Don’t Pass Up PaaS: Why it Could Be Just What Your Ecommerce Needs

By Ruth Richter • March 11, 2020

In 2000, Salesforce’s now famous “No Software” marketing campaign seemed to come out of the blue.  Today, SaaS accounts for nearly a quarter of all enterprise workloads and platform as a service (PaaS) has grown in popularity to own nearly a third of enterprise workloads; and,...

Does Your Ecommerce Site Meet WCAG Accessibility Standards?

By Ruth Richter • February 26, 2020

Typically, when we think of making things accessible to individuals with disabilities, ramps, Braille signage, and sign language interpreters might come to mind, but that also extends to digital and what users of all abilities can access on the internet. As of early 2019, Hootsuite...

The Top Ecommerce Trends to Watch: Custom Packaging

By Ruth Richter • February 12, 2020

You never get another chance to make a first impression. This oft-quoted colloquialism is true not only in life, but also in product packaging. This is proven in the difference between a brand name product and a generic version. While the contents might be exactly...

Motorcycle Manufacturers Use IN-SYNCH Integration to Kick Into High Gear

By Ruth Richter • February 05, 2020

At ROI, we have many passions. Chief of these is helping your company experience the best Sage integration process. But, there’s more to us than just software expertise. ROI co-founder Bob Richter, who enjoys an occasional motorcycle adventure, also enjoys helping motorcycle manufacturers and suppliers...

Managing Magento 1 EOL

By Ruth Richter • January 29, 2020

When Magento launched in 2007, it upended the ecommerce landscape. Its easy-to-use, open source, PHP-based platform rose in popularity until it was the default choice for online sellers. In fact, more than a quarter of a million merchants rely on Magento to run their online...

The Top Ecommerce Trends to Watch: Smarter Payment Processing

By Ruth Richter • January 22, 2020

In a world where ecommerce shopping carts are used not only to hold purchases, but to save items they might want in the future, making it easier for a customer to pay for what they are going to purchase becomes crucial. The final step in...

How Do You Know if WooCommerce is Right for You?

By Ruth Richter • January 15, 2020

There’s no doubt that online shopping has continued to rise in popularity and availability over the last decade. In fact, in 2019, ecommerce sales accounted for 14.1 percent of all retail sales worldwide. Part of online shopping’s popularity is the 24/7 availability, not to mention...

Healthy Integration With IN-SYNCH

By Ruth Richter • January 08, 2020

According to an Insider poll, roughly 43 percent of Americans resolved to eat healthier in 2019. With New Year’s resolutions abandoned before February by around 80 percent of those who make them, it’s probably safe to assume the 2020 resolution stats to eat healthier are...

5 Signs Your B2B Organization is Ready for Ecommerce

By Ruth Richter • December 27, 2019

When most people think of ecommerce, they likely first think of online retail, selling direct to the customer (B2C). But B2B—business to business—ecommerce is on the rise. In fact, according to a recent survey, nearly three-quarters of surveyed respondents predicted that the majority of their...