How To Set Up The OpenCart Anti-Fraud Modules

October 30, 2015
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Fraudulent orders threatens every online merchants and buyer. Based on studies, in 2014 the damage that frauded orders caused to the retailers was around $32 billion. Comparing to 2013, the cost of fraudulent orders is increased with 38%. It is crucial for an online store to protect their orders from fraud. In this article, we are going to show how to use the build-in anti-fraud functionality in OpenCart to minimize the fraudulent orders in your store.
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Managing Multi-User Admin Panel in OpenCart

August 20, 2015
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In order to manage the activity of each different person in your store, it is recommended to use different accounts for each user in the back end of your site. In this way you can grant the required access to the appropriated people, protecting the confidential information in your store. In this tutorial, we will walk you through setting up new users in your OpenCart store and allowing them the necessary access to features in OpenCart system.
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The Essential Guide to Good bots, Content Harvesters and Comment Spammers

July 20, 2015
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Based on the report of Incapsula in 2014, 56% of the internet traffic was generated by bots. Bots are considered to be automated software applications performing repetitive work in Internet. These programs usually perform the most mundane and time consuming tasks in internet. In this article we are going to present the two faces of bots usage: benefits of properly using the good bots and the awareness and potential protection from the bad bots: content harvesters and comment spammers.
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Why notifying customers about scheduled maintenance is important for your store?

June 25, 2015
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Imagine if you are navigating in an online store and unexpectedly different errors appear on the page. Or even worse, you are processing an order and you cannot finalize it. All these are possible scenarios that can happen with an online store if it is not maintained in a proper way. That is why, it is always a good idea to notify your customers when doing a scheduled maintenance in your online store.
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How to find out which OpenCart version am I using

June 2, 2015
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Have you ever thought about making any changes in your OpenCart store, install new theme or modules? If so, before starting to look for a module or a theme, you need to know the specifications of your own store in order to find the compatible extensions you may need. In this short article we will show you the first step in recognizing your store specifications, knowing the OpenCart version you are running.
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Turn your OpenCart store into an E-marketplace with Multimerch

May 14, 2015
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After establishing your OpenCart store, you start searching for better solutions on how to expand and make it more profitable. Have you ever thought about merchandising your store? Turning it into an online marketplace where third parties vendors can sell their goods? If it is managed in a proper way, your multi-vendor online shop can be turned into a gold mine. A great solution for such a task is the MultiMerch extension. It will benefit both you as a store owner and as well any seller looking to find a marketplace. In this article we will focus on business advantages that offer a multi-vendor store and MultiMerch-applied approach as an example.
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How to add Google Analytics to OpenCart 2.0.x

April 21, 2015
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One of the most powerful tools for monitoring and analyzing traffic on your website is the freemium Google Analytics. In this tutorial we will show how to add Google Analytics in your OpenCart 2.0.x web store.
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Protect and brand your products with WaterMark

April 9, 2015
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WaterMark is a simple and intuitive OpenCart extension that allows you to automatically watermark all of your product images in a matter of seconds. Do you want to protect your product images, make them representative of your store brand and retain your customer loyalty? If so, follow this article which presents the way WaterMark can help you protect your images.
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