Hooking up a Search Engine to CS-Cart store

Why Brand Owners Should Consider ElasticSearch for their Large Stores?

21/10/2020

Online stores and marketplaces having more than 500 000 products in their inventories may load slower. No matter how good your division into categories or site navigation is. Everything is now searched including online stores. Search is a faster solution when items are too much. The default CS-Cart architecture uses MySQL database search engine. If you want to handle the requests faster, you will have to either optimize searches with the default search or hook up another search engine software. In this post, we will examine some alternatives to the default CS-Cart search engine and their distinctive features.

Giving Access to Your Server: Do It Right to Stay Safe

14/10/2020

This post tells about proper sharing of server accesses, who to trust and how to guess when a third-party developer is tricking you. You will get to know what kind of access to your server data can be and understand the cases when each type access is required.

CS-Cart as a drop shipping and fulfillment system

Customized Multi-Vendor To Turn Default Shipping Into a Fulfilment System

08/10/2020

With default CS-Cart features, you can sell goods online using the drop shipping model. However, while growing, you will need to expand your default functionalities. In this post, we will tell you how to improve your Multi-Vendor to turn it into a fulfilment system.

How to customize CS-Cart Responsive Theme?

How a CS-Cart Responsive Theme Can Be Customized?

06/10/2020

Have you ever thought about what you can do with a responsive theme design? Of course, responsiveness of your online store is the must-have for eCommerce to allow the site to look correctly on mobiles. But you can do more with that and take your mobile layout configuration to the next level. In this post, we examine some examples of what can be done on this matter.

Re-Installing Add-Ons to Keep Store Available: Tips from Developers

21/09/2020

This time we took an interview with add-on development experts. We asked them some questions about what types of mistakes brand owners usually make while trying to update add-ons, what are the most frequently updated plugins, and what are the success stories behind add-on upgrade.

How eCommerce Brand Can Sell with TikTok?

09/09/2020

This article is devoted to TikTok usage by eCommerce brands. Despite the recent dispute in the U.S., this social media platform still is one of the most popular entertainment sources with an audience exceeding 440 million people. Online retailers cannot leave it as it is. It’s time to use all the power of social media to boost sales on your eCommerce site.

Top Google Ranking Factors and SEO Tips for eCommerce Websites

02/09/2020

This article is a checklist that will help you to optimize your eCommerce website for SEO. You will find lots of tips and examples on how to finetune your online selling platform and rank higher with Google.

Selling Liquids and Fractional Goods Online: Trends, Pains, and Gains

28/08/2020

Selling products by weight and volume is an easy task. Your software should be able to tackle the quantity issues. In addition to the software issues, there are also the legal problems for some liquids. Read this article to learn more about selling the most trending liquid and fractional goods.

How eCommerce can benefit form 3D Images

How eCommerce Can Benefit From 3D and 360 Spin Images?

26/08/2020

With 3D images you can get more for your eCommerce business. 3D imaging is a state-of-the art way to showcase your item and find a shorter path to your customer’s heart. It helps to create a better image of your brand, reduce customer friction, and help customers to have an enjoyable stay on your webpage.

PWAjet Explained: SPA and PWA Benefits for eCommerce Brand Owners

14/08/2020

This post is about the features and benefits of having a PWA-based store for eCommerce brand owners. You will be introduced to the latest stats about using mobile apps to understand why having a native app is not such a good investment.

ECommerce Design Trends for 2024 To Make Clients Love You

10/08/2020

This article is about the latest trends for 2023 in the UX/UI and graphic design for eCommerce sites. You will know about the features to apply while designing your webstore to refresh its look-n-feel and improve the user experience.

How To Build Your Digital Product Catalog To Sell More

07/08/2020

If you run a massive inventory store consisting of more than 1,000 items, you probably know how difficult it can be to manage the catalog. But before expanding to a larger inventory store, it is very important to think of how to properly organize the catalog structure to make it searchable, driving, handy in use, and scalable. In this post, we share the best practices, tips and examples on creating a high-performing catalog!

Why Is PWAjet Better Than Mobile Apps?

05/08/2020

This post will tell you about differences of having a mobile app and a PWA store. You will get to know what PWA technology is, how it does influence the online shopping, and what are the benefits or applying this technology for an eCommerce brand owner.

6 Tips to Get Your First Customers (and Keep Them with Your Business)

31/07/2020

This post shares the best practices of finding first customers for a start-up owners. In addition to well-known recommendations, you will find the real stories of our customers who started their online businesses from scratch and succeeded in attracting their first clients to their CS-Carts and Multi-Vendors.

Re-Designing Your Product Page To Boost Sales

22/07/2020

This article will guide you through options of self-customizing product page layouts to emphasize your brand uniqueness and increase conversions. You will get some tips, learn how to update the default templates, and see the best practices to instantly apply in your CS-Cart store or marketplace by yourself!

Voice Search and Virtual Assistants: Major Benefits vs. Critical Pains for eCommerce Growth

17/07/2020

This post is all about voice search and voice assistants. It give some practical pieces of advice on how to use this Artificial Intelligence app for eCommerce purposes, as wel as possible drawbacks that an online retailer may encounter while using it.

5 Quick Tips to Build the Best Shopping Cart Experience in Your Online Store or Marketplace

15/07/2020

The article deals with simple must have features to enable in your web store and/or marketplace to prompt sales and boost conversions. These rules are quite simple to forget when setting up your store. Having the checklist before your eyes will help you to quickly improve your eCommerce website selling power.

How Do You Attract Vendors to Your Marketplace? 5 Stories from Acknowledged Experts

15/07/2020

“How to attract vendors?” is the priority question a marketplace owner asks himself before launching his or her business online. We’ve collected some recommendations from the mature business owners and marketers about their methods for attracting vendors to their eCommerce platforms. Real merchants share what challenges they did face, what they did to overcome suspicion with their candidate partners, and win the battle for resellers!

How to Increase Sales on CS-Cart: Smart Search Technology

26/06/2020

This post is telling about an ideal smart search feautures. A search that is seamlessly incorporated in the eCommerce website to navigate visitors and dirve sales. A search that is smart enough to guess the words entered in the search bar within your eCommerce website.

My Brand Story: Mastering the U.K. Market with Vawoo

17/06/2020

This story is from the United Kingdom. The brand manager describes his challenges while promoting e-cigarettes and attracting vendors to the vawoo.co.uk marketplace. Selling in the vape market is not an easy task, but with this shared knowledge other merchants can avoid some common pitfalls and grow their businesses online!

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