Category: Features

Starting September 22nd Google will start requiring new fields for merchants participating in the Google Product Search feeds.  Please see the following Google article http://www.google.com/support/merchants/bin/answer.py?answer=188494 We have added additional fields on the item edit and import areas to support these new requirements.  The new fields include the following: Color, Size, Material, Pattern, Gender, Age Group.  These new fields are required for certain types of items specifically apparel.  Please check with Google for further information on if your items require these new … Continue reading “New fields added to support Google Product Search”

Express Checkout functionality allows a shopper to order many items while just hitting the add to cart button once. Items are listed and a quantity box is shown next to each item. There is only one add to cart button at the bottom of the item listing. The shopper can indicate which items to order by setting the correct quantity for each item and hitting add to cart. Items with attribute choices are shown with each individual selection as its … Continue reading “Express Checkout feature now available”

The default date format for exports has been modified to allow for easier finding of the latest exported files. This change applies to exports for Orders, Customers and the old Items page (note that the new item exports already use this format). Old naming format: items_on_mm-dd-yyyy.txt customers_on_mm-dd-yyyy.txt orders_on_mm-dd-yyyy.txt New naming format yyyy_mm_dd_hhss_item.txt yyyy_mm_dd_hhss_customer.txt yyyy_mm_dd_hhss_order.txt The new file name format will make it easier to find the latest exports in the list and coincides with other naming conventions used elsewhere. The … Continue reading “Export date format”

StoreSecured now supports the use of the Google Chrome browser for editing and updating all stores. Google Chrome is a new browser developed by the folks at Google and growing in popularity. It is a fast, free web browser that loads pages in a snap. Get Google Chrome

StoreSecured is now certified for Advanced Integration with Atandras T-Hub product. This is a third party product which allows for direct integration from your store to a quickbooks file on a realtime basis. Ie orders are downloaded by T-hub and entered into quickbooks automatically. The T-hub product also allows for products to be added to your store directly from quickbooks. T-HUB allows you to post online orders to QuickBooks, print shipping labels/packing lists, Update inventory from QuickBooks to your website. … Continue reading “New Quickbooks functionality”

Per merchant request we have now added support for additional shopping feeds including: Become Bing NexTag Shopping.com Shopzilla TheFind To enable any of the additional feeds for your store please visit Marketing–>Shopping Feeds. Please note that you must create an account with each of the feed services in order to use them and some require payments. Please review the policies of each shopping service at their associated website.

StoreSecured now supports direct integration with Google Analytics. Google Analytics has some excellent statistics tracking tools and best of all its free. All you need to do to utilize this new functionality is: Login to your StoreSecured account Go to General–>Statistics Settings Check the box for Enable Google Analytics Enter your Google Analytics Tracking Code If you already have a google analytics account here is a link to an faq about how to find out your tracking code number http://www.google.com/support/googleanalytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=81977 … Continue reading “Google Analytics Support Added”

3 new fields have been added for items these include the ISBN, UPC and MPN. ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number. It is a 10-13 digit number that uniquely identifies books. UPC stands for Universal Product Code. It is a 12 digit number that uniquely identifies products. MPN stands for manufacturer product number. It is a unique identifier from the manufacturer for that product. This new information has been added to comply with several automatic feeds for marketing your … Continue reading “New Item Fields Added”