Best Practices

Tips and advice for running a successful ecommerce website.

Best PracticesSecurityThrow off the plague of PCI when choosing a website platform
We invited the E-business Coach, Patrick Pitman, to explore how niche merchants thrive amongst the Internet’s biggest retailers. FoxyCart enables any...
Best PracticesMarketingIs Your Shopping Cart Like the Tail Wagging the Dog?
We invited the E-business Coach, Patrick Pitman, to explore how niche merchants thrive amongst the Internet’s biggest retailers? FoxyCart enables any...
Best PracticesCultureA Book Your Client Should Read: Avoiding a Goat Rodeo
FoxyCart was born in a conversation between friends about the horrible state of ecommerce solutions in 2005. For one client we’d rebuilt their ecomme...
Best PracticesMarketingThe Importance of Copy on E-Commerce Websites
What we do. What we ignore. As web professionals, we often focus on what we think we’re supposed to focus on. When I started as a web designer, my “s...
Best Practices“Add to Cart” Buttons for Inspiration
We meant to post this a while ago, but better late than never. Here’s a list of 80 Add to Cart button designs a la sixrevisions.com. Enjoy! 80 Exampl...
Best PracticesBasic Analytics Tip: Filter out your own IP
Just a basic tip that’s often overlooked but should be added to any physical or mental checklist when setting up a site: Filter out your own IP, as w...
Best PracticesNew possibilities for typography on the web
Some of you that know me (Brett) may know that I’m kind of a typography nerd. Luke makes fun of me about it, but it’s ok. I’m secure in my love of ty...
Best PracticesBrowser Development and Testing Tools
Want Firebug for IE, Safari, or Opera? Firebug still reigns supreme (though the Web Developer Toolbar is critical as well for it’s CSS live editing c...
Best PracticesMarketingThe Growing Importance of Design
When building FoxyCart years ago, we had designers and developers in mind. We understood the importance of design. It seems the rest of the world is ...