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AspDotNetStorefront and eBridge Integrate to Bring Accounting Packages to eCommerce

January 6, 2010 – Westlake, OH – AspDotNetStorefront, the leader in Microsoft ASP.NET eCommerce shopping cart software is proud to announce a partnership with eBridge Software, a world leading provider of accounting software integration solutions.  This partnership is aimed at providing mutual customers the opportunity leverage accounting integrations with 37 of the world’s most popular accounting packages, including products from Microsoft, SAP, Sage and Intuit.

“Enabling e-Commerce store owners to concentrate on their businesses and not the manual entry of orders removes an enormous obstacle for them,” said Colin Brown.  “In addition, having integration touch points into 37 major accounting packages will help AspDotNetStorefront expand their current solution offerings to their client base”.

“AspDotNetStorefront has always listened to our customers needs and responded in a proactive manner.  So many of our customers can benefit from an accounting package integration without having to take the time to build the integration from scratch.  This new strategic partnership with eBridge is so exciting, because it will offer AspDotNetStorefront users an easy tool to accomplish their accounting needs,” said Lisa Van Kuren, Marketing Manager for AspDotNetStorefront.

The eBridge integration leverages AspDotNetStorefront’s powerful WSI web service automation interface, allowing for seamless integration without modification core application files.  The AspDotNetStorefront ML e-commerce shopping cart software is available starting at $1,295 (WSI module sold separately) at http://www.aspdotnetstorefront.com.  Full source code is available for developers.  For information about AspDotNetStorefront, contact sales at (602) 490-0243 option 2 or email sales@aspdotnetstorefront.com.  Ask us about discounts for multiple license purchases and developer pack specials.

About AspDotNetStorefrontAspDotNetStorefront.com, a division of Discovery Productions, Inc., is a privately held company headquartered in Westlake, OH that provides online e-commerce shopping cart software for over 10,000 merchants and over 6,000 developers and DevNet partners. For more information, visit http://www.aspdotnetstorefront.com or call 602-490–0243, x2.

About eBridge

Founded in 1993, eBridge Software leads the small to medium sized (SME) market in accounting software integration.  Their powerful combination of Integration-as-a-Service (laaS) ePortal – including over 250 predefined connectors for EDI, ecommerce, CRM, and warehouse management – and our eBRIDGE adapters with over 37 accounting packages, makes eBRIDGE Software the only ‘last mile’ integration-as-a-service company to offer such a wide range of integration solutions.  The complete and flexible integration solution streamlines the business processes, saving you time and money.  For more information visit www.ebridgeconnections.com an EDI CRM SCM and Webstore front business software integration company.

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Today’s web stores are challenged with critical problems. Many web stores have come and gone over the years due to a variety of challenges. Some common challenges that web store owners face when creating and maintaining an ecommerce website include:

1.  Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - A common challenge faced by many web store owners is that customers can’t find their web store. People just don’t stumble upon a web store they like.  For example, it isn’t good  for a web store to rank in the hundreds in Google search result. This is partly due to web store owners not understanding how web search engines work.  To rank high, you must add keywords to your web store.

2.  Not Addressing Customers Security Concerns

When a customer makes a purchase from a web store they want to know that their information is not being shared with others. Many web stores fail to recognize how hesitant some shoppers are to enter their information into unknown web stores.  Displaying some form of hacker security trust mark on a web store can neutralize some of the anxieties customers have towards online shopping.

3. Lack of Content

Not having enough content on a web store can hurt it ability to attract new customers. For example, search engines usually reward points to those web sites that are frequently linked to by other web sites. If a web store has little or no content, then others will not link to you. Another challenge web store owners have when dealing with content includes updating web store content. Long after a site’s launch, your website has accumulated a plethora of pages. Some Web store maintenance requires continuous reviews of static content that may require updates or corrections.

4.  Lack of Patience

Another challenge facing web store owner is losing patience in the web store. Many web store owners are not realistic enough in their goals and shouldn’t be thinking about becoming millionaires overnight. Running a successful web store takes time and patience.

5.  Lack of Web Store Integration- Web store owners are aware of the time and effort needed to enter order and customer data while at the same time keeping the Web store up-to-date with product and pricing information.  eBridge’s Webstore Integration can eliminate this administrative burden by eliminating manual data entry and accompanying errors, improving information flow, increasing efficiency, and achieving savings in time and money. Click here to see all 37 supported accounting systems/ERP packages that eBridge integrates with.

Reference:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Challenges-That-You-Must-Be-Prepared-to-Face-When-You-Open-a-Web-Store&id=3376523

http://www.articlesbase.com/ecommerce-articles/top-5-problems-with-ecommerce-websites-559103.html

http://www.asaresearch.com/ecommerce/mistakes.htm

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New and Updated Integration Connections

Its been a very busy week here at eBridge – during the week of December 14^th , 2009, eBridge managed to published and update the following integration connections: 

• Hayneedle 4030
• MeijersCom 4010  

• Associated Wholesale Grocers 4030 UCS
• Costco US 4010
• Crutchfield 4010
• CSN Stores 4010
• Discovery Foods Albertsons 4010 UCS
• Fingerhut 4010
• General Maps
• HMV 4010
• K Mart Stores 4010
• Kroger 5010 UCS
• Nippon Express 4010
• OKI Bering 4010
• Orgill Brothers 4010
• Party City 4010
• Petco 4010
• PetsMart 4010
• Publix 5010 UCS
• School Outfitters 4010
• Target Com 4010
• Target Corporation 4010
• Walmart 5010

Be sure to stay tuned weekly for new EDI, webstore, CRM and supply chain management integration updates and additions to the ePortal.

Have A Great Weekend

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Important Integrations for Online

Merchants/eCommerce

Third-party payment processing - Deferred-payment services services accounted for 14% of U.S. online sales in 2007, according to financial analysis firm Javelin Strategy and Research. This could be a result of deferred-payment services being processed without transaction fees or chargeback risks for merchants. In the 2008 Merchant Survey Report, deferred plans ranked as a “most valued” option by one-quarter of The E-Tailing Group’s merchants.

Shipping – Certified shipping providers include automatic rate calculators and, usually, shipping account registration wizards. This allows for customers in a set-up shopping cart to choose the shipping method and then rates are automatically calculated.

Analytics – This would include programs such as Google Analytics, ClickTracks and Omniture. For example,  an analytic tools such as AmeriCommerce, includes integration from Extreme Logging, a service that records every action from each and every visitor—from shopping cart content to visited pages—and provides in-depth search and aggregation capabilities.

Web Store Integration Solution- Web store owners are aware of the time and effort needed to enter order and customer data while at the same time keeping the Web store up-to-date with product and pricing information.  eBridge’s Webstore Integration can eliminate this administrative burden by eliminating manual data entry and accompanying errors, improving information flow, increasing efficiency, and achieving savings in time and money. Click here to see all 37 supported accounting systems/ERP packages that eBridge integrates with.

Security protections - Security protections is extremely important. For example, case studies of carts using the hacker safe logo show 14% more sales than carts without visible anti-hacking certification. Security certification is obtained through integrated hacker-protection programs, like McAfee Secure or Trust Guard. These hacker-protection programs remotely scan site pages for known vulnerabilities or threats daily.

Credit card processing - New cart integration features recently mandated by the credit card industry includes Security certifications such as PCI (Payment Card Industry Data Security) and Visa’s Cardholder Information Security Program. A variety of  shopping carts now offer plug-and-play merchant account arrangements as well. This application signs merchants up for their own merchant account then automatically transfers credit card payments through the selected merchant account, with no further set-up involved.

Reference:

http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/763-Third-Party-Integrations-Make-Shopping-Carts-Easier-To-Use

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New and Updated Integration Connections 

 Good Afternoon Everyone,

I hope everyone had a good week. During the week of December 7t^h, 2009, eBridge Software, Inc. managed to published and update the following integration connections:

• PepBoys 4010

• AAFES 4030
• Big Lots Stores 5010
• Costco US 4010
• Discovery Foods Piggly Wiggly Alabama 4010 UCS
• Federated Co Op 4010 VICS
• Find MRO 4010
• Fingerhut 4010
• Ford Component Sales 4010
• General Maps
• HomeDepot US 4060
• Larox
• Magento
• Maps
• National Grocers 4010 VICS  
• OKI Bering 4010
• Owens Minor 4010
• PetsMart 4010
• Publix 5010 UCS
• School Outfitters 4010
• Sobeys Quebec 4010 VICS
• Target Com 4010
• Target Corporation 4010
• Walgreens 4010

Be sure to stay tuned weekly for new EDI, webstore, CRM and supply chain management integration updates and additions to the ePortal.

Have A Great Weekend

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HubSoft and eBridge Partnership

Partnership will allow users to integrate HubSoft ecommerce web orders and update inventory automatically into over 37 major accounting packages.

BURLINGTON, Ontario, Canada – December 10 2009 – HubSoft, a hosted online ordering platform for manufacturers and eBridge Software, a world leading provider of accounting software integration solutions announced today their partnership aimed at providing best of breed back office software integration. Although the number of retailers deploying eCommerce platforms continues to grow world wide, many eCommerce platforms do not easily connect with other, and often critical operational systems. This requires many deployments to depend upon custom solutions for a wide range of needs which along with being costly, places extra strain on resources.

The eBridge software currently supports connectors for 37 of the world’s most popular accounting packages, including products from Microsoft, SAP, Sage and Intuit. “This new partnership will facilitate the enabling of scheduled or on demand integration for web store owners into and out of their current accounting package” said Colin Brown, President/CEO of eBridge Software, Inc. “This will allow merchants to focus on selling and less on order fulfillment.” In addition, having integration touch points into 37 major accounting packages will help HubSoft provide a solution to their client base”

About eBridge

Founded in 1993, eBridge Software leads the small to medium sized (SME) market in accounting software integration. Our powerful combination of Integration-as-a-Service (IaaS) ePortal – including over 250 predefined connectors for EDI, ecommerce, CRM, and warehouse management—and our eBRIDGE adapters with over 37 accounting packages, makes eBRIDGE Software the only ‘last mile’ integration-as-a-service company to offer such a wide range of integration solutions. Our complete and flexible integration solution streamlines your business processes, saving you time and money. For more information visit www.ebridgeconnections.com an EDI | CRM | SCM and Webstore front business software integration company.

About HubSoft

HubSoft is a hosted online ordering platform for manufacturers to support their dealers, sales reps and pro-commerce orders.  This private portal is built to the unique requirements manufacturers have, and not found in any other eCommerce application.  Web sites are fully customized to your brand and support multiple pro-commerce, employee purchase and consumer-direct programs from the same inventory and product catalogue used to support dealer orders.  HubSoft can be used as an ERP for small brands or integrated to existing ERP applications.

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AspDotNetStorefront and eBridge Partnership

BURLINGTON, Ontario, Canada – December 09, 2009 – AspDotNetStorefront, an e-commerce platform and eBridge Software, a world leading provider of accounting software integration solutions announced today their partnership aimed at providing best of breed back office software integration. Although the number of retailers deploying eCommerce platforms continues to grow world wide, many eCommerce platforms do not easily connect with other, and often critical operational systems. This requires many deployments to depend upon custom solutions for a wide range of needs which along with being costly, places extra strain on resources.

The eBridge solution currently supports connectors for 37 of the world’s most popular accounting packages, including products from Microsoft, SAP, Sage and Intuit.  “Enabling e-Commerce store owners to concentrate on their businesses and not the manual entry of orders removes and enormous obstacle for them,” said Colin Brown “In addition, having integration touch points into 37 major accounting packages will help AspDotNetStorefront provide a solution to their client base”

About eBridge

Founded in 1993, eBridge Software leads the small to medium sized (SME) market in accounting software integration. Our powerful combination of Integration-as-a-Service (IaaS) ePortal – including over 250 predefined connectors for EDI, ecommerce, CRM, and warehouse management—and our eBRIDGE adapters with over 37 accounting packages, makes eBRIDGE Software the only ‘last mile’ integration-as-a-service company to offer such a wide range of integration solutions. Our complete and flexible integration solution streamlines your business processes, saving you time and money. For more information visit www.ebridgeconnections.com an EDI | CRM | SCM and Webstore front business software integration company.

About AspDotNetStorefront 

AspDotNetStorefront e-commerce platform has been in production since 1997, so it’s field tested on a wide range of stores, and a wide range of store types. AspDotNetStorefront objective is completely focused on delivering on our objective of “E-Commerce By Design”, at very aggressive pricing. We don’t feel that setting up an online storefront should cost thousands of dollars. Value, aggressive feature development, top-notch customer support have contributed to the rapid growth of our storefront platform, now in use by over 5,000 web developers, and nearly 10,000 customers.

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New and Updated Integration Connections

 Good Afternoon Everyone

Its been very busy here at eBridge – during November 30 to December 4th, 2009, eBridge managed to create and update the following integration connections: 

• Ford Component Sales 4010
• HY Vee 4010 UCS

•  AAFES 4030 
• Ace Hardware 4010
• Bon Ton 4010 VICS
• Costco Canada 4010
• Costco US 4010
• Do It Best 4010
• Fingerhut 4010
• FleetFarm 4010
• General Maps
• GSI Commerce 4010
• Kitchen Collection 4010
• Kroger 5010 UCS
• LLBean 4010 VICS
• Magento
• Maps
• McKesson 3010
• McLane Food Service 4010
• Menards 4010
• Metro Richeleau 4010 VICS
• MSC Industrial Supply 4010
• National Grocers 401 0VICS
• NipponExpress 4010
• Regal 4010
• School Outfitters 4010
• School Specialty Inc 4010
• School Specialty Inc Test 4010
• Sobeys 4010 VICS
• Sobeys Ontario 4010 VICS
• Sobeys Quebec 4010 VICS
• Sobeys West 4010 VICS
• Steinmart 4010
• Target Com 4010
• The Forzani Group LTD 5010

Additionally the following products and updates have been released and published to our ePortal:

• eBridge 2006 for PT2010 has been tested and released on Windows 7

Be sure to stay tuned weekly for new EDI, webstore, CRM and supply chain management integration updates and additions to the ePortal.

Have A Great Weekend

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 Cyber Monday and Search Engine Optimization for

Shopping Carts

Today is Cyber Monday, which means the shopping frenzy continues on the internet of many office computers. According to the National Retail Federation, 11 million more people are expected to shop online this year than last, bringing the total number of online customers to 100 million. When it comes to online shopping, search engines are the most important source of information. So, what features should a shopping cart system have in order to promote a merchant’s products across the web’s search engines?

(1)Customized Page Titles – A common mistake ecommerce sites make is starting product page titles with the site name. It is better to put the key words most relevant to the page first. Some carts offer a feature known as the “automatic URL rewriting.”  What this does is change long webpage addresses into keyword-filled search-engine-friendly addresses to boost your product pages in the rankings

 (2)Customized Meta Descriptions – Customized meta descriptions are the descriptive paragraph found below the page title in search engine results. Meta description is the an online merchants chance to advertise in the natural search engine listings.

(3)Customized Photo Tags – Having images with text descriptions provides merchant with many benefits because it encourage Google to index your images and make your page more relevant for the key-word term

(4)URL Redirection and Rewriting – Many carts are now making it easy to alter product page URLs, without affecting existing page rankings.  Furthermore, links should all start with http:// or www and end either with or without a slash,” All links need to be consistently in that form. That makes the most sense for the search engine.

(5)Automatic Keyword Writing – Many carts now offer automatic keyword writing.

(6)Fast, Friendly Design – Offering CSS formatting where coding is kept to a minimum through ASP.NET, where any JavaScript is condensed and where large header blocks are eliminated.

(7)eBridge Web Store Integration Solution – With an increase in sales volumes it will become paramount for online merchants to implement a web store Integration Solution.  eBridge’s web store Integration will assist web stores with the high volume of demand by eliminating manual data entry and accompanying errors, improving information flow, increasing efficiency, and achieving savings in time and money.  Click here to see all 37 supported accounting systems/ERP packages that eBridge integrates with. 

Reference:

Meacham, Jennifer.(2008). Shopping Carts and Search Engines. Retrieved November 30, 2009, from http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/761-Shopping-Carts-And-Search-Engines

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New and Updated Integration Connections

Good Afternoon Everyone

I hope everyone had a good week. During the week of November 23^rd, 2009, eBridge Software, Inc. managed to published and update the following integration connections:

• Basics Office Products LTD 4010

• AAFES 4030
• Academy Limited 4010
• Ace Hardware 4010
• Amazon Books 4010
• Basics Office Products LTD 4010
• Brady Varatronics 4010
• Cabelas 4030
• Cintas Corporation 4010
• Columbian Logistics 4010
• Costco Canada 4010
• Do It Best 4010
• Fleet Farm 4010
• Fred Meyer 4010
• Gander Mountain 4010
• General Maps
• General Motor D97A
• Hancock Fabrics 5010
• Home Depot US 4060
• JC Penny Catalogue 4030
• LLBean 4010 VICS
• LMC 4010
• Lowes 4010
• Magento
• McKesson 3010
• Meijer 4050 VICS
• Nippon Express 4010
• Office Depot 4010
• Overwaitea Food Group 4010 VICS
• REI 4010
• School Outfitters 4010
• Sears Canada SMART 4030
• Sears US 4010
• Sports Chalet 4010
• Stage Stores 4010 VICS
• Target Com 4010
• The Forzan Group LTD 5010
• TruServe 4010

Be sure to stay tuned weekly for new EDI, webstore, CRM and supply chain management integration updates and additions to the ePortal.

Have A Great Weekend,

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