"E-Commerce"

The Ultimate Magento 2 REST API Guide

- E-Commerce, Fire development, Magento 2

Magento 2 REST API tutorial

In the following article, we talk about the REST API of Magento 2, describing the lifecycle of an order. Below, you will find out how to prepare a store and manage multiple processes via the Magento 2 REST API. Order-related tasks include such processes as the creation of a new customer, quote, order, invoice, and shipment. Besides, wh shed light on checkout preparations and other aspects of an order-related routine common for Magento 2. Before going any further, let’s take a look at what the REST API is.  Continue Reading

Amasty Payment Restrictions for Magento 2 and 1

- E-Commerce, Magento 2, Magento tips & tricks

Amasty Payment Restrictions Magento Extension Review; Amasty Payment Restrictions Magento Module Overview

Since receiving payments for products and services is a key goal for every business, it is vital to organize this process properly. Therefore, we’d like to draw your attention to the Payment Restrictions module by Amasty. The extension lets you create various payment method rules and flexible payment conditions for specific products or customers. Having installed the tool, you can restrict payment methods based on shipping address, store view, customer group, or various product attributes. This way, you can substantially improve the productivity of your payment processing system, multiply business opportunities, and decrease risks. Continue Reading

Amasty Customer Group Catalog for Magento 2 and 1

- E-Commerce, Magento 2, Magento tips & tricks

Amasty Customer Group Catalog Magento 2 Extension Review; Amasty Customer Group Catalog Magento Module Overview

Due to business or legal reasons, it might be necessary to hide some products from particular customer groups, while you still want to sell them to others. Unfortunately, the default Magento platform doesn’t provide this functionality, so you have to rely on appropriate third-party modules. That’s why we’d like to introduce you to Amasty Customer Group Catalog. With the help of this module, you will be able to manage private sales effortlessly. The extension provides the ability to hide pricing from specified customer groups or show custom CMS blocks instead. Alternatively, the module lets you replace the ‘Add to cart’ button with the ‘Call for price’ block, as well as redirect users from hidden pages. Below, we explore Amasty Customer Group Catalog for Magento 2 and 1 in more detail.

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Amasty Cancel Orders Magento 2 Extension

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

Customer care is one of the essential aspects of a successful business that helps merchants to come out ahead of the competitors. Today, we present a tool for Magento 2 store owners that allows improving customer service and making your clients more satisfied with their shopping experience. Meet the Cancel Orders extension by Amasty – a solution that extends the default platform’s functionality and streamlines the order cancellation procedure. The Magento 2 module automates routine tasks of canceling orders and allows store admins to quickly process customer requests. This way, the tool not only increases customer loyalty due to the ability to cancel orders on their own but also makes order management more convenient for admin users. 

Below, we describe the functionality of the Magento 2 Auto Cancel Order by Customer module in more detail.

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Building advanced Magento 2 navigation menus: fast and easy way with the Navigation Pro module

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

top menu navigation magento 2

How can you improve the top Magento 2 navigation menu? By installing the Navigation Pro extension from Swissuplabs, you will be able to extend the default functionality. Further away, we explain to you the main features of the extension. You will see that it’s possible to easily add 10 different menus with custom items and dropdown content. We’ll also show you how to create a new menu and add it quickly around your store pages. Continue Reading

Amasty Gift Wrap Magento 2 Extension

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

If you want to engage more customers and improve their shopping experience on your store, adding gift wrapping service is an excellent idea. The Amasty Gift Wrap Magento 2 extension allows adding the proper functionality to your ecommerce site so that you can impress website visitors with eye-catching gift wrap designs. The ability to choose a wrapping paper or box when purchasing gifts is especially beneficial during holiday periods. Besides, the Magento 2 gifting module allows customers to include a card and add a personal message to a gifted product. Below, we look closer at the features offered by the Amasty Gift Wrap module for Magento 2. 

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Impact of Coronavirus on Consumer Behavior

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

At the beginning of this year, the world has faced an unprecedented threat to people’s health and the global economy – the outbreak of the coronavirus. The first signs of the novel virus have been observed in China, where it emerged and started spreading with rapid paces to the rest of the world. The COVID-19 outbreak led to the global pandemic state, affecting every aspect of one’s life and bringing irreversible losses to business accross many industries. In such circumstances, it is crucial for companies and enterprises, especially those involved in the retail and e-commerce business, to show flexibility and quickly adapt to the changing situation.

In this article, we provide an overview of the main patterns related to consumer behavior in the changing circumstances and look at the possibilities for businesses to survive crisis times. To get more information on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on e-commerce and retail, check this post.

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Amasty PDF Customizer Magento 2 Extension

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

The daily routine of every ecommerce merchant includes preparation of invoices and other documents in PDF. Quite often, default templates need to be customized to include essential info about products and companies and make them more easy-to-read. If you try to modify your PDF docs with the default Magento functionality, you will face difficulties without having some technical skills.

Today, we present a tool that provides online store owners with necessary functions for customizing PDF documents – Amasty PDF Customizer for Magento 2. The module allows users to modify pre-configured PDF templates and create custom documents for invoices, credit memos, orders, and shipments. The Amasty solution is easy-to-use and doesn’t require any specific programming skills to set up beautiful PDFs. Design customization options available with the extension allow merchants to tweak their documents’ look and content to present their brand better.

Below, we describe the core features of the Magento 2 PDF invoice module in more detail.

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Firebear Improved Import & Export App for BigCommerce

- E-Commerce, Our extensions

improved import & export for bigcommerce

Here at Firebear, we’ve developed one of the most potent data transfer extensions in the entire Magento ecosystem. Our Improved Import & Export module not only powers connections between Magento websites but also goes far beyond the platform. The plugin provides the ability to integrate e-commerce websites with various external platforms, tools, and service providers, such as ERP, CRM, accounting, and other systems. Furthermore, the Improved Import & Export module enables seamless data import from other e-commerce platforms, including Shopify and BigCommerce. Below, we’d like to draw your attention to the extended capabilities related to the latter. As a team, we’ve decided to exceed the existing boundaries of Firebear, creating reliable data transfer solutions for our e-commerce platforms. Meet the Firebear Improved Import & Export app for BigCommerce. In the following article, we explain the project and provide a detailed description of its core features and advantages. You can access its early beta version right here.   Continue Reading