Free Global Product Search Widget For MarketPress

We’ve got some great community members at WPMU DEV who are building awesome extensions to our products. The very latest is a free plugin from MarketPressThemes.com that provides a beautiful interface for searching and sorting products across a network of stores.

Solid multisite compatibility is one of the reasons that MarketPress is so popular. There is no better WordPress e-commerce plugin for operating multiple stores with one global shopping cart. This new extension compliments MarketPress’ built-in multisite capabilities.

The MP Product Search Widget plugin features:

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Free MarketPress Theme And Floating Shopping Cart Extension

MarketPressThemes.com is a WordPress theme shop centered around MarketPress, one of our most popular plugins at WPMU DEV. If you’re a big fan of MarketPress, then this is a store you’ll want to bookmark. MarketPress Themes offers professionally developed themes for online stores, as well as a number of excellent free plugins for the community.
FlexMarket: A Free MarketPress Theme

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The Easy Guide To Theming MarketPress

There’s a reason why MarketPress is one of our most popular plugins. As those of us who have used it know, setting up a store with MarketPress is quick and easy. You can be selling online in no time with a store that fits seamlessly into your WordPress theme. But did you know that it is also easy to create a custom theme for your store?

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MarketPress 2.8 Brings UPS Shipping Support and a Major Design Refresh

This week we’re excited to announce another major release of MarketPress.

Version 2.8 is a massive update with some brand new features that we think you’re going to love. Most notably, MarketPress now supports UPS shipping.

UPS Shipping Now Available

You can offer UPS shipping by selecting ‘UPS’ under “Calculated Options” within the shipping settings. This will allow you to display standard UPS shipping prices based on box weight and dimenstions.

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Add a PayPal “Buy Now” Button to WordPress

Adding a PayPal button to your site is one of the easiest (and fastest) ways to take payments or collect donations with your WordPress installation.

In today’s Daily Tip, we’ll show you how to quickly add a PayPal button to your site using the standard post/page editor.

To start, you’ll need a PayPal account. You’ve got one of those right? If not, head over to PayPal and get started – it’s free!

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Bootstrap Commerce Combines WordPress Commerce Platforms With Twitter Bootstrap

If you’re a fan of WordPress and Twitter Bootstratp working together, you’ll be excited to know that this now extends into e-commerce. Bootstrap Commerce is a new site dedicated to creating Bootstrap themes that are fully integrated with popular WordPress commerce platforms. The site currently offers responsive, HTML5 themes for MarketPress and Easy Digital Downloads, another fantastic WordPress plugin for selling digital products.

The MarketPress flavor of Bootstrap Commerce supports and extends MarketPress and adds many additional options for customizing the theme, including support for multiple product images and a featured products slider.

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Boost Sales in Your WordPress Store With MarketPress Statistics

Successful online shop owners know that the sales don’t always come pouring in without a little bit of strategy. If you want to improve your store, then you make it your business to know where your sales are coming from, which products are selling well, and how your pricing structure is working out. MarketPress Statistics is a new plugin that will help you to take your sales to the next level. It was created by aristath, one of our WPMU DEV members. MarketPress Statistics makes use of Google Charts to display lots of valuable MarketPress data.

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Dwolla Dwelivers Another New Payment Gateway

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Cheap Rates.  Attractive Interface.  Easy to Install.  For a while now, anyone looking to open an e-commerce site has had to pick two out of those three when deciding what payment gateway to install on their site.  Recently, a new entry to the market, Stripe, has started to shake things up.  Affordable, graphically flexible, and clearly documented, it has also begun to be featured in WordPress plugins and included in shopping cart software.

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