Business
Why Do I Have a High Abandonment Rate for My Shopping Cart?
Seeing that a customer has added items to their shopping basket and then abandoned their purchase can be incredibly frustrating. If this is happening on a regular basis, you need to get to the bottom of where you’re going wrong. Below, we are going to take a look at some of the most common reasons…
Read MoreGetting a New Logo on 99designs is Difficult and Cumbersome
99designs? Try 800! These are the the pitfalls and struggles of getting a logo through 99designs. It’s not all bad, but it’s certainly not the wonderful opportunity that 99designs and many of their proponents trumpet. I just want you to know what you’re getting into, if you go that route. Why We Chose to Rebrand…
Read MoreThe Biggest Pain Points of WordPress Website Owners & How to Fix Them
WordPress recently passed the 33% marketshare mark. That means 1 out of every 3 websites is now powered by WordPress! Crazy. It’s by far the most widely used content management system in existence with 60% of all websites where the CMS used is known. It’s a free, open-source CMS that has spawned thousands of businesses,…
Read MoreThe Things We Did for Our Members in 2018 – Year in Review
I remember one of the first times I got paid to do computer work. I don’t remember exactly what I did, I think I added some new hardware to upgrade a computer and maybe fixed some software issues as well. This was back in the Windows 3.1 days or maybe Windows 95’s early days. I…
Read MoreWhat to Look for in a Good WordPress Hosting Company
Hosting is an essential part of a website. Without it, your website would just be a bunch of code, but not actually be accessible. A hosting company places your website on their server where others can view it. In this article, we talk about some of the top features a good hosting company should have.…
Read MoreWhy Do I Need My WordPress Website Maintained?
Most businesses have a running, functioning website. Often once the website is completed, it is not thought about again until one of two things happen. Either you want changes made to it or the site crashes. When a site crashes, you then have to contact a developer to diagnose and fix the problem, which is time your…
Read MoreMake the WooCommerce My Account Navigation Look Awesome with CSS
Lets face it: the WooCommerce “My Account” page navigation looks pretty lame with it’s default styling! It’s just a bulleted list. On Divi (the theme we use most) all the links in the list are the same color, even the one you’re currently on. So visually it’s just not pretty or very helpful to the…
Read MoreWhy Tevya Created wpXPRESS and Why It Exists Today
Starting and running your own business is HARD!!! One time in the early years of wpXPRESS, our power got shut off. We were living in St. George, Utah. Suddenly there was that spin-down sound and everything went quiet, like it does when the power goes out. Jill headed outside to see if our neighbors had…
Read MoreHow to Get SendGrid Alerts in Slack When WordPress Messages Bounce
The Problem On occasion, we’ve had an issue where a wpXPRESS member hasn’t received a critical email, such as the new order notification email sent by their WooCommerce estore. As you can imagine, that’s a big problem if they don’t receive that email! Some clients have forms that we built with Gravity Forms that are also…
Read MoreWe Moved to Flywheel Hosting! …And Why We Did It
Here at wpXPRESS, hosting is an essential part of our business. We can’t provide “hassle-free” websites unless we have great hosting to keep those sites online and running at their optimum. So we take hosting very seriously. I personally know a ton about hosting, because I’ve used a lot of different hosts and server setups…
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