Archive for November 2011
CS-Cart 2.2.4 is Released
As a minor release, CS-Cart 2.2.4 contains a number of bug fixes and improvements. CS-Cart professional is now integrated with the beta version of Searchanise – a SaaS (software as a service) project developed by CS-Cart to make the built-in site search faster and more informative. The service will be formally announced by CS-Cart before…
Read MoreStrike Online Shopping Gold on Cyber, Green & Brown Mondays
Cyber Monday (Nov. 28): If you can hold your horses for just three more days after Black Friday, you can partake in the sales of Cyber Monday. Shop.org single-handedly coined this term in 2005 because the Monday after Thanksgiving saw a tremendous bump in online business. By this time each year, shoppers have had a…
Read MoreHooked On Healing website using WordPress CMS System
Hooked On Healing has contracted Granite Web for the design and implementation of a new website using the popular WordPress web-based CMS system.
Read MoreRescue of VacationRentalStation.com Authorize.Net Gateway
Granite Web is pleased to announce the “rescue” of VacationRentalStation.com from a payment processing outage on their website preventing them from accepting payments through their Authorize.Net gateway …read their testimonial.
Read MoreDance Manager Inc. Authorize.Net Integration
DanceManager, Inc. has contracted Granite Web for the integration of their online registration form with the Authorize.Net SIM API.
Read MoreAmazon Product Ads Review Guidelines Updated
Our review of ads for compliance with Product Ads Content Guidelines has been enhanced. Accounts will no longer be suspended automatically when the number of ads which violate our guidelines exceeds a threshold of 50 ads or 20% of the total products submitted. Instead, we will examine each ad individually, and if there is a problem,…
Read MoreShopping.com Shopping 2011 Pricing Adjustment
With the holiday season approaching, we anticipate increased shopping activity across many categories. Shopping.com will implement two pricing adjustments. 1) Temporary Seasonal Pricing Adjustment Shopping.com will temporarily adjust CPC rates from November 7th to December 31st, 2011. • 229 categories will remain flat (no rate increase) • 17 categories will increase by 15% • 43…
Read MorePricegrabber Shopping 2011 Notification of CPC Rate Adjustment
Effective November 1, 2011, PriceGrabber will apply a temporary 25% cost per click increase adjustment across all subcategories. This holiday adjustment is temporary and will go through January 15, 2012. Past holiday seasons have shown increased performance in terms of both traffic and conversion to sale. Hence, customer acquisition costs are expected to stay consistent…
Read MoreNexTag Shopping 2011 Category Holiday Rate Increases
The holiday season is around the corner and we would like to inform you that Nextag will be increasing your costs per clicks for all categories and all bids effective November 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011. Please note that all Q4 merchandising opportunities will also be subjected to the holiday rates. Here is the…
Read MoreCS-Cart addons for International Checkout, iShop USA, GlobalShopex
Granite Web is pleased to announce the release of our FREE CS-Cart add-ons for GlobalShopex, International Checkout and iShopUSA. Outsourcing the shipping of your international orders through one of our strategic international shipping partners allows you to expand your sales into global markets without all the risk and complication associated with processing CS-Cart international orders. Using…
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