You can now add special, unique pricing to items on a gift registry. For example, you can use this feature when an item can be monogrammed and you need to charge more for it. You can use this feature if a registry gift comes as a set but the item on your site only shows pricing for a single item. You can double the price using this feature and add a comment to the item saying it the gift includes two of the items.
Add special pricing to an item:
1. Login to your Bridge.
2. Roll over Gift ...
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You can now control the registry change emails that you receive.
On the Your Account page, you can turn on or off receiving emails about registry changes, additions, and deletions. For example, if you do not want to receive an email that a bride added an item to registry or changed the quantity of items desired, you can turn that email alert off.
To adjust these email alerts, please:
1. Login to your Bridge.
2. Roll over "Management" and from the drop down click on "Your ...
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Your Bridge 2.0 update is complete. Your site now offers a smoother, cleaner experience for customers--and you.
Your upgrade to 2.0 software is free and automatic--you do not need to take any steps. This free upgrade is especially valuable because a new retail website costs $11,000 - $29,000 on average to setup. (Source: Atlantic Business Technologies.)
1. You will wish to learn what is new in 2.0.
I will be sharing a video about what is new in Bridge 2.0.
C. On your Gift Registry home page on the right hand side, there is a registry login field. Below this login form there is a link that says "Forgot ...
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March 1, 2019
March 1, 2019
Access the Security Assessment Page: 1. Login to your Bridge. 2. At the top of your page, roll over "Management" and from the drop down under Customers click on "Security Breach." 3. On the Security Breach page, you'll see tools to help your store.
Please contact Bridge with questions. Thank you.
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Rosenthal Launches New Wholesale Site Powered By Bridge
*** PRESS RELEASE ***
Rosenthal USA, a subsidiary of Arcturus Group, launched a new wholesale website for its family of brands Rosenthal, Versace, Raynaud and other premium brands on November 1st, 2018. The company's retailers and sales reps can login to the mobile friendly website and view real-time stock levels, wholesale pricing, and price lists. The website adapts to the user's country and shows US or Canadian prices and documents.
Are you ready to lose $500? You could if you don't update your authorize.net account settings.
Recently, an identity thief entered 2,000 different credit cards on a retailer's Bridge website. They did so using a bot that entered in card information automatically into the website. Please note: an identify thief can do this process on just about any e-commerce platform—it’s not unique to Bridge. Credit card fraud is widespread online. Many thieves buy files of 1,000s of stolen credit cards and ’...
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Do you offer 'special order' items? These may be custom built items or items imported from overseas upon request. If so, it's important to let customers know this because these items often take longer to arrive to customers. There may also be special terms and restocking fees that apply to them.
You can now designate items as Special Import. This information will appear on the item's Details page.
Designate items as Special Import:
1. Login to Bridge.
2. Visit item.
3. Below product ...
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You can now easily see what percent of your online orders are registry related.
To view this new feature, you'll:
1. Login to your Bridge.
2. Roll over "Management" at the top and from the drop down click on "Reporting Overview."
3. On the Reporting Overview page, look for this area: "Online: Registry vs Non-Registry (Online and mobile orders only)."
Most indies stores will get the majority of their online orders from registry sales. The ...
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August 19, 2018
August 19, 2018
How can your store succeed in 2018? Here are 4 questions to ask your business:
1. How many items does your online store offer from each brand that you sell? You'll want to make a list with 3 columns: one with the brand and one with the approximate number of items on your site. In the third column, enter in the total number of items offered by the brand. Shoppers often seek the website with the greatest selection.
For which brands are you missing the most items?
You'll most likely want to sync with ...
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Wish to find your items more easily? More easily build gift registries? We have a new feature that helps: add your UPCs to items.
Here is how to find which of your items are missing a UPC.
How to access it:
1. Login to Bridge.
2. Roll over "Management."
3. From the drop down under Products, click on "Missing UPC."
4. You'll be taken to a page showing all missing UPCs. You can download all of them to an Excel file using a link at the bottom.
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March 31, 2018
March 31, 2018
Today’s Times graphic illustrates how deleting Facebook may affect logging in to other sites. Facebook has woven itself into the login operations of many sites.
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The author argues that Walmart is not focusing on customers.
My thoughts on it:
I think that Walmart does know some people’s purchases--and thereby its customers--via its loyalty card program. Now in terms of how this relates to Amazon, could any purchases made in store at Walmart with a loyalty card show up online in one’s account? Sure, ...
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December 22, 2017
December 22, 2017
Are you ready for 2018? We’re getting ready here. We’re beefing up our staff and hardware to serve the rush to shop online. In 2017, orders via the network grew 89% year over year. 2018 will bring another 89% growth spurt if we work hard.
In 2018, you may ask: are your stores worth 48¢? We think so ;) We’ll explain more below.
1. Bridge is updating its pricing for brands in 2018.
What are we doing with this subscription fee that brands pay? We’re reinvesting it into your Bridge. In 2018, you’ll ...
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November 8, 2017
November 8, 2017
Bridge is updating its pricing for brands in 2018. Are your stores worth 20¢? We think so ;)
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This year, sales on Bridge have grown 89% to $12M.
But the fight has just begun. In order to help independent retailers keep up the fight against Amazon, Bridge is updating its pricing for brands in 2018. We'll be reinvesting these fees into new features for you and your retailers.
1. In 2018, you’ll see:
A. More orders for your products. We’re launching new features on ...
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June 27, 2017
Want your business to be at the top of the class? You can be:
Join us for at our newest Bridge 101 webinar.
You'll learn: + How to get the most out of your Bridge. + How to save time. + How to update products. + How a shopper experiences your Bridge store.
Pick the time and day that works for you and
Tuesday, June 27 at 11 am EST Wednesday, June 28 at 9 am EST Thursday, June 29 at 1 pm EST
RSVP today and then we'll email you your access link for your webinar. You must RSVP to receive a login link
How is your site ranking in Google? Bridge has a new feature to help you find out.
Bridge's new SEO tracker helps you enter 10 terms that you wish to be found for in Google. The goal is itemize what you want to be found for, then see how you're ranking. Here is how to use it:
1. Login to your Bridge. 2. At the top of your account, roll over "Management" and from the drop down click on "Your Account Profile" 3. On the Your Account Profile page, there are four links: Home Staff Email Subscriptions SEO