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How to get the real GTIN (UPC/EAN) barcodes and how much it will cost

By Dmitry Vasilev
Jul 22, 2024

In this video, I will show you two ways to get the real GTIN codes, like EAN and UPC. So you will be able to use these barcodes on your website and/or marketplaces like Amazon, Google, eBay, etc....

What UPC/EAN barcodes are, where to get and how to use them in the WooCommerce

By Dmitry Vasilev
Jan 24, 2024

This article is related to the major release 2.0.0 of the "UPC/EAN Code generator/importer" plugin for the WooCommerce. Here I will try to explain why and how this plugin can be useful if you decide to go with UPC or EAN codes in your WooCommerce store This plugin was designed to achieve 2 major purposes: The first one is to assign codes for all your existing products automatically, so you...

Why you need to use barcode labels for your WooCommerce products

By Dmitry Vasilev
Oct 19, 2021

As our team develops WooCommerce Barcode Plugins we were involved into integration barcodes for various eCommerce businesses. Today I would like to share some experience we have about different business approaches for using barcode labels and WooCommerce platform. Basic purpose of product label Product labels are an essential part of the business workflow as they solve "product...

How to generate GS1 UPC/EAN codes for online shop

By Dmitry Vasilev
Jan 24, 2024

As we develop barcode related software and some our clients ask if we can generate or provide them with UPC/EAN codes. Unfortunatelly, things are more complicated then it comes to UPC/EAN codes - they are not like SKU, you can't just "make up" these codes. There are a few key points you need to know about UPC/EAN: EAN/UPC codes are not free for use - you or product producer have to buy...

Redmine Time Tracker Evolution: from Performance Measurement to Its Improvement

By Dmitry Vasilev
Jul 06, 2021

Originally the first version of “Redmine time tracker” app was designed as a reliable time tracker for measuring performance of our team members. So, our managers could collect more accurate data about how much time engineers spend on each task and how much hours they actually work during the month. Of course at the beginning engineers weren't happy about being monitored and the prospect ...

«Digital Barcodes for Embedding» plugin for Wordpress is published.

By Dmitry Vasilev
Dec 17, 2020

Hello, While we have been adding features and improving "Barcode Label Printing" plugin we have been receiving a lot of requests from our clients to develop a plugin which would allow to generate and embed barcodes directly on product pages, emails, orders or any other places on a website. And after 3 months of development we finally published a first version of "Digital Barcodes for Em...

Wordpress shop: Printing labels with DYMO printer and how to specify custom label sizes on MacOS/MacBook

By Dmitry Vasilev
Apr 29, 2021

Our team is receiving a lot of requests concerning printing barcode labels with DYMO printers and I would like to share some instructions which can help you to use DYMO printers on WordPress in the most efficient way. We've worked with a lot of different thermal printers and DYMO printers are ones of the best in terms of quality & speed of printing. DYMO label/connect software is adjustab...

User Guide for "HTTP Security Firewall" for Magento 2

By Dmitry Vasilev
Apr 16, 2019

This extension increases security of your Magento 2 shop with the help of: Security Checklist - Scans your website for security issues and provides instructions on how to fix them. Server Load - Tracks server performance and detects the website has slowed down. DOS Attack Detection - Monitors users, bots and hackers HTTP requests. Allows you to analyze who makes large amount of...

How to migrate from Magento 1 to Magento 2

By Dmitry Vasilev
May 20, 2019

Unfortunately there is no way to do this just by pressing "Update" button somewhere in the admin panel. Magento 2 is a completely different system and has different files & database structure and these differences make "simple" upgrade impossible. Experience of our team shows that migration from Magento 1 to Magento 2 is more like developing a completely brand new website. However, Magen...

How to make Magento store more secure with Magento Firewall or Secutiry Suite

By Julia Vasylieva
Apr 29, 2021

I bet you heard dozens of times that security of website is very important aspect of any online business. In fact only 23% of Magento owners allocate enough resources and time to keep their stores secure. Most of Magento don’t have installed security updates, don’t use Firewalls or Security Suite tools. To be completely honest, I have to notice, that such situation related not only to Ma...

How to remove fields from Joomla registration form and increase amount of registrations

By Julia Vasylieva
Apr 29, 2021

A lot of our clients are asking - How to make Joomla registration more simple ? How to increase percent of successfully registered users ? The thing is that Joomla 3.x by default have 6 fields on registration form what is not always good for marketing purposes. Even new Joomla 4 (which is now available as alpha) won't change this situation significantly - it still has 5 fields. If you lo...