Here is an announcement which was sent to osCMax forum members a few minutes ago.
“osCMax Drop Shipping/Wholesaler Integration
We are pleased to announce a valuable addition to the osCMax project. We have partnered with Inventory Source to provide the much requested drop shipping capability to osCMax. If you have been looking for a drop shipper/wholesaler that will seamlessly integrate with osCMax, this is exactly what you are looking for.
Inventory Source can provide a complete wholesale product inventory for your osCMax web site, so you no longer have to worry about stocking inventory or shipping.
If you do decide to use their service, every purchase you make provides financial support to the osCMax project. This is a great way to support osCMax by using a service that is also valuable to you as a merchant.
For details about Inventory Source or to sign up for a free account, please visit Inventory Source .”
Current InventorySource partner CRELoaded.com is probably not going to be so thrilled about more competitors moving in.
I think this is gr8t. Go osCMax!! … you got a little catching up to do.
There are a few things we really liked about Magento and couldn’t resist incorporating into our Magnum line - using our own code of course - as osCommerce code and Magento code is like throwing Ketchup on cake. It doesn’t go well together.
Anyhow, the 4 front-end features we really liked are:
1. Subscribe to RSS Feeds feature
Real nice!
2. Product image zoom with double click
Also very nice. Seems to work well with real large product images.
3. Ability for users to add tags
I liked this too. Very Web 2.0!
4. Switch between Grid view and List view
This is a switch CREloaded has in the admin already. But Magento is right. This shouldn’t be for the admin. Let the user pick their favorite view. The ones who are allergic to grid, can go with list view and vice versa.
There is actually one more feature which will be seen in Magnum products and can be seen in Magento and some other carts also which is the “recently viewed products” feature.
Note that none of these features are currently offered in any CRE version.
Chainreactionworks, the popular creator of the loaded osCommerce version CRE Loaded “shot themselves in the foot”. Here is a brief recap of some recent events that took place over at CRELoaded.com.
“[...]After winning $5 million in venture capital only a few months ago, the company had removed its founder and president Sal Iozzia. Almost immediately the company began to act like a dictatorship, nearly destroying itself along with its community and goodwill. Without warning, the company began CRELoaded.com - from Hero to Zero - continue reading
I composed and published this blog entry sometime last year on my design blog but decided to move it over here.
Outdated SEO Articles outranking new SEO Articles
This must be a really confusing time for all newcomers or the average SEO John Doe. Even for experts it’s a time off eyebrow raising and chin rubbing. There is so much stuff going on that I am about to vote for April as the #1 SEO month of the year in 2007, but who knows what the future will bring.
We’ve got the Page Rank toolbar update due which some people argue will be pushed into the next months due to Google’s recent maneuvers towards Outdated SEO Articles outranking new SEO Articles - continue reading
Magnum Multi Store combines CRE Loaded 6.2 PRO with osCommerce contribution #1730
Multi-Stores multiple shop system
The multi store solutions allows you to administer multiple shops on multiple domains through a single admin area. Every shop is equipped with all CRE Loaded PRO features, a bunch of feeds, SEO and a modified version of EasyPopulate. (EPA) Magnum Multi Store - What’s that? - continue reading
Paypal is being sneaky about their website payments pro feature. Here are a 2 things you should know:
1. Cross Border fees
Merchants are slapped with an additional 1% commission on every transaction
You can NOT see it here:
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_wp-standard-overview
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_wp-standard-pricing
or in the FAQ:
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/Marketing/merchant/wpstandard/WPStandardFAQs
and its not part of the PDF datasheet either.
You can only see this if Paypal Website Payments Pro Sneakiness - continue reading
