1. THE PRESENT AND FUTURE
nopCommerce  

2. INTRODUCTION
LAST
YEAR
RESULTS
FUTURE
PLANS

3. Cornerstone nopCommerce principle
we are FREE
we are independent
years and years of marketing made people very cautious about the word “FREE”

4. Goals free and open-source software
a product capable of powering everything from a small shop to a corporate site

5. nopCommerce vs other solutions
enterprise solutions custom carts SaaS small open-source projects

6. INTRO
LAST
YEAR
RESULTS
FUTURE
PLANS

7. Official site redesign

8. CMS Critic Awards
resource for business software news, reviews and editorials
winner “Best ecommerce for SMB”
nopCommerce community cohesion and proactivity

9. Сertified developer program
more easily find clients, become more marketable
check if you are still current with technologies
clients can ensure that company is advanced in nopCommerce, how many specialists are certified
BUY THE CERTIFICATION VOUCHER
PASS THE EXAM
(>80%)
GET THE CERTIFICATE

10. Partnership programs Hosting partnership program
Aim: to help nopCommerce users more easily find a hosting provider with a good reputation and advanced features

11. Partnership programs Solution partnership program
Aim: to help nopCommerce users find companies for making a customization, developing apps, helping to manage a store, and adapting the look-and-feel of a website

12. Partnership programs Solution partners ranking system
Ranking system helps our users to find a better partner to work with. Users will know in advance how many sites powered by nopCommerce a partner developed, how many certified developers it has.
Certified developer
3 points
Website
2 points
Plugin
Theme
1 point

13. Partnership programs Technology partnership program
Aim: provide services for the benefit of nopCommerce users, helping them to improve their bookkeeping, solve logistics problems, secure their payments
Payment gateways
Logistics
Bookkeeping
CRM
Mobile services
Order management
Security verification
Shipping and fulfillment
Reviews and recommendations
Taxes
marketing

14. Integrations & plugins
1400 plugins and themes in extensions directory 400 new plugins just for the last year if you have some integration and don’t want to give it for free, offer it as a paid plugin.

15. Moving from CodePlex to Github
Github today is the only one truly effective platform for all open-source projects
a lot of pull requests and code contributions
makes nopCommerce development better

16. Release of version 3.70
focus on scalability and added support for Windows Azure conditional product attributes access control list (ACL) for topics apply for vendor account in public store

17. Release of version 3.80 new design of Admin Area
absolutely new design
responsive
“basic” and “advanced” modes for settings
menu search with autocomplete
customizable dashboard

18. Release of version 3.80 configurable product details page
two modes for this page: "basic" and "advanced"
“basic” mode shows the only minimum amount of settings needed for mundane work
“advanced" mode shows all available fields

19. Release of version 3.80 other features
usage of several discounts simultaneously conditional checkout attributes “image squares” product attribute advanced in-store pickup ship to the same address

20. Web API developed by Nop-Templates team
one of the workshops will be dedicated to this Web API plugin

21. Marketing and content monthly writing contest
articles for third-party sites
our official blog
screencasts
success stories and case studies, testimonials
community newsletter

22. Site & plugin of the month
Site of the month
The main purpose is helping store owners to find useful plugins
Instrument for praising efforts of individual developers, companies, and solution partners

23. FUTURE
PLANS
INTRODUCTION
LAST
YEAR
RESULTS

24. Development roadmap Versions 3.90 and 4.00
we plan to concentrate on store owner and customer experience
nopCommerce should be as much configurable as possible
Version 4.00:
ASP.NET Core

25. Marketing plans Whitepapers
branded documentation on commercial cases of nopCommerce usage showing nopCommerce flexibility and cost-saving effectiveness

26. Marketing plans Meetups
We want nopCommerce community to be interconnected
Steps for meetups organizing:
special page on our site, where people can add topics for discussion suggest places for meetups
promoting through lanyrd.com and meetup.com

27. Marketing plans Trainings & webinars
in-person classroom trainings and online virtual classes
in process of finding training partners who have training experience and want to provide such services
webinars are great marketing and educational tool for our partners 

28. Marketing plans nopCommerce documentation
big challenge
more usable for new store owners
examples and videos
translate to other languages

29. Thanks for your attention!