How to start a web design project
Often in life, starting is the hardest part. That’s certainly how some of our design partners feel about web design. They’re usually gurus in their primary field (e.g., graphic design, marketing etc.) but often feel daunted by the prospect of tackling an entire web design project: How on earth am I going to do this?? The answer is: with a process. Coming up with a web design process that you can repeat for each project is vital. In this blog post, we’ll get you started by covering a few ke...
October 2, 2018Add-ons: A great way to get more out of your online store
Maybe you’re one of those people who likes to trick out your car so it can go super-fast. Or perhaps when you buy an airfare, you always make sure you pay for extra legroom. Or maybe when you book a resort holiday, you like to get the deluxe package. Sometimes we don’t want to settle for the bare minimum; we want to add on to what we buy. In the website biz, we call these add-ons: third-party software that you can “add on” to your Rocketspark online store to get even more out of it. Eve...
September 10, 2018Waipa Business Awards - Celebrating Client Success
It’s unusual for a globally focussed technology business to have it’s HQ in a small town. Despite having clients in over 20 countries, we find that getting it right at home in our local community is important for taking Rocketspark to the world. Last Friday night we attended the Waipa Business Excellence Awards dinner at Mystery Creek as finalists in the Best Customer Service Cambridge category. We were also able to celebrate the success of 11 Rocketspark clients and design partners that ...
September 5, 20182018 Rocketspark Partner Awards Winners
Rocketspark has an awesome network of design partners and we recently celebrated their success at our 2018 NZ/AU awards dinner. Our design partners design websites for their clients using the Rocketspark platform. With 8 awards up for grabs, each category was hotly contested making judging a difficult job. Congratulations to all our 2018 winners. ...
August 17, 2018Copy & link stacks: a magic carpet for your content
Want to unleash your creativity and save time spent designing a website? Heck yes, you do. So let me introduce you to a brand new Rocketspark feature that’ll maximise visual oomph, yet magically minimise time spent: copy and link stacks. ...
August 3, 20185 effective web forms built with Rocketspark
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June 18, 2018Phishing scams: don’t take the bait
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May 16, 2018Help, my website flunked a speed test!: What to do about page loading times...
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May 11, 2018New form builder: The tool you need to get the customer information you want
Customers are a mysterious bunch, especially online. Google Analytics can tell you when a would-be customer visits your site and a few other statistical tidbits about them—but wouldn’t you love to know more? Like what their enquiry is about?...Or what they really thought about your customer service?...Or if you can add them to your newsletter database? The more intel you can get from your site visitors, the better you can serve them. A good webform builder, therefore, is a remarkably power...
April 17, 2018Cambridge Seminar Series
We're teaming up with the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce NZ to run a Seminar Series. The 6 workshop series over 12 weeks will give businesses all the tools needed to be successful in the digital space. Check out the different sessions below. ...
April 9, 2018Add page redirects inside your Dashboard
Page redirects are a clever way to redirect a web page visitor from one URL (web address) to another—the visitor goes to one URL and then get automatically sent to another URL so they don’t actually view the page of the original URL. There’s quite a few different scenarios why you might want to use this feature but now you can set them up yourself inside your Dashboard. ...
February 28, 2018An all new colour picker
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February 7, 2018New features: Customer Accounts done the right way—better for buyers, better for you
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December 14, 2017How to create a new version of my website?
With Rocketspark there are always little changes and adjustments You may come to the point where you have had your Rocketspark for a little while, and you want to give it a redesign but don’t want your live website to be in a “half redesigned” state. The best way to do this is to create a new 30 day trial with Rocketspark to try things out and then implement this new design onto your existing website when you have the new design worked out. The other option is to use one of Rocketspark’...
October 24, 2017Making Google Shopping easy with Rocketspark
Google Shopping is available as a paid advertising service from Google that promotes products from your online store in Google search results. For the online shopper, Google Shopping is a section on Google where you can browse for items that are for sale. ...
September 13, 2017New features for coupons, promo discounts and picking up in-store
We are continuously developing the Rocketspark platform and a key focus at present is the development of new features to help our ecommerce clients generate more business — and to streamline the operational side of things so that their business can scale well. Two recent examples of this focus were the launches of Laybuy and GoSweetSpot integrations and now we’ve just launched a new set of features to help with running specials with discounted pricing and collecting an order from a physica...
August 22, 2017Streamlined shipping to save time & money with GoSweetSpot and Rocketspark
At Rocketspark we get genuine enjoyment from seeing businesses launch and grow. A common theme amongst clients as they grow is how to scale well and minimise their operational admin time and run more efficiently. We see this efficiency theme particularly amongst our ecommerce clients. ...
August 9, 2017Connect your Rocketspark ecommerce website with Laybuy to offer buy now and pay later
We’re continuously developing the Rocketspark platform to help clients be more successful online and we’re excited to tell you about a new feature we’ve just launched for our New Zealand based ecommerce customers. Update November 2018: Laybuy is now available to merchants in Australia and the United Kingdom as well as New Zealand. ...
August 1, 2017A new suite of design tools for the most important part of your page
The top section of any web page is key real estate and is critical to creating a great first impression on your website. Most modern home pages consist of a logo, navigation menu, main heading and large photo—without having to scroll down to see them (not that scrolling is bad, it’s just good to get the important stuff near the top). Arranging this combination of elements in a beautiful way without scrolling, can require some fine tuning to get it juuuust right. That’s why we’ve just l...
June 22, 2017Fully responsive websites at every screen size — now on Rocketspark
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May 23, 2017The history of mobile-friendly websites and responsive web design
To fully understand why Rocketspark now offers full Responsive Web Design, it’s helpful to understand the history of mobile-friendly websites and what’s brought us to this point. ...
May 22, 2017What is domain privacy and why would I need it?
When a domain name is purchased, the details you entered are added to the domain as an administrative contact. This information is then searchable by the public via a domain look up. ...
April 19, 2017“A little bird tweeted me”: how a website will boost your business’s word-of-mouth buzz
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March 28, 2017No, you can’t identify individual visitors to your website (but here’s 4 things you can do instead)
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March 17, 2017Enabling SSL: How not to scare away security-conscious customers
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