A community project with Homestart

Space 48 lend a helping hand A charity not only close in location but also close to our hearts; we wanted to help support Homestart Warrington and the great work that they do within our community. Homestart offers friendship and […]

DPM:UK 2016

Digital Project Management Conference, Manchester Last Thursday, a couple of the Space48ers attended #DPMUK16; THE event for anybody involved in managing digital projects. The event was the third of its kind and consisted of a two-part workshop and conference the […]

Apprentice open day at UKFast

Joining forces in a bid to help Yesterday, we had the pleasure of attending #ApprenticeOpenDay in the wake of the current ‘Bright Futures’ situation. Just last week, Media City based company Bright Futures went into liquidation, leaving a large number […]

Mage Titans Italia 2016

Google drafts & experiments

Google drafts & experiments: mobile bid adjustments Being a Google partner gives our marketing department plenty of advantages; we are often the first to hear about new developments and changes and the first to be taught new skills directly from […]

Smart Sampling for Charlotte Tilbury

Smart Sampling functionality In May 2013, Charlotte Tilbury approached us to build a brand new website on the Magento Enterprise platform. Since the launch we have continued to work with Charlotte Tilbury on a monthly basis developing the brand further. […]

Integration tests in Magento 2

Magento 2 is coming into the eCommerce world and some modern programming principles are coming with it as well. One of those principles is automated testing.

The future stack

Future hosting stack comes to the Space 48 demo stores. Space 48 are always very interested in technologies which can help our customers’ sites to run faster. Some of these might not be stable enough for us to recommend for […]

Klarna payment solution

The main point of difference between a normal checkout page and a Klarna checkout is the ‘Pay after delivery’ option it offers customers making a purchase, alongside the standard ‘Pay now’ option. Meaning customers can receive their order prior to […]

Magento 2 in practice

The Mage Titans’ workshop Now the dust has settled on the latest Mage Titans I wanted to share some thoughts on the workshop that took place on the Friday night before the main event. This was billed as “Dipping your […]

Black Friday, Cyber Monday

What did it mean to you? Last year we posted a series of articles around this American phenomenon, from how to prepare your site, stockroom & marketing strategy to questioning its existence and longevity. I think we were right to […]

Magento 2 – RELEASED!

The eagerly awaited M2 has arrived It has literally just been announced at Magento Live Australia that Magento 2 is officially here (#MLAU15 is the hashtag to follow).

DEA award winners 2015

The Digital Entrepreneur Awards – ‘Digital SME of the Year’ winners! Yesterday the DEA Awards took place at the Palace hotel in Manchester, AND we are delighted to have been awarded ‘Small Digital Business Of The Year’ for the second […]

Mage Titans 2015 – what a day!

A retrospective: Wow, what a reception! We are delighted with the success of our second Mage Titans conference and the sheer number of you who attended. The feedback we have heard from the event so far has been very positive, […]

Magento 2 trained solution partner

We are now a Magento 2 trained solution partner! We’ve been keeping a keen eye on Magento 2 ever since its early development days and have remained in touch with those who are working on the core regularly. We have […]

Mage Titans 2015

Mage Titans – our involvement The 1st of November 2014 the inaugural Mage Titans took place. One year on and we’re getting ready for Mage Titans 2! This year the vibe is slightly different though, there’s a real buzz around […]

Charlotte Tilbury Foundation Finder

The Foundation Finder Functionality In May 2013, Charlotte Tilbury approached us to build a brand new website on the Magento Enterprise platform. Since the launch we have continued to work with Charlotte Tilbury on a monthly basis developing the website […]

Magento solution specialist

The Magento solution specialist exam Recently, on 2nd October 2015 our Head of Client Services, Steven, sat the Magento Solution Specialist exam. Below are his thoughts on the exam:

Taylors of Harrogate appoint Space 48

Development, management & support We were delighted when our personal favourite tea & coffee specialists, Taylors of Harrogate approached us to be a part of their new venture. An everyday household name, Taylors of Harrogate are owners of Yorkshire Tea […]

Better Bathrooms – Retail website of the year!

Retail Systems award winners 2015 Last Thursday the Retail Systems Awards 2015 took place at the London Marriott Hotel, AND we are delighted to of been awarded ‘Retail Website of the Year’ for our work with Better Bathrooms!

Website personalisation – a Nosto focus

An integration favourite Just recently we mused on the ever popular concept of Me-Tail and discussed the basics of Website Personalisation. Now we’re back to shine the spotlight on a few of Space 48’s personal personalisation integration favourites.

eSuite London

Thoughts from the day Yesterday, I attended an exclusive one-day event, eSuite London at the Village Underground Shoreditch – and I must say that it was a very cool venue, perfect for taking some time to reflect and learn from […]

Creating a conversion focused product page

9 ways to optimise your regular product page When somebody asks for my thoughts on the design of a product page, I don’t focus on the colours used, the images used or if it has a minimalistic design. My immediate […]

Q&A with our Head of Development

Meet Colin, our Head of Development With the continued growth of the Space 48 team, the time was right to seek someone to support Tony (our Technical Director) with the management of development projects and the development team.

Serving up relevancy with website personalisation

Amazon, Facebook and Google were the ambassadors, and being of such colossal stature they paved the way for the stream of early adopting corporations to follow in their wake.

Tough Mudder 2015

Tough Mudder 2015 We are proud to say that we made it! On a weekday I am ordinarily up bright and early at 6am, however this Saturday I excitedly awoke at 5.30am. Not because as I was going on holiday […]

The effect delivery and returns have on conversion

And how to decrease basket abandonment! As an online retailer you cannot avoid basket abandonment, however by understanding why your users abandon their cart you can reduce the amount of people who do. We’ve found the most common reasons why […]

GoInStore for Dawsons

Dawsons Music select GoInStore technology GoInStore technology offers a unique customer experience, combining online browsing with the shopping experience found in store. A customer of ours, Dawsons Music, recently chose to implement the GoInStore feature to their online store in […]

Changes to Google Shopping feed specification

Google Shopping – September update Google recently made some changes to the Google Shopping feed specification and product taxonomy. The forthcoming updates will require any businesses using Google Shopping to make changes to their product data feed by 15th September […]

Your project technical specification

Tech spec advice to help kick start your project So, you’ve finally had your budget signed-off for your new eCommerce site, chosen an agency from the ones that pitched and now you’re excited to get things going. You’ve had the […]

Understanding orphaned transactions

“What are orphaned transactions?” SagePay is a very popular payment gateway in the UK and the official SagePay module (created by Ebizmarts) has been available for Magento since the early days, this has evolved to be a feature rich module […]

Changing your Magento core-agency

Taking on a client whose agency has changed the Magento core As a business utilising Magento Enterprise Edition, you are paying £10,000+ annually to get access to one of the best eCommerce platforms available. Similarly, when you choose your eCommerce […]

The importance of security updates

Why are security updates so important? In today’s online connected world, it’s more important than ever to keep up-to-date with security patches. Whether they are for your computer, laptop or your personal devices it’s always best practice to apply them […]

Is site speed affecting your sales targets?

How is Magento site speed affecting your brands sales targets? Website page speed is a topic which arises frequently when discussing the build or re-design of a website. One or two seconds of additional loading time can make the difference […]

5 reasons why your Magento store could be running slowly

Few things can be quite as irritating as a backend administration system which takes its time to load. Even worse so when speed affects your customers’ experience and ability to shop! You are not just losing your own time by […]

Stock management and Magento integration

Linking your Magento website to your retail business systems doesn’t have to be a headache, you just need the right team behind you. Here, I will talk you through a recent ‘mission critical’ project for one of our customers, an […]

Front-end toolkit

Front-end – the tools of my trade Ben, our front-end designer and (very thorough) quality analyst & tester, has put together a little list of the tools that he regularly uses. As there are so many tools available there’s not […]

Front-end development and automation

How do you approach your development?

Google sitelink extensions

A powerful optimisation tool for any PPC account. Sitelinks allow you to include additional information to your Google search ads, in the form of links to specific pages. When a customer clicks on an ad they are usually taken to […]

B2B ecommerce – what’s the difference?

We speak to many retailers and it is surprising how many feel that there is a distinct difference between a B2B site and a consumer facing retail site.