In a difficult global economy, it’ s critical for SMBs, freelancers, and digital agencies to opt for a cloud hosting service that gives them both maximum performance and maximum value for money. SMBs looking to drive ongoing growth need a hosting partner that can be relied upon, that also…
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16 Reasons for Cart Abandonment + How to Avoid Them in 2023
Dropshipping has become one of the most popular online business models these days. But why is this the case? Thanks to Covid-19, online shopping has increased exponentially in the last few years—turning the eCommerce field into a goldmine for new and hungry entrepreneurs. And dropshipping is the entryway…
10+ Successful Ecommerce Businesses Owned by Women
It’s not unlikely for the world to believe that economics is a male-dominated area. But female entrepreneurs are breaking these stereotypes and proving their mettle by running some of the most successful ecommerce businesses. Down below, we’ve covered some successful females in the ecommerce niche whose stories exude…
Join Cloudways at Deploy 2022
Register for Deploy Cloudways is proud to be part of the DigitalOcean family and is excited to participate in DigitalOcean’s Deploy Conference. Deploy is an annual free virtual conference focusing on accelerating the development of cloud-native applications. Deploy 2022 Deploy 2022 will kick off on November 15th at…
Jeroen Van Gils, Founder and CEO of Ecomcontent and Lifi, Shares His Thoughts on Ecommerce and SMBs
Jeroen van Gils is the founder and CEO of EcomContent and LiFi. Both companies help businesses with their growth in different ways. EcomContent is a content curation company that helps businesses grow traffic and sales with conversion-focused content. And LiFi sells alternative communication technologies to WiFi. In this…
MariaDB vs MySQL: A Detailed Comparison
In modern-day website development, a database plays an essential role in managing and storing data. Today, we have the freedom to choose from several databases to deal with dynamic data and opt for the one that suits our requirements. It is important to not just understand the databases…
Agency Spotlight: How wpXPRESS Grew Despite the Challenging Times
wpXPRESS is a website development agency that offers WordPress development and maintenance services. It’s a Utah-based agency founded by Tevya Washburn in 2008. The agency had steady growth over the years and delivered stellar results to the clients. In 2019, Tevya needed help with agency operations, and that’s…
How to Choose a WordPress Theme – 10 Things to Consider
Looking for the best WordPress theme for your website? You’ve landed at the right place, as this blog discusses all about choosing the right theme for your WordPress site. An ideal WordPress theme should be well-optimized, reliable, performance-centric, and not just focused on the sparkling elements. Sure, an…
Participate in The WooCommerce Speed Up Challenge 2022 & Win BIG!!
Carrying out the practice of celebrating the speed maestros, Cloudways is back with the biggest Hackathon event, i.e., The WooCommerce Speed Up Challenge 2022. We are welcoming performance enthusiasts to showcase their optimization skills and get rewarded BIG for their efforts. If you think you have what it…
How to Set up WooCommerce Shipment Tracking (And Why It’s Important)
Managing a WooCommerce store effectively also means establishing transparent communication with the customers, making them feel protected against the goods they have ordered. It becomes essential to add tracking codes with the shipments so they can always know when they will receive their orders. In addition, providing information…
WordPress Developer Alex Bordei Shares His Thoughts on Codeable, WordCamps, and WordPress Community
Alex Bordei is a senior full-stack developer with over 9 years of experience in software development. He has a solid background in C# and Java and has also stepped into WordPress and Laravel development. He is a recognized speaker in the IT community and has spoken at over…
WordPress Accessibility Day 2022
Cloudways is proud to be a platinum sponsor of WordPress Accessibility Day, a 24-hour global event dedicated to promoting and learning website accessibility best practices for WordPress websites. What is WordPress Accessibility Day? Initially started two years ago by the WordPress core Accessibility Team, WP Accessibility Day is…
PHP 8.2: What to Expect (New Features, Deprecations, and More)
PHP 8.2 is planned to release on November 24, 2022, with the most recent stable version being PHP 8.1.5. PHP 8.2 is built to renew and bring ease to development and fix bugs found in the older PHP versions. Knowing what to anticipate from PHP 8.2 will help…
Small Business Cyber Security: Most Dangerous Month For Cyber Attacks
Cyber attack analysis by Cloudways reveals the year’ s last three months (Oct to Dec) as the most vulnerable period for shoppers and online businesses. The threat of a cyber-attack poses a danger to businesses, employees, and their customers. And a successful security breach can annihilate an organization’ s reputation…
Lucy Hurst, MD at Sherbet Donkey Media, Talks About Ecommerce for SMBs
Lucy Hurst is a managing director at Sherbet Donkey Media. The agency helps SMBs and enterprises achieve visibility over the internet. She’ s worked on several e-commerce projects and is here to share her precious experiences with us. In this interview, she shares some valuable insights for e-commerce businesses…
WordCamp Brno
Cloudways is a proud sponsor of WordCamp Brno. We live and breathe WordPress and are happy to support the global WordPress community! Enjoy lectures by experts in the field of WordPress, but also learn new skills in copywriting, and marketing in general. WordCamp Brno 2022 is also trying out a new concept that will…
Cloudways at Affiliate Meet Markt Berlin
Cloudways is excited to attend the 2022 Affiliate Meet Markt in Berlin from October 26th – 27th. For the first time, Affiliate Summit and iGB Affiliate have joined forces to create two days of networking, exclusive CPA, and rev-share deals with face-paced and high-converting expert-led content sessions. Meet…
Agency Spotlight: How a 48-Year-Old Graduate Built a Successful Digital Marketing Agency in Ireland
Digimark is the brainchild of Paul Owens. Paul started the company soon after graduating from the Dublin Institute of Technology. He attributes his success to lots of self-learning and picking up the brains of his peers and industry experts. His vision is to establish Digimark’s reputation as a…
Why Developers Prefer PHP Programming Language For Web Development
When developers think about making modern-day web applications, they opt for the latest and most prominent frameworks in the market, such as React and Angular. These frameworks let them develop dynamic applications that run over numerous platforms like desktop, mobile, tablet, etc. Going back a few years, due…
10 Best Ecommerce CMS Options to Consider When Creating Your Online Store (With Expert Advice!)
Planning to have an ecommerce store? You are in the right place. There is a growing trend of E Businesses like never before, and it’s only expected to boom in the years to come. As per Statista, The global volume of retail e-commerce sales is expected to climb…