Welcome to the summer edition of Groovy News, our quarterly newsletter to keep you informed of what's new on GroovyCart.co.uk
Here are some of the exciting new features we have added in the past few months:
1. Homepage Customisation
2. Colour Changing
3. Buyer Feedback
4. Shop Rating
5. Linked Websites
6. Product Hiding
7. Shop Statistics
8. Larger Images
9. Order Streamlining
1. Homepage Customisation
We have a new way of editing your homepage that is far more flexible
than the old way but still very easy to use. You can easily add dynamic areas to your homepage such as a "What's New" box. Those on the Gold upgrade package can now use the <img> and <a> tags to put images and links on their homepage.
2. Colour Changing
We have now made it far simpler to change the colours on your shop. Rather than giving you a handful of colours to select from you can now select any of the 16 million colours. This tool is super easy to use and very flexible too. You can also select from a list of pre defined colour styles to make it even easier to quickly get your shop up and running.
3. Buyer Feedback
Buyers can now leave feedback after their order has completed. The feedback consists of a '5 heart' rating and a comment. You can read the feedback via the Admin Panel and reply to the customer if you wish. You can even choose to display individual comments on your shop.
4. Shop Rating
Some potential customers are reluctant to buy online due to lack of trust in security. To overcome this hurdle we have introduced a 'Shop Rating' system; each shop on GroovyCart will have a 'Shop Rating' made up of 5 stars.
The number of stars a shop has is determined by nine measures:
* Statistical factors; eg. age of shop.
* Measures under your control; eg. choosing to display feedback and logging in regularly, ie. every 4-5 days.
It is not compulsory but we do recommend it to encourage new purchases. Check your admin panel to see how you can increase your rating.
5. Linked Websites
It is useful to know where your customers are coming from so to keep track of this and measure promotion through other sites such as Google or Twitter, shop owners can now see how much of their traffic has been directed from elsewhere.
6. Hiding Products
There is now a simple method to hide products from your customers (for example; products that have been sold but the order not completed). You will find this in your Admin Panel next to the 'Add Product' feature.
7. Shop Statistics
This will show you useful statistics on your shop for the last 30 days.
Including; page views (daily), unique visitors (daily), top products (weekly) and comparison with other shops.
8. Larger Images
Those on the gold upgrade package will now have larger thumbnail images in the grid view of their product list.
9. Order Streamlining
We've reduced the number of steps when progressing an order, meaning less work for you and more flexibility. The 'Order Closed' state has been replaced with 'Order sent' as the final step. For example; when a customer has paid with PayPal you can select 'order sent' when the payment is automatically received.
Lots of love,
The GroovyCart Team x
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