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Looks like, yet again, there were undocumented changed made when USPS realized their 8 September price change effecting signature confirmation and first class international. So check your site. You may need a patch.

Google has announced a changes to In Stock and Available for Order. All items that can be purchased and delivered in a timely manner can now use the ‘in stock’ value. As of September 30, “available for order” will no longer be accepted.

PayPal has announced a change to its API that will effect the PayPal IPN module. You need to patch it for it to keep working …

Many osCommerce are asking how to become a Google Trusted Store. Before you even think about it your store should be taking 500 orders a month. If not as they say in Brooklyn “fuhgeddaboudit’.

Generally an SSL warning with osCommerce means you had added a http:// link on a page that can be run under https:// i.e. under SSL. But with latest releases of many browsers it can mean an issue with osCommerce itself.

On July 28, USPS will making several changes to their services which will effect their API. Most notably there is a change of name for the Express Mail service for domestic and international mail that will need to be reflected in the current module. If you use USPS you will need to upgrade.

UPS Worldship allows for integration with your osCommerce store to pull order data onto your desktop for easy payment and generation of shipping labels. With a few minor changes to your osCommerce order table, it’s a simply solution to volume shipping.

Want to offer Coupons on your site? Should be easy just to install an Add On, right? Well usually that is wrong. Coupon business rules tend to be business specific and so there are very few out of the box options you can use. We’ve developed our own version which with a few changes during installation can meet your needs.

Ever wanted to restrict a shipping module to a particular country? It is easy using Shippnig Zones. But how do you set up a Shipping Zone? Again easy, using the Tax Zones function.

A lot of people ask us if they should upgrade to the latest version of osCommerce. Quick answer? Not unless you have a sound business reason for doing so.