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The latest from Magento's Twitter stream...Magento Day - Utrecht, The Netherlands - Jan. 27, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/9a5xk4
- Magento Connect: Gift Certificates / Virtual Cards ExtensionYesterday
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A new extension is now available via Magento Connect providing Gift Certificates / Virtual Cards functionality (in beta). There is little documentation as to how the extension works, but screenshots are available to preview the functionality.
The latest from Magento's Twitter stream...Magento Day - Utrecht, The Netherlands - Jan. 27, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/9a5xk4
- Conversion Forum: Proven Methods for Increasing Your Site’s Registrations, Leads, and SalesYesterday
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Our friends at Mixergy will be holding an event on Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 6:30 PM in Santa Monica, CA on the topic of conversions:
Use coupon code 'magento' to get in for free (save $70). See you therWhat good is investing in your brand, buying ads and optimizing your site for search engines, if users who come to your site bounce right out? Want to learn how to convert more of your site's visitors into leads, registrations and sales? Attend the Conversion Forum and learn from the industry's experts.
- Affiliate advertisers: See how increasing your conversion rates will help you get more affiliates without increasing your payouts.
- Lead gen marketers: Learn how to convert more of your hits into valuable leads.
- Ad networks: Discover how to give your clients a greater return on their ad buys.
- Community site managers: Learn how to convert viewers into active members.
- eCommerce sites: Find out how to grow your customer base and each customer's spending.
- Media buyers: See how you can increase results without increasing your spending.
- Affiliate advertisers: See how increasing your conversion rates will help you get more affiliates without increasing your payouts.
- Magento Day - Utrecht, The Netherlands - Jan. 27, 2009January 7
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We are excited to announce our first Dutch Magento community event taking place on January 27th, 2009. Organized by Magento’s Dutch community manager, Guido Jansen, the full-day event will feature Magento presentations on various topics including marketing, analytics, conversions and innovations in the Magento ecosystem. Online merchants using and/or evaluating Magento, system integrators, consultancy firms and all other Magento enthusiasts are encouraged to attend. The keynote session will be given by Roy Rubin, Varien’s founder and CEO.
Sponsorship opportunities are available and a call for papers has been issued. For further information about the event, please visit meet.dutchento.org or email guido@dutchopensource.org
- Date/Time: January 27th, 2009 from 9.00 a.m.
- Location: Seats2Meet Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Price: 40 €
- Registration: available at meet.dutchento.org
We hope to see you there!
- Mydeco.com Launches Online Shopping Experience Using Magento eCommerce SoftwareJanuary 7
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Mydeco.com, the leading housewares website in the UK has launched an online basket to streamline the shopping experience in the design boutique section of the site. Founded by the management team behind lastminute.com, one of Europe’s most successful online businesses, mydeco’s highly functional website, beta-launched in the UK in February 2008, has won huge public acclaim for its blend of search aggregation, interactive planning and visualization tools and social networking capability.
Based on Magento, the leading open-source e-commerce solution, the basket allows customers to buy products in the design boutique section of the web site, directly from the designers. Orders for multiple designers can be collected in the basket and are then relayed to the separate designers who send items directly to the customers. The basket is completely integrated into the main web site, so that visitors do not have the feeling of moving to a distinct shopping application.
Being amongst the most ambitious Magento deployments to date, Visions implemented a comple



