Tuesday, February 22, 2011

24sevencart Multi-Store Version: A Dream Comes True For Online Retailers


A multi-store ecommerce solution for RMS can synchronize individual store POS systems along with RMS HQ in such a way that you get the power to server almost any order made online.


With your business, your worries grow too. You have a one-shop retail business; you run it through a simple POS system. You start selling more and you take Microsoft Dynamics RMS to run the business. With RMS on board now, you take the store online with an ecommerce RMS integration solution and you start selling as if there is no tomorrow to buy! You now think of expanding to other cities, other localities. You start managing multiple stores.

Consider another situation - a quite simpler one. You are already BIG, you have dozen different stores across three different states, and you are selling pretty hard. What you need now? Of course, a multi-store version of your RMS - what else? You get a multi-store version, get it set up on your headquarter, synchronize all the individual POS at each store and you are automated. Smart work, isn’t it?

But think about your online store. Instead of one, you have now 12 different places to look for a single product, with 12 different quantities. Isn’t it amazing for your business? Well, not quite, if you don’t have the right system in place. Let’s suppose you are selling a product XYZ through your ‘chain’ of retail store and the individual stock in all 12 stores are not more six; but at the online store, the stock will be say – 50. Walks in your happy customer and generously orders 10 out of the lot and pays. Now comes the problem; no store has more than six items and you have to ship ten; no store individually can serve the order! In fact, a true ecommerce RMS integration solution (like 24SevenCart) can only solve this issue with order-split facility. Unlike much other ecommerce solution for RMS, in such a situation, the one with order split facility will give you unprecedented flexibility to generate multiple sub-orders and process each order individually.

Unleashing the true power of a headquarter-based application is in ecommerce RMS synchronization. You take your web store and synchronize it with ecommerce RMS integration using a multi-store version; only then, you can make the true use of your entire system and start giving your customers flexible option. The result – 35% more profits as compared to any ordinary ecommerce solution for RMS that merely ‘connects’ the head quarter only.

Being big is not always troublesome and for a retailer with multiple stores is not at all a problem provided you have the right solution in place to support you. The smart way is to optimize your resources, make the most out of your product, and continuously keep on ‘satisfying’ your customers. The secret is in maneuvering your tools in such way that you do not miss anything. Needless to say, flexible multi-store version of an ecommerce RMS synchronization application is one such business app that can go with you a long way.

Microsoft Ecommerce Store: Your Gateway To Success

Microsoft Ecommerce Store: Your Gateway To Success

The hallmark of a successful retail business is in its use of technology. What point of sale system you are using, whether you and your employees are IT efficient or not and finally, if you are selling online through an integrated process. Use of technology in the retail business is a necessity these days so that you can augment your sales and remain ahead in the completion all through the year. Microsoft Retail management system is one such application that can take your business to places and to give new wings to your retail business, you may go for a Microsoft dynamics RMS cart application.
Microsoft dynamics RMS cart is usually a complete shopping cart system that integrates Dynamics RMS and your ecommerce store. The whole application is developed on .NET platform (although this can be done on PHP as well); through a web integrator (that generates and reads XML files), the Microsoft ecommerce cart communicates with Dynamics RMS running at the retailer’s end. The web integrator uploads your product details from your RMS to the Microsoft ecommerce store and once orders are passed, the same web integrator can help you to download the orders from your Microsoft ecommerce cart to the retail management system. The whole process can be either manually controlled or completely automated. Depending upon the frequency of orders and the state of your inventory, the stock updating and order download processes can be scheduled and can be maintained in almost real-time.

The top benefits of Microsoft ecommerce cart are as follows:

• To manage a Microsoft dynamics RMS cart application you do not need to maintain two separate work forces. The same workforce who manages your retail store can also manage the Microsoft ecommerce store comfortably

• Both your brick-n-mortar store and the Microsoft ecommerce cart are served through Microsoft’s powerful Retail Management System resulting in flawless operations in all aspects of your retail business

• You can give any look you want to your Microsoft ecommerce store. Your customers will experience the same ease of movement and friendly environment while they shop.

• All your business figures are consolidated – your physical store and online sales. You no longer have to process your sales report separately and later collate everything in a painstaking way.

However, getting the right vendor for Microsoft ecommerce store is not so easy. There are not many in the market flexible enough to give you the right options/features to run your business. They may offer plenty of features; but at the end, it matters what you need for your online retail business and not what they offer. So, instead of offering a set of pre-made options, the Microsoft dynamics RMS cart provider should be capable of developing all the modules or options that you actually need. Above all, the vendor should not charge you a fortune for the solution; your Microsoft ecommerce cart system should be affordable too, besides being flexible.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Right Option For The Right Business

24SevenCart is not just a collection of modules and options. Options are there; all necessary features are given. But what makes 24SevenCart truly standout is its flexibility! We have a strong dev team in place that can create any module of your choice. The motto is not to serve the retail business as a whole; we want to serve specific business. If you have a wine store, use the features meant for wine storeowners only and not those for a cosmetics retailer. 24SevenCart RMS integrated web store has the right option for the right business.

Am I talking sales a lot? Well…I should talk about the product…I mean my 24SevenCart and how it can increase your revenue?

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Increase Your Store Foot Traffic Through Your Online Store

The key behind getting continuous store foot traffic is in spreading the awareness of your products en masse. People SHOULD have visual ideas about your products, know the pricing, aware of any discount options, your credentials and above all, they should have the ‘feeling’ that you can serve them well. In a nutshell, to increase the foot traffic to your store, you will need to take your products to people. Now tell me, what best way can you think of other than using a flexible online store that would represent your retail business?

An online store powered by a custom shopping cart solution will not only help you to get huge additional sales, but it would spread the ‘word’ like wildfire also. Your online store can become the replica of your physical store on the web that people can easily access from home, from office, while travelling, from simply anywhere. People can check everything about your products online and would simply walk into your store to buy. Forget those “do-you-have-that” questions from your potential customers; they would already know that you have the right product for them! Now tell me – isn’t that what you want for your business?

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Get any payment gateway on 24SevenCart


Talking about payment gateways is one of the things that I love most. In almost every first meeting with my prospects, the third question that I get – “what are the payment gateways that you support?” Well, I say – “we have many”. Next question – “do you support xyz?” My answer – “I’ll have to check; if don’t, we will add that for you at no extra cost”.

The question is - why everybody asks this. My analysis tells that most of the shopping carts, although rich in feature, only support a handful of payment gateways. Even the market toppers are not that flexible too. If you have a payment gateway that doesn’t come in the top bracket, you are a game! You will have to pay some fat fees to get it integrated in your store!

Well, we understand your pain and that’s why we act differently. 24SevenCart, any payment gateway, no extra cost. We have 50+ merchant accounts already added in 24SevenCart and the list is growing. Recently, we added St. George for Australia, Sage and RealEx for UK/Europe.

So, don’t you have another reason to sign up for 24sevenCart?

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Just another Blog.com site 24SevenCart + RMSlink = A Microsoft RMS Integrated eCommerce Solution

Microsoft Dynamics RMS is perhaps the most popular application for Retail Management today. The application gives an intuitive interface to manage point-of- sale processes and store operations, provides centralized control for multi-store retailers, and integrates with Microsoft Office programs.

A 100% developed in house solution, a powerful shopping cart 24SevenCart and web integrator RMSlink, has taken Microsoft Dynamics RMS system to the next level.

Our solution is:

Flexible:
A standard installation comes with a ton of ecommerce ready features. We can further customize it to any degree as needed. For example, Gold Medal Wine turned to Lan Services when they wanted to integrate Elypsis WineClub Manager. Stanford University signed up with us ONLY because of the flexibility we provide. Customers have the options to host it with us or on their own server.

Scalable:
Shopping cart is built on Windows2003/SQL2005 platform, which allows thousands of visitors at a time and the ability to host unlimited items. Our datacenter is setup in Fremont, California with full 24/7 security and redundant bandwidth & power supply.

Affordable:
A standard Microsoft Dynamic RMS and 24Seven Cart integrated solution gets you started at less than USD 2000. There are no annual license fees, no inflated hosting fees and no per sale fees. Customer support and training is always FREE.

With RMSlink you get unprecedented near real-time connectivity between Microsoft RMS and the 24SevenCart shopping cart. The duo can conjure wonders for your business as you get various options such as:

* 100% Customizable solution
* Update 1 or more shopping websites from the same Microsoft RMS database
* Scheduled inventory updates between 24Seven Cart and RMS
* Orders downloaded automatically into Microsoft RMS
* Accepts payments through over 50 payment gateways
* Creates new customer records in RMS database
* Updates Shipping and Billing Information on each customer
* Handles all shipping and tax rules from RMS and more

With the 24SevenCart and RMSlink in place, you can now conveniently manage your shopping cart from anywhere. Whenever the sale occurs, you and your departmental heads have the information instantly.

The cost-effective RMS integration solution (we, in fact, suggest you to compare the pricing of other providers), can take care all your shopping cart related needs and you can now concentrate more into your business growth and strategic planning.