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  • 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 […]
  • June 10, 2021

Platform Migrations, Travel, and a Return to Normalcy

2020 was an interesting year for all of us. eCommerce sales were booming for many merchants as much of the world was spending the majority of their time at home due to quarantine. It was also a year when many online store owners pushed the limits of their store’s platform, their internal operations, and even […]
  • May 27, 2021

Yahoo! Business Mail Access Following a Site Migration

With more and more Yahoo! Store owners coming to us to migrate them to another eCommerce platform, such as BigCommerce or Shopify, we occasionally run across some unique situations that need to be mitigated before launch. One of the more common ones has to do with Yahoo! Business Mail. While the majority of Yahoo! Store […]
  • May 12, 2021

Use the BigCommerce Promotions Manager: Advanced Editor to Create Promos that Convert

eCommerce store owners know the best way to lure customers in is to give them a deal that is irresistible! Whether you’re offering free shipping over a certain dollar amount, a bonus gift with purchase, a percentage off with a coupon code, or some other deal, these all contribute to higher conversion rates. BigCommerce store […]
  • May 11, 2021

Yahoo! Store Credit Card Number Display Update – May 2021

Next time you log into your Yahoo! Store manager, you will be presented with a pop-up displaying information about an update to the way credit card numbers are displayed within your store’s Order Manager. Previously, only the last 4 digits of credit card numbers were displayed on the detailed order information page for individual orders.  […]
  • May 6, 2021

How to Gather Intelligence from Your Competitor’s Customer Reviews

We all know that product reviews are an important part of an eCommerce store. In fact, 93% of consumers read online reviews before buying a product and that same percentage says that online reviews influenced their decision to make a purchase. Today, almost every online store has some type of review system in place where […]
  • May 2, 2021

Turn Your eCommerce Store’s Search Into a Profit Center with a 3rd Party Search App

Many eCommerce store owners fail to recognize the potential of an important feature of their store. I’m not talking about product reviews or suggested items, I’m talking about the store’s search engine. That tiny box has so much potential once a shopper enters a query, but not every merchant uses it to their advantage. If […]