Best Practices

Tips and advice for running a successful ecommerce website.

Best PracticesQA – The First Impression (part 1)
“To tell somebody that he is wrong is called criticism. To do so officially is called testing.” – Unknown I joined the FoxyCart team in 2011 as a jun...
Best PracticesWhy Shouldn’t You Accept Bitcoin?
“Why am I not accepting bitcoin?” This is the question you should be asking yourself. Some believe Bitcoin, the decentralized crypto-currency, is a r...
Best PracticesBasic Guidelines for Ecommerce Video Marketing
If you’re not using video in your marketing, you are missing out on sales. Every year new studies are released, such as this one from KISSMetrics, an...
Best PracticesThe 3 B’s of Healthy Remote Teams: BBQs, Beer, & Bourbon
Remote working. Virtual teams. Telecommuting. Whatever you call it, we’re big fans ourselves, and by all accounts we’re just a small part of a rapidl...
Best PracticesCould Bitcoin Be More Disruptive than the Internet?
Cryptocurrencies will change the world. Bold statement? Maybe. On November 2nd my 30 minute talk at Barcamp Nashville was selected, and I gave my arg...
Best PracticesCultureSecurityThe Myths of PCI Compliance: A “PCI Compliant Box”
One of the “perks” of being a PCI Level 1 Service Provider is that we often get asked about becoming PCI compliant by friends and acquaintances. Ofte...
Best PracticesCultureSecurityIn which we talk security
If I told you, “you can protect your business with just ONE minute per week,” you’d do whatever I said, wouldn’t you? Well, I’m going to give you tha...
Best PracticesMarketingCoupons are great, except when they’re not…
Coupon promotions are a great way to bring customers into your store and encourage them to complete the transaction where they may otherwise not be c...
Best PracticesMarketingUsing product reviews for market research
Over the many years we’ve spent building FoxyCart, we’ve received a lot of feedback by email and our forum, but not nearly as many public reviews on ...