NOTE
The following are general recommendations for sending newsletters
from your Shift4Shop eCommerce Store. While most of the suggestions
are specific to settings and configurations within Shift4Shop, the
concepts are still considered best practice...
If you'd like to make a backup of your store's blog articles, you can
use the built-in export function found within your Blog module.
* Log into your Shift4Shop Online Store Manager
* Using the left-hand navigation menu, go to CONTENT >BLOG
*...
Merchants on Shift4Shop Plus plans (and higher; including the Free
End-to-End eCommerce Plan) can use the Scheduled Promotions Module to
have individual products placed at a sale price for a specific time
frame. Alternately, the module can be used to...
Yes! As of version 9, the built-in promotion manager will allow you to
apply a coupon directly via URL. This can be useful in marketing
campaigns or other situations where you want to send customers a URL
that applies the coupon to their order, rathe...
After a newsletter campaign is created you cannot re-use it since this
would adversely affect the campaign's statistics and reporting.
Instead, you will create a copy of a newsletter campaign and send it
as its own, new campaign.
Upon saving a newl...
If you receive a 404 error message when accessing your blog, it's
possible that your store's blog may be missing a few things. In order
to function correctly, the blog will need to have the following
components.
* LINK TO THE BLOG
When creating/e...
Shift4Shop has made it easy to integrate your Shift4Shop blog with
Disqus for to offer you more robust blog commenting functionality.
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WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
* A Shift4Shop Store with the SHIFT4SHOP BLOG
[https://support.3d...
If you are sending your newsletter emails directly from your
Shift4Shop's MAILING MANAGER
[https://support.3dcart.com/3dcart/Knowledgebase/Article/View/204] (In
the Online Store Manager), you may have noticed that the footer of the
newsletter contain...
The following is a technique that allows you to list your blog
postings within your store's home page to instantly greet your
visitors with blog information. This will require editing the HTML
coding of your store's home.html template.
PLEASE NOTE
...
* CREATE A MAILING LIST CUSTOMER GROUP
* CREATE A MAILING LIST
* CREATE AN EMAIL/NEWSLETTER
* SEND AN EMAIL/NEWSLETTER
* Check Status of Your
Sent Email/Newsletter Campaign
The newsletter feature allows you to send information on your pro...
* PROMOTION SETUP
* EXAMPLES
* FREE SHIPPING WHEN AN ORDER IS OVER $XXX
* BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE
* BULK DISCOUNT
* GET X DISCOUNT IF PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED PRODUCT Y
* TROUBLESHOOTING
You may want to offer specific promotions at your s...
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SHOP.COM EXPORT
NOTE
You will need to have a Shop.com account before proceeding with the
process. If you do not have a Shop.com account, you can sign up for
one by clicking HERE [HTTP://WWW.SHOP.COM/ABOUT-LEARNMORE-A.XHTM...
You can easily use your store's existing export function to create a
CSV file of your customer records and upload it to your Constant
Contact account.
Note
If you do not have a Constant Contact account, please first sign up
with THEIR SERVICE [htt...
You can easily use your store's existing export function to create a
CSV file of your customers records and upload it to your iContact
account.
Note
If you do not have an iContact account, please first sign up with
their service [http://www.iconta...
Merchants can bulk import and export gift certificates for various
3rd-party group certificate marketing uses. The following instructions
are intended to illustrate how to do this on Shift4Shop.
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ADDING A CAMPAIGN
The firs...
GOOGLE PRODUCT LISTING ADS
NOTE
You will need to have a Google Product Listing Ads account before
proceeding with the process. If you do not have a Google Product
Listing Ads account, you can sign up for one by clicking HERE
[HTTP://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/...
CHECK FOR THE FOLLOWING:
MODULE - Make sure the blog module is enabled
* Go to MODULES
* Use the search bar at the top and type in "blog"
* When the module appears, ensure there's a mark in the "Enable"
checkbox.
SITE CONTENT - Make sure yo...
The Newsletter SmartLists dynamically group customers or mailing list
subscribers based on their history, allowing you to easily send out
newsletters to all customers who ordered a specific product, place an
order within a specific date, have an unpa...
Shift4Shop's built-in blog feature allows you to create a blog within
your store with just a few clicks.
This article contains the following sections. Please click on a link
below to be taken to its respective topic.
* ENABLE THE BLOG MODULE
...
The Shift4Shop Promotion manager is a powerful tool that lets you set
special discounts and enticements for your customers and help drive
traffic and sales to your store.
Promotions can range anywhere from simple free shipping on qualified
purchase...
When editing your Newsletter Emails/Mailing List's CSV file, you may
notice that several of the CSV columns are not populated with
information. For example, Name, Address1, Address2, etc.
This is because this information is not typically asked for ...
When creating a newsletter/email in the Shift4Shop Online Store
Manager you will need to first send a test message to make sure the
letter sends out correctly. If you do not receive the email when you
send the test, please double check your settings....
The Mailing List allows visitors to sign up for your newsletters. This
list of Newsletter subscribers is stored separately from your store's
customer list.
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SIGNING UP FOR THE MAILING LIST
By default, the Mailing List sign...
To send an email newsletter to your customers, use Shift4Shop's
Mailing Manager.The mailing manager is accessed from: MARKETING
>NEWSLETTERS
CREATING A NEWSLETTER EMAIL.
* Click "Create a Newsletter" on the top right of the page
* Add a name f...