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#15535 Ecommerce Product Design Tool: Why Switch from Flash to HTML5

Posted by RichardWashington on 21 June 2017 - 04:43 AM in Magento modules & themes

Like recording tapes, flash is also a medium that needs a player to work and is on the verge of dying a slow death. And just like CD players and then digital players replaced tapes, HTML5 is now making flash obsolete. In 2010 Steve Jobs published letter promoting HTML5 as the future. Since then, it has become a hot subject among Web developers and designers. And last year Google announced that it will stop accepting ads made with Adobe Flash and will totally ban them from 2 January 2017. This means that all digital animations will then have to use HTML5 or be converted into video format.

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This changing trend is also a wake up call for all Magento store owners who are still using flash based product design tool. It's high time you changed your product designer into a HTML5 based product designer for your Magento Store.

In this article we have compared flash and HTML5 and listed down three good reasons why you should use let go of flash and adopt HTML5

MOBILE HATES FLASH

With the launch of HTML5, mobile has emerged as one of the publishing world’s biggest advantages. Flash on the other hand is constrained to PCs – a market which, according to Gartner, saw a 10% decrease in shipments in 2013 compared 2012.

It is also well known that Flash is not good for many Android & iOS devices and laptops whereas HTML5 moves a step ahead in these areas. Flash consumes more power and is not compatible with a touch screen. Because of this, Adobe Flash causes a device to heat up. HTML5 on the other hand is compatible with touch screens and does not have any issues with any device.

In spite of Adobe's best efforts, Flash for Android devices never gave a seamless user experience. Many customers experienced choppy playback and in certain situations it absorbed battery life down. Beside PCs, there’s won’t be any room left for Flash and even in PCs, Windows 8 will have partial Flash support.

So the verdict is clear – the future belongs to mobile and mobile hates flash. And once mobile sets a trend, desktops will follow suit.

SEMANTIC STRUCTURE OF INTERACTIVE VIDEO

While mobile is the most obvious advantage of HTML5 over Flash, there’s a characteristic that's part of HTML5 semantic structure which is just as important and particularly powerful for Interactive Videos based on HTML5. Through semantic structure of Interactive Video, you can develop projects using HTML5 that have various interconnected pieces that Web crawlers know how to recognize. But with Flash, you’re getting a black box that, when crawled, shows up as just a Flash video without any extra information. Flash is entirely closed container due to which Web crawlers and search engines can’t see inside of it.

RUNNING ON DIFFERENT PLATFORMS

On some platforms such as Linux and Mac OS X, Flash runs very slowly as it does not have access to Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) processing. GPU is performed on the CPU & this causes the application to slow down enormously. Other drawback of Flash is that in order to play a SWF file, you need to install Adobe Flash and so you have to ensure that the device and the operating system are attuned with Adobe Flash.

When it comes to running on Linux and Mac OS X, HTML5 outshines and it has been shown that HTML5 content excels Flash by running 58% faster.

HTML5 is the only application to dart across all mobile devices is replacing Flash, and firms that have long believed on Flash need to get on board. Those who still think Adobe Flash is the way to go ahead will likely be changing their tune in the near future. HTML5 is becoming more and more popular with various companies providing easy to use, interactive platforms to create presentations and websites that are wonderfully designed with least work on the user's end.
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#15383 What is Australia Post eParcel Service and Why You Should Use It

Posted by RichardWashington on 13 June 2017 - 05:52 AM in Magento modules & themes

For an ecommerce business, proper shipment of the order(s) happens to be one of the most important steps in the business process. It’s only after the shipping of the package that the customer gets to see the physical product they ordered. Therefore, it becomes crucial for online stores to choose their shipping partner carefully to ensure that the order reaches the customer in its best condition.

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If you are an Australian e-tailer, then Australia Post is probably the best shipping partner you can have for your store, and the eParcel Service of Australia Post, the most important service, provided your order volume is good.

Today we will explain more about Australia Post’s eParcel Service and explain why it can be the right option for you. And if you are already convinced about the usefulness of Australia Post eParcel Service, then you can skip reading this post and check out our Australia Post eParcel Magento Extension that makes it super easy to integrate Australia Post eParcel Service with your store.

What is Australia Post eParcel Service?

Australia post eParcel service is an online shipping service by Australian Postal Services for businesses that require to ship bulk consignments repeatedly. It assists your business by managing one of the most important aspects of your business efficiently. It significantly helps your business by reducing the time for the administration of the business. Further in this blog, we will discuss why you should use Australia Post eParcel Service for your ecommerce business.

Why You Should Use It?

For its ease of management
Consignment management gets simplified for you as the whole aspect of shipping the order shifts to eParcel. You just need to keep your order ready. eParcel manages everything else from shipping the parcel in its best condition to regular updates to you and your customers.

For its ease of usage
There is no need to go through a complicated process to send your parcels through eParcel service. You just need to establish your eParcel agreement and choose how you want to integrate it with your store. Then you can prepare your consignment and dispatch it. The shipment is then facilitated and the receiver gets the order within the estimated time of delivery.

Due to its flexibility

The service is extremely flexible. You can use eParcel online, use your own warehousing management, or go for third party integration which makes your task of managing your stores’ shipping much easier and organized.

For its affordable shipping services
Australia post eParcel service provides you affordable shipping services for your ecommerce business. By providing competitive and flexible pricing options it cuts downs your freight charges to a considerable level. The same services if rendered by other private shipping companies can come out to be very expensive.

For its efficiency
The efficiency of the service provided by the eParcel service is unmatched. The tracking tool helps you to keep a watch on your consignments and also offer different options for delivery speeds to your customers.

For its regular notifications
Apart from the self tracking of your packages, eParcel service sends out regular updates to you as well as the receiver of the parcel. This ensures that your customer is being informed of the whereabouts of their order and you don’t need to manage it separately.

For its transit insurance cover for loss and damage
Sending out expensive packages amounts to some risk on part of the sender but eParcel service gives you a sense of confidence by providing transit insurance cover for loss and damage of the packages. It’s ideal for you if your orders include electronics or other valuable goods. You can opt for the cover option for selected consignments or for everything you send by eParcel. (Up to a defined amount)

For its discounted deliveries
Apart from the affordable services it provides, eParcel offers you volume delivery discounts. There are various options under this as well. If you send more than 250 parcels in a year, you are eligible to a certain discount and as the number of parcels increase you are shifted to other memberships which offer more discounts.

For its returns solutions
There is no ecommerce business which can claim that their customers never return any of the received products. On the other hand, not offering a return policy can reduce your sales to a significant level. Australia post eParcel service provides you efficient return solutions for your business which makes it extremely easy for your customers to return the products. Moreover, you can choose whether the customer or your store pays for the return.

Australia post eParcel service is a one stop solution for the shipping needs of your business. From managing it efficiently to being accountable for each and every step, eParcel service excels in all. For all the reasons counted above and more, it makes an ideal eParcel service for your online business. And the best way to benefit from all these features is to install Australia Post eParcel Extension to your Magento store.




#15812 Magento Australia Post Shipping Extension: Boon for Australian Online Stores

Posted by RichardWashington on 20 July 2017 - 10:09 AM in Magento modules & themes

Biztech has come up with an exciting Magento Australia Post Shipping Extension for online store owners of Australia who ship parcels to domestic & international market. In current scenario customers want multiple shipping options to get the product delivery.
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For Example, if they have something important to be shipped they will choose any express parcel service. If they think they can wait for the parcel they’ll opt for regular delivery method. With Australia Post Shipping extension of Biztech, store owner can give multiple options to customers for choosing shipping method.

Here are key features to look out for in Magento Australia Post Extension:

Set handling fees
Store owner can set handling fees for the order. It can be fixed or percentage based as per store requirements.

Set Multiple Services for Domestic & International Parcel & Letter
Admin can add / delete multiple services for Parcels & Letters going to domestic areas of Australia or going to international areas out of Australia.

Manage On Delivery Signature & Extra Covers for Shipment
Admin can enable / disable signature for shipment delivery. Admin can also add extra cover price for shipment.

Setting Product Attributes
Admin will set the attributes which will be taken into consideration while getting rates for Australia Post Shipping methods. The final shipment dimensions will be counted by Best Fit Algorithm to get best possible rates.

Manage Countries Where Shipping is Available
Admin can add specific countries to shipping list if shipping is available for specific countries. Or admin can enable it for all countries.

Set default Values for Dimension
Admin can set default values for dimensions, if product dimensions are not defined these dimensions will be taken into account while fetching shipping rates.

Multiple Shipping Methods on Check out Page
Customer will be provided with all the shipping methods which admin has enabled for delivery.

Thus, an improved online shopping activity is done from any nook and corner of the globe.Shipping extension[/url] is well sleeved with various specifications, to add value to the online stores and offer an unmatched buying experience to the buyers.




#15403 How To Simplify Magento Quotation Management

Posted by RichardWashington on 14 June 2017 - 06:10 AM in Magento modules & themes

Though it is true that ecommerce as in industry has become much more mature and most of the businesses processes have been perfected, there are still some aspects that need to be perfected or worked upon. When we are talking about online retail business where people are buying just one or two products, you can find hundreds of hacks, ways, applications, and extensions to enhance your sales but while moving to bulk transactions online, the formulas which are tried and tested for retail businesses are bound to fail. Every kind of business has its own way of earning revenues and we surely can’t go for the ‘one shoe fits all’ for different online businesses.
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If a potential business or individual wishes to buy bulk products from your ecommerce store, and finds the prices to be slightly different than what he is willing to pay for, you might just lose that customer as there is no personal interaction between the buyer and seller to quote a price which is feasible and profitable to both. You can also lose your customers to other competitors who are offering slight difference in rates or giving the option of negotiation.

Is there no solution to this problem? Thankfully, there is!

The whole process of managing online quotations for bulk orders can be simplified and automated with Magento Quotation Manager. With the help of Quotation Manager, you can now sell products online in bulk without publicizing exact prices.

In this blog, we will discuss some of the features of the Magento Quotation Manager and how it helps you earn more revenues through online bulk selling. The extension eradicates the problem of placing bulk order quotations and asking for discounts through an online store where there is no face to face personal interaction. Let’s see how:

It facilitates Hassle-Free Communication

Quotation Manager removes the hurdle of interaction with your customer as it provides an effective interface to submit quotes for products available on your store. It enables your customers to comment on each product and their quote for the entire order. They can even request for the proposed total. You can then provide the proposed quote, after which the customer can place the order with the agreed quote. All this communication takes place trouble free within your Magento store.

There is Complete Admin Control

You can entirely control how the quotation and negotiation process goes on. As an admin, you can set minimum order quantity that qualifies for further transaction and also the price at offer. You can set indicator bars, below which no quotes can be submitted. It not only filters orders but also saves time and efforts on both ends. Also, you can easily manage all your received quotes, communications with customers, acceptance and rejection of quotes received, all from your store’s admin panel.

Both parties get Emails synced with all the communications

You don’t have to worry about missing out on any of the aspects as you get notified by an e-mail for every action in the process of rate negotiation and quotation approval. Both the admin and the customer receive these e-mails ensuring uninterrupted interaction.

It facilitates Coupon Code Generation

On approval of the quote after all the negotiation, coupon code is generated automatically which is to be further applied at the time of checkout. This coupon code is based on the discount which is mutually agreed upon and is sent by e-mail to the customer.

It assists uncomplicated checkouts

Though it may seem like a complicated process given there is involvement of negotiation and quotes on the prices already mentioned, but the checkout process is made to be extremely effortless by Magento Quotation Manager. The customer just needs to add the quoted items to the cart and apply the coupon code sent to get the invoice or bill as decided.
Magento Quotation Manager offers you complete quote management from the admin panel and helps you earn more profits through bulk orders. Moreover, it is a simple and easy to install extension for your Magento store which makes quote management for online businesses extremely easy and effortless.

Interested? Go check out what Magento Quotation Manager can do for you.




#15311 Apache Solr Search: Why Integrate It with Your Magento Store?

Posted by RichardWashington on 06 June 2017 - 06:58 AM in Magento modules & themes

If you are an ecommerce store owner, getting the customers to your store is a challenge in itself. And when you do get them to come to your store, you have to make sure that they surf around and find what they are looking to buy as easily as possible. Advertising and sponsored clicks are not enough if your consumers cannot find the products of their choice. As customers have specific requirements and less time, they need an intelligent and robust magento search tool. The tool should be such that it can provide better user experience, enhanced conversion and refined search that offers results according to the search habits of the customer.

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General and inbuilt tools available on ecommerce websites are not fast enough and lack the accuracy needed when one is looking for specific products. This is when Apache Solr Search can come to the rescue. Built by developers at Apache, it provides your customers with the power of the Lucene Search Library. Solr is an open source enterprise search software which enables the developers to integrate it with any kind of website or application. This can be done without Java coding. If one requires advanced customizations, it also has extensive plugin architecture for the same.

So what are the benefits of advanced search and why should you consider integrating Solr to your Magento Store? Here’s a brief about the search functionalities it offers.

WHY SHOULD YOU USE SOLR?

One of the major reasons to use Solr is that it is an open source. Moreover, as there are no license fees involved, it is easily possible to make changes in the software and the informed programmers can research on how the data is processed. If needed, extra functions can also be added and the software can be customized according to the requirements. As the searching facility on the online store is dependent on partial combining features, relational databases might not perform rightly. If the products on your store are not presented in hierarchy, adding SOLR can help to make the search option better.

FUNCTIONALITIES OF SOLR
Here are some of the functionalities provided by Solr:

Swift searching option
Spell check guide with “Did you mean?” functionality
Auto complete search option
Full text searching compatible to your store
Trouble-free data pulling facility from multiple databases
Refined search facility with priority given to relevant fields
Flexibility with the integration of new features
HOW CAN PROFESSIONALS HELP YOU WITH INTEGRATION?
You can take the help of professionals if you want to integrate Solr Search with Magento. Here’s how professionals can help you.

Understanding your business requirements

The necessities of every business are different. Companies that provide integration spend time in understanding the unique requirements of your website before integrating Solr search to your Magento store.

Compatibility Check

The professionals offering integration must provide search option which is compatible to your store and adjusts to your system easily. Make sure you get the kind of quality assurance you need.

Testing

Various diagnostic checks are done in order to make sure that the integration has been established successfully and products can be easily searched.

Support and knowledge sharing

After the search option has been launched, the company should provide you with consultations and services whenever there is a problem and it needs immediate attention.

ON A CONCLUDING NOTE
You must have a basic idea about how the integration takes place. It is not easy to find good integration services. It asks for an expert who has a perfect knowhow of merging the data aspects of your store into Solr for your search option to work smoothly. Thats is why we have developed Solr Search - Magento Integration product for smooth integration. Combined with our world class support and customization solutions, integrating Solr Search with your Magento store would be a cakewalk!




#15543 Australia Post Magento Extension: Improve Customer Satisfaction With Value Ad...

Posted by RichardWashington on 21 June 2017 - 10:37 AM in Magento modules & themes

Fulfilling customers’ high expectations is a vital parameter for customer satisfaction when it comes to the ecommerce industry. In this regard, shipping is a very important component of the customer order fulfillment journey. How fast the products are shipped and how error free the process is, decides, to a large extent, how satisfied the customer is.

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For ecommerce store owners in Australia, Australia Post is a popular shipping partner. A large number of Australian online store owners have shipping methods fulfilled by Australia Post. Keeping this in mind, Biztech came up with a Magento Australia Post Shipping Extension for online store owners of Australia who ship parcels to domestic & international markets. This extension is particularly helpful in keeping pace with the frequently changing Australia Post regulations.

Store owners can configure Australia Post Shipping Extension in their online store for domestic as well as international parcels and set their own handling charges, flat rate etc. offering improved shopping experience to their customers.

In our previous blog, we talked about all the features and benefits of Australia Post Shipping Extension. In this post we will talk about two value added services which store owners can avail of along with the extension.

Value Added Services of Australia Post Shipping Extension
  • Satchel Service : Satchel service is used to show rates of parcel shipped in box packing. If the dimensions of the parcel match the pre-defined weight and dimensions of the box in satchel system, it will generate rates for the parcel automatically. With Biztech’s Satchel integration in Magento Australia Post Extension, admin can show / hide satchel rates as per their need. The extension will fetch best matching box for parcel and display the rates accordingly.
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  • eParcel Matrix Rates Shipping Method : eParcel Matrix Rates Shipping Method is used to display customized shipping rates using CSV file for eParcel service. With Biztech’s eParcel Matrix Rates Shipping Method Service integration in Australia Post Shipping Extension admin can add desired predefined rates based on weight and dimension of parcel in CSV file. With Australia Post Shipping Magento Extension, admin can add handling fees for parcel, signature cost & insurance cost separately. This service will not integrate with eParcel service available by default, but will only display uploaded rates by CSV file.

Thus, when you integrate Australia Post Shipping extension in your own online store, you not only get enhanced functionalities but also get value added services that give customers an enhanced buying experience thereby driving customer satisfaction.




#15552 Make Your Magento Store Portable With MageMob Cart Application

Posted by RichardWashington on 22 June 2017 - 09:30 AM in Magento modules & themes

Trends of having eCommerce apps are grabbing the attention of users; there are a number of users who like to use online stores on their smartphones since the responsive sites are much in demand these days. Industry leaders have observed that, mobile apps for Magento have increased to a great extent to make businesses portable, user friendly and renowned.

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MageMob Cart is one such Magento cart application that helps elevate the online shopping experience. In order to design and develop such amazing Magento mobile cart solutions, to keep up with the increasing customer demands becomes necessary. Mobile apps have become an essential part of our lives and when such apps are used for online shopping then it becomes the most significant source for the shopping lovers.

Magento is the best platform to develop different apps. It gives immense custom made functionalities! According to the Magento experts, if your online store is not investing in mCommerce solution, then you are surely missing potential customers. The stores can be benefited in the most advanced way. Making your eStore available in the form of mobile apps would definitely augment the store availability at the same time boost your products & brand!

MageMob Cart, a Magento cart application built for iPhone & Android helps you access online stores on-the-move! Placing orders from anywhere at anytime is more comfortable than going to physical stores or shops. Having integrated this app would provide the advantage of easy integration with a Magento store. This efficiently manages web store and application, everything from the admin panel.

The recent survey stated that, shoppers who search products using mobile apps 75% of those shoppers order products directly from the mobile app! Thus, such Magento stores can be made portable and trust factor is built among the shoppers! With the help of mobile shopping cart app, conversion rates can be amazingly increased by cementing roles of mobile apps and Magento platform. Mobile apps are the backbone of modern eCommerce and play a vital role in mCommerce business.




#15424 Magento Language Translation Extension: The Best Way to Translate Store Content

Posted by RichardWashington on 15 June 2017 - 06:04 AM in Magento modules & themes

To keep up with the fierce competition in the ecommerce industry, you constantly need to think of ways to broaden your market and increase the sales of your online store. Having a multilingual website helps you to reach out to markets that your competitors are yet to reach; hence you have a good chance of setting up your brand image in the markets with different language and currency preferences. Moreover, you don’t need to exhaust additional resources to run a multilingual site. The cost of operating a unilingual and multilingual site is about the same. You just need to set up multiple languages and currencies on your current Magento site by following some easy steps. In this blog, we have provided a step-by-step guide to help you create a multilingual store in Magento by yourself:

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Step 1: Download Language Packages

The first step would be to download the relevant language package(s) you require to setup your website in. Visit Magento Connect store for available translations. From the array of packages available, choose the ones that are suitable to your needs. After selecting and downloading it, you will get a file in the .gzip format. Open it to access the folder app. Upload the folders design and locale to add the unique files relating to the language you have downloaded. Now, you can move to create the new store view.

Step 2: Add a new store view

To display your website in different languages, you will require adding a store view for each of the languages. If you had installed Magento without the sample data, only English language would be preconfigured as your default language. In case of installation with sample data, it will have three store views namely French, German, and English. But you still need to download the corresponding language pack to display the frontend in that particular language. Follow the following steps to add a new store view:

Login to your admin panel
Go to ‘System’, and further to ‘Configuration’, reach for ‘Manage stores’.
Click on ‘Create Store View’ on the top left.
Once you are redirected to the ‘New Store View’ page, enter the field name and code. For example, if you want to create a Swedish store, write Swedish.
Save the store view. Now your store had been created.
The creation of a store doesn’t show up your website in the selected language. You need to configure the store by installing the language pack or by translating the default text strings manually.

Step 3: Install and Configure the Language Package(s)

The language pack is equipped with the translation files of the of the default text that appears on the front-end of your website. Before these translations reflect on your site, you will need to change the locale settings. Let’s see how to do this:

Go to ‘System’ and then ‘Configuration’.
You will find the ‘Current Configuration Scope’ in the upper left corner. Select the store view for the language you want to configure.
Go to the General section on the left. Expand the ‘Locale Options’
Unmark the ‘Use Website’ check box that appears besides the options and set the drop down menu to the preferred language.
Click on the ‘Save Config’ button on the top corner.
To change the language of your back-end functions, go to the bottom of the admin panel, then to the ‘Interface Locale’ drop down menu, and choose the language.

Magento has a default in-built tool that helps you translate default text strings. If you don’t want to go for the language package and translate it yourself using this tool, follow the given instructions:

Go to ‘System’ >> ‘Configuration’
Click on ‘Developer’ which you will find in the ‘Advanced’ menu.
Click on ‘Translate Inline’.
If you want to translate the text in the front end, save the ‘Enabled for Frontend’ option to ‘Yes’.
If you want to translate the text in the back end, save the ‘Enabled for Admin’ option to ‘Yes’.
‘Save configurations’ and move towards editing the translations by using the tool.
Step 4: Change the product descriptions and categories

For each of the store views, you will need to change the descriptions and categories of the products. Follow the given instructions to complete the process:

From the admin panel, go to ‘Catalog’ menu, and then select ‘Manage Products’ from the options provided.
Find the product and click on the ‘Edit’ button.
Go to product settings and select the store view from ‘Choose Store View’, unmark the ‘Use Default Value’ and change the value for the option.
Click on ‘Save’ or Save and continue Edit’.
You can edit the categories by following the same process from ‘Manage Categories’.

Bypass Step 3 & 4: Use a Language Translator Extension

If you don’t want to manually install all the language packs and modify all the product descriptions and categories on your own, you could simply this process with this language translator extension. It is a bestselling language translator extension from Biztech and is available for both Magento and Magento 2. With this extension you can translate product details, category details, CMS pages content, product reviews, search strings, etc either one by one or all in one go.

Step 5: Set Up multiple currencies and currency exchange rates

You are expanding your business to geographical locations beyond national boundaries, so along with their native language; you need to show them their respective currencies as well. Here’s how you can setup multiple currencies for your store:

Go to ‘System’, and then ‘Configuration’.
Mark ‘Default Config’ for ‘Current Configuration Scope’.
Go to ‘Currency Setup And select your ‘Default Display Currency’ e.g. U.S Dollar.
Now, choose the currency options you want to provide on your site.
Click on ‘Save Config’.
Now, to set up currency exchange rates,

Go to ‘System’ >> ‘Manage Currency Rates’
Import the required currency rates by clicking on ‘Import’.
Click on ‘Save Currency Rates’.
You are now done setting up your multilingual site. Clear the cache by going to Admin panel > Navigation System > Cache management. Refresh your site, change the store view and go through a test to see if it works fine. You are now ready to generate more revenues from your ecommerce store.




#15815 Magento Delivery Date Scheduler Makes Delivery Slot Management Easy

Posted by RichardWashington on 21 July 2017 - 09:15 AM in Magento modules & themes

Greatest gain of online shopping is that there is no limitation of time. Shoppers are now open to go shopping whenever they want irrespective of where they are situated. They are just a good internet connection away for shopping. Nevertheless, delivery of the ordered goods is always a headache for many customers around the globe. People are now very busy in a fast-paced world, and they are not always at the doorstep to receive product delivery. The best a retailer can help out modern customers with is to allow multiple delivery options.

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Don’t want to provide delivery on Sundays or during Easter holidays? Same-day delivery is not available after 16:00? Want to generate money for next day delivery or holiday delivery? All these problems are faced in modern day E-Commerce System. Biztech store’s Magento Delivery Date Scheduler lets you avoid all these problems and can easily indicate any day unavailable for delivery – recurrent day of week, recurrent date, any certain period or one single day.

Key Features of Delivery Date Scheduler for Admin

> Specific Dates Disabled: Delivery dates can be disabled for specific days when you don’t want to deliver on some days.
> Admin Configuration Settings: Specify on which step or phase of shipping, arrival date and time should be displayed, whether it is on shipping method page or order review page.
> Today’s Delivery Orders: On the dashboard a tab has the latest (today’s) delivery orders which can also be added by the admin for keep tracking of delivery orders.
> Future Delivery Orders: It notifies the admin for upcoming order deliveries.
> Export Orders: Admin can export the date-wise orders in form of a graph or in any other format for future reference.
> Number of Delivery Days: You can select a number of delivery days available for Delivery.
> Add Time Slot: You can add time in “Start Time” and “End Time” in the field “Add Time Slot” to state the various time slots that are available for order delivery to the customers.
> Delivery Date Calendar: Will help admin to see orders date wise from the calendar.

Key Features of Delivery Date Scheduler for Front End Users

> Adding Shipping Details: Users can write comments with date and time while placing order from your online shop.
> Displays Shipping Details: Display Shipping Details like Shipping Date, Time & Comments on the checkout page.
> Calendar View: Customer can view order dates on browsing his/her account.
> Multiple Delivery Date: Customers can order different products on multiple addresses and on different dates.
> Time Slot View: Customer can select from either “Timeslot view (with Price)” or “Calendar view” as configured from backend.

Conclusion

]Offering power to your customers can boost your sale. Define from backend what you want to display to your customers and what not! Hence, there is nothing better than meeting this demand and surpass your competitors. So, you can allow your customers to choose Delivery Time Now with Our Delivery Date Scheduler!




#15554 Magento Shopping Cart Apps: Faster Online Shopping Is Possible!

Posted by RichardWashington on 22 June 2017 - 09:44 AM in Magento modules & themes

The internet is a vast spectrum that unfolds a plethora of market opportunities for different business sectors, to become a Brand! Consumers are going mobile and turning audiences into a great sale. We see many times, sales leads is an easy task which requires less advanced tools than just a mobile application or website for users to access! Business owners believe that mobile apps are worthy for established businesses. However, on the other hands, businesses, regardless of size and type can benefit from mobile apps. In fact, today, Magento extensions are utilized as apps to beat the market.

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As per the recent market research, customers pick up companies which offer apps more positive outcomes than those which don’t! Magento Shopping Cart Application makes your business stand out differently. This helps you strengthen business relationships with customers. Apart from promoting brands, Magento apps can also help businesses feature products and services to boost sales. One such epitome is, MageMob Cart - Android & iOS App For Shopping Cart, which allows customers access Magento store on their iPhone & Android phones. And they can place orders on-the-fly or on-the-go!

76% of app marketplace generate better revenue so that users can make purchases with pre-entered and saved cards’ information. Below are key benefits of MageMob Cart application.

 

Customers can carry online store with them anywhere and place orders anytime!

 

It is highly easy to use, manage and navigate. End users will find it user-friendly.

 

This app increases the reach of audience which helps them go mobile on their smart phones.

 

The key benefit here is, it increases online sale, which in a way benefits the store owners.

 

Store owners will have increasing number of customers.

 

This app helps augment the online visibility of eCommerce stores.

  • Accessible At Anytime, From Anywhere:
  • User-Friendliness:
  • Audiences Reached Widely:
  • Boosts Online Sale:
  • Satisfied Customers Increases:
  • Improves Visibility:

With the help of MageMob Cart app, you can make your customers fall in love with your eStore! Not believing? Just try it once!




#15337 Magento Language Translation Extension: The Best Way to Translate Store Content

Posted by RichardWashington on 08 June 2017 - 06:11 AM in Magento modules & themes

Sometimes, we tend to underestimate the power of vernacular language. We think that as far as the gist of what is being conveyed is understood, it doesn’t matter what language things are communicated in. However, this isn’t true. When things are communicated in our native language, there is a feeling of belongingness attached to it. And this is why the Magento ecommerce store owners of today prefer having multi-lingual stores. It helps the business owners to tap into the psyche of the customers and know more about their requirements.

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Even though the content of most of the ecommerce stores is in English, not everyone finds it useful. If your brand is liked and appreciated by the speakers of other languages, they must have a way to understand your products. To overcome this problem, you have to come up with an efficient translation option to make your Magento store content comprehensible to users of other languages. You can achieve this by manually translating all your store content and feeding it in the system, using a browser translation option like Google Translate or automate this process with a certain degree of control using a suitable Magento Language Translation Extension that can save you valuable time and effort.

In this blog we have explained further why using a good translation extension can be better than other ways of doing it.

Controls in the hand of Admin

The manual translators available in the market have a mind of their own. Things can go out of your control as they start translating anything and everything that is fed in.Magento Translator extensions are smart as the admin can have a total control over what gets translated and what doesn’t. The user can also manage the language that the content needs to be translated to and from. One just needs to choose the categories, products and CMS pages that need to be translated and the extension will take care of the rest.

Limitless translations

The extensions do not limit you with the number of words when it comes to translation. You can translate ‘n’ number of words whenever you want. This is not the case with manual translators. They have a limit to the number of words that are being translated every minute or slot. Even if you hire an individual for a job like this, they might take their own time to translate things rightly for you. Hence, an automated extension is always a better choice.

Store review translations

Reviews stand of utmost importance when it comes to buying products of one choice. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if store reviews get translated in the language known to your customers? The answer, of course, is “Yes”. You can’t hire a professional or use manual translation tool every time there is a new review. The Magento Language Translation Extension can translate store reviews into any language. Also, the admin can select a specific store view and change the review language whenever he/she finds the need to do so.

Seamless translation of Product Details

WYSIWYG editor, which is a part of the extension, can help the users to translate the product name and its description easily. Admin can also translate tiny details like Meta keywords and descriptions. Manual translators might not equip you to do that.
 
If you want your products to be valued and sold across diverse geographies, it’s time that you invest into one of these extensions for your store. A multilingual store will give your business a competitive advantage amongst others. So what are you waiting for? Invest into one of these extensions now!



#15551 Magento Mobile App: Increase Sales From Extended Mobile Reach

Posted by RichardWashington on 22 June 2017 - 09:21 AM in Magento modules & themes

Over the years, mobile eCommerce has brought a paradigm shift in an online shopping era. This is an aura of tablet and smartphones, where everything is accessed on-the-go or on-the-fly. Today, people shop everything online hence, enjoy online shopping with mobile app cart time to the fullest from any nook and corner of the world.

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In 2015, around 60% of all time spent on eCommerce store on smartphones. Online stores generated around $40 billion dollars with the help of shopping cart applications. Industry leaders are into catering user-friendly eCommerce solutions these days; the Magento application used, should be responsive to the core. However, it is not enough to offer responsive designs in product pages. The foremost friction point here is to provide a smooth shopping cart and check out experience!

Magento shopping carts and check out extensions should be fully responsive, helping intensify the mobile eCommerce conversion costs. This will only happen when you have Magento shopping cart app, integrated to your eCommerce store. MageMob Cart is one such Magento mobile cart app that helps consumers shop on-the-move! Highly advanced and fully customized app is easy to use, maintain and deploy. Beyond all these factors, the bigger picture comes here is the benefits, reaped out of this application.

>Offers access anytime and from anywhere
>Helps connect consumers globally
>Provides improved online visibility
>Increases the number of satisfied customers
>Helps boost sale with great business results
>Saves time and money

mCommerce is the most prevailing online shopping platform which brings optimal solutions to augment the online shopping experience.

Ignoring mCommerce is totally an uncool idea, since the globe is advancing rapidly and so are people’s demands. Ask anyone about shopping cart app and everyone will highly recommend mCommerce apps to have a remarkable online shopping experience.




#15334 How to Integrate Fedex Shipping with Your Magento Store?

Posted by RichardWashington on 07 June 2017 - 06:10 AM in Magento modules & themes

The estore owners of today love Magento as it offers a lot of flexibility and plentiful features. It also handles the requirements of the retailers by minimum backend customization. Some ecommerce business owners think that ecommerce development gets complicated when it comes to handling financial transactions. However, integrating shipping aspect with the Magento Store is the most difficult part. Although Magento offers integration with several shipping solutions, you need an extension that makes the entire shipping process easy.

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One of our latest products, FedEx Smart Shipping Magento Extension is one of the best ways of integrating FedEx freight shipping with your Magento store. All you have to do is install the plugin and and configure the setting and you’re done! Integrating FedEx shipping with your store can’t be easier.

 

Given below are some of the benefits of this extension and how to make the best use of it for achieving a seamlessly integrated process.

 

Get live shipping rates

 

There’s nothing like shipping rate being calculated in real time. Magento based FedEx Smart Shipping extension provides live shipping rates for your customers and they can know about the changes in rates as and when they happen. Isn’t that fantastic? You can also make configurations of the shipment according to its weight and dimensions.

 

Admin Panel for making configurations

 

The extension gives the option of holding the goods at FedEx location to the Admin. They can also enable it to pick up and keep a track of shipment based on the reference. The best part about this feature is that the Admin can also choose if they want to allow the shipping of risky items like Dry ice, alcohol etc. This facility can protect the Admin from getting into any legal issues at a later stage.

 

Make the most of Address Validation

 

Both users and admin can optimize the address validation facility while placing the order. In case the postal code and city combination do not match with each other, the user will get the locations that are stored within the FedEx store. Thereafter, users can either checkout by using the added address or choose one of the locations suggested by FedEx. One can also make changes with the shipment address and edit the wrong address.

 

Drop at location

 

This is one of the best options offered by this extension. Your users will be able to decide whether they want home delivery of their ordered items or they would want to pick it up from the FedEx location. They would also be given all the information about the closest locations and the shipment will be dropped off at the location convenient to them. Admin would also be able to keep a track of the location chosen by the user.

 

Track your shipment

 

Fedex smart shipping enables the users to track their shipment through FedEx post. When the admin creates an account for the package, they can add the reference for shipment tracking through which they can know where the shipping has reached.

 

Handle the ETD documents

 

FEDEx Smart Shipping enables you to manage the ETD documents in your store. Admin can enlist ETD types that are allowed by the store and can also decide which one goes the best while making the package. The Admin can also add ETD generation source and type.

 

Pick up management

 

Admin can set pickups for the store automatically and manually. In order to manage pickup automatically, admin can choose the option of ‘Create Pickup’ from the order details. With the manual pick up option, Admin can feed the address and other details along with package information to

generate the shipment.

 

This extension works great for all Magento Store owners as they can handle an array of aspects related to FedEx freight shipping from their dashboard. There are very few all-inclusive ecommerce shipping extensions that help you to change configurations, manage shipment tracking, validate address and get live shipping rates. Make sure you conduct enough research before you integrate one of these extensions to your Magento store. Check out more features of FedEx Smart Shipping here and get the best out of one of world’s leading shipping solutions.




#15921 MageMob POS: A Magento POS Terminal In Your Mobile

Posted by RichardWashington on 28 July 2017 - 09:39 AM in Magento modules & themes

This should be the motto of every business to achieve their eventual objective. With the growing pervasiveness of mobile and hand-held devices, Point of Sale have come to the rescue of merchants, especially retailers to offer on-the-go checkout and customer services capabilities to the store associates.
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A recent study predicts that the worldwide eCommerce market is at the verge of mobile explosion and there would be one billion consumers who would be armed with smartphones by 2016.

POS - Adding New Chapter to eCommerce

Retailers who are under pressure to stand out in the competition by differentiating their customer service experience from their competitive businesses are hopeful about POS. They believe that potential of mobile to deliver a branded and engaging customer experience can help them convey a stronger message and deliver better shopping experience to their customers than those enterprises not having mobile POS.

Mobile POS has helped retailers feel that using mobile POS strategically can solve retail pain point that includes building customer loyalty and acquisition. It is really a standalone tool for newbie that use mobile POS and those enterprises that haven't tried mobile POS will appear to be archaic to the customers and may lose a wider chunk of market unexplored.

What MageMob POS Delivers

MageMob POS is a feature-rich and versatile anywhere, any device POS developed by Biztech that is capable enough to accept orders from any smartphone having Android and iOS platform. Using this MageMob POS application, retailers can manage all the activities of their online store through their smartphone from anywhere, anytime.

Key Attractions

> Flexible architecture that is compatible with Android and iOS mobile platforms
> Highly user-friendly and easy to manage by retailers
> Easy to access store from anywhere anytime using this app
> Single checkout page with every information of order and customer data
>Customizable dashboard that can be tailored as per need

Key Benefits

> It offers real time information of customers, centralized view of orders, inventory, and other key focus areas.
> Highly portable to carry your online store anywhere and keep posted about all the latest orders and other information.
> It adds to the value of store and increases revenue.
> Its user-friendliness improves customer acquisition and customer Loyalty.
> The most attractive and appealing feature is that this MageMob POS can be customized and is scalable also as per unique business specification of the enterprise.

MageMob POS from AppJetty not only helps retailers stay connected to their stores anywhere anytime but it also offers them the freedom of going mobile and carrying their stores with them and accepting orders from their customers on their go.




#15825 Online Product Design Tool – The Most Happening Trend In eCommerce

Posted by RichardWashington on 24 July 2017 - 11:18 AM in Magento modules & themes

The key to ecommerce platform is the flexibility and uniqueness to build the stores impactful. And for that, Magento is the best ever choice to go for! Especially the extensions, those are reliable, scalable and robust in nature, helping online stores gain lot many benefits. In order to improve the store productivity, Magento extensions are integrated to bring in state-of-the-art features and functionalities.
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Several Magento extension development companies come up with businesslike products to give eCommerce stores, a whole new edge! One such product is – product designer or product designing tool, mushrooming at a great velocity, due to its cost-effectiveness, robustness and suppleness! Many online store owners prefer to go for an advanced product design tool which helps promote products in a better way!

Today, such extensions are ahead of the rivals – reason being the ability & custom made features they offer! You will find product designer uniquely presented in a different style. If you have been planning to establish an online store and searching for an exclusive feature that can set your eCommerce store apart, then Advanced Product Designer is just like an icing on the cake!

As we all know that, customers can’t be easily enticed in a better way than by offering them with custom designed products! Having this tool, you can be one step ahead and offer a great bunch of personalized products – t-shirts, mugs, pillows, cases and a lot more! Integrating these tools can lead you towards a noteworthy success! Your online store can be seamlessly integrated with such tools and let the customers design custom products of their choice!

This will certainly drive more traffic to your store for a simple yet foremost reason that, buyers will have a chance to design various products on their own! Other products such as, caps, cards, hoodies, mobile cases etc can be personalized with creative designs, different colors, stylish fonts, personalized images, etc features! You will have a plethora of standard features when you have Magento product designer extension integrated to your online store.

The good news is, the HTML5 basis provides fast paced page loading! Of course, customers/buyers would love it. Moreover, Google gives eCommerce store owners the additional points in the page rankings! It offers user friendly interface to its users so that, they don’t have any difficulty to design products online. Thus, it is a trouble free online tool that gives a modern shopping experience!


The Impact On Online Businesses

Indeed, online stores have started gaining more profits and purchases in the market niche! Customized products are the answer to their improved sales and revenue!




#15816 Magento Language Translation Made Easy With Translator Extension

Posted by RichardWashington on 21 July 2017 - 09:28 AM in Magento modules & themes

Language! This world comprises of a plethora of countries, regions and places where we see languages vary. Considering this factor, the biggest challenge today is to make other people understand what you want to convey! However, the emerging technologies have helped us with IT solutions that break the language barrier. Specifically if we talk about eCommerce stores then they need such translators to target the international audiences.

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Magento language translator extension helps overcome the language barrier, considering globalized buyers’ needs. The good news here is to be helpful to non English countries. This unbeatable Magento solution imparts a great number of features and functionalities. Online store owners can easily reach to a large spectrum of consumers with a language translator.

The key attractions of Magento language translator extension are, it gives precise and complete translation of web pages. Users can translate whole web content within a few minutes. Users are not supposed to wait for long time to read the offerings of businesses. Thus, non English consumers can also read about the business.

Another important element excelled is, its smooth performance. Loading time takes only a few seconds. Be it a video, content or an image, everything is well optimized and helping save big time of eCommerce store owners. Thus, they get robust functioning language translator in Magento. Integration is seamless and effective!

What next? let’s not forget the customer satisfaction improvement. With the help of such extension or translator, store owners can satisfy buyers’ needs by giving them various options to understand the particular language. Add to it, let’s not forget the customer loyalty too!

Well, this is a challenging part while running an online store. Languages should be customer centric to boost the customer loyalty. Store owners can fulfill their needs by offering products, solutions and services, whatsoever the location, region or nation is!




#15817 Magento Mobile Inventory System: From Stock Management To Reporting

Posted by RichardWashington on 21 July 2017 - 09:43 AM in Magento modules & themes

Today’s world is running on apps, and we see shoppers are always connected with a large number of applications. Apps have transformed the online shopping experiences as well as store level expectations. The remarkable change buyers expect to meet their favorite eCommerce stores. Mobile apps have exceeded the consumers’ expectations by offering diverse inventory systems on mobile. Today, retail inventory management can easily be controlled through apps.

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MageMob Inventory is one such Inventory Management app that offers a complete control on your stock and suppliers with purchase order generation and barcode scanning! Store owners can efficiently manage stock order status, shipping costs, purchase orders and goods received. All these can be performed on-the-go! Thus, it fulfills all the needs of merchants as well as customers. The key benefits of Magento Inventory Manager mobile app are,

Fits All Sized Businesses

Be it small, medium or large, this application is offered to all of them. It will be a great helping hand in streamlining the stocks.

Made For Mobile And Web

It is designed for web as well. The enterprise edition is well catered to the people who run websites.

A Complete System Control By Admin

The application allows admin to have a complete control on the order purchasing system. Admin can configure various settings from order status and quantity.

Deliver Orders Without Delay
Send goods on time! Orders can be delivered without any delay through this application.

Get Notifications On Important Actions
Users will have email and notifications on various actions. As a result, not a single task will be overlooked.

Barcode Scanning Feature Integration
Through barcode scanning, products are updated automatically in your system. Users can also import CSV to update the product/order stock.

Thus, using the MageMob Inventory app, users can explore various fundamentals ofMagento Inventory management system on-the-move, from any nook and corner of the globe!




#15788 How Timely Product Delivery Improves Customer Satisfaction

Posted by RichardWashington on 19 July 2017 - 05:37 AM in Magento modules & themes

In the current E-Commerce world customer is the king. To build successful eCommerce stores, you have to meet all the requirements of the customers. In this competitive world, fast & reliable services fetch more customers/buyers than quality of products. So, to be on top of the charts, you have to be one step ahead of the consumer requirements.
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How Timely Product Delivery Improves Customer Satisfaction
There could be many ways to attract customers, for instance by offering exclusive discounts or offers, by providing flexible product delivery options, by availing advanced offerings and a lot more! As far as the market trend goes, the most important requirements of the current customers are, to have quality products, decent discounts, preferred delivery options, on-time deliveries and good product services.

Many customers these days go for the quality products rather than going for the cheap products. They are willing to pay handsome amount of money if you are delivering them product that matches their expected quality. Still, customers will prefer discounts for their selected products. They’ll search for best possible options available and choose from them.

Most imperative aspect of customer satisfaction is Delivery of products as they require. They don’t want to wait for products. They want it when they want and where they want. They don’t want their product to arrive when they are not around. They want their product delivered fast and on time.

Only solution is to help customers with precise delivery dates and time options. So that, online store owners can have at least 100% customer satisfaction and boost online sales quickly! Other significant scenario is to measure how products are delivered! If customers want to return the purchased products, then must not face hardships of returning the products.

Delivery time slots or flexible delivery options help add value to online stores! Customers can have freedom to select the delivery dates, which is the primary element for them to be contended! The efficient delivery date manager can easily handle customers’ orders; this can be an ultimate helping hand to eCommerce store owners! Moreover, acquiring accurate track records of shipping orders with product details is also a wise way to head with!

Thus, these are just different yet the easiest ways to improve your customer service!




#15553 MageMob Cart: Is Your Magento Shopping Cart Ready For Smart Phone?

Posted by RichardWashington on 22 June 2017 - 09:40 AM in Magento modules & themes

A mobile application is one such platform that allows shopping freaks to make decisions whenever required! Making a Magento store available in the form of app is certainly a great idea from business point of view. It will definitely boost online store’s availability at the same time intensify the exposure of online products & brand. Having a Magento mobile application provides advantages of easy integration with existing Magento store. A smartly integrated mobile app helps form trust factors among the buyers, since it allows them to explore various features!

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The Magento mobile application allows shoppers to compare products and prices, reap benefits of promotional offers, all these can be done on your finger tips! Having a full fledged Magento mobile cart is going to valuably help you to increase sales, gain more new customers in a revolutionary world. Thus, it is totally an innovative solution that helps use shopping carts within a few taps! Magento mobile cart is one such app that allows users to access online stores on-the-go, on-the-move and on-the-fly! Users can shop online through Magento stores from any nook and corner of the globe.

MageMob Cart is a user friendly application that has imparted various business benefits and made its niche tremendously in the world of mobile & Magento. To run ecommerce stores, you must get such app with all latest features, that would give shoppers a satisfying user experience and help your store become a Brand! Building and installing MageMob Cart won’t take much time or require a hefty pocket! This app is affordable, secure and robust at the same time, offers advanced features. Users can run this app on Android & iOS platforms in no time!

Retain old customers and get new customers by integrating Magento mobile cart application to your store! It is highly impressive, prolific and productive with a pleasing user experience! However well-known your Magento store is, if it is deployed with the MageMob Cart app then, you will have a quality add-on to your Brand.




#15541 Why Australia Post Shipping is the Preferred Option for Australian E-tailers

Posted by RichardWashington on 21 June 2017 - 09:56 AM in Magento modules & themes

Like the rest of the world Australian ecommerce industry also saw massive changes in the ecommerce landscape and the year 2016 will witness the further growth of trends like video marketing, same-day delivery, mobile commerce and omni channel buying behavior. While these indicate exciting times ahead for Australian e-tailers, none of these would result in sales growth if not supported adequately by a reliable shipping partner.

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This is probably the reason why Australia Post is the preferred shipping partner for all the leading Australian ecommerce stores. Australia Post is the most trusted and admired freight service provider in Australia and offers a variety of shipping options and benefits that other international players don't.

Here are some reasons Australia Post is a leading Shipping Partner for Australian E-tailers.

  1. Consistent Change for The Better

    Australia Post constantly modernized and innovates to meet the future requirements of the e-commerce industry. Bifurcating delivery into priority delivery and standard delivery, creating a more efficient nationwide delivery network, incorporating technology in delivery mechanism are some of these measures.

  2. E-commerce Focused Business Strategy

    Australia Post is actively investing in ecommerce solutions for domestic and international market. Australia Post is fully equipped to maintain its leadership role in the ecommerce shipping domain.

  3. Collaborations with International Postal Organizations

    To strengthen its international delivery capabilities Australia Post is actively collaborating with Overseas postal services to create Australia's largest retail and parcel delivery network.

  4. Plethora of Sending Options

    Whether you want to pay a fixed price for your packages or you want to pay by size and distance, whether you want domestic delivery options or international, whether you want to pack your items yourself or want Australia Post to do the packaging for you - with Australia Post, there are plenty of options for everyone.

  5. Solutions Tailored to Your Growth Needs

    With Australia Post you can be rest assured that your requirements, as your business grows, will be taken care of. Innovative solutions like printing your own shipping labels, streamlined order processing and progressive discounts as your parcel count grows - all help ensure that you never have to pay more than you need to.

  6. Customer Focussed Return Shipping Services

    With around 40% of online shoppers choosing to return the item they purchase, return shipping is as important as delivery. With services like Paid Return Parcel services and eparcel Services, merchants, again, have plenty of options to choose from.

For all the above reasons Australia Post is the preferred choice of shipping service in Australia for both domestic and international shipping. And with Ecommerce tools that automate updation of all shipping rates and delivery charges, you can enjoy all the benefits of Australia Post without having to bother about keeping track of changes in freight rates and other terms and conditions.

So, if you are an Australian online store owner, you don't need to look beyond Australia Post for all your domestic and international shipping requirements.




#15542 E-Commerce Personalization: Ideas for A Customized Shopping Experience

Posted by RichardWashington on 21 June 2017 - 10:10 AM in Magento modules & themes

In today's digital economy when e-commerce industry is witnessing an ever increasing growth, especially in developing countries like India and China, one of the biggest challenges is acquiring and retaining highly valued customers. A plethora of online stores, big and small, are gunning for the same set of customers. In such a competitive environment, those who offer more, get to retain their customers and acquire more. E-commerce personalization is an effective strategy in this regard, that ensures differentiation in a highly commoditized and competitive market.

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When everyone selling more or less the same things in more or less the same way, offering customized shopping experience goes a long way in brand building and enhancing customer loyalty. The biggest advantage brick-and-mortar stores have over online stores is their ability to offer personalized services to their customers based on their wants and preferences.

So What Can The Online Stores Do?

To start with they can implement personalization options in their storefront design. Some suggestions include:

> Product Customization: The ability to customize product design is a great way to offer a personalized shopping experience. Though not every product can be customized, those that can be like t-shirts, shirts, stationery items, gift items, etc should have customization options.

> Personalized Product Recommendation: When you visit an online store you almost always have to search for your favourite category or product. What if the home page showed always showed product categories that you are interested in and usually shop, based on shopping and browsing history? Wouldn't it be great you are favourite e-commerce store suggested you the right product at the right time?

> Personalized Order Shipping: Order shipping is an area that can make or break the reputation of an online store. Most people worry about the product delivery date and whether or not they will be available to take the order delivery. Mere fast shipping is not enough. What is orders were shipped on the day you wanted it to? What if you favourite store had a delivery date scheduler?

> Ability to Choose Shipping Partner: Since order shipping is such an important area in e-commerce success, why not offer your customers an option to choose their own prefered shipping partner from a pool of 3-4 options?

What Else Can Be Personalized?

Online Stores can greatly improve customer satisfaction by going out of their way in keeping their customers happy. Here are a couple of suggestions:

> Send a Thank You Note: A personalized thank you note at the end of their browsing or shopping experience, displayed on the page itself or sent through email can delight customers. It's a small gesture that goes a long way in enhancing customer loyalty.

> Send a Freebie: A small gift to your valuable customers on their special days like birthday or marriage anniversary will again delight them in such a way that they would never think of shopping from anywhere else.
There are many other ways personalized services can be offered to e-commerce customers. You just have to be more creative in your approach and a little more thoughtful about your customers wants. Think of how you will service your customers if they came to your shop, had a cup of coffee and chatted with you, all the while shopping their favourite items. Replicate such experiences online and you will have a winner!




#15813 Magento Delivery Date Scheduler: Allow Customer to Choose Delivery Date

Posted by RichardWashington on 20 July 2017 - 10:38 AM in Magento modules & themes

In this fast paced world customers don’t want to wait for their ordered packages for long times. They want order delivered when they are at their premises rather than waiting for it or package being handed over to neighbors. In the current e-commerce scenario customer must stay satisfied to enhance store sales. To match the requirements of on time customer delivery, Delivery Date Scheduler extensions are a need of the hour for online store owners.
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One such extension provided by AppJetty is Magento Delivery Date Scheduler. Admin can add various delivery slots for the users to choose from. Admin have authority to enable/disable delivery time slots according to allowed delivery timings. Admin can charge for special Magento delivery time slot and same day delivery facilities. Admin can also disable whole day for delivery according to weekly day offs or special holidays.

Customers will be provided with calendar on checkout page with time slots available for the day & delivery charges for that. User can also select multiple timeslots for multiple product orders. User’s selected time and date of delivery will be displayed on the order page. Admin will also get notified user delivery details along with the calendar displaying number of orders for the day.


Why Businesses Should Go For Delivery Date Scheduler?

> It provides flexible delivery options to your customers.
> It defines delivery dates/time.
> It helps improve business sales.
> It provides a transparent delivery process.

Above are the key reasons to have such extension integrated to stores. Such extensions not only reduce abandonment but also make customers feel that they are important! Magento delivery time extension offers power to your customers which can help improve ROI of businesses. Also, it has changed the eCommerce landscape and aided all size businesses to attract more customers.




#15814 How Delivery Date Scheduler Helps eCommerce Stores?

Posted by RichardWashington on 21 July 2017 - 09:03 AM in Magento modules & themes

Process of delivering products through e-commerce has evolved since the start of ecommerce, as conclusions from a new Retail Survey show, clients want more & more flexibility in ordered product delivery options, and retailers have to present this to boost conversions.
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Insufficient Delivery Options = Dumped Purchases!

Let's face it, all the customers don’t have the time to hang around for delivery of their purchase, so need of the hour is to use Delivery Date Scheduler. Regular delivery will go well with few clients but most of them would not prefer to wait longer and will be willing to pay for preferred delivery schedule.

If your rival has next day delivery for the same item and you don't, your client may opt for that product.

A Brief On Our Delivery Date Scheduler Plugin

To match the ever evolving need of E-Commerce customers regarding delivery options, Biztech Store has come up with Magento Delivery Date Scheduler. Our plug-in will enhance your customer's’ shopping experience with various usages such as, customers can select day and time of delivery from range of given options. They can also create delivery messages. Get shipping details on checkout page. As well as there is a delivery option available to select, which is - “Timeslot view (with Price)” or “Calendar view”!

How An Admin Can Use This Plugin?

> Delivery dates can be disabled for specific days.
> Specification of step which contains details of shipping arrival date and time.
> Dashboard displays today’s orders.
> Notification for the admin of upcoming order deliveries.
> Export of date-wise orders in form of a graph or any other format for future reference.
> Admin can select number of delivery days available for Delivery.
> Admin has right to define different time slots available for product delivery.
> Delivery Date Calendar to help admin see orders date wise from the calendar.
To conclude, there is nothing superior than meeting demands of your store customers and exceed your competitors. With Delivery Date Scheduler, impart flexible delivery options to your customers. Nothing can make as interesting as this Plugin.




#15824 Online T-shirt Design Tool: Diversified Opportunities In Customizing T-shirts

Posted by RichardWashington on 24 July 2017 - 11:07 AM in Magento modules & themes

Revolution – the word brings to the great shift! It has expanded in various wings of shopping opportunities by giving personalized solutions to online stores, especially eCommerce. As we know that, eCommerce stores are booming these days on leaps and bounds, it is evident to keep pace with innovative things; this helps establish your store in a futuristic way. “One size fits all” – this has been often heard by the buyers!
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To strengthen this very line, online shoppers are now availed with unique tool, which is an online T-shirt design tool, designed for tee shirt buyers/lovers! T-shirts can be designed in a personalized manner, isn’t this great? If opening a fashion portal is on your mind and you are looking for such innovative feature, then online T-shirt Designer is any time a good choice. It brings your eStore to a level higher than ever before.

Exploring tees online, designing them the way you want and delivering them as a gift is the wonderful thing a buyer would ever have! The online T-shirt designing tool has certainly become the hottest tool for fashion portals; such tools are integrated seamlessly with advanced features. The tool allows users to pick customized images, texts, clip-arts and crafts and attractive designs with a few clicks!

An advanced t-shirt designer allows users to drag and drop functions and for that, no extra knowledge required for designing the tees. Thus, the creativity is boosted with the help of such software. How about the benefits reaped from t-shirt design makers? Let’s roll our eyes on a few of them.

Offers a variety of options to create your own masterpiece and order it on the online fashion portal.
Customized with clip arts, images, and creative texts, much more within a few clicks.
A gamut of options available to modify the tees.
Considering above key benefits, buyers will definitely flock to your eStore and get the privilege of putting on personalized t-shirts. Such personalized t-shirt designers eventually drive the online traffic.




#15304 Magento Multilingual Translation: Is Google Translator Enough?

Posted by RichardWashington on 05 June 2017 - 12:41 PM in Magento modules & themes

The advent of Ecommerce has changed everything. Price comparisons, 24 hours convenience, one click shopping, rapid delivery right at your doorstep and what not! Having a good product and displaying it online definitely maximizes the shopping experience. But what about the information displayed on the store which influences people to make a buying decision? Should it be displayed just in one language? Although English is a universal language, it ranks third (after Chinese and Spanish) when it comes to the most widely spoken languages.

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A report named “Can’t Read, Won’t Buy: Why Language Matters on Global Websites” which was released by Common Sense Advisory in 2014 revealed that there is a strong association between the language used by online store owners and the buying decisions of people. Customers are more comfortable surfing the store that uses their local language.

If you are a Magento store owner, it is quite likely that you will get visitors from other countries. And Google translator certainly proves to be a boon during such times. But is it enough? The professional translators and the users of translation tools have come across two major drawbacks of Google Translator:

  • The quality of translated text isn’t of superior quality
  • The translated text cannot be edited

Google Translator literally translates a phrase into another language. And by doing so, it quite often fails to convey the intended message.

So how do you overcome this drawback and still use the power of Google translator to minimize your translation costs and automate the translation process without compromising on the quality of translation? By using Google translation API to translate text and then manually editing it wherever the translation isn’t meaningful.

This exactly what our Magento Language Translator Extension does for Magento store owners. Let’s see how you can improve the quality of your translations with Magento Language Translator extension.

1. Control the content that gets translated

When you go by the usual translation functionality of Google Translator, every page gets translated. But with the help of Language Translator extension, admin can select text fields out of the products, CMS Pages and categories that he/she wants to translate. All you need to do is enter the Google API key. The language in which the content needs to be translated can also be selected.

2. Translate store reviews

Reviews play a key role in influencing people’s decision to buy a product. Our extension provide the facility of translating reviews at a store level. You can also select a particular store view and change the review language for that store. When you select multiple languages, a translate button will enable the translation which is available on the default configuration.

3. CMS Page language translation

With the help of an extension like this, you can easily translate CMS page details including Page Title and Content Heading. The Meta keywords and Meta description can also be translated. This means you can boost SEO performance not only in your local language but also in other languages. For example, if you translate the content in French, your website will also get ranked amongst other French language websites.

4. Enables editing

With Google translator, you have no choice but to rely on the translated content. But with our Language Translator you can edit the content that has been translated by Google translator. Be it a couple of paragraphs, sentences or words, you can easily make whatever changes you want to. Thereafter, you can hire a professional translator so that they can proofread the content and make sure it is perfect.

5. Translate all at once

If you do not intend on wasting time looking into every product detail and translating it individually, you can translate all the content at once. All you have to do is select multiple store fields, product details and categories and choose the bulk translation option. Thereafter, you can select the language you want to translate your store content into and the content will get translated in no time.

You must be very well aware of the fact that the number of online purchases is growing exponentially every year. This means that the amount of international Internet sales is sure to rise too. Hence, it is very important for you to target foreign markets. Sometimes, having a Google Translate option is not enough. Our Magento translation extension widens your likelihood of making a mark in these markets helping you to thrive with your business globally. Conduct ample amount of research and find out which type of language translator extension would be most compatible with your store.