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David Coggan, the Director of Technology and Operations for the Carolyn Nussbaum music company, about an eCommerce flute shop serving the needs of flutists

Helen Golubeva 3 min read Case Study

WorldPay US and X-Cart have partnered together to present a Special Offer for the US merchants using both X-Cart 5 and X-cart 4! Choose WordPay US as your payment processor and get $250 worth of free stuff. You can select either 5 months of X-Payments Basic subscription, or $250 discount on X-Payments Downloadable,or a corresponding number of free months on X-Payments plans "Pro" or "Multistore".

Alexander Mulin 1 min read

This is our 1st release announcement in 2014 - X-Payments 2.0.1 has been released. The new version introduces bug-fixes and several improvements that can be considered minor if we look at them from the point of view of code changes amount, but visually, for a merchant, these changes can be significant enough.

Alexander Mulin 3 min read

E-commerce firms are gearing up for Cyber Monday deals this year. The day falls on December 2 after the Thanksgiving. In year 2012, Cyber Monday sales hit a whopping $1.7 billion up from $ 1.3 billion in year 2011. This was over 20% rise from sales in year 2010. However, most online traders usually start their Cyber Monday deals long before the actual period. Statistics have shown that about 75% of online shoppers usually start their shopping on the preceding day. There is thus little time to spare for e-commerce manager. It is crucial to work on the tasks below now, otherwise, due to the holiday rush, problems may result...

Alex Dyachkov 4 min read Holiday ideas

The merchants are taking every opportunity to satisfy the information hunger of their shoppers: ads, popups, newsletters, detailed product images and descriptions, live chats and phone support - and providing the visitor finds what he is looking for, he will most probably convert into buyer. Given the merchant knows, how the customers are seeking for information, he can setup and configure his store accordingly: to serve the right information on the right page and at the right moment.

Maria Navolykina 6 min read

X-Payments 2.0 introduces integration with new payment processors and gateways (Authorize.Net CIM, WorldPay US, Chase Paymentech Orbital, FirstData E4(SM), AMEX, Sage Pay GO Direct v3, Global Iris, Realex, Elavon payment gateway, PayGate Korea, New Intuit payment gateway) and implements recurring transactions and ability to charge again customers credit cards in PCI compliant manner. Besides, X-Payments 2.0 is PA-DSS 2.0 certified and has new User Interface.

Alexander Mulin 5 min read

It's time to introduce a new release of X-Cart, please meet version 4.6.1. In the previous major release we optimized the speed, included a responsive template and added several integration modules, so this time we decided not to add new major features. Instead, we collected the feedback of our community and focused on it. That's why you will not find new integrations any major changes this time, only minor improvements - but lots of.

Anastasia Zhavoronkova 4 min read

Our team has done a great job to create a completely new platform: with X-Cart 5 you will enjoy quick and easy upgrades, flexibility in customization and modern UI. Now we're announcing Beta-testing, with the stable release being expected in a couple of months. Just out of curiosity or because of promised award (we're giving out 30 licenses!), you may want to play with it, report the issues, share the ideas and thus help us to make it better!

Alex Dyachkov 8 min read

A few stats: the number of actual Facebook sales: 12 totaling $744.58, and an additional $141.40 in repeat business. We started using eCommerce around June of 2012, so these sales are not bad considering it’s been only a year and most people are not used to shopping on Facebook directly. Our Fans on Facebook: 32,695. Our primary use for Facebook is to interact with our customers and have a conversation about interior decorating, our products, designs that customers want to see and to share photos and project ideas across the community. According to Google Analytics, our Facebook referral traffic is worth an average of $500 a month in revenue for us, and fCommerce is just another way to engage those potential customers. FYI, Pinterest is worth about $600 in additional revenue each month. Social media is definitely a great way to sell online and get new visits to your eCommerce store. Facebook fans and their engagement is a major factor in SEO for our eCommerce site, along with adding social credibility, referrals, and more. Facebook is a big part of our marketing strategy, and we project that customers will learn to adapt to it as a way to shop in the future.

Maria Navolykina 2 min read Case Study