14 February 2010 ~ 7 Comments

Can’t access admin area after upgrading to Magento 1.4?

Me neither. Well, I can now after a manual fix. The upgrade via MagentoConnect seemed to run successfully, but I immediately got a server 500 error when trying to access front and backend. *Sigh*. I reset all file permissions, and cleared cache folders (/var/cache and /var/session). The front end worked then, but no back end. [...]

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28 August 2009 ~ 3 Comments

Clive Peeters launches eCommerce website today.

Today marks the entrance of Clive Peeters into the online retail world with the launch of the clivepeeters.com.au eCommerce site. News broken by internetretailing.com.au informs us that the site is tightly integrated into the exisiting Clive Peeters ERP system. Bigbrownbox.com.au (Radio Rentals) is getting 800,000 claimed visits a month is the only real incumbent in [...]

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27 August 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Online Retailer 2009 in Sydney – the State of Online Retail in Australia

I just got back from Online Retailer in Sydney. It was the first event of it’s type in Australia, attracting over 2500 attendees and a good number of exhibitors. I had opportunity to talk to many of the attendees, catch up with many other online retailers and also interviewed people like Armand , VP of [...]

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17 August 2009 ~ 0 Comments

A Quick Summary of PeSA 2009 in Sydney (+ some pics)

PeSA Sydney 2009 was a great event. A full attendee list of 300+ eBay sellers were there. Here is a brief summary of the event from my perspective. (for more info on the Professional eBay Sellers Alliance, click here). Well, what a  great conference. PeSA conferences are usually a focused get together of like minded [...]

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11 August 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Does your business fulfill ALL it’s promises?

I had a short holiday to New Zealand the other week. A time to relax a little, spend some time with family and count sheep. Recently my business life and thought process has been influenced a lot more by the consulting we do these days, and my Directshop business is getting more involved in consulting and development [...]

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11 August 2009 ~ 1 Comment

DealsDirect.com.au acquires DinosaurDeals.com.au

DealsDirect.com.au, Australia’s largest online retailer has announced the acquisition of DinosaurDeals.com.au. I suspected we might see some form of consolidation in the online space this year, and there could be more to come in future, although the press release indicates that perhaps you need some special business qualities to encourage an acquisition to take place. [...]

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15 July 2009 ~ 0 Comments

eBay Australia Pricing Changes – a Positive Move!

eBay this morning released some news regarding their upcoming pricing chances.  In summary, no changes will be made to auction fees but store fees and insertion/final value fees will change. Also, store listings will again appear in core search (mixed in with auction listings) using Bestmatch, eBay’s search algorithm in use in various ways around [...]

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10 July 2009 ~ 0 Comments

A Really Clever Use of Twitter

I have been using twitter for a little while.  I started using it for a few reasons. Mainly to see how it works (the dynamics of tweets, conversations, and the social aspects), and what can be done with it for personal and business reasons. What better way to find out about it than start an [...]

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03 July 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Getprice.com.au introduce category bidding

In a smart move, Getprice have introduced a category bidding system for their customers. Now, if you want to appear at the top of a category or search, you can bid more to appear there. With enough customers feeding products to the site now (they say 1.5 million products online), this is a move that [...]

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26 June 2009 ~ 14 Comments

List of Australian Magento Stores

Magento is popular in Australia. Here is a list of Australian Magento stores that I built up a little while ago, just as a reference. This list is a few months old, there are probably more aussie magento stores active now. I don’t intend to actively maintain this list, but if you come across any [...]

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