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Give your customers a smarter way to pay and get December for free*     Here’s a simple fact: if you make £100,000 of sales on your onlineshop, chances are, you are likely to pay more than £3,000 of payment processing fee; for a small medium size business, th..

UK shoppers spent £104 billion online in 2014 - the first time annual spending has exceeded the £100 billion barrier. This is good news for those looking to start an online business or who are maintaining an established eCommerce site.   But are your online payments up to s..

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Consumers have changed their buying practices. More than ever, people are turning to their computer or mobile device when they want to purchase an item. Meanwhile the ecommerce market is growing rapidly to keep up with these trends and state and local governments are also trying to adjust to thes..

Set up in minutes - Amazon Payments now on OpenCart core  Start making Amazon customers your customers, easily and quickly      The new extension for OpenCart is now available on core release*; that means you are only minutes away to setup the Login and Pay wit..

It is well known that site performance is one of its main characteristics with respect to user experience. Recently Google launched its PageSpeed Insights test that helps evaluate a website’s speed and its user experience potential on desktop and mobile devices. Most likely it’s a part of the..

Presentation and appearance of a website is very important. For an ecommerce store it can be vital! Your store’s performance and sale depends on your website’s appearance.    Think about an extension which you can use to create stunning animations and slides. You might be thinking..

Great news! OpenCart 2.0.3.1 is now available to download from the download page of the OpenCart site.   We've made various changes and improvements since 2.0.2.0, including a bunch of bug fixes to help make this the best version of OpenCart yet. We've even integrated a new payme..

Today, many retailers market their merchandise online via the virtual marketplace. This tactic helps them promote their business in a more cost-effective manner and reach customers without any geographic limits. As the process of building an online store from scratch takes a lot of time and effor..

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