The latest version of ShopSite, 10 SP1, introduces a number of new features. In order for merchants to take advantage of these new additions, there are template tags that must be added to custom templates. Here is a summary of the new features and information on how to implement each one.

AddThis.com is a website service that allows webpages to easily share their content with many social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc… One of the more popular sharing sites is with Facebook. However, people looking to share a page / product on Facebook may not get the title, description, and thumbnail image pre-populated as you would like.

How many steps a customer must go through to complete and online purchase is an often debated number. Some people think one step is ideal, and other range from two to five. We’ll take a look at what a few prominent bloggers think, and what we have found to work well for our SMB clients.

The latest version of ShopSite, version 10 Service Pack 1 (SP1), is due out soon. We’re actually in the middle of beta testing the new version. And from what we’ve seen so far, it’s a great release chock full of new features. Here’s what you need to know for the upcoming release.

Although ShopSite is a full featured, top-notch ecommerce package, there are a number of add-ons that can compliment the software and offer many great features for any ecommerce store. Here is our top 10 list of essential ShopSite add-on modules.