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Every business owner’s dream is to have more leads entering their business. But, with the rising competition every minute, they need a smart & effective strategy to stand out. Normal business lead-generation tactics don’t work for eCommerce businesses. It is because each customer’s motivation, buying habits, browsing patterns, and objections are different when they arrive at eCommerce stores. So, there is a need to design our lead generation tactics according to our specific eCommerce audience. Who is a Lead in our eCommerce business? When a person lands on our eCommerce website, follows our page on social media, explores & wish-lists products in our store, subscribes to our email newsletter, clicks on a certain Google ad in our eCommerce store, then, that person is a lead for our business. But the…

As a developer or a store owner, you need to send emails to your customers after their account registration, newsletter subscription, order completed notification, etc., So, Sending/receiving transactional emails to/from customers is an essential part of running an e-commerce store. This blog serves as a guide to setting up Gmail SMTP for your Magento store. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is the protocol that allows you to send emails from your Magento 2 store through a specific third-party mail SMTP server. All you need is to configure that mail server setting in an extension in Magento without having to do any complex server configuration. With a reliable SMTP server configuration, you can minimize the chances of your emails getting into spam. Emails are delivered instantaneously to their intended recipients without…

Some business owners among us would wonder, Is it okay to have an eCommerce website for our business? Will it be profitable? What if it doesn't generate revenue as expected? How to create sustainable revenue for our business? There are more ways and tactics to boost eCommerce sales and generate revenue with minimal effort. This blog will help business owners realize generating real money from eCommerce websites is easy even for small businesses. By Providing Value With Coupons and Discounts You might have heard the phrase, "Spend money to make money". It is true. When discounts are properly marketed, they create an incentive for consumers to start buying. Offering discounts rebates, and coupons can help bring in new traffic and generate a feeling of achievement for customers. Discounts and coupons…

In this blog let us learn how to do Magento 2 Migration process in Ubuntu First make sure you have required backups from your Magento 2 instance that you want to migrate. Install the Required Software in New Server Step 1: Install Apache2 Apache is available in Ubuntu’s default software repositories. For this reason, we’ll start by updating the local package index for the latest changes. We need to install Apache web server. Connect to your server using ssh protocol with root access and run this command: sudo apt update sudo apt update sudo apt install apache2 Once installed, you can check the installed Apache version with the following command: sudo apache2ctl –v To enable auto startup for apache, use this command: systemctl is-enabled apache2 Step 2: Install MySQL and…

In this blog, let us see how to add products to the cart programmatically in Magento 2. This will be useful when We need to display/showcase products to users on pages other than the category page, product listing page, and product detail page. We want to place a buy now or add to cart button anywhere else on the page (e.g., above header, etc.,) to encourage the buyers to purchase the product instantly. To do that, We need to place the’buy now’ button/ ‘add to cart’ button on the landing page (or wherever) Create a module that calls a controller when the button is clicked The controller URL holds the id of the product which should be added to the cart The particular product will be added to the cart…

Maintaining an eCommerce website is not as easy as you think. You don't have to only deal with some local competitive brands but with international brands like Amazon and Flipkart. With so much competition in the eCommerce space, it can be hard for you to establish your ground. However, failing to keep your website properly maintained can lead to a loss of online sales. So, you need to focus on every detail of your eCommerce website. Here are some of the most common ways that we help our clients maintain and grow their eCommerce sites: 1. User-Friendly Navigation Too many menu categories will confuse consumers, preventing them from finding what they are looking for. Use broad terms to categorize your products. When you regularly maintain your eCommerce site, you ensure…

Nowadays, customers want everything at their fingertips. User behavior is changed. It’s tech-driven. Let’s assume if someone is looking for business-related needs, they are not going to go for a door-to-door inquiry. They type the services or products they want on their mobile phone and they search for it. If your business does not have an online presence, the customer goes to another company or website. From ice cream parlors, small cafes, startup businesses, IT companies, or even small-town electricians own a website. And, why don’t you? Having a strong online presence, particularly a website, can be a make or break for generating more revenue. Many business owners ask, “Since I have a small business with a small workforce, and since we don’t sell anything online, do I need a…

As an open-source platform, hundreds of thousands of developers are working with Magento regularly. However, Adobe’s certification adds a layer of authenticity to a developer's or a team's claims. By choosing an Adobe-certified Magento Professional team, you can be confident that the individual or business you are dealing with is a professional entity with up-to-date knowledge of the platform and one that follows the best practices recommended by Adobe. What does it mean to be an Adobe-certified Professional Magento team? A deeper understanding of Magento 2. Magento is a complex engine that utilizes all of its capacities to deliver excellent customer experiences and business management capabilities. With the professional certification, the team will have a wider and more in-depth knowledge of Magento 2. Priority of choice by clients. Finding the…

The pandemic has caused the participation of women/housewives in the workforce to drop across industries, and tech is no exception. Throughout the pandemic, several employers have stood out in their work to help women reach parity in their technologist workforce. A report said that 94% of companies now have a formal flexible work policy, including the ability to work remotely, up from 78% in March 2019. Research consistently highlights business benefits from having women employees as part of the workforce. This is an extremely proud moment to inform you that, Code5Fixer is committed to the advancement of women in the workplace. We are a company that would offer services to companies by gathering a flexible group of talented women/housewives who could work on projects from home and around the schedule…

Magento 2.4.5 Features Magento 2.4.5 has become available to the general public from August 9, 2022. The release of Magento 2.4.5 includes over 290 quality fixes and enhancements to the core code. It also contains backward-incompatible changes. Highlights in this release are: Fixed over 290 quality issues and enhancements. 20+ security fixes and enhancements. Support for Composer 2.2, TinyMCE 5.10.2, and jQueryUI 1.13.1. Compatible with Page Builder v.1.7.2 and PWA Studio v.12.5.x. GraphQL enhancements. Apple pay is available for all merchants. Built-in Google Tag module to upgrade to Google Analytics 4. PHP supported 8.1 Security Enhancements Magento 2.4.5 release includes 20 security fixes and platform security improvements. Some of the security enhancements of Magento 2.4.5 are listed below. Google reCAPTCHA support to Wish List Sharing, Create New Account, and Gift Card forms Added…