You might be wondering what lighting has to do with your consignment software or your consignment store’s computers, but it’s just another piece in the technology puzzle — and one that can have a negative impact on your computers and software.
Recommended Internet/Network Setup for Stores
Gmail App Password(s) Deleted via “New Sign-in” Email Alert
Gmail, Less Secure Apps, App Passwords & Consignment Software
tl;dr — As of May 30, 2022, Google no longer supports the Less Secure Apps feature that allowed third party programs (e.g. consignment software such as Peeps’ Software) to be able to send emails. This means, your consignment software likely will no longer be able to send emails from your Gmail account. Going forward, the already-available App Passwords feature in Gmail has to be utilized for sending emails.
Peeps v2.19 Update!
Enom Outage
Enom — a domain registrar and DNS provider — has been experiencing an outage and has been down since Saturday, 1/15/2022.
Moving Items to Other Accounts in Peeps’ Software
Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp Outage
Cannot Print to Printer Shares on Windows 10
Shopify Banning Consignment/Resale Stores
We’ve now had a number of storeowners come to us after being hit with a ‘ban’ from Shopify — i.e. Shopify disables their checkout and says they cannot use Shopify Payments (that’s how customers pay for your items via credit card, Apple, Google, etc.) if they’re selling designer/brand name items.