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ZenCart – Pickup delivery date and time

admin — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 02:30:57 +0000

Often Zen Cart store owners may wish to give their customers flexibility in shipping dates/time. One of the requirements that many customers, both local and International, demand is to specify the delivery date and time.

We can help you implement such a module on your zen cart e-commerce website. Your customers can specify the date and time when selecting the shipping method at the time of the checkout. The date/time can even have constraints such as weekdays/work hours only, or no weekend delivery. The same is true when customer chooses to pick up the order at the store.

If you wish to implement such a feature at your store, do not hesitate to get in touch with us via the contact-us page on this website. Please mention all your requirements in the mail so that we can present you with an exact quote.

Zen cart theme – Zen cart wall 1.0

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:20:47 +0000

This theme has been modified from the default zen cart theme. It is orange in color and will go well for any games, animation based zen cart online store.

You must be logged in to download the zen cart theme. Don’t have an account? Register for FREE ! It only takes 20 seconds. Once you are logged in, click the download link below to download the theme.

Download Link – zencart-wall.zip (you must be logged in to download)
Download Count – 16

zen cart and kayako integration

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:46:11 +0000

One of the most important section on a zen cart based e-commerce website is the support system. Zen cart in itself does not have a very good support management system. While the team at Zen cart works on such a solution, it makes sense to explore other cost effective options.

One of the most popular support/help desk systems on the web is Kayako. Kayako has both esupport and supportsuite products that can handle tickets, online live chat and bunch of other features.

We can help you with the integration of zen cart with the kayako support suite or kayako esupport system. This way your members can seamlessly login into both the systems using the same login and password. Whats more, your support agents can see client’s zen cart profile and order details inside their kayako staff support panel. This not only saves their time on searching for the client records in zen cart database but also increases efficiency and reduces errors in handling support issues.

It also gives a more unified experience to your customers when it comes to the services that you offer. Research has shown that refund rate significantly reduces with increased efficiency in handling support tickets. Hence this is one area that no e-commerce store operator can look to ignore.

Contact us today to know more about Kayako zen cart integration. You can use the contact link on the website or simply email us at quote @ zencartonline.com.

zen cart theme designing

admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:16:07 +0000

Zen cart e-commerce store is a powerful system that can be used to start and run a highly scalable e-commerce store. However, one of the drawbacks of the standard script is that it comes with a standard look. As a site owner, you would want your zen cart e-commerce store to look unique.

We can help you make a custom e-commerce site design and integrate it easily in zen cart. If you already have a design in place and wish to simply get it integrated in your zen cart store, we can help you do that as well. If during the integration of the design, it is found that custom mods have to be written then we can handle it as well.

We can also advice on placement of menu items, buttons etc for a better conversion rate. We will soon offer many free zen cart themes that you can use on your website.

In case you wish to get a custom zen cart theme designed, please contact us using the contact link on the website. You can also email us at quote @ zencartonline.com for more information.

Google Analytics integration with zen cart

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:31:18 +0000

Google Analytics is a power site analysis tool that can provide lot of insight into the traffic behaviour and pattern. It allows site owners to see the source of traffic (search engines, referral websites, direct). It also gives the keywords that users are searching on search engines to reach the website. Map overlays give graphical reports about what parts of the sites are being clicked frequently. Details about visitors, their Internet speed, browser resolution, browser type, geographical area etc is also shared. This data can help webmasters optimize their websites for most popular browsers and screen resolutions.

Zen cart based e-commerce websites are no different in this respect. However Google Analytics can help a zen cart based e-commerce website more. Google Analytics allows you to track ROI (Return On Investment) if you are doing PPC (Pay Per Click) campaigns using Google Adwords. It also allows you to see what geographical area your traffic is coming from. That way you can target better products on your website.

It is important that admin and staff members’ access is not recorded in Google Analytics data. Hence we can develop a special mod for zen cart based e-commerce website that will easily allow you to include Analytics code on your web store. At the same time it will make sure that traffic data generated by your staff members and admins are not sent to google.

Contact us today to know more about integration of Google Analytics with Zencart. Use the contact form on the website to reach us or simply email at quote @ zencartonline.com

Zen cart recommended or related products mod

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:37:39 +0000

It is always important to enhance the user/visitor experience coming to your zen cart e-commerce store. This not only increases the brand value of your website and company but also has a positive impact on your sales and conversion ratio.

One of the best way of increasing or enhancing visitor experience is to recommend them products based on their spending pattern or order history. However an even better way is to recommend them products and services that are complimentary to what they are planning to order from your website. This concept is also called as cross selling.

Zen cart e-commerce stores can be hacked to allow recommended or related product sale. Lets say you sell a particular digital camera brand on your electronic web store. Now you know that a camera pouch that fits this camera is very popular amongst the people. So you can mark this camera pouch as related to the camera. This allows zen cart store to show this as a recommended product when anyone adds the camera to their shopping cart. What’s more, you can also attach some kind of discount to the entire order if the customer buys your recommended product. This cross selling increases your average order value and also create value for your customers. Win-win situation.

Contact us today to receive a free quote for zen cart cross sell mod. You can use the contact form on the website to get in touch with us or simply email us at quote @ zencartonline.com

Custom RSS feed generators for zen cart

admin — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:43:03 +0000

One of the simplest and best way to promote a zen cart based store is by giving your affiliates and partners RSS feeds of your store which they can display on their website.

We can help you start your own zen cart site RSS feed. The RSS/XML feed can be for the entire store or just few specific categories. They can be open to public or can only be accessed through a password. Whats more, if you run an affiliate program, we can embed the affiliate ID into the RSS/XML feed automatically. This way your affiliates can promote your products in matter of minutes.

Moving your zen cart website to a new webhost

admin — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:11:00 +0000

A lot of times our websites outgrow the server we are currently hosted with. Moving a website to a different server or a different host is always complicated. It becomes even more complicated if the website you intend to move is a zen cart based e-commerce website.

Below are some steps that you must follow if you intend to move your website to a new host.

Choose the right hosting company

I think a lot has already been written about this all over the Internet. Basically look for a host with good support and good reviews. You may want to check www.webhostingtalk.com to find more about the host you wish to review.

Making sure the server supports zen cart stores

It is important to confirm with the new hosting company that they support all the necessary softwares and services to host and run a zen cart based e-commerce store. This includes checking PHP, MySQL and Apache versions. Also if you make use of mod_rewrite (Zen cart SEO tools), you should make sure that apache supports mod_rewrite, GD library and any other module which is required for proper functioning of your store. It is also important to check if SSL certificates can be installed on the server and confirm that the server IPs are not blacklisted in any spam databases.

Backup and transfer

Before you begin the process of site transfer, make sure to backup each and every file and database at your old host. It is recommended to shut down your store before you start the database backup. If you have any integrated systems like zencart helpdesk etc, make sure to shut them down as well and back them up as well.

After the complete backup, transfer the files from old server to the new server. Try doing this with some server tools like rsync as it makes the entire process pretty fast.

Restore the files, database and settings

Once the transfer is successful, restore the files and database on the new server. Also make sure you do all the necessary settings (like config path, database password, SSL etc). Before you do the DNS switch, make sure to test all the important functionalities of your store (Order, add to cart, checkout, payment, support). Once this is tested, you can make the DNS switch and in few hours the new store will be online.

If you have better control over the old and new servers, you can minimize the DNS update time.

We can also help you in moving your store from one server to another. Contact us today to receive a free quote.

Integrating helpdesk into zen cart

admin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:24:01 +0000

The most important element of a good e-commerce website is a helpdesk/support system. Since Zencart does not come with its own version of helpdesk, it becomes important that the helpdesk/ticket support system that you use on your site is integrated with your zencart store.

So what are the benefits of this integration?

If your helpdesk system is integrated with zencart, pulling out customer and order information is very easy. Your customers need not create a separate helpdesk/ticket support system account if they already have a zen cart account. It also gives the support staff a seamless view of the entire system. This not only saves costs but also makes the entire support system very efficient.

We can help you integrate almost any helpdesk system into zencart. Whats more – we can also help you deploy our custom coded helpdesk/ticket support system on your website which can be easily integrated with zen cart.