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Catching my breath!

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Wow! October was an incredibly busy month at Tiny Queen Designs, and I’m looking forward to things slowing down a wee bit as we get ready for the busy holiday season.
One of several projects that kept things hopping around here was the conversion of the DrapeStyle.com website from Miva Merchant 4 to Miva Merchant 5.
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One Page Checkout — Holy Grail or Wholly Confusing?

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

One of the historic criticisms of Miva Merchant has been the number of steps it takes to get through the checkout.

Ask people whether or not they want to create an account. If they have an account, make them log in.
Ask for shipping and billing information.
Throw some upsales at them and hope they’ll bite.
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Search Friendly Links in Miva

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

There’s been some animated discussion over the last several days on the Miva 5 User Group Forum about the use of Search Friendly Links, with some thought-provoking input from some of the “heavy hitters” in the Miva and ecommerce marketing communities. Just exactly what is this hype all about, though?
Well, let’s start by taking a [...]

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