May 2008

Charge a little extra for a specific size/color

Posted by rishi

Sometimes a size XXXL or a glittered pattern costs a little extra.  Here is our step by step guide on doing so.

STEP 1: First decide what you are going to charge a little extra for.  In this case lets say you want to charge extra for an XXXL size.

STEP 2: Make “Size” your primary product attribute (the default is color).  You can do this on the Products -> Attributes tab.

STEP 3: Browse and click Edit one of your existing products.

STEP 4: Click on “Add New Size” at the bottom of this page (if your primary attribute is color the link will be “Add New Color).

STEP 5: Select the “XXXL” size in the drop down

STEP 6: Select the special pricing

You are all set! Now your customers can easily pay extra.

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Inventory Tracking is here!

Posted by rishi

Track your inventory. Sit back and relax, you can now stop worrying about over selling.

Enter in your product quantities and choose whether you want them to display in your store after they are sold out. Get email notifications when things sell out. Ease your mind knowing you won’t oversell. This feature is only available to Pro customers.

How It Works
Step 1: When adding (or editing) a product, select “Track Product Quantities”

Step 2: Select “Continue selling after stock reaches 0″ (good if you know you can get more easily) OR “Mark the product SOLD OUT when stock reaches 0 and stop selling” (good if you have a limited supply)

Step 3: Enter in the amount you have in the Quantity box. When you are on the edit page, you can enter a different quantity for each color or size of the item.

When customers purchase items in your store, the quantities in stock will be updated on the products that you are tracking.

If you have chosen the option to stop selling a product when it becomes sold out, it will no longer be displayed in your store. If you have a product with multiple colors and sizes and only some of them are sold out, customers will not be able to add the sold out ones to their cart. After products are sold out you are still able to view and edit them in your Headquarters.

Email notifications

You have the option of receiving an email when your products sell out. This is turned on by default and can be turned off on the Store > Settings page in your Headquarters.

Note to Pro customers

If you opened a store with us before May 12, 2008, have more than 50 products, and would like to track quantities on ALL of your products, please send us an email. We can turn it on at once for all your products and set a default quantity, which will save you the work of doing it manually.

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Charge Shipping by Weight

Posted by rishi

Our most requested feature yet! Now you can charge shipping based on total weight of an order.

How it Works

Step 1: Login to your store Headquarters and navigate to Store -> Shipping

Step 2: Click on the drop down and select “Ship by Product Weight” and hit Save

Step 3: Specify shipping prices based on weight ranges

Step 4: All your products will now have an editable Weight field added to them on the edit pages

Step 5: Go to each product page and specify how much each item weighs

Your customers will be charged based on the total weight in the cart.

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Multiple Images

Posted by rishi

Now you can add multiple pictures for each product. Show all the angles, zoomed in photos, different colors and styles.

Here is How it Works:

1. Login to your headquarters and upload your images on the product page.

2. Set a primary image. This is the image that will be displayed as a thumbnail on your homepage, department, and brand page. *Optional

3. Link up your images to specific variations. For example if you have a t-shirt available in green and blue match the green variation to the green t-shirt picture. This way the image on the customer receipt and cart will match up. *Optional

I’m really excited to see how all of you use this feature.

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Sweeten Your Style and Add a Taste of SUGA

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Fun Logo Creator

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I discovered a really fun Web 2.0 logo creator last night.  Play around with it for a little while if you want to spice up a simple textual logo.

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What is PayPal Express?

Posted by margo

PayPal Express is a service that allows your customers to pay using a PayPal account instead of a credit card. They can make purchases without entering billing, shipping, and credit card information since that information is already stored with PayPal.
Does it cost extra to use PayPal Express or do I need a special account?
PayPal Express can be used for free with any PayPal Business account, which you must have anyway in order to use eCommerce in your store.
How do I activate PayPal Express in my store?
  1. Log in to your PayPal Business account.
  2. Click the Profile subtab located in the top navigation area
  3. Click the API Access link under the Account Information header.
  4. Click the Get Started link under the Request API Credentials heading.
  5. Click the API signature radio button under the Credential Type heading.
  6. Complete the API Credential Request form by clicking the agreement checkbox and clicking Submit.
  7. Select the values listed next to API Username, Password and Signature Hash, copy them, and save them to a file or some other location.
  8. Enter the values from the previous step into the Flying Cart PayPal Express settings section on the Store > Settings page in your Headquarters.
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Look Better Naked with Aylio

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