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ShopSite April 2010 Newsletter
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In this Month’s Newsletter:
* v10 SP1 r2 released: All 10 SP1 r1 stores patched
* Google Merchant Center: Verify and Claim your Website Before May 18th
* From the Blog: Product Uploads, Interview with Merchant Corner, PayPal, new Mastercard/Discover rules …

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ShopSite v10 SP1 r2 released

ShopSite has recently made available a maintenance release (r2) for version 10 Service Pack 1. This new version patches a number of small bugs and adds a few new features (Google Merchant Center enhancements, Auth.net SIM support). Full details on the changes can be read online at:

http://support.shopsite.com/KBase/questions/2523/

All ShopSite stores hosted by LexiConn that were previously version 10 SP1 r1 were automatically updated with this patch release. (fyi, you can see what version your store is running in the backoffice on the main start.cgi admin page.)

If you are running an older version of ShopSite (10.0.7 or earlier), you may request an upgrade from our website at:

http://www.lexiconn.com/shopsite10sp1.html

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Google Merchant Center – Claim Your Website

Google Merchant Center (previously called Froogle / Google Product Search) has added a new requirement for all merchants:

*** You must verify and claim your website before May 18th, 2010, or else Google will reject all feeds.

Fortunately it’s an easy thing to do in your Google Merchant Center admin panel. You first have to verify your website in Google Webmaster Tools, then claim this site in your Google Merchant Center Account.

Google has simple step by step instructions in their help docs:

http://www.google.com/support/merchants/bin/answer.py?hl=en_US&answer=176793

Submitting a feed to Google is built-in to ShopSite under:
Merchandising -> Google -> Product Search

Looking for more automation and submitting to many search comparison engines? Check out GoDataFeed’s Service:

http://www.lexiconn.com/services/godatafeed.html

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From the Blog…

Here are a few highlighted posts from The LexiConn Blog:

How to Quickly Get Your Products into ShopSite – Part 2: Database Upload – Tips and info about product uploads in ShopSite (also read Part 3 for XML uploads).
http://www.lexiconn.com/blog/2010/03/how-to-quickly-get-your-products-into-shopsite-part-2-database-upload/

7 Reasons Why a ShopSite More Information Page is Not Created or Updated – Moreinfo page not updating / generating? Here’s why…
http://www.lexiconn.com/blog/2010/03/7-reasons-why-a-shopsite-more-information-page-is-not-created-or-updated/

Interview With Eamon Rodeck of Merchant Corner – Ecommerce Design – A Q&A session about designing an ecommerce website.
http://www.lexiconn.com/blog/2010/03/interview-with-eamon-rodeck-of-merchant-corner-ecommerce-design/

Ditch PayPal Standard For PayPal Express – Still using PayPal Standard? Here’s why you should switch to Express.
http://www.lexiconn.com/blog/2010/04/ditch-paypal-standard-for-paypal-express/

New Mastercard and Discover Rules Concerning Debit, Pre-paid and Gift Cards – All the info on the new requirements and how they affect Auth.net, other gateways, and ShopSite.
http://www.lexiconn.com/blog/2010/04/new-mastercard-and-discover-rules-concerning-debit-pre-paid-and-gift-cards/

Top Ecommerce Blog Posts and Articles For March
http://www.lexiconn.com/blog/2010/04/top-ecommerce-blog-posts-and-articles-for-march/

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As always, feel free to contact us with any questions you may have. Complete contact and support options can be found at:
http://www.lexiconn.com/support.html

Sincerely,
- The LexiConn Team