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The Ultimate Guide to the Future of E-Commerce

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

ecommerce trends; digital sales; online shopping

E-commerce has seen steady growth for years, but after COVID-19 hit the world, online retails faced both new challenges and possibilities in developing their business. As a year after the start of the pandemic passed, the online sales landscape has changed dramatically. The avoidance of face-to-face contacts, store closures, and numerous coronavirus-related restrictions has forever changed customer behavior patterns. While the economy and society are undergoing a crucial shift, e-commerce merchants need to adjust their business strategy according to the new requirements.

Since more consumers turn to online shopping, digital transformation becomes inevitable for sellers who want to keep their business going and meet new customer demands. By adopting the latest technologies, implementing personalization techniques into the marketing strategy, and switching to more efficient supply chain practices, companies can achieve success in the upcoming years. To help you better understand in which direction to move and which activities to focus on, we’ve compiled a list of emerging e-commerce trends that are changing the business environment in 2021 and are expected to stay for the years to come. By understanding the expectations of a modern buyer and taking appropriate strategic actions a few steps ahead, it is possible to turn crisis times into an opportunity and ensure consistent business growth.

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Magento 2 Sale Category by Ulmod

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

Managing sale products can be a tedious process for store administrators. It is time-consuming to go through the catalog for all products and put the products that have special prices into a specific category.

The default Magento 2 do not offer the ability automatically add all products set up for sale under the offer or sale category of your site. If you want to automatically generate a list of products on sale under a sale/offer category of your store, you can install the Sale Category Magento 2 by Ulmod. 

The extension automatically picks up all products with special prices and products in catalog price rule and add them to your sale/offer category. Also, the extension support countdown timer and will automatically remove expired sales products under the sale/offer category, making sure the listing is always accurate. Continue Reading

Magento 2 Custom Order Status by Ulmod

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

Magento 2 by default come with order status; however, this is very limited.

If you want to automate your daily routine, and significantly simplifies the way you manage orders in the backend section you can install the Custom Order Status extension for Magento 2 by Ulmod. 

The module allows you to create unlimited order statuses to automate your daily routine, also provides the ability to inform customers about every change related to the order status.

All created custom order statuses will display at the customer account page informing customers of the order processing progress. Continue Reading

Magento Software Testing to Boost E-commerce Rates [Case Study]

- E-Commerce, Magento

If you are to organize an effective online store testing process to push your ecommerce conversion optimization to a new level, take a look at the following case description from the company with 11-year experience in quality assurance. Whether you prefer  indoor testing or QA outsourcing services, this article suits both approaches. It is a brief guide on the web testing process and the ways to achieve strong results.

The article describes the quality assurance strategy applied by QA Madness to the big e-commerce project.  Be Fit* is a Magento-based shopping platform offering fitness supplements with more than 150k of monthly visits. The project has an internal development team which works on its independent product.

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Magento 2 Checkout Success Page by MageAnts

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

Enrich order success page of your store using Magento 2 Order Confirmation Page also called “Checkout Success page” extension and add details such as coupon or promo codes, order summary, easy sign up option for new customers, product carousel and advertising banner. Using this extension merchants can have a full control on the order success page which allows them to customize success page as required. Continue Reading

Magento 2 Spam and Bot Blocker

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

Magento 2 Spam and  Bot Blocker by MageAnts helps merchants to identify automated malicious bots and block these spam bots that access certain request paths. This extension prevents your store from getting hacked and ensures to block spam customers. Continue Reading

Magento 2 Store Locator by Ulmod

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

If you have an offline store, you will need to helps online visitors find your brick and mortar locations.

Ulmod Store Locator for Magento 2, helps your customers quickly find the nearest offline locations where they can purchase your products.  The Store Locator is integrated with Google Maps, providing an interactive location display and allows to look for physical stores with the help of various criteria. 

The extension is very flexible, as a store owner, you only have to specify basic details about each brick and mortar store, your visitors will get a full list of your store locations. Visitors can also search for a store within a certain radius as well as by a specific address. Precise results are guaranteed.

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Magento 2 Custom Order Number by Ulmod

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

Customs numbers are useful to ecommerce businesses and look more professional to customers.  It helps you provide a positive impact on buyers and hide your sales data from competitors.

Magento 2 by default does not provide any advanced numbering features. If you want to customize shipments, invoices, orders, and credit memos you can install the Custom Order Number extension for Magento 2.

The module seamlessly customizes store documents numbering with prefixes and new starting numbers. 

You can change the counter increment step. The module helps you protect business data as well as attract more customers. Continue Reading

How to Create Conversions-Oriented Store with Magento

- E-Commerce, Magento

Are you looking for the best ways to launch your own eCommerce site or a web project for your client? Well, the present-day web offers a wide choice of platforms and software to create and promote your eCommerce venture. In order to help you make the right choice and deliver an outstanding web presence for your business, let’s take a look at how you can build a Magento-based website. Continue Reading

Magento 2 Order Comments Pro by Ulmod

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

It is important to understand what your customers think about your products if they wish to leave a note on something to improve their shopping experience. A lack of communication between you and your customers can cause various problems at your store.

Magento 2 by default offers a limited Order communication tools. If you want to build an efficient order communication between you and your buyers, making them more loyal, you can install the Order Comments Pro Magento 2 by Ulmod.

The module allows customers to leave notes or comments on their orders during checkout and receive admins replies via email and under customer account at the storefront.  Also, the module add all order notes to on a dedicated order history section at both the admin side and customer account in frontend. You can notify customers on each new note, and control the notes to appear at the customer account. Continue Reading