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11.06.2007
StoresOnline
Express
StoresOnline
announces the release of StoresOnline
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10.02.2007
SSPA
Award StoresOnline
Awarded the SSPA Star Award for Service
Excellence in Consumer Support. |
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STORESONLINE MAKING
WAVES IN THE OCEAN OF ONLINE PRODUCT DATABASE
MANAGEMENT, ECOMMERCE, AND WEBSITE USABILITY
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The StoresOnline
Storebuilder is a dynamic and extremely
easy-to-use website publisher.
The StoresOnline Storebuilder allows
online merchants to take e-commerce
to the next level of professionalism
and originality. This website is
dedicated to just a few of the outstanding
features available to all StoresOnline
merchants. Below you will find brief
introductions to these features,
so take advantage of this free,
in-depth information.
The StoresOnline Storebuilder allows
merchants to easily add individual
products, assign product numbers,
supply multiple images, offer features
and specifications respective to
the product, provide links, add
keywords, supply downloadable files,
and et cetera. The StoresOnline
Storebuilder’s capacity to fulfill
the needs of the online merchant
is clear. It will do most anything
to showcase merchant products.
The Shopping Cart feature of the
StoresOnline Storebuilder is seamless,
allowing for secure and safe online
purchases from online customers.
In its infancy, the Internet was
not secure enough to satisfy customer
concerns about sending billing information
over the Internet. Yet, after exponential
improvements, the Internet now has
the ability to send and receive
tightly encrypted data of all sorts,
including billing information. A
link on this page thoroughly discusses
the new advantages of the StoresOnline
Storebuilder's Shopping Cart.
StoresOnline merchants can easily
adjust the Checkout Process for
their customers in the StoresOnline
Storebuilder. The checkout process
is designed and established to have
customers easily purchase products
from the merchant's online site.
Every aspect of the StoresOnline
Storebuilder checkout process provides
ease and security to the customer
as well as the merchants. Plus,
the added security features of StoresOnline
and online processors provide safe,
fraudulent free E-retailing between
merchants and consumers. A link
on this page will outline the many
aspects of the StoresOnline Storebuilder's
Checkout Page.
Within the “Ordering Rules” section
of the StoresOnline Storebuilder,
merchants have the ability to define
shipping and handling, taxes, discounts
to customers, shipping destinations
to deny or accept, shipping companies
to utilize, currencies to use, payment
methods to accept, and shipping
and billing forms to be filled out
by the online customer. For a more
in depth explanation, StoresOnline
merchants should visit the “Ordering
Rules” section and customize it
to their specific needs.
The StoresOnline Shopping Cart feature
of the StoresOnline Storebuilder
is seamless. One of the most important
elements of online retail sales
is the ability to collect money
from willing customers. In its infancy,
the Internet was not secure enough
to satisfy customer concerns about
sending billing information over
the Internet. Yet, after exponential
improvements, the Internet now has
the ability to send and receive
tightly encrypted data of all sorts,
including billing information. The
StoresOnline Storebuilder has capitalized
on the use of secure information
transfer from customers to StoresOnline
merchants.
For StoresOnline merchants, the
StoresOnline Storebuilder provides
the entire Shopping Cart functionality
for them. The StoresOnline merchant
does not need to know or to do any
web-programming at all. The Shopping
Cart page will add up all the items
and their respective quantities
selected by the customer. These
items, quantities, and costs are
displayed clearly and simply, so
potential customers understand the
prices and totals of their potential
purchase.
The Shopping Cart page has the ability
for the StoresOnline merchant to
customize it contents. If the StoresOnline
merchant chooses to add any additional
elements to the StoresOnline Shopping
Cart page, it is done in the same
fashion as all the other web pages;
one easy step at a time. Elements
such as images, texts, links, contact
info, security info, etc. can all
be displayed along with always-seamless
security of the StoresOnline Storebuilder’s
Shopping Cart.
After customers are at the StoresOnline
Shopping Cart page, they then have
the choice to change quantities,
continue to select more items, or
checkout and purchase their items.
The simplicity of the StoresOnline
Storebuilder process provides no
hindrance to the customer; moreover,
it allows for a very simple and
secure online purchase. The remainder
of the StoresOnline Storebuilder
checkout process is found under
the respective link. Here you will
find additional explanation of what
StoresOnline merchants can do to
help customers complete the checkout
and finish their purchase.
In the StoresOnline Storebuilder
“Ordering Rules” page, the StoresOnline
merchant can figure in taxes, shipping,
destinations, etc that will be required
to finish their customers' transactions.
Once entered, the ordering rules
are automatically calculated into
the purchase without any other work
from the StoresOnline merchant.
View the Ordering Rules link for
an explanation of how ordering rules
are established and how they affect
potential customers.
StoresOnline 's Ordering Rules Engine
has simplified the process of implementing
sophisticated calculations into
your ordering system.
StoresOnline is a certified UPS
Online Tools® Provider. What does
this mean to you? It means that
shipping and fulfilling orders has
now become almost automated. You
can calculate real-time UPS shipping
rates, print shipping labels, and
call a truck to pickup the package,
all from the StoresOnline Storebuilder.
This is where it all happens in
respect to the customer Shopping
Cart and the customer Checkout process.
Within the “Ordering Rules” section
of the StoresOnline Storebuilder,
StoresOnline merchants have the
ability to define shipping and handling
costs, domestic taxes, discounts
to customers, shipping destinations
to deny or accept, shipping companies
to utilize, currencies to use, payment
methods to accept, and shipping
and billing forms utilized by the
online customers. Shipping and Handling
costs and taxes are easily modified
in the StoresOnline Storebuilder
at the command of the StoresOnline
merchant. When adding a new ordering
rule, StoresOnline merchants can
define whether they want it to be
a tax, shipping cost, a fee, or
other parameters. The tax rule allows
StoresOnline merchants to add all
sorts of taxes that apply to certain
countries and regions throughout
the world. The shipping rules work
much in the same way. If the StoresOnline
merchant desires, they can add shipping
rules to customers who select the
various methods of shipping. If
StoresOnline merchants choose only
to ship within their own country,
their own country's shipping methods
can easily be added. However, if
StoresOnline merchants choose to
deliver internationally, they need
to add shipping methods that deliver
internationally.
Recognizing that domestic and international
shipping costs vary, the StoresOnline
Storebuilder allows StoresOnline
merchants to enter in various shipping
costs. For example, DHL international
might charge less than the UPS or
FED EX, so the shipping rules allow
the StoresOnline merchant to automatically
add extra costs to the customers
who use the more expensive shipping
methods. (Free shipping, however,
is always a plus for customers who
want to buy online, so charging
shipping expenses is at the will
of the StoresOnline merchant). However,
StoresOnline merchants can specify
whatever options they desire when
it comes to this rule, yet their
challenge is to make it enticing
for potential customers.
Once the tax, shipping, or fee rule
is in place, the StoresOnline merchant's
rules are tested against information
supplied by online customers. For
example, StoresOnline Canadian merchants
have the ability to insert the VAT
or/and GST to the rules on their
site. If the rules apply to an online
customer, the StoresOnline Storebuilder
takes the subtotal of all products
of interest and applies the appropriate
tax in the total customer cost.
It is completely self-sustaining
and maintenance free, as long as
StoresOnline merchants enter in
the correct rules for their region,
state, province, country, etc. This
is also applied to the shipping
costs and fees. Automatically, according
to what information the online customers
provides, the StoresOnline Storebuilder
charges the appropriate amount and
sums this to the total amount.
StoresOnline merchants are also
able to offer discounts to their
customers. Discounts range from
percentages off total costs, buy
2 get one free, and other common
discounts associated with retail
sales. Discounts are also entered
in the same way as taxes and shipping
charges, yet they have the ability
to discount the price. Discounts
can be arranged by codes sent out
to email memberships, one-day discounts
for any customer, or any method
the StoresOnline merchants choose.
Essentially the discount option
is extremely versatile, allowing
StoresOnline merchants to decide
which, when, and how often shoppers
get discount.
For StoresOnline merchants who only
deliver to certain locations or
continents, shipping destination
parameters can be adjusted. For
example, if a StoresOnline European
merchant only wants to deliver to
New Zealand, they simply enter the
correct ordering rule and those
outside of the allowed shipping
area will receive a message, crafted
by the merchant themselves, stating
their policies, their concerns,
or whatever the StoresOnline merchant
chooses. Furthering the example,
perhaps the European merchant desires
to use certain shipping companies
for customers in Australia, New
Zealand, and USA. Respectively,
the StoresOnline merchant could
arrange the similar principle mentioned
earlier. If a customer selects a
shipper, such as UPS, and the customers
resides in Australia and wants the
products sent to where they reside,
they will immediately get a message,
crafted by the StoresOnline merchant,
stating something to the effect
of how the StoresOnline merchant
only utilizes DHL to ship to Australia
and they need to choose a different
shipper. The same could happen to
a customer residing in New Zealand
who selects a shipping method dedicated
by the StoresOnline merchant to
ship only in Australia. This customer
as well, would immediately see a
message stating the conflict and
the need to choose a different shipper.
Essentially, ordering rules are
extremely dynamic, allowing StoresOnline
merchants to establish their rules
and then permit the StoresOnline
Storebuilder to utilize submitted
customer information to finish the
transaction.
StoresOnline merchants customize
acceptable payment methods in connection
with their online processor. Major
credit cards are a good way to accept
transactions over the Internet,
yet for customers who are still
leery of this type of commerce,
merchants can allow for checks and
money orders as well. StoresOnline
merchants can have customers print
out the order form with cost totals
and then send off the payment and
order form in the mail. Again, it
is all in the hands of the StoresOnline
merchants to decide what type of
payment method is acceptable and
efficient.
Finally, all forms on the billing
and shipping pages can be altered
and changed in any manner the merchants
choose. Any field can be marked
as required information from the
customer for the transaction to
continue. Names, addresses, countries,
phone numbers, etc can all be options
for what the merchants need in order
to facilitate their e-retailing
activities and avoid mishaps. Of
course, the StoresOnline Storebuilder
has arranged necessary form elements
that are typically required in the
shipping and billing sections (e.g.
name, address, state, country, phone
number, e-mail, & shipping methods)
of the order form. Therefore, merchants
satisfied with the StoresOnline
Storebuilder's established elements
will not have to do any alterations
at all.
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Storesonline,
Inc. and Storesonline Employees
are
dedicated to resolving all customer requests.
Please contact StoresOnline's customer support or technical support
at www.myquickresponse.com
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