The Cart Blog

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

The Frictionary

Filed under: Cart Design — thatsoftwareguy @ 6:55 am

Linda Bustos’ great list of design elements that impede e-commerce.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Better Together, Frequently Bought Together and Combination Discounts

Filed under: Discounting — thatsoftwareguy @ 8:12 pm

E-Commerce expert Linda Bustos writes in the Elastic Path blog about how Amazon is ditching Better Together for larger discounted bundles.  Now I’m a huge Amazon fan, but I don’t think that making the bundles individually switchable, as they have, is a good idea.  3 items combined in any way yields 7 choices, which I think it just too many.

You can get larger bundles than 2 in your Zen Cart by moving from Better Together to Combination Discounts.   You can also offer single click purchases of the bundle (as long as all the items are products without attributes) using Buy The Set.   And of course, don’t forget about the new Combination Discounts Admin Panel!

Monday, December 29, 2008

Interesting Commerce Stories 12/21/08-12/27/08

Filed under: News — thatsoftwareguy @ 9:07 am

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Zen Cart Combination Discounts Admin Panel Released

Filed under: That Software Guy,Zen Cart — thatsoftwareguy @ 10:57 am

The Combination Discounts Admin Panel for Zen Cart is now ready.  Come and get it!

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Interesting Commerce Stories 12/14/08-12/20/08

Filed under: News — thatsoftwareguy @ 11:55 am

Friday, December 12, 2008

Twitter must follow lists for E-Commerce, Social Media

Filed under: Social Networking — thatsoftwareguy @ 5:02 am

OK, here you go: @thatsoftwareguy‘s top ten list of people you must follow:

@TheGrok, @dmscott, @roxyyo, @penelopetrunk, @chrisbrogan, @andybeal, @problogger, @doshdosh, @nametagscott, @copyblogger.

Extra bonus name:  @JOHNABYRNE.

Want more names?  Check out Linda Bustos’ awesome list.  Or check out all the people @thatsoftwareguy is following.

Saturday, December 6, 2008

How to use Twitter to build a community

Filed under: Social Networking — thatsoftwareguy @ 10:12 am

Here’s a great article from TwiTip about building a community using Twitter.

If business is slow and you have extra time on your hands, one option is to learn more about social networking and build your business profile this way.

Friday, December 5, 2008

Improving your image in TwitterSpace

Filed under: Social Networking — thatsoftwareguy @ 7:42 am

I have long admired people who create informative Twitter backgrounds, but I’ve never been good with graphics work.  I noticed that the folks at TwitArt.com  had a very impressive portfolio, so I hired them – I think they did a good job with my Twitter background.  What do you think?

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Jason Calacanis’ Call to Action

Filed under: News — thatsoftwareguy @ 6:46 am

Hard work and hustle will get us out of the New Millennium Economic Crisis.  From his most recent missive:

If you’re a rich person looking to take a couple of years off, don’t.
Instead, start a company that creates an amazingly innovative product
that the world–not just the United States–needs. Set the goal of
trying to employ 100 Americans
.

Seriously, the affluent folks in this country should start businesses
now. Drag your ass out of bed and try to make this country great
again.  It’s this country that made you affluent. Yeah, you’re rich
and you don’t need to work, we know. Who cares? Your country needs you
right now! Sell your second or third home and start a company!

What an awesome thing to say!  (You can read the whole post here.  Want more?  Sign up.)

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Updates to Zen Cart Gift Wrapping at Checkout Mod

Filed under: That Software Guy,Zen Cart — thatsoftwareguy @ 8:48 am

My Zen Cart Gift Wrapping at Checkout mod has been updated to display the gift wrapping settings on the packing slip.

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