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  • 0February 4, 2013

    Your Online Store Is Immune to a Fraud? Really?

    Editor’s Note: This post is provided exclusively for our blog by Don Bush, Vice President of Marketing at Kount. Don works with online retailers, industry analysts, consultants, law enforcement and trade associations to determine the latest threats to eCommerce businesses. Don has been a regular speaker on fraud topics at several industry events in the [...]

  • There are hundreds or even millions of inspirational articles featuring beautiful web pages and if you read comments to such articles, you’ll notice how many people love clean web pages. However, we can not ignore other people who prefer grungy websites which look natural, messy and sometimes even dirty. The grunge style means more natural [...]0January 31, 2013

    Magento Themes for Grunge Fans

    There are hundreds or even millions of inspirational articles featuring beautiful web pages and if you read comments to such articles, you’ll notice how many people love clean web pages. However, we can not ignore other people who prefer grungy websites which look natural, messy and sometimes even dirty. The grunge style means more natural [...]

  • Editor’s Note: This post is provided exclusively for our blog by Fabian Blechschmidt, a Magento Certified developer, organizer and one of participants at Magento Hackathon in Berlin. My dreams and expectations mentioned in the blog post about Magento Hackathon in Berlin came true. I realized that it is easy to make Magento hackers happy: give [...]0January 30, 2013

    My Impressions on Magento Hackathon in Berlin: Everything Just Felt Right and Comfortable

    Editor’s Note: This post is provided exclusively for our blog by Fabian Blechschmidt, a Magento Certified developer, organizer and one of participants at Magento Hackathon in Berlin. My dreams and expectations mentioned in the blog post about Magento Hackathon in Berlin came true. I realized that it is easy to make Magento hackers happy: give [...]

  • Is your company a pet specialty retailer that provides animal lovers with products and services that can ensure their beloved pets will enjoy a happy, healthy life? Do you sell food, toys, clothes, accessories and other products that make it easier for your customers to be great pet parents? Do you want to build a [...]0January 29, 2013

    Magento Themes for Companies Providing Pet-Related Products

    Is your company a pet specialty retailer that provides animal lovers with products and services that can ensure their beloved pets will enjoy a happy, healthy life? Do you sell food, toys, clothes, accessories and other products that make it easier for your customers to be great pet parents? Do you want to build a [...]

  • 0January 28, 2013

    Magento Hackathon Is Moving to Switzerland. Join Us!

    Magento Hackathon in Berlin was a success and we wish you were there. “What’s next?”, you may ask. Are there any places in the world where you can continue grasping Magento wisdom, hack all day long and enjoy the company of soul mates? Yes, and this time we are moving to Zurich! Join us for [...]

  • Valentine’s Day is the day when we celebrate love and show each other how much we care. Of course, it’s great if that’s how you live every day of your life, but still Valentine’s Day is a special day and this post is inspired by the most romantic holiday of the year. So today we’ll [...]0January 26, 2013

    Magento Templates Designed in Valentine’s Day Colors

    Valentine’s Day is the day when we celebrate love and show each other how much we care. Of course, it’s great if that’s how you live every day of your life, but still Valentine’s Day is a special day and this post is inspired by the most romantic holiday of the year. So today we’ll [...]



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  • Back from São Paulo and San José, CA !

    Posted on December 4, 2012 | No Comments
    Last week I returned from a small world tour to São Paulo and San José, California! I was invited to speak at the Meet Magento Brazil and Joomla World Conference events, both times talking about Online Persuasion. And had a great time doing so! The first event was Meet Magento Brazil in São Paulo. It was the first Meet Magento event in Brazil, but organized by the experienced event team of Netresearch that also organizes the Magento events in Germany and Developers Paradise in Spain. I had a great time getting to know the local community and the Brazilian e-commerce ecosystem, so a [...]

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  • Psychological Theory: When something is being repeated over and over again, it must be true. Right? Application idea(s) for E-commerce websites: When you need to convince customers of something, repeating your point (possibly from different angles and different media) will help you make the customer believe it’s true. What will be even more powerful is having multiple sources confirming or repeating you claims. Of course it also helps if the claims are… you know, actually true :). This post is part of my Psychology of E-commerce tips series where I present you with a psychological theory and suggest how you [...]

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    Posted on November 6, 2012 | No Comments
    Psychological Theory: When something is being repeated over and over again, it must be true. Right? Application idea(s) for E-commerce websites: When you need to convince customers of something, repeating your point (possibly from different angles and different media) will help you make the customer believe it’s true. What will be even more powerful is having multiple sources confirming or repeating you claims. Of course it also helps if the claims are… you know, actually true :). This post is part of my Psychology of E-commerce tips series where I present you with a psychological theory and suggest how you [...]

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  • Magento Partner shakeout: around 100 partners removed from partner listings

    Posted on October 31, 2012 | No Comments
    Last month there were around 386 official solution partners listed on magento.com. Today, only 281 are left. What happened? Well, Magento kicked them out (gently :)). Last year at the Innovate conference the Magento Developer certification was introduced to give developers a chance to prove their Magento skills. This also gave Magento partner companies a way to differentiate themselves from other companies with the number of certified developers working for them. In Q1 of 2012, Magento announced that partners were required to have a certain amount of certified developers on their payroll in order to stay in the partner program. [...]

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