We’ve just finished building a new extension for Zingiri Web Shop that provides multi-currency to your shop set up.

What exactly does this mean?

Well, first of all, you can define the different currencies you want to use in your shop. No need to set the prices in all the currencies, the shop will automatically load the latest currency rates and convert the prices you’ve set in your base currency to the prices in the selected currencies. Using a smart rounding mechanism, you can make sure that US$ 9.95 doesn’t turn into EUR 6.73 but into EUR 6.75 or EUR 6.95.

The extension detects the customer’s location and based on that detects their currency, it will then display the prices in the customer’s currency if you have defined that currency. The customer can also change their currency whilst browsing the web shop and the product prices will immediately switch to the new currency.

All orders are registered in the selected currency so that even after checkout all the data is at hand in the customer’s preferred currency.

You can find out more about the Zingiri Web Shop Multi-currency extension here.

We’re happy to announce the release of version 2.3.0 of Zingiri Web Shop. In this version we’ve overhauled the Shipping module and added new shipping options. The available shipping options are now:

• Flat rate: simply charge a flat rate to your customers
• Weight based rate: this is the original method, where shipping charges vary in function of the total weight of the order
• Price based rate: make the price of your shipping fees vary in function of the total price of the order, according to predefined tiers
• Quantity based rate: make the price of your shipping charges vary in function to the total quantity of the order, according to predefined tiers
• USPS: let USPS calculate your shipping fees (available as a Pro extension)
• UPS: integration of the UPS shipping charges calculator (available as a Pro extension)

On the Zingiri Web Shop Pro front we’ve also launched a number of new extensions:

• Offline credit cards: register credit card details of your customers during checkout and process them safely offline
• Manual orders: process manual orders for your customers, useful if besides your online presence you also have a high-street shop or if you process orders over the phone
• Multi-currency support: allows you to define multiple currencies to be used in your shop. Based on the customer’s location, the currency is detected and prices are presented in the customer’s preferred currency.

And as usual we’ve added some small usability improvements and fixed a few bugs:

• Added zip code of current location in settings
• Added group ID to back-end group list
• Added category ID to back-end category list
• Fix redirect issue in forms framework
• Update default send country to ISO code instead of full country name
• Fixed issue with names not showing in drop down
• Fixed error message: Missing argument 1 for wsFeatures::prepare()

So don’t wait any longer and upgrade your version now!

We’re happy to announce the release of our Facebook extension for Zingiri Web Shop. This is one of the first extensions in our Pro series.

The Facebook extension allows you to sell your product via one of the most popular social media channels. You can discover more information about the extension on our wiki and you can purchase it via our client portal.

The Facebook extension is priced at a very low introductory price of $9.95/year. So don’t wait till the promotion runs out, go get it now!

Just a quick teaser for you … Zingiri Web Shop Pro will bring amongst others:
* Full multi-lingual support
* Multi-currency support
* New payment gateways
* Customer wish lists
* Product compare views
* CRM functions
* Catalogue / quote features
* Recurring and subscription payments
* Products comments and ratings
* Multi-seller features
* Discount rules
* Price rules including pricing per customer group
* Multiple product categories
* Store credits
* Gift vouchers
* Order editing
* Cross selling and upselling
* Payment method fees
* B2B support

Interested? Let us know by adding a comment to this post!

We’re happy to announce the release of version 2.1.1 of your favorite Web Shop.

In this version we added a nifty “fly to cart” animation to the shopping pages. We also made some general improvements to make it easier to customise the plugin.
We solved various permalink and redirect issues some of our users were still having.
And for new users, we optimised the installation time. The plugin now installs in the blink of an eye.

You can find out more about the changes here.

So, time to upgrade then!

Following the release of Zingiri Web Shop Live 2.0 recently, we have had many queries from our existing customer basis asking whether the ‘old’ version would still be supported. Given the numerous requests, we decided to keep maintaining that version and are happy to release version 1.8.0 which addresses a number of minor issues.

We have also launched a new pricing structure for our hosting and support packages. Don’t hesitate to check it out as there will surely be something for you in there.

We’re happy to announce the release of Zingiri Web Shop Live 2.0.

This release is quite a big step ahead in terms of reliability, security, performance, etc. In the past we’ve had a lot of queries from people who had issues getting the shop to work on their particular configuration. That’s because there are so many different ways hosting servers are set up, not counting the many home grown setups. To make it easier for our users as well as for us, we’ve decided to split the Web Shop plugin in 2 parts.

The first part manages all the interactions with your web shop customers. It allows to register customers, place orders and service the customers generally. This part will be installed on your site as you did before with the full plug-in. However now, this plug-in is much lighter and installation will be a breeze.

The second part, the back-end will be installed on our servers. You will be able to register for an account with us and will be able to manage your products, customers, orders, etc as you did before from this central portal. We’ve hooked up with Rackspace, one of the leading hosting providers to ensure that this back-end is hosted securely, is reliable and offers best performance. Also all updates to the software will be automatically deployed and you will get access to new features as they come along.

If you’re a new user, the set up couldn’t be easier. Download the plug-in and install it as usual, sign-up for an account, fill in the account details on your own site and you’re ready to go.

If you’re an existing user, the same steps as here above will need to be followed. On top of that you will also need to migrate your local data to our secure servers. Instructions will be provided in the control panel of the new plug-in so it’s no sweat. Do keep this in mind when you upgrade though as this first upgrade may take a bit more time than usual.

Is this still free, what cost is associated with this service you may ask? Well, we’re trying to keep it as low as possible and have come up with a price of $9.95 per quarter, which should be really a marginal cost. In return you will get all the great benefits described here above.

If you can’t wait and want to sign up already, you can do so by following this link and enter the WSLIVE code to get your first 3 months free.

As announced a few weeks ago we decided to move our documentation to a Wiki. We’re happy to announce that the wiki is now live here.

We hope it will make life easier for our customers and we’re aiming to keep it up to date and also extend with more and more information.

Go and check it out!

The previously announced release date for Zingiri Web Shop 2.0 has now been slightly extended to the 4th week of May. We could release it right now but decided to extend our testing cycle to ensure a flawless transition for our existing customers.

Read more about the new version here.

The target release date for Zingiri Web Shop 2.0 is the 2nd week of May.

Read more about the new version here.