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Top E-Commerce Blogs Which We Actually Read

- E-Commerce

Every community has a gathering spot where members can interact or pick up new knowledge. Ecommerce is no different. These options for non-direct contact could be forums or blogs. With forums, everything is obvious; people utilize them to discuss, ask for guidance, and trade information. Blogs act as online magazines where visitors may read articles about topics that are important to them and discover reviews of their favorite hardware and software. For illustration, you are reading a blog article from the Firebear team right now. Here, you can find a lot of articles and posts about all aspects of eCommerce, starting from extension reviews to software install guides. We’re going to look at some of the best eCommerce blogs inside this article that the Firebear team and myself routinely read. Let’s give a brief overview of blogs, say a few things about the authors, and discuss some of the platform’s sections. 
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Ultimate Guide to Magento 2 Dropshipping

- E-Commerce, Magento 2, Magento 2 Drop Shipping

Dropshipping Guide

For years the dropshipping model has proved itself as one of the most budget-friendly ways of running an ecommerce business with limited resources at hand. Profitable to commerce newbies and seasoned merchants who seek out new revenue channels, dropshipping survives, evolves, and gain new recognition every day. 

In the guide, we’ll find out the best strategy for drop shipping and describe the prospects of establishing such a business on the base of Magento 2.

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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, 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 Geoip Store Switcher by MageAnts

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

Nowadays, lots of website offers services at many different locations along with the relevant languages and currencies used at such locations. So when customers visit the website they needs to manually switch the store view. To make this process easy, MageAnts came up with a Magento 2 Store Switcher extension that detects your customer’s location based on IP address and automatically switch the store view, language or currency.

  • Automatically switch the store view and currency based on a visitor’s location.
  • Import the list of IP address in the form of CSV file from back end admin panel.  
  • Block or restrict access to your website to specific IP addresses.
  • Enhance the user experience by improving the accessibility and usability of users.
  • Confirmation and notification popup before redirecting.

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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