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    Online Auction Software

    Hi, We have put something together for an online auction platform using OpenCart. It would depend on how exactly your process needs to work. Ours works in the way of sealed bids allocated prior to a specific date rather than the current price being visible like on ebay. Always happy to have a...
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    Starting a website for subscription box business

    Hi, We have also built a food-based subscription service using Woo-Commerce. There is a plugin that allows for subscription-based products on a weekly/monthly basis. As others have said you will need to allocate quite a bit of time and effort into marketing if you need big numbers to make the...
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    Moving from one ecommerce platform to the next

    We have migrated stores in the past from Magento 1.x > 2.x & from WooCommerce to Magento/Shopify. There are plenty of tools available as others have said you just need to be confident with your database admin. It would also depend on how many products/categories/orders you need to move. If it is...
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    Payments on opencart

    I would echo what others have said about finding a payment provider that suits the requirements of your business. Integration with all platforms is usually straightforward and there is almost always a well tested and supported plugin. Worldpay we have previously had a few issues with but nothing...
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    Online raffle set up

    We have actually been approached recently by a potential client looking to do exactly this. We did a fair bit of research into the off the shelf plugins for WooCommerce and Shopify to see if we could match the requirements. Sadly none of the off the shelf versions did exactly what they needed in...
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    Looking for solutions to our ordering processes

    Hi, Sorry for the delayed response! @WebshopMechanic has reminded me now! We have worked with clients who have deployed Sage 200 to solve this issue. You can then centralise all your stock and order management within Sage. This then outputs a range of products you determine to your web...
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    SOAP integration stock levels.

    Hi - We could probably take a look at that for you. We have worked with multiple integrations from ERP into eCommerce. Send me a message or give us a call. With Shopify there will almost certainly be a 3rd party plugin required to implement this. Something like stock-sync should do the job!
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    Where to go after Magento?

    We have recently started suggesting clients considering Magento look to Shopify as it offers a really stable platform and it seems to be where all the big players are going to. There are loads of really well-reviewed plugins available to cover almost any aspect that it doesn't do out the box...
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    Oh Shopify

    That's great! Can I ask as a matter of personal interest which particular addons you were needing to have to get your site up to the specification required for the business?
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    Oh Shopify

    Having worked with both as an agency there are certainly pros and cons of each. If you are tech savvy enough (and willing) to manage all the server side updates and potential environmental issues then M2 is a very powerful solution. Our biggest gripe with Shopify is that it does require...
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    Simple CRM Software suggestions...?

    Hi, Not sure if you have found a solution but we develop a simple CRM for exactly this purpose. We licence stand alone versions as well so you can have the benefit of cloud CRM without the ongoing subscription. Prices start from £499+VAT and we can also build in other features for you if...
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    Company just pitched us for SEO

    Sounds a bit iffy to me. We have come across multiple SEO "experts" with links to Google. Some have even been known to tell us they are calling from Google themselves. We work exclusively with one company now who we have had excellent results with on multiple client sites. If you are interested...
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    Microsoft Surface

    Thank you all for your comments - I only really want the device for meetings and a bit of remote admin. I think it would be nice for a web meeting for everyone to be able to draw on the screen etc. Move this here, change this font etc. Although one may get a bit precious with grubby mits all...
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    Microsoft Surface

    Hi, Does anyone own a Microsoft Surface? I was just wondering how much drive space you get left after you have had it for a while and Windows has updated a few times? I personally run an SSD drive in my machine for Windows so it is super fast but I have to watch what I am doing a bit making sure...
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    My AIO screen is broken how can I connect my laptop to PC

    Good luck getting Sage to work on your Mac...
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