The Antropy Ecommerce Blog
— Sep 17, 2021
Quay Traders OpenCart Rebuild
We were approached to update and rebuild the Quay Traders website as they were looking for a fresh, yet simple new site. Using our iStore theme, we created a modern looking homepage with two slideshows of images. The top bar we made a simple grey colour and the footer a light blue to make it stand...
— Aug 6, 2021
Crawley Sheds & Cabins Website Rebuild
We always enjoy helping local companies with their ecommerce websites and the Crawley Sheds & Cabins rebuild was no different. They approached us as their old website was built and run through a company that rhymes with Well (hint hint) and known to be cheap and cheerful. This was all well and good...
— Apr 1, 2021
Missing Orders Mysteries
A comprehensive guide on OpenCart's 'Missing Orders' - what they are, their causes, and how to solve.
— Mar 16, 2021
How to Add Reward Points to Customers Within OpenCart
Keeping customers happy and making them feel valued is very important. One way to go about this is by rewarding them with Reward Points. In this blog, I highlight how to go about rewarding customers with reward points within OpenCart.
— Feb 8, 2021
How to Add a New Voucher Theme in Opencart
Themes/ pictures on vouchers are important when sending a voucher or when a client purchases a gift voucher. The default themes are Birthday, Christmas and General. The below blog highlights how you can add a new theme.
— Feb 1, 2021
Our New Technical Audit Service Now Available
We have been undertaking our Design and SEO audit for quite some time now and it really helps clients understand what the website is like from a customers perspective as it includes checklisted items like speed, usability, functionality and Google ranking. Although this audit is very useful it does...
— Jan 18, 2021
How to Add a New Weight and Length Class in OpenCart
Adding a new weight or length class is a useful exercise to know within OpenCart. It could be that you notice that in correspondences with customers they keep referring to a specific weight or length metric that you feel could be useful to add to your website.
— Dec 15, 2020
How to add an IP for an extension that uses the OpenCart API
Sometimes a 3rd party extension or developer will need to access your OpenCart API, for this to happen they will need to get their IP added. I have highlighted below how you undertake this:
— Dec 4, 2020
Our Most Viewed Blogs of 2020
Just like in last year's blog, we go through the most viewed blogs written this year according to Google Analytics. This year we have really tried to focus on blogs that will help you as OpenCart users and giving you more 'how to' guides.
— Jun 2, 2014
Calls to Action Without Transaction: Squeezing Value Out of Every Click
In an ideal world, every single visitor that makes their way through your ecommerce store’s virtual front door would like what they see enough to make an order. Unfortunately, the reality is that conversion rates will typically hover between just one and three per cent of your total unique...
— Feb 22, 2013
Setting Up Your OpenCart Product Feed with Google Shopping
One of the best ways to increase sales through your OpenCart shop is to get your products automatically listed on Google Shopping. It's pretty easy to do and will probably only need about 30 minutes, yet many OpenCart store owners don't know they should be doing it!
