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When the sales season rolls around you need to make sure to lure more customers to your store. One way to do this is Magento 2 cart price rules. These are the rules you set up in the admin panel during sales, special offers, and any other occasions to provide a discount.

Thus, creating the Magento cart price rules not only encourages customers to purchase more. They allow you to more effectively. 

So, today you'll learn how to create Magento shopping cart rules and discover how they can benefit your business.

Step 1: Add New Cart Price Rule

1. Navigate to Marketing > Promotions > Cart Price Rules and press the Add New Rule button. You will have to complete 5 sections: Rule Information, Conditions, Actions, Labels, and Manage Coupon Codes.

2. Start with the Rule information and set the Rule Name.

3. Add the rule Description. It is the field where you leave some notes for yourself.

4. Enable the cart price rule by switching the Active to Yes.

5. Apply the rule for a specific Website

Magento 2.4.5. has been launched in August 2022 with over 290 quality enhancements and fixes. It features improvements in GraphQL, performance, quality and many other features. Since then there has been 14 patches released to improve the stability and performance of Magento 2.4.5.

So, today we'll focus on the Magento 2.4.5 release notes to guide you through all these versions. You'll discover all important features in this version before you  and update it to the latest version.

Magento 2.4.5 Release Notes

There have been plenty of features added in this release. However, we'd like to highlight only the most important features worth your attention.

Platform

A lot of focus is on platform improvements in this release.

• Composer 2.2. support
• TincMCE 5.10.2 support
• Query 1.13.1 support
• DHL integration schema updated to v6.2
• Updated outdated JS libraries
• Removed outdated dependencies

Security

Magento 2.4.5 includes 20 security fixes and platform security improvements.

• Google reCAPTCHA for Wish

Setting up special price in Magento 2 is one of many ways to and boost conversion rates in your store. Since sales always drive customers' attention and make them come back regularly, you need to know how to leverage them to your benefit.

So, in this guide, you'll learn more about special prices in Magento 2 and how to configure and edit them in bulk or gather all products on sale into one category.

You set up a special price to put a product on sale. It is displayed instead of the regular price with the regular price notation. However, except for the product page, it is also displayed in a catalogue.

Set Up Magento 2 Special Price

1.Navigate to Catalog > Products and choose the product you want to configure a special price for.

2. Scroll down to the Price field and click on Advanced Pricing.

3. Enter the Special Price you want

Magento catalog price rules is one of the greatest built-in marketing tools the platform provides. They allow you to and run sale campaigns more easily without any third-party implementations, same as cart price rules.

So, in this article, you will learn everything you need to know about Magento 2 catalog price rules, how to configure them and what differentiates them from the cart price rules.

Without any further ado, let's dive in and define what stands by catalog rules.

What is Magento Catalog Price Rule?

Magento catalog price rule is a set of conditions based on customer group, product attributes, and other conditions you use to assign discounts to products in the catalog.

If the product falls under conditions of the catalog prices rule, the discount is applied to it and displayed directly in the catalog.

Due to that, catalog price rules don't use coupon codes and customers see discounts while browsing through your store. This encourages them to purchase more.

So, how do you set

When running an eCommerce store, you need to dedicate a great deal of time to managing your products. You may need to update them, transfer them to a different directory or a new website, or submit them for external analysis.  

That's exactly when you need Magento product export. If you don't know how to do it, don't worry. We've got you covered. In this article, you'll learn to export products in Magento 2.

To export products in Magento 2: 

1. Navigate to System > Data Transfer > Export.

2. Choose Products as the Entity Type and CSV — as the Export File Format. 

3. Tick the Fields Enclosure checkbox if you want to enclose the incorrect symbols during export. 

4. Filter through the table of product attributes and select only those you need for export. If there are attributes you want to Exclude, just tick the

"In Stock" and "Out of Stock" options in Magento 2 store are important components of your . They give your customers information about the availability of the products.

Thus, it's recommended to display Magento 2 product stock status to improve customers shopping experience and show a professional, customer-oriented approach.

In Magento, you can set up stock for each product separately and configure the catalog stock options for all products at once. So, today, you'll learn how to do this.

To manage Magento 2 stock you need to navigate to Stores > Configuration > Catalog > Inventory.

Configure Magento 2 Stock Options

Magento 2 Stock Options apply to the entire product catalog. To configure it:

1. Enable the Decrease Stock When Order is Placed option in order to decrease the number of products in stock once someone purchases the product.

2. Enable the Set Items' Status to be In Stock When Order is Cancelled option to increase the number of products in stock once the purchase is canceled.

Did you know that about 92% of consumers look for special offers before buying online? Discounts and coupons hold a special place in every eCommerce store's strategy. They help to increase conversion rates, drive customers' attention to certain products and boost revenue. However, none of this is achievable unless you know how to manage sales effectively. 

In this comprehensive guide, you'll learn all about Magento 2 discounts and how to create them. We'll also cover where to promote your coupons, and how to deliver unique discounts to customers' email boxes automatically, not without resorting to some cart extensions along the way.

How to Create Discounts in Magento?

Since Magento provides multiple ways to create discounts, you might not even use all of them. So, let's cover how you can provide discounts in Magento to ensure you use the platform to its full extent.

Did you know it takes about 2.6 seconds for customers to land their eye on the area of a website that influences the first impression? The homepage is one of the most important pages of your website that tells your visitors about your brand and the range of services you provide. A poorly designed and structured homepage leaves a bad impression and discourages people from browsing.

Regarding this, except for the content blocks, you should display and products on homepage in Magento 2. It will increase customer retention and encourage people to check out your catalog.

So in this guide, you'll find answers to the common questions of how to display new products or products from specific categories on the homepage of your website.

To display products on homepage in Magento 2:

1. Go to Content > Pages and find the Homepage to Edit.

2. Find the Widgets tool.

3. Select the Catalog Products List from the provided widgets.

4. Fill out Widget Options.

• Set a Title that will be displayed on the storefront.

Imagine that you need to display a sale offer, share news, or notify your customers about an upcoming event. What is the first option that pops up in your head? Perhaps, banners. These are some of the best solutions when you need to encourage customers to participate in your campaigns. 

In Magento, you can add a banner to pretty much any page in your store: homepage, category, product, customer account, and CMS page. You can do this either via Magento insert image functionality or different Magento 2 Admin Extensions.

In this guide though, you'll learn how to manage banners in Magento without too much effort. And we're getting started!

Add Banner in Magento via Blocks and Widgets

The most basic way to add banners in Magento is through the widgets.

1. Go to Content > Blocks and press the Add New Block button.

2. Enable the Block, specify its Title and Identifier, and select what Store Views to display it on.

3. Press the Image Insert tool in your editor, add the banner, and don't forget

Magento shipping methods refer to the price and method of delivering products to customers. Just like , shipping options are important elements of the customer journey that can influence their purchasing decision. 

That said, the more options you provide, the more diverse the experience your customers get. Fortunately, there are different shipping methods available out of the box. So you can create a flexible checkout experience for your customers.

In this guide, you'll learn about the basic shipping settings in Magento 2, review all default Magento shipping options, and discover tips for effective shipping methods management.

Let's begin!

Configure Magento Shipping Settings

Before we get to the shipping methods you need to configure the Magento 2 shipping settings. It is necessary so Magento can and shipping costs based on the shipping origin.

Thus, navigate to Stores > Configuration > Sales > Shipping Settings and configure Origin and Shipping Policy Parameters.

In the Origin section,

Magento 2 related products are one of the best in-built tools to boost sales and improve the customer shopping experience. It is also a great way to increase the average order value and encourage customers to buy more. When managed properly, Magento related products can yield outstanding results.

So, today you'll learn how to add Magento 2 related products block to product pages. We'll also share how to add related products to categories, CMS pages, and shopping cart, and turn the process into auto-related products.

Before we more any further, let's define what related products are in Magento are how they are different from the cross-sells and up-sells. 

What are Magento 2 Related Products?

Magento related products is a feature that allows you to add additional items to the product page to provide an alternative option. Unlike , related products don't have to be pricier or unrelated to the product customers initially landed on.

Related products are usually based on similar product relations,

Revenue is the ultimate goal that drives every marketing decision of a business. In there are plenty of tools that help to increase sales, among which cross-sell and upsell definitely stand out. 

These are product recommendation options that enable you to encourage customers to buy more.

Since many often get confused about the upselling & crossing options and related products, we'll define the difference between upsell and cross-sell in Magento. Besides, we'll show you how you can add them in Magento admin.

What is upsell?

Upsells are products displayed on the product page and used to increase the average order value. These are usually products of the same kind as the one customers have landed at, but with better quality and higher price.

Upsells encourage customers to buy more expensive products instead of the ones they are viewing. So if you're selling hoodies, you can add more costly hoodies from better materials as upsells.

What is Cross-sell?

Cross-sells are products displayed on

Magento Page Builder is an advanced content creation tool available from Commerce edition 2.3.1 and Open Source 2.4.3. It allows you to create rich content faster. It is due to the extensive set of features Page Builder goes with like: full-page layouts, different content types, custom product attribute input types, drag, and drop page design, etc.

Though it is a really handy tool that significantly improves content creation for multiple Magento store pages, some still prefer to use the WYSIWYG editor.

So, we'll show you 2 different ways how you can disable Page Builder in Magento 2 admin panel.

Before you ask, it is not recommended to disable it via the command line since it could break multiple layouts.

To disable Page Builder in Magento 2 navigate to Stores > Configuration > General > Content Management > Advanced Content Tools and disable the Page Builder option.

Once you disable Page Builder via this method, you won't be able to use it on any of the products, categories, CMS pages,

Magento 2 recently viewed products and Magento compare products are the default features of the platform. They allow you to use widgets to display products customers have recently viewed or compared.

Your customers don't have to spend time going through the catalogue looking for the products they liked on their last visit. Once they come back to your website, these products will be waiting for them.

Before adding the recently viewed and compared products to any of your Magento 2 store pages you need to go through the list of general options.

Configure Magento 2 Recently Viewed/Compared Products

Follow these steps to configure the Magento 2 recently viewed and compared products:

1. Go to Stores > Configuration > Catalog > Catalog and unfold the Recently Viewed/Compared Products section.
2. Choose whether to Synchronize widget products with backend storage.
3. Decide if you want

Once customers land on the Magento checkout page, they expect to go through the order placement process fast and easily. So, it is your job to take care of the Magento checkout options that define the attributes of the checkout page and the layout. 

Magento checkout page configurations are relatively simple, as you will see.

To configure Magento checkout options:

1. Navigate to Stores > Configuration > Sales > Checkout > Checkout Options.

2. Enable Onepage Checkout as a default format.

3. Allow or disallow to define whether customers will be able to go through the checkout without registration.

Note: if you like, you can still after checkout for marketing purposes.

4. Enable Terms and Conditions.

5. Decide where to Display Billing Addresses. 

6. Set the Maximum Number of Items to Display in Order Summary.

Don't forget to Save Config and go to the checkout page to check the options you've just configured. 

Though default Magento checkout functional is enough to satisfy customers'

UPS Carrier — United Parcel Service — is a trusted and well-known service that offers international and domestic shipping services by air or land to more than 220 countries. 

Correspondingly, except for other , you should definitely check UPS as a delivery option for your customers. However, note that though UPS uses dimensional weight to determine shipping rates, Magento only used weight-based calculation.

Today, you're going to learn how to configure UPS carries in Magento step-by-step.

1. Create UPS Shipping Account

Navigate to UPS and sign up for an account if you haven't got one yet.

Next, you will have to find the Get Started with UPS link under the Customer Service, choose how often you want to ship, and open the payment account. 

2. Enable UPS for Magento 

• Go to Stores > Configuration > Sales > Delivery Methods and Enable UPS for Checkout.
• For United Parcel Service XML fill out the following:

1. Enter the UPS credentials: Access License Number, User ID, and Password.
2. Specify the

Imagine customer frustration when they browse through your catalogue just to find that the product is out of stock. If you don't display out of stock products in your store, or at least have the set up you're losing conversions. Not speaking about the customer experience. 

Luckily there is a solution — Magento 2 out-of-stock notification or . The best thing is that it's a native Magento feature. So, you don't need any third-party integration to enable out-of-stock notifications in Magento.

Ready to learn how?

Enable Magento 2 Out of Stock Notification for Customers

1. Enable the Display Out of Stock Products option in Stores > Configuration > Catalog > Inventory.

2. Navigate to Stores > Configuration > Catalog > Catalog > Product Alerts and enable the Allow Alert When Product Comes Back in Stock option.

You can for stock alerts if the default one doesn't fit your requirements and set the Email Sender.

Just enabling this option is enough for the "Notify me when back in stock" notification

Sales, , and special offers drive people to your store and help to gain their loyalty. However, the smarter you manage them the more effective they turn out to be. 

Magento 2 coupon code is an integral part of every sale on your Magento 2 store. Those codes are applied via the , and you can create them for certain customers, separate customer groups, specific products, and the entire catalogue. Besides, you can do that in bulk or separately. 

Sounds quite promising, right?

So, let's teach you how to create coupon codes in Magento.

How to Create Coupon Code in Magento 2?

To create a Magento coupon code take the following steps:

1. Navigate to Marketing > Promotions > Cart Price Rules and press the Add New Rule button.

2. Set the Name for the rule and add the Description.

3. Activate the rule and select the Websites the coupon code will apply on.

4. Specify the Customer Groups a coupon will work for.

5. In the Coupon field, select a Specific Coupon and enter the Coupon Code in the next

is a constant flow of customers, orders, shipments, restocking, and other important backend and frontend tasks. While most of these tasks are easy to complete, the real challenge appears when customers make mistakes in their orders. In this case, you need to cancel orders in Magento 2. 

So, in this guide, you'll learn how to do that in two different ways.

Why Cancel Orders in Magento? 

The most common case when you need to cancel orders in Magento is when there is something wrong with the ordered items or customers just want to return them. Nevertheless, if the reason for the cancelling is not the refund, you can still instead of creating a new order.

For that, you need the Magento 2 Order Editor. This solution helps you edit any order details from order number, and customer name to ordered items and tax classes. 

If you still want to cancel orders in Magento, refer to the options below.

Cancel Order in Magento 2 via Grid and Order View Page

1. Go to Sales > Orders and tick the Orders

Cart abandonment is one of the eCommerce issues a lot of merchants struggle with. Same as in any other online store, people might leave their shopping carts for reasons you'd never guess.

Still, it is something you have to deal with to improve sales and encourage people to finalize the order. Magento persistent shopping cart is one of the multiple ways you should explore to reduce cart abandonment in your store.

In this guide, you'll learn what it is and how to configure it for your benefit.

What is Magento Persistent Shopping Cart?

A persistent shopping cart in Magento is almost the same as a regular . However, the persistent cart can store products customers added to the cart for a period specified in the configuration, up to one year.

The persistent cookie remains active even after the session cookies expire. This allows keeping track of the cart items after customers sign out of your website.

Moreover, persistent shopping carts follow the customer ID which enables it to synchronize

Magento shopping cart is a key step in your checkout process, and unfortunately, the one where customers are very likely to drop off. Things like unexpected costs, confusing navigation or incorrect product images can cause many people to abandon the cart.

That's why it's crucial to understand and optimise your cart settings to avoid abandonment and .

In this guide, you'll discover the key features of the Magento shopping cart and how to set it up the "right" way. We'll also cover how you can manage and optimise your cart for the best user experience.

Benefits of Magento Shopping Cart

As we've already said, the shopping cart plays an important role in the customer's journey.

When configured properly, it can bring tons of benefits for you and your customers.

Benefits for merchants

Perhaps you haven't even thought about any benefits except sales here. However, the Magento shopping cart brings more than that.

• Increased sales: you can show related products in your cart based on the chosen ones,