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Magento Commerce Developer

We have just added a dedicated Magento Developer to the team to make changes to the code of Magento and customise Magento stores to clients requirements.

Magento Capabilities

We have been building Magento Stores for Clients since last year and have produced heaps of stores in that time. Currently we are in the process of building these Magento stores

• Designer Heels Magento Store
• Digital Music Store (Live – please click here to view)
• Women’s Clothing Store
• Online T-shirt Store
• Industrial Online Store

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We have just created a widget that shows the total value of products being sold through our DIY Online Store platform.

The widgets are updated in real time and as clients add new stores to the platform or more products the values will add up.  So feel free to visit our site at any stage and look at the updated running total.

The widgets come up in three spots

Home Page Widget

Side Bar Widgets

Magento Commerce

Magento Commerce is one of the biggest and best ecommerce platforms out there right now. It currently empowers more than 90000 online stores around the world. Armed with everything you need to manage and successfully run an online store, Magento now boasts these amazing numbers:

• 25+ Billion in transactions

• 90000+ Merchants

• 3500+ extensions/plugins

• 2.5 Million Downloads

 

Latest Upgrade – Magento Commerce 1.5

We just upgraded our stores with Magento Commerce 1.5 and wanted to share the new features that were introduced in the latest update.

Easy to Upgrade – Preserve Customisations

The latest update basically doesn’t change the framework and schema of the store a lot which means that upgrading to the new version will not be difficult for your existing stores. The templates, skin and customisation should not break with the new version.

New and Improved Import and Export Functionality

System > Import/Export now has the ability to pick Import or Export and export.

You can then pick what data to export (Products / Customers) and what attributes to filter the data with.

Order Status Management – Modify Order Status and assign state

The Order data is now stored in the database and not XML files which means that you can now modify Order State and Status directly through Magento admin

via System >  Order Statuses

Order Status Management – Change Order Address

You can also modify an order address after an order. You can change the Billing Address as well as the Shipping Address using the edit buttons next to the order.

After changing an order address you get a message
“Changing address information will not recalculate shipping, tax or other order amount.”

New Magento Connect Manager 2

The 1.5 Magento Commerce comes with a new Magento Connect Manager Upgrade. The new version is 2.0 of the Magento Connect Manager.

Enable maintenance mode when installing or upgrading the platform:

This will show a “the site is not available right now due to maintenance/upgrade message”

Direct package file upload

The new direct package installation means that you can build your own packages and install them without the extension key.

Other Major Improvements

• Improved authentication and SIM Payment method for Authorize.net
• Magento Mobile is now included in base packaging
• Upgraded Zend Framework

Please view this page for a full list of Magento Commerce 1.5.0.1 Release Notes

Magento Development Videos

We are now adding a dedicated Support Videos for our clients that shows them visually how to manage and maintain their Magento Commerce Stores. We initally have the the following videos for our clients

Australian Magento Attributes

We are including a lot of Australian attributes to the videos such as GST. The videos will focus primarily on the Australian market and discuss how to open up an online store in Australia. So when you add products, the videos will guide you in case you need to include GST in your pricing or not.

Adding a Simple Product on your catalog

This video explains how to add a simple product to your catalog, what attributes to use, how to use pricing and how to make sure it doesn’t show up in results if you have an option for your customers to buy variations of the product

Duplicating a simple product

This video explains how to duplicate a simple product to quickly build your product catalog in a magento commerce e-commerce store

Creating a configurable product

This video shows how to create a configurable product from the Simple Products, how you can manage your variables and offer your customers choice of those products using a configurable product. This also alerts the magento user about what attributes need to be changed to make sure this is a smooth process.

Up Sell, Cross Sell and Related Products

This video deals with how to you set up Up-Sell, Cross-sell and related products options.

Magento Commerce videos only available for Existing Clients

Because of bandwidth and support considerations, these videos will only be available for existing e-Commerce clients. Ask us for more info and access by emailing us at info@dzineclub.com

PCK DIY Shopping Cart now Live

Performance Canoes and Kayaks, one of our favorite clients have now gone live with their online store build in the dzineStore DIY Shopping Cart platform.

PERFORMANCE CANOES & KAYAKS specialises in technically advanced, high quality, paddle-sports equipment for paddlers at all levels. PCK is an authorized Australian agent for the iconic STRUER brand, as well as performance specialists ELIO, PLASTEX, SIPRE, LETTMANN, SELECT and G’POWER. PCK also offers versatile adventure touring solutions for the intrepid recreational paddler with the expedition tough range from NAUTIRAID. Recently they have also introduced the SEA EAGLE brand to our range, the global leaders in inflatable water sports equipment.

Shopping Cart Look and Feel

The shopping cart look and feel has been customised a lot based on the look and feel of their current website http://www.pck.com.au

The new look was given quickly by grabbing the existing css and changing that on the current store.

Facebook/Twitter Integration

They are also leveraging Facebook integration by having a Like Us button on the sidebar and share me and tweet me on the product pages.

dzineStore DIY Shopping Cart V3

When dzineStore V3 comes around next month, they will be able to utilize youTube integration helping their customers make better decisions by using videos against their product.

They can also utilise their current subscriber base by sending quick emails to them.

Click here to view Performance Canoes and Kayaks Online Store

It is exciting times at dzineLabs, we are about to launch Version 2 of dzineStore. The DIY Store that allows you to have your store up and ready in minutes and start accepting orders.

If you do not know what features we have already, please view this post:
DIY Online Store – DzineStore – Updates

Here is the summary of new features coming out

Multiple Images for your products

One feature that all of our clients wanted was multiple images against products. With the new release, you will be able to add new images to your product and have multiple images of the product. You can also choose your featured product and have the other images show up next to your main product.

View and Manage your Orders through the Control Panel

Previously you would have to check your email to see what had been ordered. We have now made it easier for you by allowing you to see your orders via your control panel. Not only can you see your orders, you can mark if they have been shipped or not.

User Email Address

We are now allowing you ask for a customers email address before they start the checkout process.

Better Online Store Themes and Store Customisation

We will be allowing you to use more themes and customise the look and feel of your online store even more.  With the introduction of themes, you can not only give the store your look and feel but you can then tweak that theme to fit your exact needs.

Email Marketing Options

The store already has integration with Campaign Monitor but now you will be able to also send out quick updates to your customers using the Control Panel.

Better Social Media – Online Store integrations

We will be integrating Facebook and Twitter even more in the new iteration of the store allowing your customers to tell their friends how good your product is and how happy they are to buy it.

Facebook Fan Page Integration

We will be integrating the like box for your Facebook Fan Page. So that your customers who might not be ready to buy from you straight away can like your store and then come back at a later stage or when you send them updates via Facebook.

YouTube Video Integration

We all know how video helps you sell more, but we rarely put this to practice. Well you won’t have an excuse anymore once we have integrated YouTube videos with your products.

Release Dates and Pricing

The expected release date for the new version is mid February. Please subscribe to our newsletter to get notified of this new release. Of course if you sign up with the existing version of dzineStore, you will be automatically upgraded to the new version when it is out.

The pricing is the same  $1000 AUD + GST to set up plus maintenance fee per year. For more information please email us at info@dzineclub.com

CommWeb Payment Gateway for Magento Commerce

Other than eWay, CommWeb is another way to accept payments via your website. CommWeb is a fast and reliable payment gateway via Commonwealth Bank that allows you to accept payments via your website or your Magento online store. Commweb allows you to accept all major credit cards in real time and provides the merchant with same-day settlement to their Commonwealth Bank business account.

CommWeb also comes with support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Click here for for information about CommWeb

Please download this booklet to view the merchant fees for using CommWeb with your Magento store.

DzineClub Magento Development

DzineClub provided Magento Commerce Development with integration to CommWeb, eWay and Paypal Payment Gateways. To view more information about our Magento Development please click here:
http://www.dzineclub.com/magento-commerce.php

DzineClub Magento Video Tutorials and Resources

Our Clients also get indepth video tutorials, which teach them how to work with their Magento Installations.
http://www.dzineclub.com/blog/2011/02/magento-commerce-development-videos/

If you want a new Magento Store, want to enhance your store or want to know what things you can do with your existing store, please contact us

Here is a great article on BBC Business which talks about using videos to sell your products.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11899824?OCID=spttb

WIth the launch of two new online stores based on dzineStore framework here are the udpates on the platform:

Modern Skin – Looks Better

The store has been updated so that it looks much better than the older store. It is more sleek, pleasing to the eye and more functional.

The buttons have been smoothened and the menu bars have been give the web 2.0 effect.

Share your product on Facebook, Twitter

The social media integration has been improved. There is a button next to each product to like it in Facebook or tweet about it in twitter.

Build more subscribers, fans, followers, viewers and customers

The Store itself now has integrations with your Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and eBay accounts. If you have a Facebook account, a twitter account, a YouTube page or an eBay store, all you have to do is put the link to them on the control panel and they will automatically show up on the homepage and on the store pages.

Google Analytics Integration with Online Store

Just put in your Google Analytics code and the Online Store will start showing Analytics reports on your Google Analytics Dashboard.

Campaign Monitor Integration

Do you use campaign monitor as your email provider. If you do, the newsletter section can subscribe visitors directly into your campaign monitor account.

Flash Slider on Front Page

You can choose between a flash slider or a jQuery slider on the front page to promote your products. Having jQuery slider means that your store is 100% visible in iPhone and the iPad and your mobile customers can buy products using their mobile devices.

Better PayPal Integration

We have improved the PayPal integration so that you only need an email address to start your online store making it quicker and easier to set up. You can also accept payments via credit cards through the PayPal integration making it more safe and secure for both yourself and your customer.

Lots of more updates coming soon, stay tuned. Pricing for dzineStore starts at $1000 AUD + GST per year. If you need a store by Christmas, please contact us at info@dzineclub.com

The new version of dzineStore now officially version 3 is up and ready to help Small and Medium businesses sell sell sell online.

2 new online stores going live this week

Based on the new version, there will be two more online stores going live this week. Right in time for christmas. One of the stores only started a few days ago, which means we had to do some improvements on the framework to allow for speedier uploads and set ups.

New Customisations

The platform now allows multiple customizations. Not only can you use your own colours and look and feel, but the new framework allows a whole css file to be uploaded giving you more control on the positioning of the elements.

Front Page Sliders for Promotions

The Front Page Promotions has been upgraded so that you can choose between a flash one or a javascript one. Both of them have their advantages and disadvantages.

iPhone and Android Compatible – Mobile Commerce

The store looks good on both the iPhone and the Android browsers. A customer can also buy products using the mobile.

Quick to Set Up

The store is even quicker to set up. If you have the product images and a paypal account handy, it will be a matter of minutes before a customer can buy your products online.

More information coming soon. Stay tuned.