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Happy New Year!
2011-12-30 08:42:00 WebAsyst team wishes all our blog readers and users of WebAsyst and Shop-Script a productive and successful year in 2012! In the coming year we will be working on new applications working on the new Webasyst framework, which will replace the current generation of WebAsyst.net software. The framework is an open source PHP software (LGPL license) already available for download at http://www.webasyst.com. For now it is in alpha-version and is available in Russian language only. English version is coming in the Q2 of 2012. Many cool applications to come: free apps Blog, Photo, Calendar, and commercial apps Help Desk, Orders, Mail and others. In the past year we have done a great job on finalizing the new Webasyst platform, which will allow us to concentrate on particular apps for the new Webasyst. By the fall of 2012 we are planning to release the brand-new Shop-Script. Support team’s working schedule during the New Year 2012 holidays will be as follows: customer requests will be... More About: Happy , Happy New Year
Christmas & New Year 2012 Special Offer
2011-12-09 11:50:00 This year we announce our biggest Christmas discount ever: 40% off all WebAsyst applications Below are prices of some popular applications and bundles with the Christmas discount applied: Shop-Script: $299 $179 Contacts: $129 $77 Files: $99 $59 “Ecommerce” (Shop-Script, Contacts, Mail): $399 $239 “Ecommerce Plus” (Shop-Script, Contacts, Mail, Help Desk): $499 $299 Entire WebAsyst suite (10 applications): $799 $479 View all prices with the Christmas discount Note: This is the last time we offer such a large discount. Do not miss this unique chance to buy WebAsyst scripts at the lowest price possible! The special offer is valid through December 31st. We wish you a Merry Christmas and every success in 2012! More About: New Year , Special
20% discount code
2011-11-16 08:43:00 A special offer for our blog readers: 20% discount code for any purchase of the Webasyst/Shop-Script software: 4YUSIDHNS8 Enter this code on the PHP scripts ordering page (at the final checkout step). The discount will be applied automatically. This offer remains valid through the end of this week (November 20th). More About: Code
Special offer!
2011-09-12 09:16:00 Don’t miss our special offer: 25% off all WebAsyst scripts. The offer is valid from September 12th through September 30th for any WebAsyst license. Be sure to buy WebAsyst scripts while this special offer holds! More About: Special
Shop-Script update: version 305
2011-08-11 15:01:00 WebAsyst Shop -Script version 305 has been released. What’s new: More authorization options have been added for order detailed information and order status viewing pages accessible to shoppers. Online store administrators can now either completely deny access to such web pages from non-registered customers or require input of customer’s last name or one-time password to allow access (a one-time password can be requested by a simple click on a button). Access settings are available in backend section “Settings → Settings → Cart & Checkout“. Improved CAPTCHA code to strengthen protection against spam. Optimized database queries have for simple and advanced product search pages. More setup options have been added to the Google Base export module: Brand, Manufacturer Part Number (MPN), International Standard Book Number (ISBN), shipping_weight. Shipping rates calculation for delivery across USA has been added to USPS module; a weight re-calculation bu... More About: Update
Online store for “dummies”
2011-07-12 08:35:00 We are often asked about the most basic things involved in the creation of an online store. To help you find answers to most beginners’ questions, we describe below one of the easiest methods of creating an online store and tell you about the costs and technical knowledge associated with that method. This brief tutorial is intended for those who probably have only a vague understanding of how to sell goods or services over the Internet and simply do not know exactly where to start. In this article we will describe how to open an online store using the WebAsyst™ online services, a very affordable and easy method for anyone who cannot make large investments at the very beginning and who is not very technically savvy. 1. What to sell First decide what you will be selling in your online store. Consider the following issues to make the right choice for you: storage and delivery expenses necessity for customers to try things on (e.g., clothing or footwear) probability of repeat o... More About: Store , Online , Online store
Summertime discount
2011-06-15 10:14:00 Don’t miss our summertime special offer: 20% off all WebAsyst scripts. The offer is valid from June 15th through June 30th for any WebAsyst license. Be sure to buy WebAsyst scripts while this special offer holds!
WebAsyst security update
2011-05-23 13:46:00 WebAsyst version 302 with a security update has been released. This update adds extra data verification to prevent remote reading access to the contents of arbitrary WebAsyst files. IMPORTANT NOTE! We strongly recommend upgrading all installed WebAsyst scripts on your servers to install this security update. All user accounts in WebAsyst online services have already been updated. UPD: If you have modified WebAsyst source files and would like to avoid installing a full software update to preserve your code changes, please request information on partial update from our support team in order to apply changes to updated files only. You will be provided with detailed instructions, and an archive containing only modified files which must be simply uploaded to your server. Note that such partial security update instructions will be sent only to registered customers with valid WebAsyst licenses. More About: Security , Update
Online storefront as a Facebook tab
2011-03-18 14:32:00 A few weeks ago Facebook developers introduced the ability to embed iframe applications (e.g., online storefronts) as tabs in user accounts next to “Wall”, “Photo”, “Discussions”, etc. This new feature allows shoppers to proceed to the storefront without leaving the online store’s main Facebook page. Before the feature was added, online storefront opened as an ordinary application, i.e. still within Facebook but outside of the store’s main account page. In order to embed your storefront as a tab on your online store’s main Facebook page, follow our detailed instructions (see section “Main Facebook page of your online store”). To see the difference, look how an online storefront was embedded in Facebook before: … and how it can be embedded now using this great new feature: By the way, owners of WebAsyst Shop-Script based shopping carts have already begun to embed their storefronts as Facebook tabs; e.g., http://www... More About: Online
Springtime offer!
2011-03-15 07:36:00 Announcing this year’s special Springtime offer: 10% off Shop Script and WebAsyst Help Desk 15% off Ecommerce application bundle 20% off Ecommerce Plus application bundle The discount is valid from Mar 15th through Mar 31st both for the first and for any further purchased WebAsyst Shop-Script licenses. Be sure to buy WebAsyst scripts while this special offer holds!
How To Avoid Fraudulent Credit Card Chargebacks
2011-03-12 15:07:00 Our company has been accepting bank card payments for 5 years now and during this time we have gained some experience in avoiding chargebacks which should be useful for beginners. We do not use automatic fraud detection tools because of their inability to provide very accurate and timely results and have instead assigned this task to human payment inspectors. This decision has been yielding very good results. Because of the ambiguity of the payment verification procedure, fraud detection and prevention is more of an art than a science; however, there are specific rules you should follow to foil fraudulent credit card attempts. The first criterion is whether a customer previously purchased something successfully. If no orders have been processed from a customer’s email address in the past, it is necessary to apply other tests. We use the following checklist for additional payment verification: Order price. If a customer orders the most expensive product, especially without tes... More About: Card , Credit , Credit Card
How we protect ourselves from spam while receiving customer inquiries
2011-02-02 14:32:00 If you decide to publish an email address on your website to receive customers’ inquiries, it is inevitable that you will very shortly begin to receive spam messages mixed with real support requests. You will then wonder whether there are efficient ways to protect oneself against unsolicited advertising and to receive only messages from website visitors and registered customers? The answer is “yes”. We have been providing customer support services for more than five years and have never changed the email addresses of our support team. During this period anyone could have added our addresses to spam mailing lists, but we receive very little unsolicited mail. The first line of defense is our mail server, which rejects over 90% of incoming messages at the mail pre-processing stage! Mail pre-processing involves several filtering steps: The sender’s IP address is checked against the spammers black list; the presence of the correct DNS record on the sender’s... More About: Spam , Customer
Happy New Year!
2010-12-29 14:54:00 We wish a happy New Year to all of you, our blog readers and our respected customers! Let 2011 be a productive and profitable year for you, let your work always be fun, and may all your plans and dreams come true in the coming year! More About: Happy , Happy New Year
New Year holidays support coverage
2010-12-28 08:29:00 In the upcoming period from December 30th, 2010 through January 3rd, 2011 WebAsyst support team will be operating at a reduced staffing level. Support requests which require thorough technical investigation will be processed on January 4th at the earliest. More About: Holidays , New Year
Christmas & New Year Special Offer 2011
2010-12-09 07:23:00 Our Christmas special offer is here: 25% discount on all WebAsyst applications as PHP software! Buy Shop-Script (recently integrated with Facebook) now for only $224, or entire WebAsyst application suite for $599! This special offer is valid only from December 9th through December 31st 2010. It is now the best time of the year to buy WebAsyst software. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ! More About: Special
Shop-Script + Facebook
2010-12-07 15:33:00 Shop-Script update featuring integration with Facebook is available! Facebook integration Integration with Facebook allows Shop-Script-based store owners to publish their online storefront directly inside the social network and to receive orders from Facebook users. Storefront embeds into Facebook as a native application: Facebook users will be able to view the list of products and place orders without leaving the social network interface. Customers’ orders will be saved in your database exactly as if they were placed within the main storefront. This feature should be particularly interesting for online store owners seeking new sales channels! Use of Facebook targeted advertising may be very useful for the promotion of Facebook optimized storefront and result in higher sales. Take a look on how we embedded our demo store into Facebook: http://apps.facebook.com/shopscript/. Your online store may have a similar appearance inside Facebook. Here is a detailed user guide on the i... More About: Shop
Customer Messages – Stop Losing Them!
2010-12-03 09:20:00 There are several methods of receiving inquiries or support requests from your website visitors and customers to ensure efficient handling. Method 1: via email. To use this method, you may simply publish a special email address on your website; e.g., support@mycompany.com. Method 2: using a contact form embedded on your website. Contact or feedback forms usually contain several fields where a visitor enters his/her name, email address (to receive response), the subject, and blank space for message content. Method 3: through a personal online account. Users must register themselves prior to sending an inquiry. A protected online account may also contain useful information such as order and contact details, a link for quick access to the knowledge base, etc. Which method is best greatly depends upon your website’s purpose and what kind of inquiries you expect to receive from your visitors. If your website is a simple personal page about your hobby, then placing your email ... More About: Customer , Messages , Stop
WebAsyst on Facebook and Twitter
2010-11-11 13:17:00 We have launched official WebAsyst Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/WebAsyst/15 1206471580845 And Twitter : http://twitter.com/webasyst “Like” our fan page to read WebAsyst announcements and news right in your Facebook news feed, or follow us on Twitter. Currently we have only fed this blog to the fan page, and are going to publish some extra news and special deals from time to time exclusively for our page fans.
Shop-Script and PCI DSS
2010-10-18 13:43:00 To ensure unambiguous compliance of Shop -Script with the recently enforced international cardholder data protection standard (PCI DSS), several payment modules have been removed from the distribution. The essence of the standard’s requirements is that online resources that store, process, or transmit to third-parties sensitive cardholder data must complete obligatory validation to prove compliance with the standard. In order that every online merchant using Shop-Script can be absolutely sure that his or her web store is not in the scope of the standard, payment modules which might potentially require the compliance validation has been removed. Should you desire to use the removed modules in your online store, you may download and install them individually as described at http://www.shop-script.com/features/integ rations.html. Please remember that in this case you may be required to complete the PCI DSS compliance validation procedure. More details about this update of Shop-Scri...
Special offer!
2010-09-22 08:25:00 Announcing special offer: 20% off all WebAsyst scripts Offer is valid from Sep 22nd till Oct 1st both for the first and for any further purchased WebAsyst licenses. Be sure to buy WebAsyst scripts while this special offer holds good! More About: Special
How to create an online store in 5 minutes
2010-08-25 12:58:00 Watch this video to find out how to create an online store using WebAsyst Shop-Script within a couple of minutes: Read more about creation of an online store on the Shop-Script website. More About: Store , Online , Online store
Summertime offer!
2010-07-19 08:47:00 Announcing this year’s special Summertime offer: 20% off Shop Script The discount is valid from Jul 19th through Jul 30th both for the first and for any further purchased WebAsyst Shop-Script licenses. Be sure to buy WebAsyst scripts while this special offer holds good!
New WebAsyst Help Desk application released!
2010-06-15 08:33:00 We are happy to announce the newest addition to our customer management software — WebAsyst Help Desk. Do you provide consultations and technical support to your customers? Would you like to set up your own support service and efficiently organize the system? Do you want to control the quality and swiftness of responses to customers’ requests? WebAsyst Help Desk will help you to: efficiently manage the incoming flow of your customer requests; organize the request queue so that no customer’s query remains unanswered; view the processing history of each request at any time; i.e., its receipt, discussion with your colleagues, reply to customer, additional requests from the customer, the list of customer’s orders in your online store. As with all WebAsyst applications, you can use WebAsyst Help Desk as an online service or purchase the software to install on your own server. If you are an owner of a WebAsyst Shop-Script license, then you are qualified to purchase ... More About: Released
Launch of Partners Catalog
2010-05-21 12:54:00 We are happy to announce the launch of the Partners Catalog on our website! Many users of WebAsyst and Shop-Script are interested in ordering high-quality supplementary services, such as web design, custom source code modification, search engine optimization (SEO), advertising and promotion for online stores, professional photography for publishing of product images, etc. If you are ready to offer your services to our customers, welcome to our Partners Catalog! As a registered partner, you will be able to specify your full contact details, the scope of services offered, and your prices. You can also publish your online portfolio with examples of your works. The WebAsyst partner account will also allow you to communicate with your clients by responding to their comments posted in the catalog. We will not require a percentage of the payment received for completed works. What is important for us is a high quality of your services, which will be evaluated and commented on by registered ... More About: Launch
May Special Offer
More articles from this author:2010-05-04 09:57:00 To greet the coming May and the warm weather, we have decided to post a special offer for our WebAsyst applications which are available as open-source PHP scripts – this time for all ecommerce applications and software bundles: Shop-Script: 10% discount “Ecommerce” bundle (Shop-Script + Contacts + Mail): 15% discount “Ecommerce Plus” bundle (Shop-Script + Contacts + Mail + Files + Photos): 20% discount entire WebAsyst suite (9 applications): 25% discount The discount is valid from May 4th through May 31st both for the first and for any further purchased WebAsyst licenses. Be sure to buy WebAsyst scripts while this special offer holds good! More About: Special 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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