One of the things I enjoy most about attending wordcamps is learning about new and improved plugins that are available. There are literally so many plugins out there that it’s impossible for one person to keep track of them all so it’s always nice when developers openly share some of their favorite plugins w/ others. […]
Jigoshop Product Addons Extension -vs- Native Jigoshop Product Variables / Attributes
Instead of using the native Jigoshop attribute functionality that’s built into Jigoshop (that sometimes gives customers problems until they understand it’s functionality), I’ve been using an alternative extension as an add-on to Jigoshop called Product Addons. The Product Add-Ons extension allows you to add additional data fields to your individual product pages. That means you […]
Product Variations w/ Jigoshop
The Jigoshop plugin is probably one of the best e-commerce plugins for WordPress I’ve ever seen, it’s extremely adaptable to almost any kind of scenario a client can throw at you, and it’s extremely scalable since there are tons of extensions available for it. Probably my biggest frustration with the plugin however is the way […]
What are your thoughts on the Internet Sales Tax / Marketplace Fairness Act?
Last week there was a lot of airtime devoted to the “marketplace fairness act” on just about every news / talk station that I listen to. For those of you that are out of the loop, the “marketplace fairness act” is basically an internet sales tax, and last week it passed the senate and has […]
Jigoshop eCommerce Plugin for WordPress
Over the years I’ve worked w/ a lot of eCommerce solutions, both paid as well as open-source, and I have to say that I’ve never been impressed w/ any one system like I have been Jigoshop. I’m including full-blown paid / proprietary systems like Storefront, Turnkey Webtools, and FoxyCart, as well as open-sourced projects like […]
Cyber Monday
Did you know that 84% of online retailers will be running major promotions today (the Monday following Thanksgiving)? Due to the economic downturn we find ourselves in this holiday season some of these retailers are depending on strong holiday sales for their mere survival. It is for this reason I think that this years online […]
Shopping Discounts on Twitter
If you are like me, you are probably going to spend some time over the next few days doing some Christmas shopping online. If so, I have stumbled onto something pretty cool inside the Twitter social network, just follow couponer and they will keep you up to date w/ the latest specials and discounts from […]
Tips For Online Retailers
Mike from Webpronews posted some great tips he picked up from Yahoo Search Marketing for online retailers that are looking to attract shoppers this holiday season. I was actually considering publishing chapter 2 to a post I did last year that had some suggestions for our e-commerce clients but I think that Mike did a […]
Tips for Smart Holiday Shopping Online
The Federal Trade Commission has launched what I deem to be some pretty good advice for anyone that is looking to do the bulk of their shopping online this holiday season. I read through the article and found quite a few tips they posted to be great, a few I didn’t think were all that […]
Increasing Holiday E-Commerce Sales…
As a partner in Pleth Networks, a leading e-commerce development firm, I have a lot of experience dealing with E-commerce on the web. I thought that I would put together this “lengthy now that I have finished it” blog entry on the topic of Increasing Sales this holiday season. Everyone is always looking for easy […]