Ecommerce Apocolypse: Authorize.net

I checked on Mad Mimi from my iPhone this morning (from my bed as I often do at 4am) and my inbox was full of error messages. We pretty quickly realized that Authorize.net was offline. They're our credit card payment processor.

It was a bit hard to imagine - their site was completely dead. I couldn't even connect to them when I tried calling. Ok, cool - so, we're sitting around and waiting for them to come back online - and nothing. We're still waiting - while errors pile up (I put a note on the site by the way).

I was pretty happy to see Authorize.net created a Twitter account (@authorizenet) and although they've announced that processing is operational, we're still not transacting.

Update: Authorize.net is aware that not all processing is happening yet.

We're seeing the news on Techcrunch, Mashable and obviously you can follow their tweets.

If you're trying to upgrade, please give us a shout on chat or shoot us an email.

Update: we're transacting again.

Awesome Client: Timbuk2

This week's featured Mimi users are the gang at Timbuk2: http://www.timbuk2.com

If your company or organization is doing cool things with Mad Mimi, we want to know! Email me at anthony@madmimi.com - we'll be featuring someone different every week!

An Awesome Song by Dean

It's called Minneapolis. It's beautiful. Go Dean!

http://www.screencast.com/t/NeubvrVq

Oh, hello there.

Brand new RSS Feed

This week Mad Mimi launched out RSS feed feature! Now all you bloggers can keep your user updated automatically.

All you need to do is visit the "more features" section, enable the RSS feed and enter your blog's URL.




You can choose the theme for the feed, pick the regularity of the send and more.

Give it a shot and let us know your thoughts on our RSS feature.

More Features

You may have already noticed the "more features" link at the top of your page:

This where you'll find all extra features like the Web Form, the developer's API, Google Analytics and coming soon Auto-responders, RSS feed and much much more.

Enjoy!

Mimi plays nice with others. We're so proud!

Everyone on the Mad Mimi team is excited about the new ShootQ integration. ShootQ is a virtual studio manager, assisting photographers from the moment a prospective client contacts them until the final product is delivered. ShootQ keeps job leads and workflow organized and is a versatile and feature rich platform.

ShootQ partners with Mad Mimi to give those brilliant talented people called photographers tools to create email marketing promotions.

Mad Mimi also welcomes BigTie!'s new plug in which allows Wordpress bloggers to automatically upload their registered users to their Mad Mimi audience list.