The same as for any product, quality is the biggest concern of all software providers. And other than a brilliant idea, wide test coverage is the shortest way to create a first-class software product, and Magento 2 is no exception. Magento 2 has been intensively tested during the development and implementation stages asking for the same approach from the entire community. Today adopting the process of code verification and validation is the matter of survival and future success. The software development practice is abundant in this field and offers multiple test methods and approaches able to ensure the necessary quality and shorten the entire development period.
Coupons are widely used in Magento and common for e-commerce in general. But, this widespread popularity poses a great challenge demanding efficient use of coupons to overcome the existing tough competition. We can list a lot of time approved coupon best practices known and employed by multiple sellers e.g. coupons rewarding new customers, coupons for regular loyal shoppers, the ones convincing hesitant store visitors, coupons promoting newly launched products, holiday season coupons and many others. But, how can we stand out of the crowd with the offers we have?
Sometimes we can’t even imagine the ways and particular use cases our extensions are used in real-life e-commerce practice. Magento-based e-commerce is not an exception as its projects are surprisingly different and embrace various products and sales models. Below we’d like to present you a use case featuring our Advanced Reports extension used for its intended purpose and in a somewhat unusual way. The story is presented by Imagination Media.
Sooner or later all Magento users will face that challenge deciding to migrate from their old Magento versions to the latest most powerful and advanced e-commerce platform Magento 2. Today this decision doesn’t seem to be too urgent since Magento is going to support its previous versions for another three years… Oh, sorry, for 2.5 years already. Time is running out and it’s better to be fully prepared for moving at the moment you will be really ready to start it on your store.
Using pop-ups is a controversial marketing and sales tactic requiring accurate evaluation of all pros and cons, necessary conditions and correct timing. On the one hand, pop-ups are the most annoying type of advertising and simultaneously one of the most noticeable elements of a web site. If you decide to use pop-ups in your store, you should be ready to find out that narrow, leaving no room for error way to more sales, subscriptions, and customers.
Magento performance is a common topic for discussions in different dedicated forums and among end users of the platform. Today we’ll try in to either confirm or debunk the myth that Magento is slower than other ecommerce platforms. The idea behind the investigation is to compare web site speed tests of four most popular e-commerce platforms, find out the winners and their specific features.
Included into our featured Magento 1 extensions block RMA is widely used and popular among our customers. Passing through multiple functionality improvements the module became one of our most sophisticated extensions both by the implemented logic and number of available features.
Lifetime partnership is the most solid foundation for both life and business. We always try to follow this statement and create only long-term business relationships. Below we present you a story of cooperation between Aheadworks and Pinpoint resulted in multiple successfully implemented Magento projects.
Magento Imagine 2016 was a clear affirmation of the community cohesion and common interest to bring Magento to the top of global eCommerce. Multiple companies worldwide work hard for this unifying goal and Top Contributions Awards across the Magento global partner ecosystem became a well-deserved recognition of their ongoing efforts. And, it is great that alongside the companies with established reputation Magento also commends the merits of rising newbies encouraging them to stay on the track.
Nothing makes a provider pleased more than happy and successful customers, and below we present the next success story in our blog. The story started years ago, but continues till our time with the deserved success of DiscountCoffee.com – the U.S. online office coffee service provider. Today the company celebrates its 20-th anniversary and makes optimistic plans for the future.
