"E-Commerce"

15 POS Systems to Check Before Starting Your Retail Business

- E-Commerce

POS Systems, POS tools, POS software

According to Wikipedia, the point of sale (POS) is the time and place where a retail transaction is completed. The boiling point of every sale business, from small cafes to enormous online “all-in-one” marketplaces, POS is an important part of the sale process which should be supported by proper POS services today.

There is an enormous amount of POS systems and solutions covering all types of customers’ needs based on type of their stores, their amount and services they provide. Let’s cover some of the most popular POS services and mention several promising POS startups out there on the market.

Please note: the price for each POS system is calculated individually, based on the type of your store, their amount and emailed directly to you on private basis.

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15 Best Java Ecommerce Platforms and CMS

- E-Commerce

Java Ecommerce

We all know that the best ecommerce platform is Magento, but this knowledge doesn’t prevent us from discovering new solutions that simplify online retail. The Internet is full of alternative tools utilized by the best ecommerce sites, and in this post you will find the most prominent Java ecommerce platforms and CMS. Continue Reading

Conducting Magento Store Audit

- E-Commerce

Magento website Audit

In case of brick-and-mortar retail, store audit is an ​examination of ​information ​about the ​effectiveness of ​different parameters such as price, sales, or advertising campaign compared to ​any competitors or common standards. As for ecommerce in general and Magento in particular, this process is more complicated, since it consists of a wider number of variables that require different approach to calculation. Luckily, there are a lot of tools and materials, that can help you with a Magento store audit. The following guide offers a store audit checklist,  resources, and techniques necessary for running the procedure. Being useful for all kinds of Magento specialists and store owners, it teaches how to estimate efforts, collect information about your Magento website, and keep the installation clean and healthy. Continue Reading

Key Security Issues Of The Web 2016

- E-Commerce, Fire development

Key Security Issues Of The Web 2016

Today, we are going to explore such an important topic as web security. Since there are a plethora of problems related to the IT sector, it is impossible to cover all network security issues in a single article, so we are going to shed light on key aspects only. The following post contains some facts about the most common security threats of the Web. Please note that major security issues in ecommerce are often similar to other segments of the Internet, so this guide is aimed at online retailers, bloggers, and all other kinds of web users. Continue Reading

Magento critical security patches SUPEE-6788, SUPEE-6482, SUPEE-6285, SUPEE-5994, SUPEE-5344, SUPEE-3762, SUPEE-1533 (Shoplift)

- E-Commerce

Magento critical security patches

Shoplift is a dangerous Magento bug. It allows hackers to take e-commerce store under a full control. The threat was discovered by Check Point. You can easily fix it with the help of patch SUPEE-5344. A lot of Magento stores are still vulnerable, because they haven’t applied the patch yet. Below, you we show how to fix the problem.

UPD (15.05.15): SUPEE-5994 Magento security patch

 UPD (08.07.15): SUPEE-6285 Magento security patch

UPD (08.07.15): Magento Security Alert Registry

UPD (05.08.15): SUPEE-6482 Magento security patch

UPD (17.09.15): SUPEE-3762 Magento security patch

UPD (09.10.15): Magmi and Nginx

UPD (21.10.15): Guruincsite Magento Issue and SUPEE-6788 Magento security patch

UPD (24.11.15): Magento Security Patch SUPEE-6788 Performance Issues

UPD (28.01.16): SUPEE-7405 and SUPEE-7616

Unofficial but trustworthy FireGento Magento source mirror with all official Magento CE 1.7 – 1.9 critical patches included (SUPEE-5994, SUPEE-5344, SUPEE-1533)

Official guide to patch installation

All Magento security patches on GitHub

Magento Security Suite by Amasty

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DIY SEO on Firebear

- E-Commerce

DIY search engine optimization

Ready to reach a new level of search engine optimization? Then you’ve come to the right place because below we’ve collected all of Firebear’s articles related to DIY SEO.

If you’re not getting the traffic you want there is no need to hire a team of specialists for making your ecommerce website or blog SEO-friendly. Patience and attention are only required investments since we’ve already gathered all crucial search engine optimizations below. Choose a topic you like and implement all improvements described there to start your e-commerce business and maintain its best SEO results.  Continue Reading

Guruincsite Magento Disaster

- E-Commerce

Guruincsite malware - a new Magento Magento Disaster

A new Magento malware has been discovered and it is a malicious script by Guruincsite. Unfortunately, a new attack vector is not identified, but we already know that the disease makes Magento websites vulnerable to a code execution issue. Below, we shed light on how to prevent your ecommerce store from Guruincsite Magento disaster.

UPD (21.10.15) SUPEE-6788 will help you solve the Guruincsite issue

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Typographic hierarchy in e-commerce: tips and examples

- E-Commerce

Typographic hierarchy is an extremely important method of design. It is used for making information more readable, sorting text information by importance and helping with structure and usability of the design peace so the consumer could navigate through the piece easily, finding what he or she needs fast and easy.

e-commerce typographic hierarchy
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