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Getting tired of bounce emails from outdated customer email addresses? Beside the extra work, bounce emails might increase your spam rating. So better make sure to handle those bounce emails! The newly released MailBeez module BounceHive Bounce Handling integrates seamless with MailBeez V2.6 and takes care of Bounce Emails. Once set up and configured this module will automatically detect and mark emails with bounces. Depending on the type of Bounce (hard/soft/transient) different actions are applied. [ continue reading ]

wow… again some small bugfixes Bugfixes: setting PHPMailer as email engine caused an error when Bounce Handling is not installed (will be officially released soon) fixed an incompatibility with the newsletter module For updating please apply the upgrade pack for MailBeez V2.5 (even if you are running MailBeez V2.6 or V2.6.1)

Thanks to all early adopters we could find some issues with MailBeez Version 2.6 released 3 days ago. Bugfixes: on some carts HEADING_TITLE was overwritten by MailBeez – fixed Mouseflow include caused an error – fixed Enhancements: added MailBeez Analytics includes for CRE Loaded / LoadedCommerce and Zen-Cart For updating please apply the upgrade pack for MailBeez V2.5 (even if you are running MailBeez V2.6)

Finally after weeks of work, hundreds of changes and intense testing on selected live sites MailBeez Version 2.6 is ready for download! MailBeez Version 2.6 is a major release with many improvements like MailBeez Analytics for tracking of open / click / purchases, enhanced Beez-O-Graph with pop-ups Google Analytics Dashboard Integration: see how GA tracks MailBeez Campaigns Optional Bounce Handling (hard/soft bounces) Mouseflow Integration pre-installed (find a coupon for 500 credits in the MailBeez configuration [ continue reading ]

With the highest ROI (return on investment) of any medium, using email marketing for your eCommerce site is essential. However, with a limited budget, yet a myriad of potential areas to focus on, what should be your first steps? Analyse and Action You know your business better than anyone, so a first step should be to look at your customer base and order pattern to see if you can spot areas for improvement. For example, [ continue reading ]

One thing that eCommerce store owners spend a long time pondering over is how to reduce abandoned cart scenarios. Whilst this is of course important, we would argue that abandoned carts are a fact of life, and, as long as the basics are being done to try to avert widespread abandoning, you’re probably already doing ok. So, if we accept that there will always be a number of abandoned carts during a checkout process, we [ continue reading ]

Goodness that is a boring title. Please don’t run away and hide, this is actually going to be pretty useful to any store owner who has managed to jump the many and varied hurdles involved in actually starting an eCommerce business, and acquired a steady stream of orders in the process. Because, after that first taste of eCommerce success, moving onto the next level is all about email automation. Customer service emailing is a potential [ continue reading ]

With the recent launch of our ReferralHoney customer referral programme, we wanted to share with you some feedback we have received from early adopters regarding some referral best practices, along with some advice on how to fully take advantage of the opportunities ReferralHoney offers, whilst avoiding the sort of potential customer referral pitfalls that can really cause problems. So intrepid retailer, grab a cup of tea and read on for our four essential customer referral [ continue reading ]

February 22nd, Denmark – eCommerce email marketing provider Mailbeez today released the ReferralHoney customer referral module for osCommerce compatible eCommerce stores and variant systems. ReferralHoney motivates existing store customers to refer friends or family to the participating eCommerce website, rewarding them when one of their referral group makes a purchase; a cycle which truly makes every customer a potential marketeer. Leveraging the power of personal recommendation, ReferralHoney emails a personalized coupon code link to each [ continue reading ]

The beauty of running a small to medium sized eCommerce business is that customers and orders can come from literally anywhere in the world, yet, with a hundred and one demands on their time, store owners often find themselves so overwhelmed simply servicing their core domestic customer base, that international expansion doesn’t even get a look in. But, with online shopping predicted to reach new levels of popularity in 2012, store owners willing to make [ continue reading ]