Zen Cart Store Manager Blog

Cracking Easter Deal from eMagicOne

2018-03-19T13:49:00.000+02:00

Easter is on its way! This is a big occasion that allows you to get a good deal for must-haves. Keeping with this tradition, many e-savvy deal hunters have already started looking around for freebies and amazing products at attractive prices.

To celebrate this festive holiday, eMagicOne has also prepared for you something that will treat your taste. This is better than chocolate!

It’s perfect time for you to save big on the best Zen Cart extensions developed by eMagicOne.

Cracking Easter Deal

We're excited to offer you our products with up to 30%* OFF!
Discount code: ESTR-E83A-OFFR

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as the offer is limited!**

Highlights of the Offer

Discount is decreasing by 5% each working day.*
Online redemption is required. Discount cannot be returned, booked or back-dated!
It cannot be combined with any other offers.
Applicable to products only (services are not part of this promo).

Don’t let this opportunity to slip away! There’s no excuse for waiting any longer. Get the best deal today.

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Happy Easter!

May your Easter basket be full of joy, happiness and pleasant moments! Keep safe and have a good holiday!

Get A Perfect Match for Your Zen Cart This Valentine’s Day

2018-02-08T17:11:00.001+02:00

Dear customers,

As the day to celebrate love gets closer, we wish your life to be full of love and joy, kindness and tenderness!

Software Made With Love

eMagicOne loves you and we all work hard to make you happy. We develop our Zen Cart extensions with care and do our best to make your lives easier with our software.

If you did not have the chance to experience this, give a try to our Zen Cart solutions and you will definitely fall in love with them!

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Deal That Will Win Your Heart

This romantic event has also inspired us to make this day brighter with a special gift:

In celebration of Valentine’s Day,
Grab 14% off without delay!
Follow your heart,
Applying this code in the cart:

[LOVE-F2WU-LOVE]

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Lovely Time

Feel the magic of sweet savings for 1 heart-filled week till Friday, February 16th!

Note, the number of coupons is limited! Check how many are left at:

https://www.zencart-manager.com/order/

A Perfect Match

Don’t wait for cupid’s arrow, get perfect extensions that match for your ZenCart store this Valentine’s Day.

Here is what you can choose from:

Store Manager for ZenCart - to manage your store easier than ever before and be one step ahead of competitors.
QuickBooks Integration - to ease accounting synching between ZenCart and QuickBooks with a few clicks.
IceCat Integration - to enrich your goods with high-quality images and detailed descriptions from Open or Full IceCat catalog.

So treat your yourself! Because eMagicOne software will be a perfect Valentine for your Zen Cart.

With Love,

eMagicOne Team

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Offer Details

1 order = 1 coupon. Online redemption is required. Coupon is considered as redeemed when an order is completed, funds were charged and the license is generated. In case you apply coupon in the cart and do not complete checkout process, the discount won't be active once the usage is expired. Order is processed within a few minutes. In case your order has not processed yet, please place a new order (in case of duplicate, we will return the duplicated charged sum).
This code is not valid with other offers or discounts and cannot be combined with them.
The number of coupons is limited. The availability of codes one can check on our website https://www.zencart-manager.com/order.
The discounts are time-limited and cannot be back-dated after they expire. Unused discounts are not refunded or returned in any way.
Discount does not apply to any services (only to products).

New Year, New Sale!

2017-12-29T11:49:00.004+02:00

Holiday greetings from eMagicOne company! We hope this year you had a great time and we wish you happiness, prosperity, and most importantly, lots of fun for the upcoming year!

This is only a snapshot of a few main features introduced this year in our Zencart solutions. Don’t you think that you have already missed out a lot? Don’t wait anymore. Give a try!

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Hello 2018!

We have decided that there is no better way to welcome New Year than kicking off new sale! Start the new year with a new resolution! Spent less time on store handling and inventory updates with smart Zencart solutions at attractive prices!

$50 voucher* storewide!
NEW-6QYD-YEAR

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Use This Chance

To make use of this offer you have to:

Add to cart your favourite products at our official website.
* Make sure that minimal order total is more than $100.
Apply promo code NEW-6QYD-YEAR to get $50 off your order!

Celebration Time

The promo will run for the next few days until Tuesday, January 2nd! So make sure you're not too late!

See You in 2018!

We do have some great surprises coming in 2018, so stay tuned.

Wishing you a wonderful holiday and a prosperous New Year full of incredible things ahead!

Promo Details

1 order = 1 coupon. Online redemption is required. Coupon is considered as redeemed when an order is completed, funds were charged and the license is generated. In case you apply coupon in the cart and do not complete checkout process, the discount won't be active once the usage is expired. Order is processed within a few minutes. In case your order has not processed yet, please place a new order (in case of duplicate, we will return the duplicated charged sum).
This code is not valid with other offers or discounts and cannot be combined with them.
The number of coupons is limited. The availability of codes one can check on our website https://www.zencart-manager.com/order.
The discounts are time-limited and cannot be back-dated after they expire. Unused discounts are not refunded or returned in any way.
Discount does not apply to any services (only to products).

Ready, Set, Christmas!

2017-12-11T13:04:00.000+02:00

The countdown to Christmas has already started! eMagicOne company wishes you all the best for the upcoming holidays and offers you a great possibility to enhance your Zen Cart stores with innovative features and functionalities before you wrap for Christmas celebrations.

Wishing You Happy Thanksgiving

2017-11-13T12:04:00.000+02:00

Thanksgiving is coming up, and we are extremely excited to share the spirit of upcoming holidays! These are very special days and there wouldn’t be a better occasion for us to express our gratitude and offer exhilarating discounts.

Thank you!

All of us at eMagicOne are grateful to everyone who’s joined our community throughout all these years. You’ve helped us grow and build better software products for your Zen Cart online stores.

Everyday we are tying harder and harder to reach higher goals and bring top-level user experience for you, our dearest customers. Thanks for keeping us inspired and encouraged!

Giving

Winter is Coming!

2017-08-21T12:59:00.004+03:00

Summer almost over, which means that winter is coming. Hmm, ... don’t we still have 3 autumn months ahead?

Alright, those months are still on the calendar so you can take your time. However, the truth is that time flies and the holiday shopping season with back-to-school, Halloween, Black Friday and Christmas will be here before you blink. Wait, have you just done it?

Don’t wait to gear up for busy festive period!

It’s Never Too Early To Get Ready to Sales Season

It might seem a little early to think ahead to the holiday season now, when it is still summer. On the other hand, this is a perfect time, as this period is pretty slow and quiet. So starting Christmas planning now will eventually bring you abundant of benefits on December.

Use these days to invest all your efforts to clear out your old stock, update existing inventory, plan upcoming top-notch holiday promotions, review and diagnose your Zen Cart shop for issues to get it in tip-top shape to ensure that you are ready, before holiday rush begins.

Separate the Chores From the Celebration

One of the most convincing reasons to make holiday preparations early is less pressure. While your competitors will be in a rush, making last-minute preparations and dealing with problems, you will avoid this stress and enjoy festive period.

Automate routine operations and enjoy profitable results with Store Manager for Zen Cart software!

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With the app you will be able to:

work offline without waiting for browser page to load
add/edit products in seconds with smart import functionality, supporting upload from the files of .csv, .xml, .xls, .xlsx, .ods and .txt formats
set up scheduled updates of your inventory, synchronizing it with supplier's data automatically
massively modify item details using multi-editors, for example, setting price mark-downs by value or percentage in seconds
create multiple statistical reports up to your needs
diagnose your store for SEO issues
easily integrate with additional sales channels and accounting systems.

Christmas in August

Do less, enjoy more! Ensure yourself an organized Christmas with our software.

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Limited Support on June 28th

2017-06-27T18:09:00.000+03:00

Dear Customers,

We want to inform you that on Wednesday, June 28th eMagicOne will be providing limited support.

If you have a question or problem, the best way to contact us for assistance will be via e-mail - contact@emagicone.com
Please note, phone support and live chat will be unavailable.

Your requests to our help desk received during this day will be replied according to the queue. Though, it may take a bit longer than usual to get back to you with the support response.

Your patience during this period is greatly appreciated. We will be back in full force and ready to help you on Thursday, June 29th, when usual support hours resume.

Meanwhile, to smooth over this minor inconvenience, we would also like to remind you that our Anniversary promo will be available till July 10th at:
https://www.zencart-manager.com/order

Regards,
eMagicOne Team

eMagicOne Turns 5 - Celebrate With Us!

2017-06-26T12:16:00.003+03:00

These days our company celebrates its 5th birthday! This is a significant milestone for us and we are very happy to look back and recall what we have achieved so far!

The History

This is the 5th anniversary of company’s founding, however, we have been in business for more than 15 years.

During that time, we have developed lots of solutions, that made it easier for thousands of eCommerce merchants to manage their stores and grow them to successful businesses.

The Growth

It has been an eventful ride! We had many wonderful achievements over these 5 years and here are some of the highlights:

We have developed and maintained more than 10 projects (both desktop called Store Manager and native mobile called Mobile Assistant)
Our applications are translated into more than 30 different languages
We have written 1000+ useful articles, tutorial and how-tos
Received 10,000+ live feedbacks from our clients
Grown to serve community of more than 100,000+ active users
Updated billions of items using our software
Expanded from our development office (Ternopil, Ukraine) and opened HQ located in Plymouth, MN, US
Opened outsource department to satisfy the business needs of the most demanding clients
Re-designed our sites a few times to improve user experience
Our team has also grown through these years and now consists of 45 trully excellent eCommerce experts
Finally, we’ve just rolled-out a new service called eScraper that allows you to retrieve data from any website, compare prices, prepare ecommerce-friendly format and more.

The Future

We constantly move forward and work on some new projects to continue to innovate, expand and improve our software. We have more awesome products to reveal to you in the near future, so stay connected!

Thanks for being a part of our family! Without you, nothing of this would have been possible! You give us the confidence to grow and we will do our best to continue providing high quality products and services.

Limited Support on March 8th 2017

2017-03-07T17:09:00.003+02:00

Dear existing and potential customers,

We want to inform you that Store Manager for Zen Cart Team will provide limited support on Wednesday, March, 8th.

If you have any questions on that day, please e-mail them to contact@zencart-manager.com

Your requests to our help desk will be replied according to the queue. Though, it may take a bit longer than usual to get back to you with the support response.

You will still have full access to your licenses and software will be available for purchase, applying 5% OFF code EMAG-YVE8-JRPL on all products at -

Apply Now

Your patience and understanding is greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Store Manager for Zen Cart Team

Operation Hours During Winter Holidays

2016-12-30T15:01:00.001+02:00

Dear customers,

Joyful festive season is upon us and it means that it’s time to celebrate. Hope you are enjoying every cheerful holiday moment, though if you decide to contact us during this period, here is our working schedule during these days:

Monday January, 2nd - Closed
Friday January, 6th - Limited*
Monday January, 9th - Closed

* Note that during the mentioned period there will be limited staff available and the best method to contact us will be via e-mail.

During the other days not mentioned in the list, we’ll be working according to the usual schedule.

It may take a bit longer than usual to get back to you with the support response during these days. We will do our best to make sure your live chats, emails and social media queries are answered as quickly as you expect them to be.

Meanwhile, you will have full access to your licenses and software will be available for purchase

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Thank you so much for your understanding.

Happy holidays to everyone!

Thanksgiving Offer From eMagicOne

2016-11-14T16:52:00.001+02:00

First and foremost, we want to say ‘Thank YOU’ to all of you for being interested in our software. We were happy to read each and every positive review. Your negative reviews motivated us to set and achieve higher goals. Your constructive comments, suggestions and feedback have helped us improve the quality of our products with each new release.

Special Promotion

The holiday season is almost here and with holidays comes the sale. There wouldn’t be a better opportunity for us to show our gratitude towards our customers other than Thanksgiving.

To express our appreciation, we are offering 20% OFF across all our products.

Coupon code:

EMAG-6GVA-TNKS

Apply Now

Valid Date

This is one of our biggest sales, and it won't last long. The offer expires on November 30th.

Remember that the number of coupons is limited and if you hesitate, you might miss the chance. So grab it now!

How to Redeem a Coupon

Copy the coupon code offered above.
Go to our website www.zencart-manager.com/order and select the product(s) you’d like to purchase by pressing "Buy Now" button.
You will be redirected to our sales platform at MyCommerce where you see shopping cart.
Enter your code in field ‘Have a coupon or promotional code?’. Click the update button next to code field. If necessary, refresh your browser page to apply the code and update the totals.
Fill in payment info. Check the taxes (input VAT ID) and currency conversion rates - support.emagicone.com/394286-Why-Store-Manager-Price-is-Higher-on-Checkout-Page

Boost Your Stores

This is the best time to boost your stores and maximise the potential, than this festive season with our Zen Cart extensions.

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Thanks Again!

Thank you for being with us! Happy Thanksgiving and a joyous holiday season!

Restrictions:

1 order = 1 coupon. Online redemption is required. Coupon is considered as redeemed when order is completed, funds were charged and license is generated. In case you apply coupon in the cart and do not complete checkout process, the discount won't be active once the usage is expired. Order is processed within a few minutes. In case your order has not processed yet, please place a new order (in case of duplicate, we will return the duplicated charged sum).
This code is not valid with other offers or discounts and cannot be combined with them.
The number of coupons is limited. The availability of codes one can check at website’s homepage.
The discounts are time-limited and cannot be back-dated after they expire. Unused discounts are not refunded or returned in any way.
Discount does not apply to any services (only to products).

eMagicOne is Providing Limited Support on August, 24th

2016-08-23T16:51:00.002+03:00

Dear Customers,

We want to inform you that on Wednesday, August 24th eMagicOne will be providing limited support. If you have a question or problem, the best way to contact us for assistance will be via e-mail.

Please note, phone support and live chat will be unavailable.

Your requests to our help desk received during that day will be replied according to the queue. Though, it may take a bit longer than usual to get back to you with the support response.

Your patience during this period is greatly appreciated. We will be back in full force and ready to help you on Thursday, August 25th when usual support hours resume.

Thank you for understanding.

During this period you will still have full access to your licenses and software will be available for purchase at -

https://www.zencart-manager.com/order

Do not forget that our 24% off coupon code EMAG-9H1A-IND expires at midnight on August 26th!

Regards,
eMagicOne Team.

eMagicOne’s Birthday

2016-07-11T12:20:00.000+03:00

The beginning of July marks the birthday time for eMagicOne! One more year has passed since the company has opened the doors and we can proudly state that growing old does only good to us.

These past years were incredible. We are very happy to look back and recall what we have achieved so far!

We have not only built a range of helpful Store Manager desktop applications for multiple e-shopping platforms already used by more than 100,000 users, but also have implemented top-notch features for Zen Cart store management like:

Mass data adjustments using Mass Changers in 2 clicks - for seasonal sales, offers, etc.
Import of any Excel, xml, csv, txt file you have (no limitations)
Easy inventory updates
Import of Zen Cart products, customers, orders
Automation of recurring tasks with schedulers to stay up-to-date
Diagnostics of your store for missing images, broken products, etc and ability to find solution
and much more!

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This is special day for us and we would like to invite all of our loyal customers as well as new clients and interested visitors to celebrate this anniversary with us.

Thank You for These Amazing Years

Looking back at these past few years, we would like to thank you all for your feedbacks, suggestions, criticism, comments and kind words that have been invaluable to eMagicOne’s development and achievements. They help us grow.

Plans Ahead

We hope to continue improving our products’ quality with new updates, offer you more tutorials (both articles and videos), and provide the best level of support & services to you for many years to come!

We are so proud of where we’ve come so far, and even more excited about where we’re headed. Stay tuned for more great things to come!

Share Your Story

You know our story, now we want to hear yours. How our solutions helped you manage your business? Do you have a favorite moment with our extensions you want to share? Leave a comment in section below or use Facebook, Twitter, Google+ with #eMagicOne. We’d love to read them.

Regards,
eMagicOne Team

Limited Support on March 8th 2016

2016-03-07T14:18:00.005+02:00

Dear existing and potential customers,

We want to inform you that Store Manager for Zen Cart Team will provide limited support on Tuesday, March, 8th.

If you have any questions on that day, please e-mail them to contact@zencart-manager.com
Note, phone support and live chat will be unavailable.

Requests received on that day will be of the first priority and will be answered as soon as the company returns to its usual hours of work on Wednesday, March, 9th.

You will still have full access to your licenses and software will be available for purchase, applying 10% OFF code EMAG-GD9R-OFF on all products at -

Apply Now

Your patience and understanding is greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Store Manager for Zen Cart Team

eMagicOne Support Schedule for the Upcoming Holiday Period

2015-12-21T17:30:00.001+02:00

Dear customers,

Joyful festive season is almost upon us and it means that it’s time to celebrate. Hope you will enjoy every cheerful holiday moment, though if you decide to contact us during this period, here is the schedule of our support team during these days:

Friday, December 25th - Limited*
Thursday, December 31st - Friday, January 1st - Closed
Wednesday, January 6th - Limited*
Thursday, January 7th - Closed

During the other days not mentioned in the list, we will be working according to the usual schedule.

* Please note that during the mentioned period there will be limited staff available and the best method to contact us will be via e-mail.

Starting from the 8th of January we will return to usual hours of operation.

Meanwhile, you will have full access to your licenses and software will be available for purchase, applying $50 OFF code GIFT-DRQR-GIFT on all products at -
https://www.zencart-manager.com/order

Thank you so much for your understanding.

Wishing you and your families a merry and safe Christmas, and a very happy and prosperous New Year. Happy holidays!

Garage Sale Tips to Score Great Deals

2015-08-04T16:01:00.000+03:00

Shorts, sun, sea... what else? Garage sales! Gone are the days when people were visiting dusty warehouses or driving around the neighborhood to get good bargains. Now store owners are making virtual garage sales and have the chance to clear our inventory levels and earn extra revenue before back-to-school season.

Here are a few things to consider organizing virtual garage sale at your Zen Cart store:

Product Prominence

Most of us will agree that prominence is crucial to the discovery of any product. The items need to be prominently displayed and easily found at your website.

This is especially true when it comes to offers sold at the garage sale. So you have to prepare proper place for clients to see it right they enter the site.

The good idea will be to put products you would like to be sold out in a separate category indicating that inside of it the items are on sale. To this category you can mass assign goods that are slow-moving and simply “sit on your shelf” or seasonal entities that are unlikely to be bought till the next year.

Moreover, this category should take one of the first places in your catalog, so make sure that you change the order of your categories and sort items within it.

Match-Making

Online shopping is not only a practical, but an emotional activity. Often buyers come to the site with the idea to buy one thing, but at the checkout add something else.

Good merchandising technique to encourage impulsive purchases is offering related products that will be a perfect match for other items. You need to pick the list of accessories that a shopper will be interested to buy along with added to cart product(s).

This way you will increase your average cheque and sell more.

User Motivation

Whether your customer is a garage sales fan or a random interested visitor, the right motivation can increase the likelihood of conversion and lead to more orders.

When a person sees the word ‘sale’ he/she expects reduced prices. Thus, offering the opportunity to save, you capture customers’ attention and encourage them to make a purchase right now.

So re-consider pricing strategies for items on sale and offer time-limited price offs.

Multi-Channeling

You should think how to get your products in front of prospective customers. Various sales channels are available that your disposal to receive more attention from the side of potential buyers.

So you'll most likely choose selling on eBay and/ or Amazon in addition to your own online shop. Sales channels are very popular among bargain-hunters and your reduced in price items will be definitely in demand there.

Speedy Changes

Virtual garage sales are time-limited offers. Re-categorizing, price mark-downs, creating listing at different marketplaces etc - all of these require efforts and time from you.

If you haven’t started preparing to your garage sale a few months ago, discover Store Manager for Zen Cart software* and its addons that allow you perform all the operations in a few minutes instead of hours and weeks.

Since we are also huge fans of garage sales, we are offering our products for $89. You can check our new discounted prices** at:

https://www.zencart-manager.com/order/

Hurry up to apply this coupon code - GAR-APK8-AGE***

Special prices on our software are active till August 23rd only!

Happy selling!

*Store Manager for Zen Cart is the software designed to make life easier, so all features were generated on the way to successful and profitable online store. Main points are, you have the abilities to:

Adjust data using Multi Editors in 2 clicks - for seasonal sales, offers, etc.
Import any Excel, xml, csv, txt file you have (no limitations)
Synchronise with eBay, Amazon, QuickBooks, PeachTree by Sage and more
Print USPS shipping labels
Automate recurring tasks with schedulers to get up to date
Diagnose your store for missing images, broken products, etc and find solution

**The discounts are not accumulative, thus you cannot use more than 1 discount for 1 order. Services are not included in this promo and are sold for regular price only.

***Important: If you place the order at https://store.emagicone.com/, there prices are already with discount applied, so no further coupon codes are applicable there.

Say "Happy Birthday" to eMagicOne

2015-07-01T14:52:00.000+03:00

Turning the calendar page…it is July and it is high time for birthday preparations. One more year has passed since eMagicOne opened the door and started to work for thousands of retailers worldwide. We have become older and can proudly state that growing old does only good to us.

This year was really incredible for us, we have managed to fulfil ideas and deliver comprehensive solutions to our clients. Traditionally, we want to look around and dwell on main achievements we have reached this year:

We have released Store Manager for Magento Enterprise Edition - advanced software for Enterprise users that helps streamline business process and was represented at Magento Meet Magento in Italy

We have established partnership with reputable companies - Amasty, Atwix, MageCloud, Promodo what will help us deliver comprehensive customer service and expand business horizon.
- Amasty is prominent Magento extensions developer and Magento Bronze Industry partner, offering comprehensive solutions as well as 5-star customer service.
- Focused on Magento eCommerce implementation and API integrations, Atwix offers custom extensions, themes, responsive web design, ERP integrations, etc
- MageCloud represents new approach to Magento-based store development. It is a PaaS platform, that allows developers and merchants launch Magento stores within minutes, install desired themes, extensions and publish everything into a cloud hosting infrastructure.
- Promodo specializes in ecommerce store promotion through the complex of internet marketing tools such as search engine optimization (SEO), paid campaign management (PPC), social media marketing, conversion rate optimization and usability analysis.

We try to keep up with all eCommerce events, have visited Magento Meet Ukraine and participated as silver sponsor

Magento Imagine, PrestaShop Meetup in Argentina - our customers presented our solutions and explained how they contribute to first-class store handling

Our resellers can enjoy new reseller system and activities it offers, earn badges, get trophies, accumulate points (to get free license) and receive awards - blog.emagicone.com/2015/04/get-your-game-on-becoming-emagicones

New possibilities for those, who aim at joining world famous marketplaces - commercial version of Amazon Integration addon for Magento, PrestaShop, VirtueMart has been released

We have designed native Mobile Connector module for your convenience so managing your online store via mobile has become more flexible and approachable with free Android Solution Mobile Assistant

We’ve commenced on development of Store Manager for WooCommerce and have already released Alpha version for testing woocommerce-manager.com

Store owners now can take advantage of discounted USPS shipping rates www.stamps.com/emagicone

This year we have celebrated 6th anniversary of Store Manager for PrestaShop sale and 7th of Store Manager for Magento. It proves, these are reliable solutions, popular throughout the world

We always try to keep step with the latest changes, we have added PrestaShop 1.6.x, VirtueMart 3.0.x, OpenCart 2.0 support

This is far not entire list of acquisitions we are proud of and we could extend it, but birthday cake and cocktail dress is on the lookout :). We would like to share the party with you, our customers, enjoy the cake and blow the candles, since you are a part of our community and there would be no celebration without you.

Your help, suggestions, feedback, comments and kind words are invaluable to our development and achievements. Thanks you for being with us, all the year around and hope for your support in the future.

Summer is Here: Do Not Let Your Sales Go on Vacation!

2015-06-08T16:28:00.000+03:00

Summertime! People plan their vacations, look for some fun new places to travel and generally relax and take things easy. Maybe this is true for lots, but not ecommerce business owners, who are stressed because of possible summer sales slowdown.

It is true that this time of the year people get less focused on buying things, but that doesn’t have to be your case! When others are sleepy, you need to wake up. It can be an opportunity to try the things you haven’t done yet.

So here are some tips and tricks to keep your buyers traffic high and make sales go away from summer decline.

Update Your Store Catalog

A list of store owners’ to-do tasks seems to never end. One of the main points of this checklist is refreshing your content and this is the first thing you should take care of this summer. The great idea is to include seasonal items that are in demand.

If you sell not season-targeted products, think about your existing inventory. Define best-selling items and check the quantity you have got in stock. The good idea is to make connection with supplier and make scheduled updates to avoid manual inventory updates and overstocking.

Give Customers Hot-Hot Pricing

It’s hot outside so make your pricing just as hot inside your store. To help entice people to get in your store during those off-peak times you can offer your items for special discounted prices. Probably not for the whole store, just certain items that you would like to be bought in the first place.

Reconsider your store pricing scheme and make price reductions for limited period of time to bring traffic to your shop during this relatively slow period.

Refine the Look of Your Store

Summer is on, so you might think about the idea of making your store more seasonal. Even if you don’t sell swimming suits or other products for going to the beach, it doesn’t mean you can’t be the part of it.

Summer is associated with sun, cheerfulness and fun. Let your customers get into summer spirit! Make your site and products look appeal to the audience. Add summer-themed banner, change template on more bright and even make the summer shoot of your merchandise. Improve visual look to your products and draw clients’ attention.

Explore Options of Sales Channel

The more places your items are listed to, the higher are the chances that clients will come across them and place the order. So try to get where your customers usually go for shopping and expand your reach! Explore other sales channels – like eBay or Amazon – to increase the chance that a customer finds you quicker. This can boost your traffic and make your sales skyrocket through the summer.

Receive Sales Everywhere You Are

Just because people spend less time at this computers, it does not mean that they are out of reach at all. They may take smartphones and tablets when they are travelling or simply chilling out. The same concerns you as store owner. You can go on vacation, but this does not mean that your store has to take days-off too. You can continue monitoring sales, clients and other statistics on your shop directly from your mobile device.

Summer slowdown is either a chance to ‘go home early’, or an opportunity to explore new possibilities for your business that you usually don’t have time to do. If you choose the second variant, we want to help you jump into it and be ready to get the most out of this season.

Choose eMagicOne’s software to beat summer sales slump!

https://www.zencart-manager.com/order/

Or download FREE trial right now and check how easier things are made. Feel the difference with Store Manager -
www.zencart-manager.com/download

How do you cope with the seasonal sales slowdown in your ecommerce business? Let us know how you're handling it using comments section below.

How to Overcome Post-Holiday Sales Slump

2015-01-16T12:12:00.000+02:00

January is typically considered to be a slow month for online stores. People tend to spend a fortune on holiday shopping and stop right after the season is over.

Post-holiday sales are expected to get low. This happens because people have reached or surpassed their Christmas holiday spending budgets and how they are forced to tighten their belts. Now they remain cautious about opening their wallets again.

So how do online businesses get through this slow month? Engaging consumers into purchases after the holidays is not an easy thing. But it’s critical for online merchants not to let the sales momentum slip in January.

Here’s a list of tips to help your online store drive revenue during the typical downturn period after the holiday shopping season.

1. Launch New Products

Keeping content fresh and relevant is always a key to boosting customer engagement, but this is particularly important after the traditional holiday shopping craze.

January is typically a good month to introduce new products and product lines. Your products will not be overshadowed by discounts or the glut of goods presented during shopping season. Thus, you can get more new interested clients who might want to check new arrivals at your store.

It is smart to create the category “What’s new” and import your recent acquisitions there. This way these items will grab more attention of interested clients.

2. Update Inventory

After the rush of Christmas the inventory of most online shops is usually pretty much wiped out. So you can use this January downtime to organize leftovers and stock up ordering fresh inventory from your supplier.

To avoid constant worries you can set up automated updates of your stock and insure that you always have enough quantity for all the interested buyers.

3. Offer Promotions and Sales

Even after Christmas, there are still plenty of bargain-hunters looking for great deals. Customers really love sales and promotions, so make sure you have the deals they want.

You can draw new customers to your website with special post-holiday discounts. Many consumers will find it hard to resist rock bottom prices even when finances are tight.

Make suggestions based on past purchases, analyzing purchasing history and preferred products to determine what items are most popular and then offer them for reduced price for limited period of time.

Finally, to bring the above mentioned techniques into life, online retailers need some helpful tools to make tasks easier and processes faster.

Store Manager for Zen Cart and its addons will help you beat post-holiday sales slump -

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Start the new year with awesome sales and rest of the year will be awesome too!

Got your own ways to overcome post-holiday sales slump? Feel free to share in the comments below.

By Maria Kvasnytska

What Your Zen Cart Store Wishes for Christmas?

2014-12-10T15:48:00.002+02:00

Christmas is almost upon us! Children write lengthy letters to Santa and adults make Christmas wishes and New Year’s resolutions.

Have you ever thought what would be the wishes of your online store if it could make any? Let’s imagine, what your Zen Cart might wish for?

Here is the letter that we think your shop could have composed:

Santa Claus

Santa’s Workshop

North Pole 0001

Dear Santa,

It is that time of the year again. I suppose that you are putting together the presents along with your elves and preparing your slade&deers for a long trip on Christmas night. You must be very busy these days, as well as I and my website owner.

Since people all over the world are writing letters to you, I have decided to do the same. Well, my wishes are not exactly similar to ordinary man’s list. Do not get me wrong - a Porsche under the New Year tree will be much appreciated. However, I have specific needs and desires.

I love my job. Each day I have lots of guests all over the world and I know them very well (can show you report). I have a cute design and my owner is really kind to me. I have been very good this year, so I hope that you can grant a few wishes that would help me to be even better.

Here are just a few things that I would absolutely love this year:

Be Always Up-to-Date

My owner is so busy building the business, managing accounting and getting orders out-the-door. I understand that he doesn’t have time to watch for me every second of the day. Humans need sleep, but I never do. All the time there is something new going on here and I’m always afraid that I’m not up-to-date. Thus, I would like to have scheduled updates performed each regular period of time. This way my inventory will be always on the appropriate level, I will be confident that I have something to offer each interested client and my owner can have good night sleep :)

Change Faster

As I have already mentioned, my owner is very busy, especially when sales season begins and we need to make some bulk price changes. I would like to have the possibility to do promotions and increase or lower price much faster. This way my owner will have more time on other things.

Look More Attractive

I would like to ask for something else for myself. Nothing fancy, but I’ve worked so hard all year, I think it would help my spirits and confidence as well as get me ready for another year. I want to add images to all the products at my catalog. I have heard this makes website much more attractive for buyers.

Feel Healthier

Also, I might be asking too much, but hope that there is a chance that you could help me get rid of old stuff I’m not using anymore. I feel so up to the neck in data, with all those products and images that I even do not use. All these useless things make it difficult for me to operate properly. I would like to be faster and lighter, so hope that there is a possibility for small clean-up!

Stay Protected

I worry so much about my security. There are lots of strangers in the Internet with bad intentions. That is why I feel very vulnerable. I really hope that my owner puts everything else aside and will think about security, at least for a moment or two every week in order to make backup of my data. This way I would feel much more confident.

I’m also willing to find new friends. I have already heard about Store Manager for Zen Cart and addons to it. Together we will be great team, as they are very helpful and can take care about me. Hope to see them next to me very soon.

Sincerely,
Zen Cart Store

If your store wishes the same, prepare the gift for it and for yourself:

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We wish you and your store a very happy holiday season and fulfillment of all your dreams and wishes!

Merry XMas and Happy New Year!

How to Prepare Zen Cart Store to Black Friday at the Last Minute?

2014-11-27T16:13:00.001+02:00

Lying on the couch with a sandwich made of Thanksgiving turkey leftovers in hand you suddenly realize that tomorrow is Black Friday. You feel that a cold shiver ran down your spine... You were madly busy these days and have forgotten to properly take care about your online store. Maybe you have done something, but not everything and it is not enough to bring more sales.

Is it too late to improve the matters? Here and there on the Internet, tutorials say that you have to spend weeks or months ahead on store preparation tasks before holiday shopping season begins. Should you give up and accept the fact the biggest sales day of the year passed you by?

Despite widely adopted online trend to prepare everything beforehand, many retailers may be struggling with Black Friday preps till the last day. Is it possible to handle the tasks rained upon store owners’ heads within just a few hours left. Will it be real nightmare? No.

You might say that get your store ready with just 24 hours or even less is beyond one's strength and is impossible to accomplish, unless you are Superman or the Flash with lightning speed super power. Well, what if we say that there is the way to make you Zen Cart superhero?

No need to be born on the planet Krypton like Superman or be stricken by lightning like the Flash. We have got something better, safer and obviously more real.

Store Manager for Zen Cart - not magic, but close to it! Using this software you will be able to perform necessary store handling tasks in a flash (or like the Flash :).

Store Manager can help cross off a few must-do tasks and get your Zen Cart ready for sales a couple of minutes or even less.

Last-Minute Plan to Get Retailers Through Black Friday:

1) Update Inventory Levels

High demand and low stock on Black Friday are incompatible things. Your products, hopefully, cleared out in a few hours and the whole year you would regret that you haven’t had more to offer interested buyers.

Thus, make sure you have enough products for all eager shoppers and your inventory levels are updated. With Store Manager application it is possible to change stock status and update inventory levels in just a few clicks.

Select goods -> Right-click -> from context menu select Mass Product Changer and in window appearing indicate quantity to update selected products.

Details find here -

www.zencart-manager.com/useful-articles/optional-features-addons/automated-product-import-addon/how-to-perform-automated-product-import/

2) Lower Prices

Everyone will be running promotions and offering discounts that are specific to Black Friday, so you might as well join the fun. Make sure that the reduction is attractive for client to grab shoppers’ attention and stand out from the crowd.

Let’s say you need to set 20% OFF for product from Category A and 30% OFF for goods from Category B.

Select products from Category A-> right-click-> choose Mass Product Changer and set value to modify price (-20).

For category B, do the same, but the value will be -30.

5 min and you are done! Check how -

www.zencart-manager.com/useful-articles/optional-features-addons/mass-product-changer-addon/make-changes-to-great-amounts-of-products-in-a-couple-of-clicks/

3) Add Cross-Sells

One way to boost average order value is by selling related goods to your online shoppers. Adding “cross-sell” and “upsells”to your site, recommending relevant products to your shoppers based on their past purchase behavior and recently viewed items can greatly boost sales.

There is step-by-step tutorial -

www.zencart-manager.com/useful-articles/product-management/cross-sell-x-sell-products/

4) Send Black Friday email

If you have a email list, this is going to be an important promotional channel for you. The messaging should create a sense of urgency to help customers get to your site directly from the email, so include link to your store and discount code.

With Store Manager for Zen Cart you can send follow-up emails right within the software. Export customer e-mail addresses and send them follow-up e-mails with the discount. This way you can make the clients return and buy more.

How to export customer addresses -

www.zencart-manager.com/useful-articles/customers/export-customers-wizard/

5) Find problems

Next, you want to make sure your site looks and functions good. Diagnose it for products not assigned to categories, missing or broken product product images, etc. For that run particular type of Store Diagnostics.

See in action -

www.zencart-manager.com/useful-articles/additional-features/tools/zen-cart-store-diagnostics/

You still have some time to prepare your web shop for upcoming shopping sales rush, we won’t stand aside and help you, offering our extremely helpful software -

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Prepare, sell, enjoy!

By Maria Kvasnytska

We Want to Say "Thank You"

2014-11-10T11:48:00.000+02:00

The upcoming Thanksgiving holiday is not only the time for merrymaking, family reunion, feasts and dinners, but also a great opportunity to show appreciation.

Seizing this occasion, we want to say “THANK YOU” to all our clients for a chance to work with You and assist You!

Namely:

for 10086 hours of work

for 16514 e-mails

for 9696 chats with 98523 messages

for calls 756 with 2d 03:20:44 of talks

for 2576 rewards for all our efforts

and 310 rebukes for our faults.

We do hear your comments, analyze them and on the basis of them try to become better each time. Thank you for being with us.

The best way to express gratefulness is to show how much we care. We want to help you grow your business for the rest of 2014 and beyond and offer our software -

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Thank you for helping us provide solutions that matter!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

By Ira Svedovetska

Is Your Zen Cart Store 'Boo Hoo' or 'Woo Hoo'?

2014-10-20T17:32:00.001+03:00

Halloween is considered as the official kick-off to the holiday season by many retailers. As the first real fall holiday event, it gets consumers excited and puts them in the mood for coming months.

Before Halloween lots of online stores selling goods may look a little scary. On occasion of holiday, Zen Cart store owners may use different techniques to attract clients’ attention to boost holiday sales.

However, sometimes these might be not holiday pranks. Are you sure that your store does not look “Boo Hoo” for your clients? Maybe your ecommerce site is a nightmare on Elm Street?

Your ecommerce store should be thrilling, but not in a scary-movie sort of way. How to make sure that you have done everything to make your clients say “Woo Hoo” when they enter your Zen Cart e-shop?

So in the spirit of Halloween, we are introducing terrifying e-commerce practices and, more important, what you can do if you experience any of them.

“Dead Corpses” - Outdated Catalog

Why it’s scary:

Сontent is very important for providing valuable information to users. It is a major component of building site’s relevance. If your store doesn’t show any signs of life for a long time already, then you have got all the chances to lose clients’ interest. Without no doubt, it is a real horror story for any store owner.

How to avoid it:

As was already mentioned, killer content is very important, so make sure you constantly warm up interest of thirsty for “fresh blood” shoppers by adding popular novelties to your shop.

“Zombies” - Out Of Stock Items

Why it’s scary:

When your goods are out of stock they are neither dead, nor alive, they simply occupy space at your database. Does this chill your bones?

How to avoid it:

If you’ve ever watched a zombie movie, you’d know that the sort of thing frequently ends up when someone offers anti-zombie weapon. We suggest you to neutralize zombie-products setting up scheduled inventory updates directly from your supplier.

Budget Vampires - Products with Unreasonably Driven Up Price

Why it’s scary:

Your clients are looking for monstrous discounts on occasion of holiday, but what they see? The prices much higher than your competitors offer - this sure-fire way to make your goods freakish and scare shoppers away in seconds.

How to avoid it:

Make sure you have put proper mark-ups for more expensive products you can afford yourself to raise cost on some bigger percent than for low-priced goods. Moreover, make some screaming seasonal promos and discounts, offering your client savings to get them in holiday spirit.

If none of these works, call Buffy to help you place a stake through the heart of worthless moneysucker that made put incorrect mark-ups... Just kidding, obviously. She is too busy this time of the year :)

Skeletons in the Closet - Goods Without Images

Why it’s scary:

Your page has another task besides navigation and that is to establish trust and credibility. Remember that just as every image on your site has to support your desired action. So having “No image” or “Image is not available” messages showing, like a shadowy black cat - one of the most horrifying things when selling goods online.

How to avoid it:

Diagnose your store for missing images and also pictures at your server that you do not use any more.

Ghost Products - Items Not Visible at Front-End

Why it’s scary:

So before you get excited about the fact that you have added the products and they are soon will be purchased, check if they are visible at front-end to your clients. This is not paranormal activity, but pretty usual thing when missing some of important details while adding the product.

How to avoid it:

Make sure that goods you sale are activated at the front-end and have all the details filled in. Moreover, check if they are linked to any category for your clients to be able to find them.

While these stories may seem terrifying, don’t worry. We have prepared for you the ammunition in your battle against the terrors of online store handling! The software for easier tasks accomplishment is available for reduced price - Store Manager for Zen Cart and its addons!

Use comments section to tell us your own Halloween horror story related to e-commerce store management!

By Maria Kvasnytska

Stay Up-To-Date! Leave Your Feedback Today!

2014-09-19T17:08:00.000+03:00

Is your Store Manager for Zen Cart outdated and you would like to get the newest software version? The cheapest 6-months update plan costs $49, but at the moment you are out of budget and cannot afford it?

The easy way-out exists! You can get one month of free updates and download the latest software version not spending a penny.

You need to follow a few simple steps to achieve this:

1) Share your opinion on our software at any of the places below:

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OR use form at our website - http://emagicone.com/feedback

Feedback removal is forbidden.

2) Contact us back, letting us know about the feedback you have left. Use social networks and drop a copy to our e-mail – contact@zencart-manager.com

Include license key to your existing Store Manager license*.

3) Get one month of free updates and the ability to download the latest version of the application packed with newest features and improvements. The updates will be applied to license key you include in your e-mail.

After updates are applied, you get confirmation from us and will be able to download the latest version of the software right from Store Manager Application

or from your license account -

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Get rewarded for taking a moment to tell us your story and share your opinion on the software!

IMPORTANT:

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** Received updates are simply reward, a bonus that cannot be exchanged, cashed out, re-sold or in other way distributed.

*** The updates cannot be postponed in time. Updates are prolonged for 30 day period from the time when request was received.

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By Maria Kvasnytska

Christmas in August: Prepare Now, Get Profit Faster

2014-08-18T13:48:00.000+03:00

During these hot days you most likely having beach vacations, enjoying sun and getting the most of summer fun (We hope so :) )… But wait, do you hear this sound of jingling bells ringing in your ears? No? We understand that Christmas is the last thing you might be thinking now, however, for your e-store this notion is not so far-away as it may seem to you.

It might sound crazy to begin prepping your site for the holiday season in summer. Though, each and every year more and more shoppers begin their holiday shopping earlier and earlier. This is so-called “early Christmas syndrome”. Early bird shoppers and budget planners start shopping for Christmas already in September. The “Back-to-School” season usually marks the countdown to the holidays sales rush with first clearing out the old stuff and then stocking the new.

One more reason for early start is the fact that holiday shopping season can quickly become chaotic, especially once you are being unprepared to it. So it is never too early to get ready for the holiday season. They say that even Santa prepares for Christmas in August :)

We’re not encouraging you to start launching Cyber Monday promos all over your site with Christmas trees, snowmen and other decorations right now. We do, however, strongly recommend taking some time to get your store prepared properly.

So what should you start doing in August? Here are a few kick off suggestions:

-Keep Things Fresh

This concerns update of your product catalog with new items (preferably new goods gaining popularity at the market) as well as renewing inventory levels for your existing products. During the peak of the holiday shopping season you will hardly have the time for dealing with inventory counts getting low. So maybe this is high time to think about automation of stock fulfillment directly from supplier.

- Determine Your Best-Selling Products

Your current best-sellers could very well maintain this status during the holiday season. For that do a little research and analysis to see best products from definite manufacturers, most popular goods from particular category. Create statistical reports to evaluate what did and didn’t work during your holiday season last year.

- Offer Time-Limited Holiday Price Markdowns

Holiday promotions are critical to traffic and sales boost. However, there is so much pressure during shopping season, so often there is no much time for changing prices a few times. Though, plan your promotions beforehand, offering let’s say 15% on Halloween and bigger discounts closer to Christmas.

- Showcase Your Merchandise

In online store images are the best way to attract your clients’ attention, so make sure that all of products have pictures and that they are relevant.

- Integrate with Sales Channels

Listing your products at additional marketplaces and popular auctions, like eBay or Amazon, will rise your chances to get higher sales, when holiday rush will be in its full swing and clients will be looking for bargains everywhere.

Preparing for holidays can be stressful for everyone, especially retailers. Lots of work should be done and definitely you will not make it overnight.

Do all the necessary content-management tasks during 14 days, downloading FREE version of Store Manager for Zen Cart

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So here are few hints on managing your store via Store Manager application:

work offline without waiting for browser page to load
add/edit products in seconds with smart import functionality, supporting upload from the files of .csv, .xml, .xls, .xlsx, .ods and .txt formats
set up scheduled updates of your store, synchronizing it with supplier's data automatically
massively modify item details using multi-editors, for example, setting price mark-downs by value or percentage in seconds
create multiple statistical reports up to your needs
diagnose your store for missing images and products not assigned to any categories
easily integrate with additional sales channels and accounting systems.

Get into the festive discount spirit!

Merry Summer!

By Maria Kvasnytska

Zen Cart Store Manager Blog

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What Your Zen Cart Store Wishes for Christmas?

Be Always Up-to-Date

Change Faster

Look More Attractive

Feel Healthier

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Last-Minute Plan to Get Retailers Through Black Friday:

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