09/12/2019

The Simtech Development Marketplace provides a pool of ready-made extensions for CS-Cart and Multi-Vendor platforms’ owners. This range includes solutions helping to enhance website management, marketing, SEO, shipping and payment capabilities. Each plugin is accompanied with a detailed description to get a general idea of what the add-on is and how to use it. However, despite the availability of documents and descriptions, sometimes we get specific issues from our customers. In this series of posts, we are going to unveil some frequently asked questions about our add-ons to clear up the last misunderstandings.

How to Safely Upgrade a Website

13/11/2019

CS-Cart has officially announced that it stops supporting PHP versions lower than 5.6 starting from CS-Cart/Multi-Vendor 4.9.1. For CS-Cart owners it means that the CS-Cart upgrade process will not start if the PHP on the server is lower than required.

Hot Rush Development: What? Why? and When?

30/10/2019

How long does it take for you to respond to expedite request? Can you expedite the web development process? These are the questions you constantly ask us about our process of handling heavy tasks in response to incoming requests. In this article, we put the cards of the so-called ‘Hot Rush’ option on the table.

Quality Assurance: How Do We Test What We Develop for CS-Cart Stores?

17/10/2019

From thsi article you will get to know about the testing process. What stages it should include? Differences among QA, QC, and QM. Workflow, stages and types of testing. Quality assurance is an important part of development process that we, at Simtech Development, offer free of charge within the custom development price.

4 Useful Hints About robots.txt File For CS-Cart Stores

01/10/2019

This post shares 4 small rules of crafting your robots.txt file to rank higher in search. Put a few changes for proper organization and setting of this tiny file, and reap the harvest with the increased traffic and better recognition with search engines. Find a free example at the end of the post!

How Google Analytics Enhanced eCommerce Can Impact Your Sales?

12/09/2019

Google Analytics Enhanced eCommerce is a tool helping you answer the question WHY not only WHO. Alongside with the default functionality of Google Analytics, now you can form more specific reports on shopping behavior. By doing this you will make a huge step towards understanding your customers much better.

Affiliate Add-on: How to Build Traffic on Your CS-Cart Website

31/07/2019

Affiliate marketing is a strategy when external websites or individuals lead traffic to your website and get a commission from sales of their referrals. You can motivate them by paying sales commissions or giving bonus points for the next purchases. According to Business Insider, affiliate marketing accounts for 15% of all digital media revenue and for over 16% of all eCommerce orders in the USA and Canada.

What is PWA? Introduction and advantages for online store owners

03/07/2019

This article is about Progressive Web Apps, a technology for eCommerce businesses that are looking for the best solution to get into the consumers’ mobile phone. We decided to systematize the available information and find out what PWA is and what its prospects are.

3 Reasons To Leave Your Current eCommerce Platform (or any other)

25/06/2019

Working in eCommerce development field for 15 years with numerous solutions we came to the conclusion that the perfect platform for selling online just doesn’t exist. Each of hundreds of them has gaps that generate negative reviews here and there on the Internet. We have scanned the Web to find some and give you another reason to search for a better solution or (finally) settle down with the current one understanding that the next migration won’t bring you a piece of mind. Our research is based on public reviews.

Localization in the USA: How to Speak the Same Language with Your Customers?

18/06/2019

In this article, we will give you the basics on how to localize in the U.S.

How To Speak The Same Language with the Middle East

06/06/2019

MENA or the Middle East and North Africa region includes 22 countries. It becomes more and more lucrative for digital retailing during the last decade having the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt as leaders in online retail. PayFort indicates that this market would grow to USD 69 billion by 2020, and Statista underlines that the overall growth across the region would be at a CAGR of 11% in the next five years (2018-2023).

Dedicated Team of CS-Cart Platform Rescue Rangers

04/06/2019

We have been providing the “Dedicated Developer” service since 2005, and got a huge experience in doing this for eCommerce ventures. It is +40K hours of dedicated work! This post puts all chips on the table and honestly shares advantages, jeopardies, methodologies, and project supervision peculiarities of the service. Keep reading to know what’s hidden behind the scene.

Missed Opportunities: Design Case

22/05/2019

In our previous article, we examined what the design audit stands for. This time, let’s take a closer look at the audit process itself.

All You Wanted To Know About Usability Audit

21/05/2019

The design is the key to a selling website. A properly designed webshop gives pleasure to surf it, and the wise arrangement of key elements can shorten the path of a user converting him or her to a buyer and increasing the sales. You can even save money and increase your website loading speed by excluding redundant features or simplifying some tricky details.

How To Make A Media Plan For An Online Store The Right Way

16/05/2019

The main task of advertising is not only to make a creative picture or an interesting text but to effectively influence potential clients to convince them of the need to buy your product. Efficiency means having a clear plan based on analyzing data about the product, audience, and competitors. This is what creating a media plan is all about.

Route 53: Understanding DNS With Amazon Web Services

13/05/2019

Amazon Route 53 provides highly available and scalable Domain Name System (DNS). It is designed to give developers and businesses an extremely reliable and cost-effective way to route end users to Internet applications.
Learn how to get started with Route 53.

Sporting Goods Vendors and Manufacturers for Your Shop

08/05/2019

Health consciousness became more than just a word relating to aerobics from the 70s. The mainstream of these days is all about smart technologies embedded into sportswear and equipment: smart glasses, watches, hearables, fitness trackers and even smart jewelry are of the common use. Grown on Avengers and other comics, adults from 27 to 37 y.o. are now ready to become heroes by themselves. A study made in Mexico in 2015 showed that 41 portable sports apparel is owned by a person on average. So, it is not by chance that athleisure and wearables/hearables are so popular presently. Sports are coming into everyday life and this is a good trend that can bring money for an eCommerce project.

How to Secure Your CS-Cart store?

29/04/2019

Security matters! You don’t want to lose money through the holes in your pocket for the only reason of forgetting about or ignoring your eCommerce platform safety. Protection of your Multi-Vendor or

The Benefits of Web Push Notifications For Your Online Store

25/04/2019

Web push notifications demonstrate outstanding marketing and sales performance. While having a bunch of advantages, these communication channels have one flaw – it’s hard to persuade customers to “allow” them.

50 stats to improve your email marketing

50 Email Marketing Statistics To Improve Your Promotion Campaigns

18/04/2019

Email marketing is so far the most profitable source of revenue with the highest ROI. Configured correctly it puts your sales on autopilot and turns visitors into loyal advocates. From this stats list, you will find out how you can improve your email marketing campaigns.

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