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Win one year of Free Service!

storesecured January 18, 2010Uncategorized

Just go to any of the sites below and submit a review. Once you have submitted the review, send the link where your review is, plus your store id (we have to know who to credit) to: contest@storesecured.com. For taking the time to do this, we will randomly draw one review for each of the following prizes: First place: one year of free service at EasyStoreCreator.com Second place: one month of free service at EasyStoreCreator.com The contest begins on January … Continue reading “Win one year of Free Service!”

Important: Item Edit Page Transition

storesecured January 15, 2010Important Changes, Notices

Important Note: Support for the old item pages will be removed effective March 13th. As a first step the new item pages will become the default as of February 13th. During this transition time the old item edit pages will still be available temporarily for those who wish to continue using them for another month before transitioning. We recommend that all merchants begin using the new item pages as soon as possible to begin familiarizing yourself with them and how … Continue reading “Important: Item Edit Page Transition”

Important PCI Question Reminder

storesecured January 6, 2010Noticespci

Reminder As part of StoreSecured’s PCI Compliance as a service provider we are now required to track the bank that each of our merchants uses to process credit card transactions. Therefore we are asking all merchants to please submit this information before February 1st Email To: bank@storesecured.com Subject: Processing Bank Body: Your store id and the processing bank name How do I know who my processing bank is? This information should be on the merchant statement that you receive each … Continue reading “Important PCI Question Reminder”

Important Maintenance Notice 1/8

storesecured January 4, 2010Scheduled Maintenance Notices

StoreSecured will again be performing maintenance on our database server Friday 1/8 at 9:00pm PST. We expect this maintenance to last approximately 1 hour. We will be upgrading the database server with new hardware. There will be no changes to the interface as a result of this maintenance. During the maintenance all sites and the admin area will show a maintenance message. All email and ftp will continue to operate as normal.

Important Maintenance Notice 12/23 9:00pm

storesecured December 21, 2009Scheduled Maintenance Notices

StoreSecured will be performing maintenance on our database server Wednesday 12/23 at 9:00pm PST. We expect this maintenance to last between 30 mins and 2 hours. We will be restarting the database server to apply several operating system updates and also performing physical maintenance on the server. There will be no changes to the interface as a result of this maintenance. During the maintenance all sites and the admin area will show a maintenance message. All email and ftp will … Continue reading “Important Maintenance Notice 12/23 9:00pm”

Important PCI Question for all stores

storesecured December 16, 2009Notices

As part of StoreSecured’s PCI Compliance as a service provider we are now required to track the bank that each of our merchants uses to process credit card transactions. Therefore we are asking all merchants to please submit this information at your convenience. Email To: bank@storesecured.com Subject: Processing Bank Body: Your store id and the processing bank name How do I know who my processing bank is? This information should be on the merchant statement that you receive each month. … Continue reading “Important PCI Question for all stores”

Christmas Holiday Support Hours

storesecured December 14, 2009Noticesholiday, support Leave a comment

StoreSecured support will be operating on a limited schedule for the Christmas and New Year Holidays. Please view the holiday support hours below. All times are local California Pacific Time Live Chat Mon Dec 21 7:00am – 7:00pm Tue Dec 22 7:00am – 7:00pm Wed Dec 23 7:00am – 7:00pm Thu Dec 24 7:00am – 3:00pm Fri Dec 25 Closed Mon Dec 28 7:00 – 3:00pm Tue Dec 29 7:00 – 3:00pm Wed Dec 30 7:00 – 3:00pm Thu Dec … Continue reading “Christmas Holiday Support Hours”

Using the new Search

storesecured December 10, 2009Features, Important Changes Leave a comment

To activate the search go to the view/edit screen and click on the Search link at the top right side of the page as shown in figure 1 below. Figure 1 When you click on the Search link a search area will appear. Figure 2 shows the search screen. Figure 2 The search box is customized for each screen and will show a dropdown menu with all of the different fields that you can search on. Select the field to … Continue reading “Using the new Search”

Email SPF and Domain Keys Added

storesecured December 7, 2009Featuresemail

StoreSecured has added additional sending security for all merchants using the StoreSecured mail server which will enhance the deliverability of your emails. This additional security is added in the form of SPF records and domain keys for all currently hosted domains. What is SPF? SPF allows e-mail administrators the ability to specify which Internet hosts are allowed to send e-mail claiming to originate from that domain. In other words we can tell other mail servers who should be allowed to … Continue reading “Email SPF and Domain Keys Added”

2 Tips to Reduce your Email Spam

storesecured December 1, 2009Hints Tips and Tricksemail

Don’t use the catch-all email addresses for your domain name, instead use email aliases A catch-all is a way to collect all email sent to a domain name that does not have its own email inbox. Many merchants use this to collect email that is sent to different email addresses in a single inbox. The advantage of a catch-all is that if a email is misspelled it will still be delivered to your inbox. The disadvantage of catch-alls is that … Continue reading “2 Tips to Reduce your Email Spam”