It’s important to generate high-quality traffic to your eCommerce website or the sites you build and manage for clients—that’s a no brainer. But… that’s only part of the formula for success. Once you bring the right visitors to your store, the ability to convert them into customers is…
SkyVerge
SkyVerge in 2020
Well, that was weird! When we were planning for 2020, we never could’ve seen what was coming. Like, well, pretty much everyone in the world, we’ve faced challenges this year. We worked hard to meet those challenges, and watched in admiration as our merchants persevered and innovated to…
Development and support of Facebook for WooCommerce is moving to Automattic
Let’s be honest, if your brand doesn’t have a Facebook page, you may as well not exist. Facebook connects you with a global audience of over 2.7 billion people, but selling on your store’s page hasn’t always been easy. That’s why we were so excited to take on…
Creating registration and login pages for WooCommerce Memberships
Here’s an Ask SkyVerge question we’ve heard from lots of WooCommerce Memberships users: How do I set up a member registration or login page? Requirements: So you’ve set up your membership plans and are ready to start offering your memberships to users. Woohoo! But wait, how will people…
Use profile fields to learn more about your members
Good news, Memberships fans! 🗞️ In Memberships version 1.19, we added profile fields, which let you collect information about your members beyond the built-in basics. With customized profile fields, you’ll learn more about your members, which will make it easier to support and retain your existing members, …
We’re joining GoDaddy
I’m excited to announce that SkyVerge is joining GoDaddy. Seven years ago, when Justin and I founded SkyVerge, we had two goals: to build software that would help eCommerce companies of all sizes run their businesses and delight their customers, and to create the kind of company…
Grant members early access to content with WooCommerce Memberships
Memberships makes it easy to restrict site content to members and to drip content based on how long someone has been a member. However, sometimes you may want to temporarily give early access to content to members, only making that content publicly available to non-members after some amount…
SkyVerge makes the 2020 Inc 5000 list
I am excited to announced that SkyVerge has been named to the Inc 5000 list of the fastest growing companies in America for the third year in a row! When I cofounded SkyVerge seven years ago with my friend and business partner Justin Stern, we set out to…
Facebook for WooCommerce 2.0: Improved performance and reliability
Facebook for WooCommerce users, this is a big one! We’ve been working hard with the Facebook team to introduce this major update to the Facebook for WooCommerce plugin, focused on improving the onboarding / connection experience, product sync performance, and pixel tracking stability. Let’s get to it! Easier…
Introducing the SkyVerge Dashboard for messaging and support
Today, we’re beginning to roll out the SkyVerge Dashboard, which will soon be available across all SkyVerge plugins. This is a project that we’ve been working on for some time, and it started with a pretty simple dream—we wanted to make it easier for merchants using our…
How to translate WooCommerce Memberships
The default language for WooCommerce Memberships is English. As of November 2019, we also began shipping a Japanese translation. So what happens when your shop is en français or in italiano or auf Deutsch? Don’t worry: we’ve got a solution for you too. Here’s how to get…
Set up a Memberships welcome series with Jilt
Here’s an Ask SkyVerge question we’ve heard from lots of users: How can I welcome my new members and send them information regarding their membership? In this article, we’ll walk you through: How to set up a “new membership welcome” automation—including how to segment based on a specific…
Why you shouldn’t rely on WooCommerce to send emails
WocCommerce is an amazing platform for building an eCommerce store, but it’s much less amazing for handling your email marketing. It’s possible to send some emails through WooCommerce… but it’s certainly not recommended. WooCommerce is (of course) an extension of WordPress, so its emails are sent using WordPress’s…
Rename teams to better match your memberships
When we released Teams for Memberships, we knew that there was a need to sell membership access to large organizations. Since then, we’ve heard from many merchants who sell team memberships to all sorts of groups where the term “team” doesn’t quite apply, such as schools, families, …
Show pre-expiration messages for members on your site
This post is inspired by a neat question we got from a Memberships user recently: How can I share messages on-site when a membership is about to expire? Typically our member content blocks or member shortcodes can be used with a “delay” attribute to achieve this, as you…
Using Local Pickup Plus to support curbside / takeout orders
During the COVID-19 pandemic, stay-at-home orders and social distancing are part of our new way of life. Many small businesses are working hard to find new and creative ways to do business, despite these unusual conditions. In addition to gift cards, supporting curbside / takeout orders is…
Sell printable gift cards in your WooCommerce store
Let’s face it, y’all: life is sort of weird right now in the midst of a global pandemic. Different days no longer exist, pets are our new coworkers, and avoiding your friends and loved ones is now how you show that you care. On top of the material…
Working from home with kids: Advice on the “new normal” from the parents of SkyVerge
We’re a fully-remote team at SkyVerge, so working from home isn’t new to us. But… working from home during a global pandemic is. The “new normal” has been an especially big change for all the parents on our team, who now find their kids home with them…
16 tips for working from home from the fully-remote team at SkyVerge
Whenever there’s a survey on the perks people want the most at their job, “the ability to work from home” is always at or near the top. Well… now, suddenly, that scenario is a reality. Although we’d imagine most people didn’t foresee a global pandemic as the impetus…
Improvements to Facebook for WooCommerce’s settings and product sync
We recently took over the support and development of the Facebook for WooCommerce plugin, an extension that lets you sell and advertise products and communicate with customers on Facebook. With over 600, 000 active installations, this is one of the biggest projects we’ve worked on, so we’re very excited…
