We get asked regularly by clients if a Magento CDN is right for their site. Everyone wants fast page load times, and a number of vendors such as Akamai and Amazon offer solutions. So how do they work, and should you use one for your site? How a Magento CDN Works CDNs...
Why is Running My eCommerce Site under TLS Encryption Becoming Important?
TLS encryption (often referred to as SSL, an older technology) is critical to eCommerce sites. It scrambles the data between browser and server so hackers can't easily steal and use it. However, running your whole website under TLS provides several other benefits that...
Online Store Business Plan – Your Key to Success: A 12-Part Plan
Every business should have an online store business plan. In fact, many business professionals believe that this planning document is crucial to the success of any company. Writing down and documenting thoughts and ideas forces business owners and managers to put...
Magento 2 New Features and Improvements
We've been hearing for years that Magento 2 new features are coming soon and is going to change everything. After several years of anticipation − five to be exact − Magento 2 is here, for real. As with most highly anticipated launches, the debut comes with numerous...
eCommerce Trends in 2020: Prepare Early to Avoid Failure
If only we had a crystal ball that could tell us where eCommerce trends would take us five years from now. In 2010, U.S. retail eCommerce sales hit $165.4 billion. Fast-forward to 2015 and it’s projected that eCommerce sales will hit $349.06 billion in the U.S. alone....
Top 7 Tips on Choosing the Best Magento Themes
Choosing the best Magento themes for your eCommerce website is as important as choosing a storefront design. Your theme is the face of your company, and should envelope the personality of your product and services. It also conveys the style of your business, and the...
10 Common Magento Issues that Drive E-Commerce Sales Down
There are a lot of best practices blog articles out there. Best practices to reduce shopping cart abandonment, best practices for homepage design, best practices for product page design, best practices to increase sales, and so on. I should know, I have written some...
Magento 2 Demo: Upgrade, Enhancements & Trial
Magento 2 Demo There are many design, speed, security and architectural enhancements that will make this a compelling upgrade for online merchants. If you're using Magento 1.9 or less, or considering using Magento, you should start working Magento 2 into your plans. A...
5 Magento 2 Hosting Providers (And How to Choose the Best One For You!)
Magento 2 Hosting Providers Finding the right Magento 2 hosting providers is one of the most important decisions you will make for your eCommerce website. While many eCommerce business owners put endless hours into SEO, creating great content, and optimizing product...
Magento Shipping Tips: Cut Costs with 71lbs
For most Magento merchants, shipping has become both a marketing tool and a growing part of their expenses. Free shipping has become a fairly common offer merchants make, that puts more pressure on your bottom line. Giant retailers like Amazon and Walmart get great...
Design Magento – Three design tips for every online store owner
Magento is a very popular eCommerce program with online store owners. The way you can design Magento stores is unique. This of course leads to...
Magento program – How to find the right hosting for Mage?
The Magento program has been downloaded more than 4 million times. And since 2017, more than 48,000 Mage stores have been set up. The popularity is...
Magento Community Edition – Perfect choice for SMEs
Magento is perfect for small and medium (SME) stores. This is especially true because Magento Community Edition is the free version that suits most...
Magento Community Edition features that work for Online Stores
Magento community edition is very popular among small and medium business owners. It is free and comes with a lot of features. This makes setting up...
Magento business – How to setup a flourishing online store
Magento works well for online business store. The Magento stores can be designed in different ways to suit different products and also services....
Magento eCommerce web design – 4 Tips for a great looking store
Magento eCommerce web design requires a highly skilled developer. This is because although Magento is a great and popular eCommerce program. The out...
Magento Community themes – 5 Theme requirements for SME stores
Magento is perfect for small and medium (SME) stores. This is especially true because Magento has the free Community version that suits most...
Guide to how to develop eCommerce website in Magento
Magento is a popular program which has been downloaded more than 5 million times. There are two very useful versions, the Community and also the...
How to build a Magento website – 5 Things to consider
Magento is a great eCommerce program for an online store. Since it comes with all the pieces needed to build a functional store. Like Lego, you just...
Magento eCommerce features – 5 ways to make your Store stand out
Magento’s ability to allow users to modify the store code is great. This allows for greater uniqueness among online stores. And also, most notably...