Monthly Archives: June 2019

Magento Imagine 2019 Recap: The New Beginning

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

Magento Imagine 2019

In the following article, we analyze everything that happened at Magento Imagine 2019 and gather thoughts posted by other prominent members of the ecosystem regarding its present state and future. Vitaly Verbitsky, our Head of Sales and Partnership, represented the Firebear team at the conference. He learned a lot from the event, so we’ve finally decided to summarize his thoughts and combine them with what others think about the meeting. Let’s begin the Magento Imagine 2019 recap by Firebear! Continue Reading

CRMNEXT Overview & Magento 2 Integration

- E-Commerce, Magento 2, Our extensions

Magento 2 CRMNEXT Integration

Below, we shed light on CRMNEXT – a reliable CRM system designed for merchants of different sizes. The platform provides products for various industries. Besides, you can leverage different tools: CRMNEXT lets you streamline products depending on your particular business needs. In addition to the core features of the CRM system, we also provide separate attention to the Magento 2 CRMNEXT integration. Let’s take a look at the major platform’s instruments first and then proceed to the synchronization guide.   Continue Reading

MageWorx Shipping Table Rates for Magento 2

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

When you are running an ecommerce store on Magento 2, you might face difficulties if you need to modify shipping options. By default, the platform lets users restrict shipping to particular countries, but doesn’t provide the possibility to set custom shipping rates. If you want to build trust to your store and avoid situations with unclear shipping costs, we recommend you to pay attention to the MageWorx Shipping Table Rates extension. The Magento 2 module provides online merchants with extended functionality for customizing table rates and calculating shipping costs more precisely. The extension allows setting flexible conditions for the calculation of shipping rates, leverage various methods for price calculation, and create an unlimited number of table rates for any shipping method and carrier.

Below, we have a closer look at the features of the Magento 2 Shipping Table Rates module and describe its advantages.
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Tokenize User Authentication Extension for Magento 2

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

For every ecommerce merchant, the security of business information, as well as safety of customer data, are primary concerns. If an online store doesn’t have enough level of protection against cybercrime, data breach, and other security threats, it can easily become a victim of hacker attacks and fraudulent actions. What is more, brute force attacks are coming to the top of headlines as it’s getting harder to ensure sufficient encryption against evolving hacker technology. If you can’t guarantee maximum safety to your clients, you risk losing their trust and spoiling your business reputation. That’s why equipping your website with tools that can mitigate the potential threats and help you efficiently manage related risks is vital for protecting your store.

Today, we want to talk about a technique that can significantly fortify your website against cyber attacks introduced by the Tokenize User Authentication extension. The Magento 2 module implements a passwordless authentication method based on tokens provided to both store admins and customers. Below, we explain the advantages of the tokenized authentication and look at the module’s functionality.

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Product Image In Order Details Magento 2 Extension by eWave

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

Displaying images of the products you sell is vital for quick and convenient navigation through the catalog on your website. Adding image thumbnails to the products listing is the basics of your storefront’s visual representation, and you can improve it by showing product images in the order details. Today, we are exploring a tool that extends the default Magento 2 functionality by adding visual elements to the order view page on the frontend – the Product Image In Order Details extension by eWave. After installing the module, your customers will be able to view images of the ordered items in their account area. Besides, you will be able to include appropriate pictures in order-related emails sent to your clients. This way, the eWave extension improves user experience by helping customers quickly look through order details and recall which products they have ordered recently.

Below, we proceed with describing the features of the Magento 2 product images in the order view module in more detail.

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Rootstock ERP Overview & Magento 2 Integration

- E-Commerce, Magento 2, Our extensions

magento 2 rootstock integration

Another ERP that is worth your attention is Rootstock. The cloud platform offers lots of useful features that dramatically improve your productivity, automating multiple backend processes. Being based on the Salesforce Cloud Platform, Rootstock provides a bunch of amazing features and instruments. Besides, you can quickly establish the Magento 2 Rootstock integration with the help of the tool described below, but let’s dive deep under the hood of the platform first. Continue Reading

Amasty Security Suite Magento 2 Extension

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

High level of data security is a primary concern for any merchant who runs an online business. If store owners don’t protect their websites from hacker attacks and spammers, as well as malicious login attempts, they risk facing data breakage and loss of customer trust. To ensure the safety of sensitive customer data and protect your web store from spam and fraud, you need to install a reliable third-party extension that adds advanced security settings to default Magento 2.

Today, we present you one of such tools – Amasty Security Suite for Magento 2. Amasty provides Magento 2 store owners with a fully fledged security solution that lets to track admin actions, manage user permissions, and add an extra security layer to website login. This way, you can get full control over backend activities on your store and protect your website form both internal and external security threats.

Below, we describe the functionality of the Magento 2 Security Suite module and look at its backend configuration.

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Partial Payments Extension for Magento 2 by eWave

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

There are situations when online shoppers browse a website, find a product they want to buy, but don’t have enough money on their card to pay for the purchase at once. If you don’t offer an option to pay partially for an order, you might lose potential clients, which leads to losing profits as well. Another case might occur when you need to create an invoice with a due amount paid partly in advance as a guarantee for provided services.

Unfortunately, the Magento 2 platform doesn’t have appropriate functionality by default, but you can get the necessary tools for implementing partial payments on your store with the eWave Partial Payments extension. The Magento 2 module provides your customers with the possibility to buy products on your store by specifying an amount that is comfortable for them to pay at the moment. This way, you increase the chances that a visitor won’t leave your website without a purchase and motivate customers to come back to your store.

Below, we have a closer look at the features of the Magento 2 partial payment module and show how it works in the backend and frontend.
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IQMS Overview & Magento 2 Integration

- E-Commerce, Magento 2, Our extensions

magento 2 iqms integration

The following article describes a software solution designed for big businesses that look for ERP, MES, and manufacturing tools combined within a single platform. Meet IQMS – a system that consists of multiple elements tailored to satisfy the most demanding needs of every business. To achieve this goal, IQMS ERP offers numerous industry-specific solutions. Below, we shed light on the core features of the platform as well as talk about the Magento 2 IQMS integration. Continue Reading