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A young Engineer

I’ve always been a fan of training up staff. When I used to work at Reuters I’d say this was my favourite secret job. To have a young person come in new to this great profession and be able to watch them grow and spread their wings, well its just a fantastic thing to watch. […]

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WebShopApps – A Unique Proposition

What do WebShopApps Do? This is a question we ask all prospective staff members. If they can’t answer with a few key words (one of them involving shipping), then usually the interview is over within 5 minutes and we just pad it out for 20 minutes more to be nice! But a lot of people […]

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IRCE 2014 Roundup

Last week 10,000 of the best and brightest eCommerce minds in the world gathered in Chicago for the Internet Retail Conference & Exhibition. Karen and Daniel from WebShopApps attended and spent time connecting with partners, friends, and customers as well as keeping our finger on the pulse of eCommerce. Here are some highlights: Endicia‘s event […]

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A Week with WebShoppApps

After meeting Karen at an engineering conference held by my school I asked if I’d be able to undertake work experience with her company. It seemed the perfect opportunity – an impressive company, an industry suited to my interest and based near to where I live. I’m so glad Karen agreed to take me on […]

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Three Reasons You Should Visit Us at Imagine

In just a few weeks the WebShopApps team is going to be setting up at Booth #60 in the Imagine eCommerce marketplace. Here are the top three reasons that you should stop by whether you’re a merchant, designer, developer, or just want to learn about the latest innovations in eCommerce shipping: 1. We’re Announcing some […]

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WebShopApps opens in the US

As normal, life is busy at WebShopApps.  I’ve sat back tonight under orders from our new Partnership & Marketing Director Daniel to give you an update on where we are right now. Now, I could give you a pumped-up blog about how great we are, and god bless america, etc. But I’m not, I’m going […]

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Announcing WebShopApps’ Partnership With Endicia

WebShopApps, experts in the field of eCommerce shipping and a Magento Platinum Industry Partner, is excited to announce our partnership with Endicia, a leading provider of USPS shipping tools and a proud partner of the United States Postal Service. Endicia gives merchants the tools they need to grow their business by letting them buy and […]

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MagentoLive Germany 2013 Recap

It was a chilly November evening in Munich, Germany when developers, merchants, representatives from Magento, eBay, and Paypal gathered at the Rilano No. 6 bar & restaurant for the MagentoLive Germany 2013 pre-conference party. Two of the WebShopApps UK team, Josh and Raf, joined the fun and connected with other Magento developers, some wonderful WebShopApps […]

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WebShopApps goes Platinum

It seems barely yesterday that I was trawling the internet in search of a good eCommerce platform to use for my husband’s site. I remember looking at osCommerce and thinking there has to be something better out there. I was fed up with hosted solutions, I wanted control, I wanted flexibility. This was 2008, just […]

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Announcing the arrival of Blue Jalappeno!

Back in 2010 I realised that WebShopApps was expanding fast and I needed some help with the non-shipping extensions. I sent a mail to an ex-colleague Genevieve (Gen), someone I consider to be an excellent developer but more importantly one of the best all-round software engineers I have ever met. Gen has taken over some […]

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