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If you've been a store owner, web developer or marketer for a few years, it's more than likely that you've heard about Google's Penguin update already. In this post we'll be giving a quick recap of Google Penguin for those who aren't familiar, and will be sharing some exciting new updates which h..

When you create a new OpenCart store, adding new features and customisations is so exciting - everyone likes to see their website grow. Although OpenCart comes with tonnes of features already available by default in the free download, every ecommerce store is different and has different requireme..

Visual information has proven to be the most easy-to-perceive. That’s why nowadays, in the era of high Internet connection speeds, online stores that provide rich media content perform better and bring their owners more money.   There are several ways of implementing videos..

As everything new, starting an online store is a challenging process. It requires a lot of research, determination and hard work. OpenCart is a free Open-Source platform that powers more than 300,000 online stores. This makes it one of the top 3 most used E-Commerce platforms in the World. &n..

How many social media sites do you use on a daily basis? Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Reddit - the list goes on. Now, how many of these does your company use?   With millions of people logging into social media accounts every week, you would be..

OpenCart gives you the freedom to host your ecommerce website with any hosting company, for any price, anywhere in the World. However, having to choose your own hosting company can often be a daunting task - especially if this is your first website.    Making sure that your webs..

It's here! We're excited to announce that the latest version of OpenCart, OpenCart 2.3.0.2, has been released this week. As always, we'd like to say a big thank you to all of the developers in the OpenCart community who helped us to test the beta version prior to this release. Ope..

Saying that something is the future of something else is getting quite common these days. It definitely is a bold statement that needs some serious reasoning to be a valid argument, instead of just another curious (clickbait) post title.   We usually refrain from such big and confident..

It’s estimated that we each spend an hour a day shopping online. While the figure is significant, it doesn’t reveal much about how that time is being spent or whether there is a correlation between time spent and money spent. We don’t really know for sure if time and money track one another..

Color psychology is a powerful tool, which, if used wisely, can drastically boost your conversion rates and the user experience of your eCommerce store.   In order to squeeze the most from OpenCart you should be aware of the color combinations that are suitable specifical..