Monthly Archives: August 2016

Extendware Cache Backends / Faster Checkout Magento Extension

August 31, 2016 - E-Commerce, Magento tips & tricks

If you are tired of slow checkout, product saving, and tags flushing, then you’ve come to the right place. Although some specialists insist that it is necessary to perform a lot of customizations in order to solve this performance problems, we know a better way – install the Extendware Cache Backends / Faster Checkout Magento extension and you will forever forget about them. Below, we describe core features of the extension and shed light on how to configure it. Performance improvements have never been so easy. Continue Reading

Sagitta Magento 2 Theme Review

August 31, 2016 - E-Commerce, Magento 2

Another Magento 2 theme aimed at fashion stores is Sagitta. With its help, you can easily create a stunning ecommerce storefront for clothes, shoes, bags, jewelry, and other fashion goods. The theme is based on the latest technologies and offers the most important features. Below, you can find its more detailed description as well as illustrations of such core design elements as product, catalog, cart, and checkout pages. Continue Reading

Styleshop Magento 2.1 Theme Overview

August 31, 2016 - E-Commerce, Magento 2

Another Magento 2 theme we’d like to draw your attention to is Styleshop – a responsive template with a unique layout and extended Magento features. It suits best for selling jewelry, fashion products and accessories, glasses, and other retail goods. And note that it is fully responsive, so customers on all possible devices will equally enjoy your ecommerce experience. Continue Reading

Comeback Magento 2.1 Theme Overview

August 30, 2016 - Magento 2

Below, we continue our overview of Magento 2 themes, and today our attention was captured by Comeback Magento 2.1 theme that contains more than 20 child themes and can be easily adapted for literally every ecommerce website. In the following post, you will find out how core elements of the Magento 2 template looks and feels as well as discover core features of Comeback. Continue Reading

Extendware Image Optimization Magento Extension

August 29, 2016 - E-Commerce, Magento tips & tricks

Every ecommerce store has tons of images, since visual content is extremely important for online businesses, as it provides the greatest impression on customers. Furthermore, the lack of photos makes a website look suspicious and unprofessional, so use only high quality content in a reasonable quantity. Unfortunately, you can face a problem when large images slow down the user experience reducing search engine rankings and consequently sales. To avoid this situation, we recommend you install the Image Optimization Magento extension by Extendware. This tool will help you optimize your images reducing their size without sacrificing quality. As a result, the site speed and user experience will be improved but the content quality will remain the same. Continue Reading

Extendware Bulk Product Updating Magento Extension

August 29, 2016 - E-Commerce, Magento tips & tricks

Recently, we reviewed the Tier / Customer Group Price Percentages extension that essentially simplifies the way admins work with both tier and customer group prices. The module becomes even more effective in a combination with the Bulk Product Updating addon by Extendware. Therefore, let’s see how the tool works and feels. Continue Reading

Amasty SMTP Email Settings Magento 2 Extension

August 26, 2016 - E-Commerce, Magento 2

If you want to get full control over Magento emails, then you’ve come to the right place. Below, we describe the Amasty Magento 2 SMTP Email Settings extension – one of the most reliable tools for sending emails from a popular local hosting or a custom SMTP server. The full control over email settings is bundled with the ability to run tests before sending out the mail, so you will always know whether your customers and partners receive all the messages you send. Below, we describe the Magento 2 SMTP extension in the closest details.
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Extendware Tier / Customer Group Price Percentages for Magento

August 26, 2016 - E-Commerce, Magento tips & tricks

Today, we review a handy backend timesaver aimed at a daily routine related to tier prices. After installing the Extendware Tier / Customer Group Price Percentages Magento extension, you will no longer have to spend time constantly updating tier and group prices when a price of a product changes. The process becomes fully automated, since the module applies a percentage of the normal product price. Below, we describe the functionality of the tool in more details. Continue Reading

Extendware Product Sorting Magento Extension Review

August 25, 2016 - E-Commerce, Magento tips & tricks

In the following post, we shed light on how to improve the effectiveness of your product catalog with the help of the Extendware Product Sorting Magento extension. The module helps to increase your current conversion rate by providing customers with the ability to sort products by Most Viewed, Best Sellers, Top Performers, Number of Reviews, etc. Note that in stock items as well as items with images can be shown first. More features are described below. Continue Reading

Extendware Custom Order Numbers Magento Extension Review

August 25, 2016 - E-Commerce, Magento tips & tricks

We’ve reviewed Custom Order Number by Amasty and Order Number Customizer by Xtento, so you may be already familiar with the functionality of this group of extensions. If not, they are designed to add prefixes, suffixes, and post-fixes to order numbers, change the first order number, set a custom increment step, and take the full control over your store numbers related to orders. In addition to the aforementioned tools, we’d like to draw your attention to the Extendware Custom Order Numbers Magento extension, since it is a very reliable solution that suits every ecommerce website. Continue Reading