attention so I thought I’d take a few minutes to point them out […]
If you’re still using a desktop website and a mobile website, the time has come for upgrading to a responsive design. If you’re a Turbify Store (formerly Yahoo! Store) and haven’t updated your website to a responsive theme, the time has come – and it’s easier than you may think. Users of Big Commerce and […]
We originally launched Priority Support Wizard and we got a lukewarm response. We decided to survey our customers to find out what exactly they would like in a support program and what we found is that our customers want a “proactive” support, not a “reactive” support program. So we’re re-launching a brand new Priority Support […]