Hello,

We have an anti-spam module that filters out 80–90% of spam posts, sometimes blocking up to 400 spam posts per day.

Everyday there are new accounts posting spam. What is being done to cut down on the noise?

Hello everyone,

I'm interested in learning how store owners can improve the speed, reliability, and overall performance of their eCommerce websites.

For those running online stores, what has made the biggest difference in your website performance?

I'd especially like to hear your experience with:

- Choosing reliable web hosting
- Improving page loading speed
- Optimizing product images and database queries
- Using caching and a CDN
- Maintaining website security and uptime

Have you noticed a significant improvement after changing your hosting environment or optimizing your store?

I'd appreciate any practical tips or recommendations from the community.

Thank you!

Quote from: icrashin2000 on December 04, 2018, 07:51:34 AMHi All,

I seem to be receiving a lot of spam emails marked "Enquiry" in my messages inbox which when opened, relate to lots of things like "New Casino" or "You can't miss this offer". I'm using the Mail setting in Abantecart and I'm not sure how to set this up so that anything like that gets blocked. Does anyone have any advice please?

Many thanks.

The messages you're receiving likely originate from your AbanteCart store's contact form. If these emails are being automatically generated by bots, enabling Google reCAPTCHA can reduce spam. The procedure is described in the official AbanteCart documentation: https://abantecart.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AD/pages/6258768/Google+reCAPTCHA.

Before adjusting any settings, it's best to pinpoint the exact source of these messages. The solution will vary depending on the situation.

Can you tell me if the emails with the subject line "Information Request" are coming through the store's contact form, or if they're arriving directly at your email address without going through the form? Depending on the answer, you'll need to either strengthen the form's security or configure your email's spam filtering.

Understandably.

This would require custom development, preferably as an extension.

Hello Basara, thank you for sharing this very informative post! I have a few questions I'd love to hear your thoughts on. First, how can we determine whether a product or service is suitable for a subscription-based business and has the potential to keep customers interested in the long run? Also, for entrepreneurs in countries where mobile money is more widely used than bank cards, are there any simple alternatives to Stripe and PayPal that can be integrated with AbanteCart to manage recurring payments? Finally, when customers miss payments or decide to cancel their subscriptions, what strategies would you recommend to encourage them to stay or return without making them feel pressured? Thank you in advance for your insights and practical advice!

Hello Basara,

Thanks for the reply, Basara!

Just out of curiosity, how would this work in AbanteCart? Would we need a custom extension to show different products and categories depending on whether a customer belongs to group A or B, including hiding the relevant menu items?

Or is there already an extension that can do this?

I think this would be useful for others who want to offer different products to different types of customers. Thanks for clarifying!

You need to go incrementally, so from 1.3.2 to 1.4.4 would be 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.2.1, 1.4.3 and finally 1.4.4.

What versions will I need to upgrade to before I can get to 1.4.4? 

I don't believe that's possible, the instructions to upgrade AbanteCart are here: https://abantecart.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AD/pages/4980799/AbanteCart+Upgrade