May 2020's webinar included a tour of the exciting new version of our Designer & Proof Manager (DPM), formerly known as Sample & Proof Manager. Andrew walks you through designing, printing and publishing on demand products. In addition, he [...]
As the world begins to settle into its new routine during the Coronavirus lockdown, we thought we’d share an interesting article from the BBC in the UK that highlights some of the business and product areas that are performing [...]
March's webinar, hosted by our CEO Andrew Talbot, covered the ways in which retailers are using our platform to improve conversion rates when selling on demand products. If you didn't manage to catch the webinar in real time, don't [...]
During this time of unprecedented uncertainty, we want to take this opportunity to update you on our COVID-19 response and reassure all our customers and partners that despite the current difficulties, Custom Gateway is running as normal. Being a cloud-based [...]
At a time when maintaining turnover has become more critical than ever, many retailers now need affordable and effective ways to ensure that they can generate sales consistently. Fortunately, at Custom Gateway, we have a variety of exciting options [...]
While the current Coronavirus crisis is causing many bricks and mortar shops to close temporarily, eCommerce is proving to be something of a safe haven for retailers; enabling them to maintain a constant stream of revenue and orders. In [...]
With many retail stores now shut or facing imminent closure due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, the prospect of falling sales is weighing heavily on business owners. However, from these unprecedented times, there are still plenty of business opportunities [...]
In light of the recent spread of coronavirus, we’d like to take this opportunity to update our customers and partners on the measures we are taking to ensure that business runs as usual. We understand that this is a [...]
February's webinar, hosted by our CEO Andrew Talbot, covered the secrets to unlocking extra sales with product blanks and global fulfilment. If you didn't manage to watch the webinar live, worry not - we've included a recording below: [...]
Using Our Smartlinks? Please Take Action Now From early February 2020, a Google Chrome update (Version 80) will start to enforce much stricter rules on what are known as “Third Party Cookies”. The primary reason for doing so is [...]
Our latest webinar is a quick and informative presentation showing how our platforms can connect you with dropship suppliers and enable you to sell any type of personalised or on demand product online - thus becoming your own marketplace. [...]
Our standard smartlink apps available in the Custom Product Platform (CPP) all allow override CSS to be applied to them, giving you complete control over the look and feel of our apps. We give the apps a solid [...]
OMS now has the ability to send SMS order and dispatch confirmations via a third party service called Octopush. SMS messages will be sent to the telephone number stored against the order in OMS. This is a fantastic [...]
Shopblocks are an approved Custom Gateway development partner. Their unique hosted eCommerce platform gives you everything you need to create an online shop. Our latest retailer feed has been built especially for the Shopblocks website platform. Our retail [...]
The latest Smartlink app to join our range is called Stepped. This app has been designed with a linear, stepped journey through the personalisation process and has been built from the ground up for mobile optimisation. Give the app a [...]
Our Smartlink Apps now allow customers to add Google and Mouseflow analytics codes when creating new configurations. This opens up a massive amount of data to help you manage bounce rates and potential exit points from your website, [...]
It's well known that personalisation has evolved far beyond a time-sensitive trend. Personalised products are now widely available across all aspects of our lives, from gifts and homeware, through to vehicles, tourism and even financial products. Forbes recently published [...]
The Custom Gateway OMS platform is now connected with the ShipStation API. This allows suppliers to connect and book in consignments with a huge range of connected carriers. ShipStation are a leading Shipping Aggregator, who enable customers to [...]
A great feature in OMS is the ability to live edit print jobs created by customers. This allows customer services to manage updates to print jobs, to fix customer errors such as spelling mistakes or image placement and then [...]
This well establish feature is extremely valuable to retailers and suppliers alike. The Custom Gateway Order Management System (OMS) portal can accept orders in CSV format, and can then process and generate artwork as needed, to push it [...]
We are now connected from the Custom Gateway platform to the DPD Enterprise Service Gateway, allowing our users with a DPD account to automatically book in consignments, collections and return DPD labels for printing, all through the Order [...]
