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Did you know that you can now monitor your profits and predict margins by recording COGS for every item in your inventory in your Wix Store? You can now do in-depth analysis of variant performance by reviewing the new Wix profit report. You can calculate both the cost of goods for a product and also calculate the cost of good for variants. Find out more about how to use this here: https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-stores-calculating-cost-of-goods .

Do you own a gym or fitness studio? Or are you a personal trainer? Then are you aware of Wix Fit and are you making the most of its platform to boost your fitness business? Wix has recently upgraded its Wix Fit platform to include more tools to help fitness professionals like yourselves to manage and grow their business, as well as engage with their customers online. With the new Wix Fit, there’s the ability to manage classes and calendars from one dashboard, accept online bookings, and receive payments using a range of payment providers including Wix Payments. The latest updates to the Wix Fit platform include live-streaming virtual workout sessions, new online workout challenges, as well as allowing you to sell or rent your fitness content on-demand through membership services and bundle packages. Wix Fit users also have automatic access to Wix’s native mobile apps. With the app, they have the ability to book classes, access virtual content and track performance with their trainers and even then also interact with other studio members who use the app. Wix says that since the beginning of 2020 and the start of the pandemic, 44% of Wix Fit businesses that have been created are either hybrid or completely virtual and online. “Running a fitness business today is dynamic and constantly evolving, and we’re proud to provide fitness professionals with a complete solution to manage their business and drive growth for their brand,” said Head of Wix Fit, Sarig Reichert. “In today’s landscape, fitness professionals need to be able to pivot at any time, and the industry is heavily leaning into more hybrid approaches to working out. Wix Fit was designed alongside professional trainers and studio owners in order to meet their needs and demands and provides them the opportunity to maximize their footprint on both web and mobile, engage with customers virtually and run their brick and mortar to ultimately future-proof their business.” Find out more about Wix Fit here: https://www.wix.com/fitness-solution . [Source: Article inspired by Wix Fit page and this article: https://www.techradar.com/news/wix-is-giving-fitness-firms-the-chance-to-flex ]

Wix now offer a dedicated phone number for your UK business allowing you to make and take business calls anywhere. This includes unlimited calls and texts, a UK number and personalised voicemail. Separate work and personal life by getting a dedicated phone number for your business. Call and text your contacts from the Wix mobile app, and decide when your line should be available for incoming business calls. Your number also comes with a customisable voicemail to make sure you never miss a lead. Find out more about purchasing a UK business phone number here: https://support.wix.com/en/article/business-phone-number-getting-started-9797633 Business Phone number is only available to Wix users from the US, Canada and the UK currently.

Wix has announced that it is now possible to accept cryptocurrency payments on your Wix website using BitPay. Connect BitPay and extend your business to new customers who prefer to pay with cryptocurrency. Available in the U.S., UK, Brazil, Australia, Canada and Germany—more locations coming soon. Connect now

Last week, Dan Shappir (Performance Tech Lead at Wix Engineering) gave a live Youtube discussion session to Wix's Partner community (of which we are part of) about Wix's high performance and CWV scores. So we thought we would share with you some of the insights, tips and suggestions he gave us. These not only show you how Wix is actively working on improving all Wix sites performance, but also gives you tips on how to improve your sites personal performance. Dan Shappir told us that you are "twice as likely to have a good CWV score with Wix than you are with WordPress." This can be seen clearly in the graphs from https archive above and below. Desktop statistics: Via http archive: https://datastudio.google.com/reporting/55bc8fad-44c2-4280-aa0b-5f3f0cd3d2be?s=vqalNLhTmuo Mobile device statistics: Via http archive: https://datastudio.google.com/reporting/55bc8fad-44c2-4280-aa0b-5f3f0cd3d2be?s=vqalNLhTmuo In 2020, Wix was at the bottom of the pack for its Core Web Vitals (CWV) performance, in relation to its competitors. However, in comparison to its main competitors it is now leading if not overtaking its competitors in some markets and this is only set to continue improving according to Wix. Two, three, or even four years ago, Wix was known for being slow; slow to load on desktop and mobile devices and slow to load images and videos and open apps and widgets. However, this has all changed. Wix has spent a lot of time in investing in new technologies, as well as building data centres around the world to improve loading speeds for all its web users and is something it is still working on improving. CWV scores do not currently show in the site dashboard area (however this was hinted to be something that may be coming soon). So to check your own site's CWV scores, you will currently need to log into your Google Search Console instead. You will then be able to see which particular pages need improvement. Wix notes that PSI (Page Speed Insight) scores fluctuate wildly and this is a known problem by Google. Instead, Wix recommends taking 5 scores at different times and then doing an average to get a more accurate idea of how your site is performing. Mobile PSI score is generally lower in Wix than desktop scores. Google simulate their tests on a low end phone of at least 5 years old (like a Moto G5) on a 3G network. Actual users of your website will tend to have much better devices and connectivity than Google is actually testing. Google do this because they want you to think about users with older devices and slower connectivity and still try and make sure your site can be easily accessed by them as well. However, Wix is aiming to make sure it will have high performance even on older devices and slower speed networks. Also, some geographies will have better FID (first input delay) performance than others because of technology and mobile networks in that area. For example in developing countries geographies, you would expect to see lower performance due to lack of technology using perhaps older phone models and also poorer mobile phone networks. However, Wix is working to ensure that even in these areas, Wix websites will have great performance and loading speeds. Stats for Brazil (developing country) above vs stats for the UK (developed country) below: Dan Shappir suggested the following ways to improve your CWV score: Instead of building sites with 100 pages (that's Wix's page limit currently), make sure you take advantage of Wix's dynamic page option. Large 100 page sizes are slow to load and will affect your CWV score, instead, consider using dynamic pages, which will load faster. Use description/CTA (call to action) text above the fold (above the fold means that it is in that first "screen" you see before scrolling down the page. This text should provide meaningful content to the site and will also increase your SEO as search engines will be able to quickly read it when scanning your site. Do you need a gallery of images or will just a single image suffice? Consider using single images as these will load faster than a gallery of images. Try to use JPEG over PNG (unless you need a transparent background). JPEG files result in smaller file sizes, which means better productivity and performance. Try and avoid gifs. Animated gifs have huge file sizes. If you want an animation type sequence on your website, use an animation video instead. Don't overload a site visitor with too many things on a single page - not only does it confuse your visitor, it also affects page loading time. Think about how long it takes a visitor to understand the primary message. Focus on your CTA (call to action) - anything that contributes to your call to action should be on the page and anything that isn't promoting it, should be removed. Not only does this improve the performance by reducing loading time (due to less content being on your page), it also improves and increases visitor understanding of what your site is and what it can do for them as they can quickly see and find what they need to. In Dan's discussion about Wix performance, he noted some reasons to choose Wix over WordPress or other competitors for your business website, which we have highlighted here as a summary: Wix sites have great CWV performance scores and this is only going to improve in the future as Wix is investing in various ways to increase and better Wix sites performance. One of the great things about Wix is that you don't need to worry about plugin updates, security updates or performance updates. Wix takes care of all of it for you and automatically updates these for all websites built on its platform - even those that haven't been touched for years or built years ago. Wix automatically optimises images for you (even really huge images) so they appear on your website with minimal loading time. If you crop an image, the site only downloads the cropped area and not the area outside of the cropped area. Wix is already looking into new technologies such as AVIF for images and media. AVIF is 20%-30% smaller than WebP and would mean even faster loading times for images. Wix is exploring ways to continually improve performance. According to experts at Wix, Wix is working on significantly reducing Javascript on page to increase its performance and loading times. Wix is already starting to implement http3 support on its systems, which will deliver content much faster and will have a dramatic impact on CWV graph stats. Wix websites will in the future be recognised in Page Speed Insights (PSI) in Google Search Console so soon you will have specific insights and details on how to improve your individual page performance. Wix is continually building data centres around the world to continually increase its performance in Core Web Vitals, which in turn will directly affect your website increasing its loading speed in your own country but also countries around the world. Should you wish to hear this talk with Dan Shappir for the Wix Partner community, you can rewatch it here:

Klarna - Get paid upfront and let customers shop your site freely with Klarna so they can buy what they love now and pay later. Klarna is currently available in 17 countries, including the USA, UK, Sweden and Germany. Wix also offers other buy now pay later options including Affirm, Afterpay and Sezzle. See https://www.wix.com/ecommerce/buy-now-pay-later for more details.

New from Wix: In the last month, Wix has released a number of new features and apps in the app market that are beneficial to your running your business as well as to your customers. Further details of these can be found below: New Features: SMS Automation - You can now use site automations to send SMS messages using Wix Business Phone Number. New to the App Market: Koongo: Sell on Marketplaces - Koongo is a product feed management tool that automates your data and order synchronization for marketplaces like Amazon, eBay, Wish, Bol, Miinto & more. It gives you full control over what products you sell on a specific marketplace. Searchanise - Add a professional site search to your site and let your visitors easily find content and products. Product Description Generator - Product Description Generator by Descript.ai will generate unique, compelling, and high-quality descriptions for your e-commerce store! Boost sales and wow your customers with sales copy that converts. Easyship - Connect Easyship to your store and start shipping within minutes. Gain instant access to 250+ discounted rates from global couriers (including UPS, FedEx, DHL, SF Express, USPS, and more) or link your own carrier accounts. Easily view and compare rates, inclusive of taxes, duties, and courier fees upfront, for every shipment. Plus, automatically sync your orders across all your sales channels to streamline logistics and fulfillment. https://www.easyship.com/ Gelato: Print On Demand - Connect your store to Gelato in seconds to create and sell custom products to customers anywhere in the world. Our free design editor enables you to create unique designs and add them to 100+ custom products, including clothing, wall art, mugs, cards, photobooks and much more. Feed for Microsoft Ads - Advertise your products on Microsoft Ads with this dedicated app built to meet the Microsoft Ads Merchant Center Feed Specifications. DSers-AliExpress Dropshipping - DSers is AliExpress official dropshipping partner. It is a great way to find products and new suppliers, place 100 of orders at once to AliExpress and more! Fera Reviews - Start gathering and showing customer reviews for Wix like never before! Fera is a reviews app with customizable widgets that look beautiful from the start. Get setup in minutes by importing your existing reviews from Facebook, Google, etc. Shiptheory - Shiptheory is a cloud-based shipping management platform that connects e-commerce retailers with the world’s best carriers to automate shipping labels, manifests, customs documentation, and tracking. Shirtsy Dropship - Shirtsy provides the tools for a small business to thrive without the risk of storing inventory and product creation. Packling Pro Shipping Platform - With Packlink PRO you can optimize your full shipping process. From importing orders to printing shipping labels, you can automate every step in your shipping process. Save on every shipment with the Packlink PRO shipping module. Access our market-leading selection of shipping services. Rely on a trusted platform that has shipped parcels worldwide. You will have access to a large portfolio of carriers which makes it easy to meet the needs of your customers. Sell more by offering shipping options from the world's best carriers. Activate carriers and switch with one click between them.

Latest data from the CAC (Cámara Argentina del Comercio Electrónico) shows that in the first half of the year, invoicing has doubled from the previous year reaching highs of 630 billion pesos. We have ourselves witnessed a dramatic increase in the numbers of enquiries for website designs and redesigns coming from Argentina and other South American countries in the last year. When South America went through some of the longest shutdowns and quarantines in the world, where physical shops and restaurants were forced to close for months on end, we found many business owners opened online shops as an alternative. CACE business chamber have said that in the first half of 2021, invoicing grew 101% from the same period last year. This came from results of a study by Kantar for CACE. “Among the headline takeaways from the Estudio MID 2021 report, released to mark the 15th edition of eCommerce Day Buenos Aires, more than 120 million products were sold online via 80.3 million online purchase orders. Food and beverages, garments and domestic appliances (also including furniture and decoration) were the top three best-selling categories.” [Source: https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/economy/pandemic-helps-deliver-e-commerce-boom-in-argentina.phtml ] “The 120.9 million products acquired via 80.3 million purchase orders represents the fastest growth ever for e-commerce (47 percent up from MID 2020). Among the notable findings: 16 percent of Argentines purchased online for the first time during the pandemic; Clients are mainly young (51 percent are aged between 18 and 34) and predominantly from lower socio-economic strata (65 percent belong to segment D). “This reflects that we find ourselves in an increasingly mature and reliable industry with ever more Argentines picking the online channel and expressing great satisfaction with their online purchasing experiences," said CACE Director Gustavo Sambucetti, as he presented the report. As for user trends, mobile telephones continue to be the favourite instrument for both searches (74 percent) and purchases (54 percent). “We observe a major change in consumer patterns, last year most online purchases were made to acquire basic products for use inside the home while now buyers are more interested in acquiring services related to leisure and entertainment, thus triggering a huge projection of growth for these categories in the medium term,” offered Sambucetti.” [Source: https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/economy/pandemic-helps-deliver-e-commerce-boom-in-argentina.phtml ] If you are looking to set up an e-Commerce site or a general website in Argentina, get in touch with our bilingual Spanish and English speaking team today for a FREE quote. We also offer logo design and social media management at competitive prices.

The British Government today announced plans to roll back on flagship EU data laws that will scrap online cookie requests in the first post-Brexit shakeup of the UK digital economy. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport announced its notion to change the UK's data legislation with the aim of boosting digital growth and increasing trade post-Brexit. "Speaking to The Telegraph, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said the Government intends to peel away from key parts of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, which came into force in 2018. Mr Dowden explained the UK wanted to shape data laws that were based on 'common sense, not box-ticking' as they forged their own legislation after leaving the bloc. He signalled that the reforms will cut down on 'pointless' cookie banners, which are used by organisations to secure consent for storing data when using their websites. " Many Brexit supporters have previously argued that the GDPR law (which was put in place to dictate how data and people's personal information is collected an stored) was overly bureaucratic and needed reforming. Brexiteers have argued that GDPR which governs how data and people’s personal information is collected, is overly bureaucratic and should be reformed. Many users have been found to have been turned off from using websites due to excessive cookie alerts and pop-ups, which can detract from a user's experience of a website as you are constantly having to accept or decline cookie policies or GDPR law policies before using website. "The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has said it hopes the measures, which include new data partnerships with the US and other countries, will get around existing trade barriers associated with data rules. The Government hopes the changes can help facilitate more data transfers between the UK and other nations in areas such as GPS navigation, online banking and even law enforcement." **Please note, that until this is made law and is officially announced by the British Government, we still recommend all British website owners to make sure their site is fully compliant with EU data and GDPR laws as well as cookie policies. ** Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9928843/Britons-rejoice-Government-promises-post-Brexit-end-EUs-GDPR-rules-cookies-pop-up.html

You've spent a long time working on your website and making it fit your custom business branding, but did you know that you can also now fully customise your chatbox's design too? By making your website branding cohesive you give peace of mind and confidence to your customer and also project a professional image. You can now choose colours and fonts that match the rest of your site, as well as add your logo to the chatbox's header and minimised chat to further increase your brand consistency. To design your chatbox: Click the chatbox in the Editor. Click Settings. Click the Design tab. (Optional) Click the Upload icon to update your business logo that appears in the chatbox heading and when the chat is minimized. Click Minimized Chat to customize the design when the chatbox is minimized on your live site. Find out more at: https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-chat-designing-your-chatbox

This latest acquisition means that Wix merchants can connect to supplier marketplaces where they can source a variety of different products and sync these direct to their store, sell them and then also automatically fulfil the orders by sending the relevant fulfilment details to the dropshipper supplier. “With the acquisition of Modalyst, Wix business owners can connect their online store to a marketplace of suppliers, manufacturers, and wholesalers where they have access to products spanning name brands, trending items, and independent labels, with the option to white-label products with their own branding. Merchants can then import the products directly to their online store, including details and image options from the supplier, which continually update with the suppliers' pricing and inventory. When a purchase is placed, orders are packaged and fulfilled by the supplier and can be branded for a full white-label solution. The merchant receives tracking numbers and is updated on the fulfilment status of each order via their Wix dashboard.” [Source: https://thepaypers.com/ecommerce/wix-acquires-marketplace-and-dropshipping-platform-modalyst--1249770# ] “We’re proud to welcome Modalyst to expand the infrastructure of Wix eCommerce,” said Arik Perez, Head of Wix eCommerce. “Connecting merchants directly to a full supplier hub allows them to expand their own product offering and helps new businesses establish themselves by connecting with vetted suppliers with access to private labels and dropshipping. This offers merchants a convenient way to sell a large variety of products, test new and trending markets and ultimately expand their reach. Merchants can significantly scale their businesses and in providing them with a native solution, we can help them continue to maximize their store footprint, all in one place from the Wix platform.” [Source: https://www.martechcube.com/wix-acquires-modalyst-for-its-own-ecommerce-supplier-marketplace/ ] Sources: https://thepaypers.com/ecommerce/wix-acquires-marketplace-and-dropshipping-platform-modalyst--1249770# https://www.martechcube.com/wix-acquires-modalyst-for-its-own-ecommerce-supplier-marketplace/

Earlier this month, Wix announced that it is now possible to accept payments instantly through Pix through Wix Pagamentos, their native payment provider. With Pix and Wix you as a store owner will pay a low, fixed processing rate of just 0.95% per transaction - making it the perfect solution for startups, small businesses and larger businesses based in Brazil looking for eCommerce solutions. Informações Gerais Países suportados: Brasil. Moedas aceitas: Real (BRL). Taxa de transação: 0,95% por pagamento finalizado. Para conectar o Pix é preciso ter uma conta do Wix Pagamentos Brasil. Essa transação não pode ser efetuada via cartão de crédito. Esse método de pagamento não entra no modelo de antecipação automática, já que o valor da transação estará disponível em tempo real na sua conta do Wix Pagamentos. O seu cliente terá 15 minutos para efetuar o pagamento com Pix, podendo optar por escanear o QR Code ou copiar e colar o código fornecido no aplicativo do banco. Caso o tempo se esgote, o código Pix expira e o comprador precisa efetuar o pedido novamente para receber um novo código. Ele também terá a opção de selecionar um método de pagamento diferente. Read more here: https://support.wix.com/pt/article/wix-pagamentos-brasil-aceitando-pagamentos-atrav%C3%A9s-do-pix