The ShopSite ecommerce software is quite powerful and feature packed right out of the box. However, some merchants may want to expand upon this feature set. Here are a few useful tips and tricks for getting the most out of ShopSite.

ShopSite offers a truly robust customer rewards program that is easy to setup and easy for customers to use. In this post we take a look at the traditional “Buy One Get One Free” (BOGO) rewards program, and analyze two different approaches in its implementation.

We recently finished catching up on all the ShopSite 10 SP1 upgrade requests that we received since the new version was officially released two weeks ago. It was quite a busy time here at LexiConn. We received a few emails asking about the status of upgrades, as it took a few days to get to some of the requests. Here’s what happens “behind the scenes” when a new ShopSite version is released…

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.

There are a number of ways to arrange page links and products in ShopSite. We’ll take a look at the standard methods, and offer a few undocumented tips for advanced sorting options.

How do you get more customer reviews on your ecommerce website? The simple answer is: Ask for them! Customer reviews are one of the leading factors that influence buyers to purchase a product. You can never have enough reviews.