Reading this article may end up saving your site from getting hacked. This Tips and Tricks HQ blog gets so many queries on the term “Free eStore Downloadâ€, "Free WordPress eMember" and many similar terms from bloggers not wanting to pay for the WP eStore or the WP eMember plugin. I am pretty … [Read more...] about Free Premium Plugin and Theme Downloaders – Beware!
How to Handle Negative Comments
If you run an online community service where others are encouraged to participate with their own thoughts, you're sure to come across negative comments throughout your blog or forum's life. While negative comments may be one of your greatest fears as a social media participant, they are a reality. … [Read more...] about How to Handle Negative Comments
10 Tips to Increase Your Sales Page Conversion
If you are selling something online then you need to pay attention to the conversion rate of your sales page. The conversion rate can vary wildly and is totally unpredictable but even an one percent increase in conversion rate can make the difference between losing money or making profit. What is … [Read more...] about 10 Tips to Increase Your Sales Page Conversion
Playing In PayPal’s Sandbox
Hello, is this thing on? Many of us who have, or are in the process of launching, e-commerce sites have wondered about this at one time or another. The most common way of finding out is to make a test purchase of $1 or less, to see if everything works. At about 35 cents a try (in PayPal fees), … [Read more...] about Playing In PayPal’s Sandbox
Stress Management Tips for Online Shop Admins
I received the following question from one of my WP Membership Plugin customers the other night. I decided to write a post on this as I think this will equally help an online shop admin or a blogger in general. "I only have a handful of customers and my stress level goes through the roof from … [Read more...] about Stress Management Tips for Online Shop Admins
10 Tips for Writing an Autoresponse Email
If you are using an Autoresponder service (eg. AWeber, GetResponse, MailChimp etc) then chances are that you will be writing auto-response emails that will get sent out to your subscribers once they subscribe. Every piece of communication that you send adds to the overall impression that a customer … [Read more...] about 10 Tips for Writing an Autoresponse Email
10 Fundamental Ways of Building Customer Trust
When your business is online only, the first (and sometimes only) contact that clients have with you is through your website. Creating trust is absolutely essential, since trust generates repeat business. Here are ten ideas to gain that valuable online trust. Visual Distinction: Customers … [Read more...] about 10 Fundamental Ways of Building Customer Trust
How to Create and use Custom Page Template in WordPress to Create a Sales Page
I received the following question today in the forum: "For certain sales pages on my site I do not want to have the distraction of the sidebar items. Is there a way to have a second page template without a sidebar for this purpose?" Having an optimized sales/landing page does help with sales … [Read more...] about How to Create and use Custom Page Template in WordPress to Create a Sales Page
Simple Upsell and Cross sell Techniques That I Use
In this article I will share a few simple upselling tips that I personally use without irritating the customer and have had success with. Please note that my goal with upselling is not to trick a customer into buying something or sell them some junk. My aim is to show the customer additional … [Read more...] about Simple Upsell and Cross sell Techniques That I Use
Shop Admin Tips – Protect Yourself from Unfair Refund Claims
If you sell stuff online especially digital product(s) then chances are that at some point down the path you will face some fraudulent customers who will try to rip you off. I sell many products online (some from my Tips and Tricks site and some from my other web sites). I have seen many of these … [Read more...] about Shop Admin Tips – Protect Yourself from Unfair Refund Claims