Archive for the ‘Software Tools’ Category

Apr
19
2011
AUTHOR
noelle.vetrosky

Which Mobile Platforms Are on the Rise?

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

Out of all the major Smartphone platforms that are out there and in use, which is the best? Which is rising to the top and which will soon be non-existent? And better yet, why are these questions important to you?

Mobile commerce is growing, and growing. An eCommerce store owner should also have a mobile-friendly site and checkout to prepare for shoppers on the go. Many businesses are also creating apps for their business that expands their customer reach even further. To do this, you should know what platforms are dominating. (more…)

Dec
1
2010
AUTHOR
noelle.vetrosky

Have You Mobile Shopped Yet?

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Mobile commerce is growing and this holiday season, mobile phones have become an incredibly useful shopping tool for consumers. The National Retail Federation is reporting that one-forth of Americans will use a mobile device to shop for gifts, compare prices and research products during the holiday shopping season.

When I first started hearing about the popularity of mobile commerce, I must admit I was skeptical. Are people in such a hurry to shop that they’re going to do it over their mobile phone instead of their home computer? I didn’t think it would be a necessity or a convenience until I tried it out for myself and I am certainly a believer in mobile commerce and its effectiveness now. (more…)

Nov
17
2010
AUTHOR
eleni.konstas

mCommerce and other Solid Cactus eCommerce improvements

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

november-SCeC-releaseRing! Ring! Ring! Ring! mCommerce is calling, are you ready to pick up your mobile site? Solid Cactus eCommerce developers have been hard at work with November’s improvements for your eCommerce store. Among those changes are improvements to coupon codes, expansion of comparison shopping feeds and store management.

Check out the mCommerce possibilities

The mCommerce release can be yours with just one click. The versatile design supports not one or two but all smartphone devices by growing and shrinking based on the size and orientation of the screen. Customers will instantly recognize your mobile site as part of your store when you use the customization available to develop your mobile store branding. Create custom banners, navigation or even choose and create your own store theme. Determine the text display for the site header and homepage banner and footer.

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Oct
27
2010
AUTHOR
eleni.konstas

October enhancements to Solid Cactus eCommerce

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

SCeC-changes-octoberWhile Mother Nature enhances the foliage outside with delightful reds, oranges and purples, Solid Cactus eCommerce developers and programmers have been busy inside working on enhancements for your site including improvements to store page load times, third party integrations, and administrative changes. Among the many improvements, Realex was added to the growing list of supported gateways; merchants can customize product details and create category lists.

Greater Category Management

Merchants now have significantly enhanced category control with the ability to display up to 12 featured categories, in much the same way Featured Products appear. The “featured categories” section is displayed by placing a merge code on your store page or template, for example a deals and discounts page can contain both featured products and featured categories. Another requested improvement in this update allows merchants to hide products and categories from the site search and navigation, including the ability to suppress the “All Products” category if you choose. If you’re running a special promotion through targeted emails or autoresponders, you can choose to hide the products on sale. These products can then only be accessed by a direct link, which you could share exclusively through email to customers for a special sale or ‘Thank you’ promotion.

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September Solid Cactus eCommerce release advances merchant abilities

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

The Solid Cactus development team has been working on new and exciting ways to improve the usability and value of your Solid Cactus eCommerce store. This September release includes merchant requested changes, such as multiple unsubscribes, easier product duplication and a media library to benefit all Solid Cactus eCommerce & Cactus Connect users.

Multiple Unsubscribescreenshot_september_release

A highly anticipated feature for many merchants, the multiple unsubscribe. When a user subscribes to one autoresponder they can be set to automatically unsubscribe to others, giving greater marketing control. For example, a prospective customer receives autoresponders from two different campaigns, one as a prospective customer and another targeting location. The customer makes the purchase of a hat and is then unsubscribed from the previous autoresponder campaigns and added to a new autoresponder for customers who have purchased hats.

Media Library connection
Cactus Connect merchants can now take advantage of the Media Library that all Solid Cactus eCommerce merchants already enjoy. Now Cactus Connect merchants can host crucial content to a media library to easily spice up emails with images, now linked from their own library! Multiple file types are supported including jpeg, gif, pdf and zip files.

Updated ‘save as new’
‘Save as new’ product button now saves all fields to the new product. Previously only basic information was saved, such as product name and SKU. Now thanks to merchant requests, creating duplicate products is even easier, with all product options and forms guaranteed to be saved as well.

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