Part I – General Costs to Building a Magento Website

Many in the digital marketing community recommend Magento as an excellent E-commerce platform, but for a business looking to build a new online storefront, understanding what Magento website development should cost can be a challenge. To help businesses to budget for these expenses more effectively, we’ve outlined some major factors and provided some rough ideas […]

A Magento 1 End of Life is Approaching as a Magento 1.x Sunset Looms

        A Magento 1 Sunset is on the Horizon as Magento 1 End of Life Approaches Magento 1.x has been the lifeblood of many E-commerce businesses over the last decade, however, all good things must come to an end. With the release of Magento 2, software updates for the 1.x environment will […]

Increasing B2B eCommerce Conversions

What about the B2B world? What are the big differences between consumers and businesses that can directly affect conversions? It’s no secret that B2B eCommerce is exploding. More and more manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers are moving their sales rep driven processes online to deliver a self-service model for their customers. Let’s highlight a hats few […]

How Long Should A Business Website Last?

Most people have an idea of how long a cell phone, PC, car, fashion wardrobe, or a remodeling of their business or home will last. Fashion and technology are always evolving, and you can expect some form of wear and tear to most items over time… but how long should a website last? Mobile Responsive Website […]

8 Tips to Organizing Your Content Calendar in the New Year

If you are barely staying ahead of your content marketing strategy and posting content at the last minute, you aren’t doing your eCommerce business any favors. Sure, sometimes a digital marketer will get a brilliant idea on the fly, but let’s be honest—well-developed ideas have more strategy behind them. In 2017, mediocre content is no […]

How to Use Behavioral Data to Create a Seamless Customer Experience

Marketing experts today face far more difficult challenges than in the past. It used to be as simple as deciding whether to offer a buy-one-get-one-free, or some other type of incentive. Today’s customers can be reached by any number of retailers, offering hundreds, if not thousands, of different experiences, messages, and opportunities to buy. In […]

Fix your supply chain so you can focus on growth!

Providing a great customer experience and increasing sales as an ecommerce company has to be underpinned by an effective supply chain. It is difficult to properly service customers, evaluate marketing spend and focus on growing your business if you’re worried about flaws in your purchasing and receiving process. There are many factors to ensuring your […]

Magento SUPEE-8788 Patch and Magento Upgrade Information

Magento SUPEE-8788 Security Patch On October 11th, Magento put out a new Security Patch, known as SUPEE-8788. This patch addresses multiple security vulnerabilities that the Magento team has labeled “critical” in both Magento 1.x and 2.x websites. As many of you know, some of the recent Magento patches were not particularly easy to apply. SUPEE-6788 required […]

JLB Florida’s Favorite Menu Extension for Magento

JLB Florida is Magestore’s featured partner and we highly recommend the Mega Menu to all of our clients. Suppose you are building (or have previously built), ) an e-commerce site with numerous products, You may be having a difficult time e organizing a mess of too many products or categories in your menus. visitors who […]

Why online reviews are important for your business (no matter how big).

Guest Post from our partner, Feefo. Building yourself an online presence can be tough these days. With so much competition on the web it can seem difficult to get your name out there as a trustworthy brand. Online reviews are a great way to not only build trust with potential customers, but it can also do […]