Dear Customers,
It's beginning to look a lot like the holiday shopping season! Is your store the best it can be, ready to take advantage of the shopping frenzy? NetBlazon is here with some tips to help you prepare. But first, we'd like to tell you about our first-ever sale!
Happy Holidays from NetBlazon - Our December Sale
That's right, all of our Miva Merchant modules are now on sale! With savings of as much as 40%, it's a great time to spruce up your store - just in time for the holidays. Sale ends December 31, so shop early!
New at NetBlazon - ShopInvoice 1.6!
Simplify your holiday shipping with ShopInvoice from Interapptive.
ShopInvoice is a powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable desktop application that greatly simplifies the day-to-day business of Miva Merchant users. From professionally printed invoices and packing slips to Internet postage and UPS WorldShip export features, ShopInvoice is the most versatile and innovative application available to Miva Merchant users today.
Getting Ready for the Holiday Rush
How can you best prepare for the holiday shoppers to hit your store? Try these tips.
Remember the Holiday Season Isn't Just for Christmas
Many of us often forget that Christmas is not the only holiday being celebrated in December. You can attract more customers if you focus on different traditions. Incorporate Hannakuh and Kwanzaa by reminding customers of dates (Hannakuh is December 19 - 26, and Kwanzaa begins on December 26 and lasts for 7 days) and featuring graphics that represent multiple holidays. And offer at least one selection of gift wrap paper for each holiday (see our website article for more ideas on gift wrap).
Offer Free Shipping
Hidden shipping charges are the #1 most commonly-cited reason for abandoned baskets. Tempt your holiday visitors by offering free ground shipping. If it's too costly to provide for all customers, require a certain basket minimum - say, $50 or $75 - in order to get free shipping. This has the added benefit of tempting customers to purchase more items in order to get the free shipping benefit.
We've got 8 other great holiday tips in our latest online article. View it on our website now.
Thank You
NetBlazon would like to extend a warm thanks to all of our valued customers throughout the year. Your support makes it possible for us to continue to deliver products to help your e-business. Thank you for your patronage!
Featured Client
With an eye for detail and total customer satisfaction, NetBlazon worked to get Antiki's store in shape, incorporating third-party modules, search engine optimization, and custom programming.
"We are extremely pleased with the quality of work we received from NetBlazon. They were able to provide us with a clear plan for improving our site and able to complete the work on schedule. Anyone using Miva Merchant should seriously consider NetBlazon due to their comprehensive understanding of the Miva software environment as well as their product modules and customer service."
- Wes Hoffman, President, Antiki
Product Updates
Basket Tracker (currently on version 2.5) has been upgraded to better integrate with Merchant's inventory system, and to fix a bug that wouldn't allow some baskets to be deleted.
Category Breadcrumbs (currently on version 2.3) now shows the categories even when the product page was reached from search results or the product list page.
Current users of these modules may wish to consider upgrading. New versions for the same platform (Miva 3, 4 uncompiled, or 4 compiled) are free to registered users. Follow the upgrade link from the module's admin page, or use our online upgrade utility. If you do not have a license key, contact us at miva@netblazon.com and we'll take care of you.