Posts tagged 'tips'

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Magento 2 Layered Navigation: Best Settings For SEO

Running our Improved Layered Navigation for your Magento 2 store? Find how to adjust the extension to your SEO needs.

February 17, 2026
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How to Develop a Magento 2 Extension

Today, we’ll navigate you through the process of Magento extension development, covering all stages from marketing assessment to acceptance criteria. And, sure thing, share some expertise on how we create custom modules in Magento 2 at Amasty.

December 24, 2025
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Pinterest for E-commerce in 2026: A Full List of Board Ideas

Pinterest is a great tool for e-commerce (we'll prove it with numbers a little bit further), and we encourage our clients and other merchants to use it for their e-commerce businesses. Today I'll be sharing a list of boards ideas (gifts, jokes, DIY, events, and more) so you can save your time and be even more effective with your marketing efforts.

November 3, 2025
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How to Use Color Swatches for the Top Shopping Experience in Magento

Let's start with some inspiring stats. 92.6% of shoppers claim that a specific color makes their main reason for making a purchase. So why not put this data to good use in your Magento 2 store? This is what color swatches are for. In Magento 2, color swatches make a specific part of the color attribute. To put it simply, if you add them to a product, you can present a variety of color options t...
September 13, 2019
3 sales funnels strategies for e-commerce

3 sales funnels strategies for e-commerce

Sales funnels are a concept everyone seems to understand and use, but not so many go on to explore them in detail. So some owners set up Reward Points in their Magento 2 store and rip the benefits ignoring the fact this module is actually a tool for client retention at the funnel activation phase. When it comes to eCommerce, it’s especially important to make the most out of your funnels a...
April 3, 2017
Magento security: checklist to protect your store

Magento security best practices: checklist to protect your store from security issues

Security is a process, not a product. Bruce Schneier According to eMarketer’s latest forecasts, worldwide business-to-consumer (B2C) ecommerce sales will increase by 20.1% this year to reach $1.500 trillion. E-commerce world is growing rapidly, and it’s natural that thousands of dedicated servers working 24/7 or private information, including financial data, are a honeypot for hackers. And ...
April 18, 2016
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How to Create Simple and Configurable Products in Magento 2 Programmatically: Technical Guide

Products are the cornerstone of any catalog or e-commerce store, and Magento offers robust features for creating them from the backend. Whether you’re looking to create simple products, grouped products with configurable products, or configure products programmatically, Magento 2 makes it possible to tailor your store's inventory. This guide will walk you through the process of creating Magento 2 configurable products manually or programmatically, as well as some common issues you may encounter.

March 31, 2016
How to Install Apache Solr for Magento Store?

How to Install Apache Solr for Magento Store?

Do you know how many customers your Magento store is losing just because your visitors can’t find the products they need since the search system is imperfect? Huge stores with an extensive amount of products suffer from it dramatically. Learn how to help your customers to find what they need and boost your sales by installing Apache Solr. When a customer doesn’t know the exact product name, s...
March 21, 2016
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Magento 2 Installation Guide: Composer, GitHub, and ZIP Methods

Amasty's team first decided to install Magento 2 as soon as its 0.42.0-beta1 version emerged in 2014. Since then, we’ve performed hundreds of thousands of Magento 2 installations for our clients. To make starting Magento for beginners easy, we decided to provide an in-depth Magento 2 installation guide. We address common methods, best practices, and possible errors.  

December 18, 2014
Amasty Research: What server optimizations for Magento really work?

Amasty Research: What server optimizations for Magento really work?

Magento stores owners often look for the ways to speed Magento up in order to increase the level of customer service. Internet is full of recommendations on a fine-tuning of the server software, which suppose to help in attaining maximum performance boost. Which of them really work? Amasty Team has conducted research and is ready to share with you the results of it inside. In this article we ...
April 1, 2014
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