Tutorials Blog Archives — Simtech Development

How to Build an eCommerce Website From Scratch

02/11/2023

Now, you’ve got a product that you want to sell and launch your project as fast as possible without diving deep into technical details. If you are not a tech guy, you may decide to reside your project on a ready-made platform to avoid coding from scratch. Below is a step-by-step guide of how to get started with your online shop by the example of the CS-Cart Shopping Cart Software. Although launching your first e-shop is not so difficult, as you will see, you may need an algorithm before your eyes to follow the shortest path from idea to the result.

How to Sell Coffee Online: Best Practices of Top 5 Online Coffee Sellers

29/09/2023

In today’s digital age, selling coffee online has become an increasingly popular business venture. With the right strategies and tools, you can tap into a vast market of coffee enthusiasts and build a thriving online coffee business. This article will provide you with valuable insights and practical tips on how to effectively sell coffee online and maximize your success.

18/09/2023

This post brings together the latest stats for popular online shopping categories in such countries as the U.S., Europe, Australia, India, and Latin America. With this data in your hands, you can better target your marketing campaigns and increase sales with the high-demand products based on the country you sell. Apply a data-driven approach for online sales to get more out of your eCommerce business!

How to Start an Online Marketplace in 2023

30/06/2023

Find a complete step-by-step guide on starting an online marketplace. The article contains must-have features, best practices and examples of top marketplaces.

Yandex.Mail for Domain: How to Create and Connect It to CS-Cart/Multi-Vendor

05/05/2023

Yandex.Mail is a popular email provider for businesses. If you run an eCommerce project, you definitely need to consider connecting this option to your site.

Why Use Laravel? Benefits for eCommerce sites

Why Use Laravel? Benefits for eCommerce site Development

28/03/2023

In this post we’ll consider why building an eCommerce project from scratch using Laravel is rational.

Why You Need to Upgrade Your CS-Cart to the Latest Version

26/07/2022

Here, we describe the reasons to upgrade your online store/marketplace version. With the refreshed version you get access to a modern technical stack, responsive design, better SEO, awesome features, more add-ons and themes, higher speed of your site, and a user-friendly upgrade process. You can upgrade on your own or refresh your site version with us. We describe both processes. Dive in the article to learn the details.

Migrating from One Ecommerce Platform to Another

14/07/2022

For eCommerce websites, migration, in its general sense, means moving data from one Content Management System (CMS) to another. Reasons vary from case to case, but one thing remains the same – the need to keep the client base, inventory, orders, and SEO links, in other words, save everything that has been accumulated and grow.

Expert Checklist: How to optimize your eCommerce site on your own

12/07/2022

This post is a checklist compiled by our experienced PHP developer to optimize website performance. Michael explains how to optimize online store speed based on Google Pagespeed Insights and gives recommendations.

The Cost of Custom Software Development: How Do We Estimate

09/06/2022

Here, we’ll tell how the software cost is calculated, why it is not so easy to estimate, what the price is composed of, and how you can minimize the cost of development without risking the project launch

How to draw up functional and business requirements for an eCommerce site?

How to Draw Up Functional and Business Requirements for an eCommerce Website

01/03/2022

Well-defined requirement is half-way towards a well-done job. It is clear as day. But when it comes to real life it all gets confusing. How to collect requirements right? How detailed should they be? Who will be engaged in collecting them? In this post we will share how to form requirements for website customization to get what you expect. The post is rich with examples and real cases!

How Do We Write Specifications for Software Development

24/02/2022

When developing a system, be sure to draw up a specification for software development! It will keep you out of trouble. Writing specifications is not so hassle-free. The document is repeatedly agreed with the customer and the developer, and also corrected and revised more than once. It’s better to spend more time on completing the right document than to prove later that you did mean something completely different. After all, errors in the specification will cost money and time to the Developer / Customer. In this article, we share how to do it right!

How import images in CS-Cart

07/12/2021

This post is a guide for product image import. Here, you will find the ways to import images, how to specify the path to images, what fields are mandatory, and what to pay attention to while importing.

10 Reasons to Outsource Development Team For eCommerce Projects

01/12/2021

Executives all over the world are pondering over what part of their business to outsource and what to keep in-house. They ask themselves only one question: “Does that provide me a cost advantage?”

If only a decision was that simple.

Obviously, outsourcing provides a cost benefit. But a vast majority of businesses don’t even guess what other benefits they can receive from outsourcing other than cost saving. In this post we explore those top 10 reasons for outsourcing that are better than cost benefits.

How to Install and Configure Add-Ons in CS-Cart

30/11/2021

Add-on installation is simple but may require some specific steps to follow. We completed a guide on add-ons installation to save your time. You will get to know how to install and configure add-on by the example of a default CS-Cart add-on and an add-on of ours.

How to Improve Product Import in CS-Cart

23/11/2021

Product import raises the most issues with CS-Cart entrepreneurs. The platform allows lots of options out of the box to make the import more fine-tuned. We’ll examine what options you have while importing product feeds into CS-Cart, as well as how you can add more automation into it to exclude human factor errors and standardize the suppliers’ catalogues.

How to Connect Your Physical Store to CS-Cart

09/11/2021

You may have had an online store before or just want to create one from scratch. There is a wealth of site builders to make your business visible online. But any of them have their own perks and drawbacks. Connecting your store to CS-Cart, you join an ecosystem of inter-connected services. All tailored to make your digital transition to eCommerce painless and super-fast. Here we’ll tell you about the CS-Cart advantages for online stores, how to install the platform, and how to host your project.

How to Add and Edit Categories in CS-Cart

26/10/2021

With the proper organized inventory, your customer can easily find the product he or she wants. Vendors can assign their items so that you could have your menu helpful in terms of product search and navigation. Knowing how to work with categories is basic for store owners. This is a concise guide with screenshots to help you organize categories in your CS-Cart and/or Multi-Vendor store.

Getting Your CS-Cart store or Multi-Vendor Ready for Christmas Sales

16/12/2020

Christmas is closing, it’s time to get your store ready for it. In this post, we gathered the solutions that will help you sell more and track your success.

How to Go Online with an eCommerce Business?

Moving an Offline Business to Online During COVID-19: a Simple Guide

05/11/2020

Year 2020 is challenging for offline business. But it’s never too late to expand going online. In this post, we gathered useful statistics on the COVID-19 impact on the eCommerce industries and other key figures to help you with launching your first online business informatively. You will get all the steps needed to start and grow online. All the content is organized as a simple guide consisting of 7 steps.

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