First Look at PrestaShop 1.5.2
PrestaShop has released a major new version and that means it's time for a test spin. Remember that I always recommend that shop owners open a new shop with a version that does not end with 0 (i.e....
View ArticleBiggest eCommerce Gainers and Losers in World’s Top 1 Million Websites
A new follow-up survey published today by Tom Robertshaw shows that over the past 9 months, open source eCommerce programs OpenCart and PrestaShop gained the largest percentage of actual live shops in...
View Article2012 Trends and 2013 Predictions for Open Source eCommerce
I've been writing about Open Source eCommerce (OSC) shopping carts for a decade now, and many carts have risen and fallen in popularity during that time. For the past five years I've tracked the...
View ArticleRevamp Your Open Source e-Commerce Website for the New Year
Start the new year off the right way by refreshing and updating your open source e-commerce website. So, take a fresh look at your site with a critical and strategic eye, and write a list of things...
View ArticleReleased Today: The First NEXT Generation OSC program Loaded 7 Alpha 2
The new Loaded 7 Alpha Version 2 released today may revolutionize the Open Source e-Commerce (OSC) industry as the first community-driven product developed in real-time live streaming product...
View ArticleOnline customers can “try before they buy” with Klarna Invoice for OSC programs
Selling online can be difficult for merchants who sell types of merchandise that must be touched or tested before buying. Three Swedish entrepreneurs put their heads together to solve this problem and...
View ArticleThe coming convergence between Open Source and Closed Source e-Commerce
To the end user, the small business owner with an e-Commerce website, there is now little difference between Open Source e-Commerce (OSC) and Closed Source or proprietary e-Commerce programs. There...
View ArticleThe Painful Truth About the Non-Technical New User
Long ago when the Internet was shiny and new, one person called a "webmaster" was expected to manage everything about a website. Design, programming, server and database administration, content...
View ArticleAdventures of migrating to a new open source ecommerce website
Part 1 of 2 - The Decision Well, it is time for me to update my eCommerce site. I get to play with nearly every kind of cart when writing my ecommerce user manuals, so you'd think this would be an...
View ArticleAdventures of Implementing a New eCommerce Website
Part 2 of 2 - The Implementation My old website had become a tangled mess of old files, old photos and outdated products, so I had decided to build a new one rather than try to remodel the old one....
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