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Yahoo! to Shut Down Commerce Central (Lexity) on November 11, 2021

It’s time to say goodbye to Yahoo! Commerce Central, formerly known as Lexity.  Yahoo! has announced the service will officially be shut down on November 11, 2021.  Commerce Central is home to apps that merchants can use for things such as email marketing, analytics, promotions, and more. The announcement was made on October 25, 2021, […]

Search Magic Update – October 7, 2021

Our app development team has been busy with some great updates to our flagship product, Search Magic!  Available for BigCommerce, Shopify, and Yahoo! Store, Search Magic is an advanced search app that replaces the standard platform search and includes features designed to turn searches into sales. Here’s what’s new: Part Finder Add-On In case you […]

TikTok for Business Now Integrated into BigCommerce

If you’re a BigCommerce merchant and are looking to expand your advertising reach and get your message in front of more than 600 million monthly users worldwide, we’ve got some exciting news for you! BigCommerce has partnered with TikTok, the most downloaded app in 2020, to offer merchants their business-focused platform, “TikTok for Business” to […]

US Postal Service Seasonal Rates Now in Effect

If you ship packages via the US Postal Service, take note – new seasonal rates are in effect October 3 – December 26, 2021 for postage purchased online. The rate increase affects prices on commercial and retail domestic competitive parcels – Priority Mail Express (PME), Priority Mail (PM), First-Class Package Service (FCPS), Parcel Select, USPS […]

Get Your eCommerce Store Holiday Ready with these Tips

Welcome to the 4th quarter of 2021 and what a year it has been for eCommerce. Online sales are higher than ever, more and more people are shopping from their computers and smartphones than ever before due to the pandemic, and there’s no sign of slowing down. Let’s face it, COVID-19 changed the way most […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]