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Barclays ePDQ: Retiring March 2026

One of the popular payment providers, Barclays ePDQ has announced they are retiring their service in early 2026 after over 10 years of providing secure online payments across the globe. This has lead many bussinesses to be alarmed, and upon recieving the information from Barclays will now need to go on a search for a […]

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McDonald’s Monopoly: Why not use a QR code?

In the United Kingdom, at the time of writing, McDonald’s Monopoly is back. The popular game of collecting small “game pieces” with codes, which can be scanned into the McApp and collected for a range of prizes. The McApp always defaults to offering to scan this in for you by using OCR but we tend […]

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Password Security: Top 5 Best Practices

Nearly every day you hear about another password breach with big names being involved with breaches such as Gmail, Microsoft and more. It’s more important than ever to move away from simplistic passwords and to implement a modern and secure password security policy into your business. At Invisible Dragon we encourage everyone to use secure […]

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How to build an infuriating API: 3 recent big problems

Recently, I had an experience of using an incredibly infuriating API, and wanted to document some of the issues with this API and how the developer experience in your API and platform can avoid these issues, reducing the need for developers to be in constant contact, and improving the entire ecosystem around your platform. Point […]

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Why do we not jump on the Shopify bandwagon? 3 big reasons to own your stack

Shopify is a hot topic at the moment in the world of e-commerce as it allows many business owners to quickly get started with selling online, with a slick and smooth online interface and many integrations which almost feels too good to be true. While at Invisible Dragon, we use WooCommerce for the majority of […]

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Why We Love Gravity Forms

There are a range of form plugins and systems available for WordPress, with a range of included features and add-on features. Our pick for our customers is nearly always Gravity Forms. Gravity Forms dates back to 2008 and has only continued to grow and provide value and functionality to customers. The Competition “Why not X? […]

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Single Use Coupons

Recently in the news and especially spreading around social media (mostly on TikTok) a group of people have been exploiting self-service machines and their acceptance of coupons. In the UK generally coupons are not a large deal, and can’t be stacked causing those fables situations where a customer leaves with several trolleys full of goods […]

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Big Web Platforms Compared – WordPress vs Wix

Two of the largest platforms today on the market for building a website are WordPress and Wix. Both platforms offer their positives and negatives to the platform. Note in this article, we build websites in WordPress, and in fact this website itself is built in WordPress, so bear that in mind with our bias. Wix […]

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Better for The Planet Web Hosting

Many web hosting companies today are offering green web hosting, with the definition of such being varied from company to company. With more public demand for companies to be green, every web hosts wants to say that they are greener than their competition in order to win eco concious business support. Green Web Hosting Green […]