Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us. We hope you and your business did fantastically well. Holidays 2022 eCommerce Sales Report A recent report from Adobe based on 85% of the top 100 US top retailers showed that consumers have already spent $107.7 billion online between Black Friday and the end of Cyber Week 2022, up 8.7% vs 2021. As predicted in our Holiday insight article, Buy Now Pay Later was a key factor for growth and that’s because consumers need payment flexibility and convenience with recession and inflation looming and BNPL brands are offering exactly that, with interest-free ..read more

Written by Natasha Zurnamer, a member of the Forbes Finance Council and CEO at Optty. Cover image generated by DALL.E 2. Doing well in a boom is easy. It’s when growth becomes more uneven that exceptional retailers have a chance to use a combination of proven strategy and cutting-edge technology to break away from the pack. As we count down into the autumn and holiday shopping season in an uncertain economic landscape, we thought we’d ask some experts for their top tips on beating the competition in today’s complex and evolving eCommerce landscape. The news on inflation, increasing interest ra ..read more

Written by Natasha Zurnamer, a member of the Forbes Finance Council and CEO at Optty. Cover image generated by DALL.E 2. Doing well in a boom is easy. It’s when growth becomes more uneven that exceptional retailers have a chance to use a combination of proven strategy and cutting-edge technology to break away from the pack. As we count down into the autumn and holiday shopping season in an uncertain economic landscape, we thought we’d ask some experts for their top tips on beating the competition in today’s complex and evolving eCommerce landscape. The news on inflation, increasing interest ra ..read more

With this new version release, we focused on improving coupon code handling and sales rules handling that have conditions with payment methods. ver_1.2.059 refactoring: reviewing totals update on payment method selection fix: improving coupon code validation, improving frontend coupon message handling fix: stored addresses are not validated against mock data, incomplete/invalid stored addresses (migrated, imported, etc) can now place orders fix: reviewed how payment method defaults are applied regarding sales rules with payment method conditions OneStepCheckout Changelog How to update my One ..read more

The numbers came in! These are the results of one of the earliest USA Hyvä stores that went live… About the Company Affordable Group is a family business based in the Dallas, Fort Worth area of Texas. Founded in 2010, they manufacture and sell custom windows, replacement window screens, window panels and table pads to quickly become a leader in their industry, both in B2C and B2B. They run a brick-and-mortar shop in Lewisville and added over the years three different online storefronts, each focused on a specific product category: affordablewindowscreens.com affordablestormwindows.com afforda ..read more

We are delighted to showcase our first ever client based in the US and who upgraded its Magento 2 store using the Hyvä Themes. About the Company Affordable Group is a family business based in the Dallas, Fort Worth area of Texas. Founded in 2010, they manufacture and sell custom windows, replacement window screens, window panels and table pads to quickly become a leader in their industry, both in B2C and B2B. They run a brick-and-mortar shop in Lewisville and added over the years three different online storefronts, each focused on a specific product category: affordablewindowscreens.com affor ..read more

!!! Version 1.2.058 is out with 2.4.5 support !!! Improves compatibility with 3rd party extensions (payment, shipping) Solves issues spotted by customers on handling CC Paypal_Braintree vault payments Improves compatibility with SHQ Options extension Improved performance Improvements on coupon handling and issues on updating UI on conditions change in quote Introduces same validation rules Magento2/Adobe Commerce has for customer registration on frontend for name fields OneStepCheckout Changelog How to update my OneStepCheckout for Magento 2 software to access this version? Login to your ..read more

Release Notes: ver_1.2.057 improves compatibility with 3rd party extensions (payment) Solves issues spotted by customers on handling Credit Card gateway response messages on Paypal_Braintree vault payments Improved frontend performance: Removes layout shift on page load that was caused by billing address uiComponent handling Solves issues on slow 3G network speeds when occasionally payment methods were hidden on first-page load on desktop browsers OneStepCheckout Changelog How to update my OneStepCheckout for Magento 2 software to access this version? Login to your OneStepCheckout accoun ..read more

1. BOPIS is growing faster than eCommerce Globally, the Buy Online Pickup In-Store (BOPIS) market is expected to reach US$ 703.18 Billion by 2027, growing at an approx 20% CAGR til then, based on a study by Research and Markets. In the United Kingdom, sales where the BOPIS shipping method is chosen will account for 11% of eCommerce sales by 2025 with a growth of 50% between 2021 and 2025. In the United States, Click and Collect Sales (or Curbside pickup) are forecasted to reach $95 Bn in 2022, 20% up on 2021, and will account for almost 10% of eCommerce sales. The trend started with the COVID ..read more

Release Notes: ver_1.2.056 This release brings in fixes on 3rd party extension compatibility and PHP 8.1 compatibility level. Notedly Store-Pickup is a shared payment method name for both built-in methods and 3rd party methods conflicting on layout nodes on same paths. Since 3rd party extensions change constantly, we have to also keep up and fix what’s bundled. This upgrade is a must for PHP 8.1 where one use case of trim() would crash cause of changed implementation. refactoring: magento-coding-standards verified fix: wrapping reCaptcha calls after captchas are initiated to avoid race in obj ..read more