Joel Holtzman  / 
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5 Reasons Why Magento 2 is Better Than Magento 1

1. Understanding The Positive Impact of Magento With the release of Magento 2, many store owners and developers are wondering what impact this new code base will have on both web site performance and implementing custom functionality. To understand the reasons you need to keep an eye on Magento 2, you need to see what […]

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Joel Holtzman  / 
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Blue Cherry EDI – Magento Integration

Blue Cherry Integration With Magento Magento is a powerful eCommerce tool that can handle almost any request that a business may have for their online store. With that said, certain advanced functions require customizations or third party integrations that solve very specific problems. On a recent project, we needed a solution that would automate business […]

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Joel Holtzman  / 
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What You Need to Know About Magento’s Newest Security Patch: SUPEE-6788

On October 27, 2015, Magento released a patch, SUPEE-6788, which addresses protection against security related issues such as information leaks and remote code execution. These types of threads can compromise a site in many ways such as potentially having malware scripts running on your server or having sensitive information stolen. This patch allows Magento store […]

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Joel Holtzman  / 
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Commission Junction – How To Get It To Work On Magento

Affiliate Marketing typically involves a company promoting another company’s product and earning a commission.  It is a type of performance-based marketing using a network of businesses that is rewarded based on the promotion of another business’s product. The benefits of affiliate marketing include having relationships between three parties: the advertiser, the publisher, and the consumer. We […]

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Joel Holtzman  / 
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Four Noticeable Improvements in Magento 2.0

In the Magento world everyone is eagerly anticipating the release of  Magento 2.0 in the fall of 2015 (hopefully). But what is new new or different in Magento 2.0? 1) Speed One of the first changes that seems to be apparent through our testing and working with Magento 2.0 is that the front-end is lightning […]

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Joel Holtzman  / 
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Magento Multi Store Websites II – Handling & Configuring Unique Themes

In the first Magento Tutorial part of this series, you learned how to set up a multi site store. At this point, it is important to set up custom child themes so each store can be represented with its own design and front end functionality. In order to set this up properly, you need to […]

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Joel Holtzman  / 
4 min read

Magento Subscription Services: Subscribe Pro Review

Running subscriptions in Magento can be tricky and requires a great deal of research in order to set up a proper subscription revenue stream within this platform. While the concept seems simple enough, it is easy to get put in a position where without proper planning you find that you are spending more time and […]

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Joel Holtzman  / 
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How to Configure Return Merchandise Authorization in Magento Enterprise

One of the cool features of Magento Enterprise is the ability to seamlessly manage returns in the Magento admin and allow customers to return orders. This Magento Enterprise functionality is called Return Merchandise Authorization. If you haven’t configured Return Merchandise Authorization on your Magento store, here is how to do it. To start with, you […]

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Joel Holtzman  / 
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How to Upgrade Your Magento Store – 10 Tips and Tricks

As an online merchant, there comes a point where you either have upgraded or are considering to upgrade your Magento store. Doing such an upgrade can be very tricky and complicated. As a result, we wrote this post to help you prepare for your next Magento version upgrade and also share with you what we […]

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