Archive for the 'eCommerce Site News' Category

Ticket exchange bags $30m in funding

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Viagogo, the online ticket exchange backed by StubHub co-founder Eric Baker, has received $30m in Series C funding to fuel an assault on the US.

The move will see Viagogo enabling fans to trade tickets for the Cleveland Browns NFL team, as well as live concerts, sporting events and Broadway shows.

A Close Shave For The Gentleman’s Shop

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Robert and Charlotte Johnston established The Gentleman’s Shop as a leading online supplier of men’s grooming accessories. They tried three different approaches to selling online, and experienced both the rough and the smooth of ecommerce, before settling on a solution that satisfied their needs - at a surprisingly low cost.

Phishers Target Ecommerce Businesses

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Experts warn that fraudulent attempts to acquire credit card details deceptively by ‘phishing’ are increasingly aimed towards ecommerce companies, and not just banks and financial institutions.

Star Product v1.0

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

This mod only allows you to select products that have an enabled status. Optional categories staus included.
in catalog/admin/star_product.php:

FIND:
$star_query = tep_db_query(”select p.products_id, pd.products_name from ” . TABLE_PRODUCTS . ” p, ” . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . ” pd where p.products_id = pd.products_id and pd.language_id = ‘” . $languages_id . “‘ order by pd.products_name”);


REPLACE WITH: (if you do not have Enable & Disable Categories contrib installed)
$star_query = tep_db_query(”select p.products_id, pd.products_name, p.products_status from ” . TABLE_PRODUCTS . ” p, ” . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . ” pd where p.products_id = pd.products_id and pd.language_id = ‘” . $languages_id . “‘ and p.products_status = ‘1′ order by pd.products_name”);

OR

REPLACE WITH: (if you have Enable & Disable Categories contrib installed)
$star_query = tep_db_query(”select p.products_id, pd.products_name, p.products_status from ” . TABLE_PRODUCTS . ” p, ” . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . ” pd left join ” . TABLE_PRODUCTS_TO_CATEGORIES . ” p2c on p.products_id = p2c.products_id left join ” . TABLE_CATEGORIES . ” c on p2c.categories_id = c.categories_id where p.products_id = pd.products_id and pd.language_id = ‘” . $languages_id . “‘ and p.products_status = ‘1′ and c.categories_status = ‘1′ order by pd.products_name”);


62% Of Britons Expect To Spend More Online This Christmas

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Almost two-thirds of UK consumers expect to do more Christmas shopping online this year - and women are leading the way.

Free Business Health Check

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Analyse key areas of your business and identify problems in less than 5 minutes, using a new online tool from Business Link.

Actinic Upgrades Its Ecommerce Cover Package

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Ecommerce supplier Actinic has upgraded its Actinic Cover software protection package. In addition to free software upgrades, all subscribers will now benefit from priority telephone support; emergency web hosting provision; and a range of discounts on third party software and services.

BBC To Enter Digital Download Market?

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

The BBC is currently testing an online player that will make its TV and radio programmes available over the internet. According to industry analysts, the corporation may also include links to commercial music download sites.

Online Retailing up 55%

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Online sales for the second quarter of 2007 were up 55% on the previous year, according to the IMRG. In the biggest sustained growth for four years, online retail spend in June topped £3.5 billion - more than a whole year’s takings in London’s West End

2checkout payment module

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Modified pm2checkout module with easier install, based on version V2.1 revised April 2, 2005 by Alex Seto

Original install document is included to give credit to all the contributors aswell as a historical overview of this contribution.

To install just follow the instructions in the install file.

DO NOT email or pm me any questions about this module, ask any questions in the support forum:

http://forums.oscommerce.com/index.php?showtopic=272486


This contribution is ofcourse GNU, and used at your own risk..and so on….. ;-)