Facebook Link by aheadWorks
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Facebook Link by aheadWorks
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Be where your customers are - this is the simple mantra for most successful businesses. Chances are, a large number of your customers are on Facebook! After all, it is the among the top 6 websites in terms of traffic, as reported by comScore. So, create a presence on your customers’ Facebook Walls and get a distinct competitive edge over your competitors. Our Facebook Link extension helps you do exactly that.
Facebook Link helps you promote your store among your customers' Facebook friends quickly and easily. You can configure the extension so that if a customer logs into your store using his/her Facebook account and makes a purchase, a post is automatically left on the customer’s Facebook wall, giving details of the order items or with your store notice. Posts like “I’ve just purchased this great stuff at (your store link)” would automatically be displayed on the Wall. The extension uses various product variables to customize these messages and make them attractive: you can include the store name, name of the purchased product, price and links to the store or product page.
Get maximum viral marketing effect with minimum effort.
Features for your customers
* Faster login to your store
1-click login when the customer is logged-in on Facebook
* Show-off purchases
Your customers now have the option to automatically tell friends about their purchases. Friends value such information- after all, we are all influenced by what our friends buy!
* Transaction privacy
Customers can choose to not have their purchase details displayed on their Facebook wall. They can opt-in to grant your store access to their wall, the first time they access their Facebook account. If granted, all further purchases will be reflected on the wall automatically.
* "Like" button
The Like button, added on the Product page, lets your site visitors share your content with their friends on Facebook. When the user clicks the Like button on your site, a story appears in the user’s friends’ News Feed with a link back to your website.
* "Send" button
Facebook Link can be used to display the Send button along with the Like button. The Send button allows users to send the URL in a message to Facebook friends, to the walls of Facebook groups, or as an email to an individual.Features for you
* Greater brand penetration
* User-friendly interface
* Login and sign-up using Facebook API
* Automatic updates on customer's Facebook wall
* Custom wall post template and custom action link template (as Facebook does not allow in-text hyperlinks)
* Ability to include pre-defined number of products from the order in the post
* Template variables detailing purchased products (E.g. the template is "#username# has just purchased #product_title# for only #price# from #store#." When posted to the wall, all these variables are substituted with real values)Other extension features:
* PE compatibility
* Easy 2-minute installation
* 100% open source
* 15 day money back – satisfaction guaranteed
* Lifetime bug free guarantee
* Meets Magento programming practices for most versions and customizations compatibility
* Free upgrades during support period
* Our excellent support team is waiting to hear from you each business day from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm GMTIt is not only good to be on Facebook, it’s almost become a business imperative. And why miss out when we’ve virtually made it a no-brainer?
Visit Extension Page: http://ecommerce.aheadworks.com/facebook-link.html
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- Release Notes
Changelog v.2.1.4
2012-10-22 09:28:04 - + Points & Rewards aheadWorks extension compatibility
- * Guest’s wishlist became empty after logging in via Facebook
- * Required customer attribute didn’t appear on Magento EE
Changelog v.2.1.3
2012-07-06 10:01:44 - + Ability to customise "Login via Facebook" button style
- * Default comments were not shared via Wishlist
Changelog v. 2.1.2
2012-04-30 08:20:52 - + Ability to share wishlist in Facebook
- * Security improved
- * Minor bug fixes
Changelog v.2.1.1
2012-03-28 03:55:31 - * Pop-up issue
- * Posting on Facebook wall error
- * Incorrect locale determination
- * Incorrect behavior when new account creating
Changelog v.2.0
2009-09-16 13:59:06 - + New Facebook API
- + New JavaScript SDK
- + One click connect
- + "Like" button
- + App ID and App Secret validation
- + Product images in the posts on the Facebook Wall
- + Ability to disable wall post
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About the Developer
This extension was developed by and is supported by aheadWorks
Facebook Link by aheadWorks 6 6Since 2.1.4 version, you have the ability to give points to customers when they “Like” your products. *Points & Rewards aheadWorks extension compatibility October 22, 2012Ouch! Hurt Our Sales We were excited to use the Facebook link module (v 2.1.1, Community) since our developer has used other AheadWorks products in the past (for us and his other clients). Looked like a great way to get social mentions and make login easier. Unfortunately, after a couple of weeks, Google Analytics revealed that the plugin likely *hurt* our sales (thousands of dollars!) instead of helping. More people were leaving the store at the login step and not returning. Puzzled, we discovered that the the plugin *forces* the user to give permission to post to the user's wall, even if they click Skip at that (2nd page) step, and *even* if you turn off the Post to Wall option in your Magento store configuration panel! This behavior sends a scary (but incorrect) signal to a potential user: "We insist on posting your purchases to your Wall even if you don't want us to." Even though it doesn't actually post, the user is afraid that it will, so they leave without buying. The authentication can and should be more granular, as explained by Facebook (Google "facebook permissions reference" to see it). The plugin can choose which additional permissions they request from Facebook when authenticating--it should not request publish_stream permission if the option is disabled in the store. I use Facebook to log in everywhere, and other sites don't always request permission to post to your wall. It took a couple of weeks to see the sales impact, then to try disabling the Post to Wall feature, and finally to learn of the coding/design defect. By then the 15-day $-back period was over, and a refund was declined by AheadWorks even though the module behavior is not our fault. (I even had trouble convincing them that they have programming control over this behavior.) They did try to make up for it in other ways (thank you), but the very short 15-day $-back period irritates me now. 15 days just isn't enough time to measure some impacts. If it isn't working out and it isn't due to user error and the user was hurt, a refund should be issued anyway IMO. Besides, 30-day $-back periods have been show (in studies) to increase net sales, not hurt them... (AheadWorks declined to fix this issue after a few emails back and forth. They also suppressed this review on their own web site, so it is being published here to help others avoid the same pitfalls.) July 16, 2012would it work with ver 1.6.1 ? December 6, 2011Facebook Link v.2.0.2 with the 'Send' button integrated is out. October 19, 2011Given the price of this extension social analytics is a MUST. Too much for too little. July 2, 2011Nice extension but It would be much more interesting when you will provide a full integration in Open Graph protocol and a flexible system of rating by facebook like, and fb:comment button, in product page and category page. July 1, 20101-6 of 6- Q&A
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