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Extendware Quick View Magento Extension Review

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Extendware Quick View Magento Extension Review; Extendware Quick View Magento Module Overview

Make your ecommerce storefront easier and faster to navigate with the Quick View Magento extension by Extendware. It lets your customers check product details in a handy popup window without any need to leave a catalog page. Such a great improvement makes store visitors more satisfied and as a result encourages sales. In addition to various product details, there is an opportunity to place an item to a shopping cart. Sounds intriguing, so let’s figure out other nuances. Continue Reading

Extendware SMTP Email Magento Extension Review

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Extendware SMTP Email Magento Module Review; SMTP Email Magento Extension Overview

You might have seen our review on SMTP Email Settings by Amasty and today we’d like to shed light on the extension’s competitors – SMTP Email by Extendware. The module allows you to fully leverage your own custom SMTP server. It provides 4 authentication modes, 3 secure connection modes, and support for custom ports. Besides, it is possible to log mail for performing audit as well as send email messages right through the Magento admin. Below, you will find the overview of the module’s functionality and a small Magento extension tutorial related to the backend functionality. Continue Reading

Amasty Order Status for Magento 2 and 1

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

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Although Magento 2 is in many ways better than Magento 1, there is still a room for improvement especially when it comes to the backend interface. Today we shed light on one essential feature that is not available in our favorite ecommerce platform by default – custom order statuses. The Magento 2 order status extension significantly simplifies the way you manage orders in the backend section. The Amasty Order Status Magento 2 module not only lets you create eloquent order statuses but also provides the ability to inform customers about every change related to the order status. As a result, you get an additional communication channel with customers, new sorting and filtering options, order status change notifications, as well as the ability to automate your daily routine.

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Extendware Product Feeds Magento Extension Review

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Extendware Product Feeds Magento Module Overview

We’ve already reviewed a lot of extensions developed for creating data feeds. Advanced Product Feeds by Mirasvit, Product Feed Export by Xtento, and Data Feed Manager by Wyomind impressed us with their usefulness and user-friendliness. But what about Product Feeds by Extendware? How reliable is the module? These questions became a reason to create the following Magento extension tutorial and review. Continue Reading

Extendware Cache Backends / Faster Checkout Magento Extension

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Extendware Cache Backends / Faster Checkout Magento Extension Review; Extendware Cache Backends / Faster Checkout Magento Module Overview

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

Extendware Image Optimization Magento Extension

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Extendware Image Optimization Magento Extension Review; Image Optimization Module Overview

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 Tier / Customer Group Price Percentages for Magento

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Extendware Tier Customer Group Price Percentages Magento Extension Review

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

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Extendware Product Sorting Magento Module Overview

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

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Extendware Custom Order Numbers Magento Module Overview

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