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I’ve been studying alternative data access methodologies for dashCommerce as I’m not pleased with SubSonic. I’ve been looking at some alternatives and in my searching I came across LightSpeed. LightSpeed has some really nice features such as the LightSpeedContext and the UnitOfWork which encapsulate some very nice features. The model designer of LightSpeed is very [...]...(read more)
My wife and I are expecting our 3rd child (gulp!) any day now so I am going to be going dark for a few weeks. I’ll be around, and tending to administrative things, but I won’t be on the forums too much. Hopefully, when I get back, I’ll have some cool things to show for [...]...(read more)
To cater to an international clientele, multi-currency processing is the way to go. “In addition to Internet usage growing much faster outside the U.S., countries that have the strongest purchasing power are also outside the U.S. – like those in the European Read More......(read more)
This has been in the works for a while now, but we finally got everything squared away so I wanted to take the opportunity to introduce Microlaser Communications as the exclusive  dashCommerce Value Added Reseller for the territories of Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, and Germany. Over the last 3+ years, I have had the pleasure of [...]...(read more)
I had an idea tonight as I was chatting with Yitzchok and louisd - why not have a dashCommerce Conference Call? We can use Skype and I can include 24 others. Although, I’m not sure how that will work out . . . Does anyone have any experience pulling something like this off? Is it a [...]...(read more)
A couple of weeks ago I went around and contributed to just about every open source framework / assembly / tool that dashCommerce uses except for 2. One because they never got back to me on how to contribute and another because the project leader is a bit of a dweeeeeeeb. So, who got the cash? They are: AlpineSoft.EZRSA - [...]...(read more)
We’ve already started doing some refactoring of dashCommerce for V.Next. Right now, I have been doing the work on my code base for dashCommerce.com because I usually guinea pig that first to see how stuff is going to work. With the next rev, we are going to be introducing some Dependency Injection and IoC in [...]...(read more)
I’ve been thinking a little lately about .NET, programming in general and all the stuff going on in the .NET space over the last few years. The conclusion that I’ve reached is that there are no new ideas in the .NET space that I can put my finger on. Let me refine that a bit [...]...(read more)
PayPal, Inc. Merchant Technical Services Notification ------------------------------------------------------------------ [1] Resolved 08/01 5:06 AM PDT (08/01 1:06 PM BST) ------------------------------------------------------------------ This notification Read More......(read more)
The Elusev™ UPS® Shipping Provider is now available at dashCommerce.com. This is our first vendor / developer product (there are a bunch more coming), so be sure to check it out. This provider gives you the ability to use UPS with your dashCommerce store! From the product description: The Elusev™ UPS® Shipping Provider extends the shipping options [...]...(read more)
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PayPal, Inc. Merchant Technical Services Notification ------------------------------------------------------------------ [2] Resolved 07/29 4:09 PM PDT (07/30 12:09 AM BST) ------------------------------------------------------------------ This notification Read More......(read more)
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PayPal, Inc. Merchant Technical Services Notification ------------------------------------------------------------------ [3] Resolved 07/25 7:49 AM PDT (07/25 3:49 PM BST) ------------------------------------------------------------------ This notification Read More......(read more)
Trust in word-of-mouth recommendations is at an all-time high. Public relations firm Edleman says in its 2008 Trust Barometer study that “a person like me” is still the most trusted source for information about a company and its services or products. Read More......(read more)
PayPal, Inc. Merchant Technical Services Notification ------------------------------------------------------------------ [1] Notification 07/23 7:26 AM PDT (07/23 3:26 PM BST) ------------------------------------------------------------------ This notification Read More......(read more)
PayPal, Inc. Merchant Technical Services Notification ------------------------------------------------------------------ [1] Notification 07/22 11:11 AM PDT (07/22 7:11 PM BST) ------------------------------------------------------------------ This notification Read More......(read more)
PayPal, Inc. Merchant Technical Services Notification ------------------------------------------------------------------ [1] Resolved 07/22 4:56 AM PDT (07/22 12:56 PM BST) ------------------------------------------------------------------ This notification Read More......(read more)
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PayPal, Inc. Merchant Technical Services Notification ------------------------------------------------------------------ [1] Resolved 07/19 6:11 AM PDT (07/19 2:11 PM BST) ------------------------------------------------------------------ This notification Read More......(read more)
PayPal, Inc. Merchant Technical Services Notification ------------------------------------------------------------------ [1] Notification 07/16 11:41 AM PDT (07/16 7:41 PM BST) ------------------------------------------------------------------ This notification Read More......(read more)
PayPal, Inc. Merchant Technical Services Notification ------------------------------------------------------------------ [1] Notification 07/15 11:02 AM PDT (07/15 7:02 PM BST) ------------------------------------------------------------------ This notification Read More......(read more)
Today, we have released the Mettle Systems Authorize.Net Payment Provider! I know a lot of folks have been asking for this, so it is now available at dashCommerce.com. In addition, we have released the Mettle System Order SubTotal Shipping Provider. This is another provider that has been repeatedly requested. This provider allows you to specify a [...]...(read more)
PayPal, Inc. Merchant Technical Services Notification ------------------------------------------------------------------ [1] Notification 07/15 4:12 AM PDT (07/15 12:12 PM BST) ------------------------------------------------------------------ This notification Read More......(read more)
dashCommerce Hosting Service Level Agreement

HARDWARE REPLACEMENT SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT
We guarantee that in the event of a server hardware failure, the faulty hardware will be replaced within 3 hours of identifying the problem. This guarantee does not include the time it takes to perform additional software related maintenance, including rebuilding web accounts from backups or rebuilding raid arrays.

NETWORK UPTIME SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT
We guarantee network uptime to be 100%. This guarantee assures that all major routing devices within our network are reachable from the global internet 100% of the time.

NETWORK SLA EXCLUSIONS
Many possible situations are completely beyond our control, and therefore are not in the scope of this SLA. These situations include:

  • Scheduled Network Maintenance - occasionally network maintenance will be required. We will do everything possible to minimize and avoid downtime during this maintenance.
  • Hardware Maintenance - on rare occasions, the hardware in our servers may need maintenance or replacement. We will do everything possible to minimize any downtime in these situations per our hardware replacement SLA. Any downtime incurred as a result of this maintenance will not be counted towards our network SLA.
  • Software Maintenance - an important part of managing a servers is keeping the software up to date. Occasional software updates will be required to address security or performance issues. Usually you will experience little or no downtime in these situations, but we cannot guarantee a specific amount of time in all situations.
  • Malicious Attacks - if a third party not associated with us initiates a "Denial of Service" or other form of disabling attack against our servers or major portions of our network, we will do everything in our power to stop the attack, but cannot guarantee a resolution time.
NETWORK SLA REMEDY
In the event that we do not meet this SLA, clients will become eligible to request compensation for downtime. All requests for compensation must be received within 3 business days of the incident in question. The amount of compensation may not exceed the customer's monthly cost.

SSL
We use RapidSSL.com for our SSL needs. RapidSSL.com is a subsidiary of GeoTrust, a highly trusted, credible and long standing CA with an Internationally recognized brand. GeoTrust own the Equifax roots that are already present in all popular browsers and used to issue the Professional Level certificates. RapidSSL.com also owns the root used to issue RapidSSL, FreeSSL and RapidSSL Wildcard certificates. GeoTrust is a WebTrust compliant CA and holds the WebTrust Seal. RapidSSL.com certificate range offers browser recognition rates from 99 percent suitable for both test/development, lite ecommerce and high volume / high transaction value ecommerce. All certificates offered through RapidSSL.com use 128 bit industry standard SSL encryption.