Currency Switching – Magento Blog https://blog.extendware.com by ExtendWare Mon, 27 Jun 2016 22:29:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://blog.extendware.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/cropped-android-chrome-384x384-1-32x32.png Currency Switching – Magento Blog https://blog.extendware.com 32 32 Currency Switching by Country in Magento https://blog.extendware.com/currency-switching-by-country-in-magento/ Thu, 24 Sep 2015 20:33:42 +0000 https://blog.extendware.com/?p=472 Read more]]> Store--Currency-Switcher-(for-web)Automatic currency switching by geoip is a great way to improve store usability international. Imagine if you sell products in USD, but someone from the the United Kingdom visits. Of course they will want to view prices in British Pounds. To automatically switch currencies based on geographic location is very easy. Just follow these steps:

Setup Currencies in Magento

Follow these steps to enable currencies for your store:

  1. Go to System -> Configuration -> Currency Setup
  2. Select any of the currencies in the Allowed Currencies field that you want to enable on your store
  3. Go to System -> Manage Currencies -> Rates and click the Import button to import rates and save the rates

How to switch currencies automatically based on visitor geoip location

Now you have currencies setup, but they are not that useful to customers as they do not automatically see prices in their preferred currency based on location. To resolve this you will want to follow these steps:

  1. Install Magento Currency Switching extension.
  2. Go to Extendware -> Manage Extensions -> Auto Switcher -> Currency Rules.
  3. Associate any of the currencies in your Allowed Currencies list with any countries that you want to auto switch to that currency.

Once completed your store will be much more internationally friendly! Have a look at all of our best magento extensions.

Quick Extension Overview

Make your store more personalized and easier to use by gracefully redirecting customers to the proper store and currency based on their geographic location and browser configuration with Extendware’s Magento Store Currency Switching extension. Easy and flexible rules give you full control on switching. Compatible with full page cache systems.

 

]]> Magento Store / Currency Switcher Released https://blog.extendware.com/store-currency-switcher-released/ Wed, 04 Sep 2013 18:00:36 +0000 https://blog.extendware.com/?p=204 Read more]]> Extendware’s Magento Store / Currency Switcher gives your customers a more localized and personalized shopping experience by automatically redirecting customers to the proper store and currency based on their geographic location. If you sell to markets that use different currencies or different languages, then it is important that customers view the correct currency / store view.

Common auto-switching scenarios:

  • Auto-switch to your region specific stores. European visitors can go to your European store, Indian visitors to your Indian store, US visitors to your US store, etc
  • Auto-switch to language-specific stores. Customers from Spanish speaking countries will view your Spanish language store, English speakers will see your English language store, etc.
  • Auto-switch to the currency of your customers. US visitors will see dollars, Europeans will see Euros, etc.

Note: This extension is compatible with our Magento Full Page Cache extension. 

Quick Overview

Extendware’s Magento Store / Currency Switcher Make your store more personalized and easier to use by gracefully redirecting customers to the proper store and currency based on their geographic location and browser configuration. Easy and flexible rules give you full control on switching. Compatible with full page cache systems.

 

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