10 Steps to eCommerce Nirvana
ManageMore's eConnect Cart
is just the tool for accelerating your company into the ebusiness arena.
But you may be asking yourself "How simple is it to really get this eConnect
Cart up and running?" . Listed below is a 9-step process to demonstrate
how easy it truly is to get your web store working.
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Purchase ManageMore with the eConnect Cart.
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Sign up with any ISP that provides a Windows Based Web Server Hosting
plan. You will need a domain name along with the web hosting space
provided with your plan. We recommend GoDaddy (www.godaddy.com)
virtual hosting plans as a reliable source for obtaining both of these.
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Obtain a digital site certificate (SSL certificate)
for securely retrieving customer orders over the web. Again, we
recommend GoDaddy (www.godaddy.com) for obtaining very inexpensive and
effective SSL certificate.
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Upload the shopping cart scripts provided with eConnect Cart directly
onto your hosted web server and then run the Setup Wizard script which
guides you through the basics of how you want your shopping cart to
behave.
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Install and run the main eConnect program somewhere on your existing
local area network or on your main computer. There will be some
initial set up involved with this product to ensure communication
between eConnect and the web hosted server running your shopping cart
application.
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At your corporate web site, add a button or hyperlink on your main web
page that will take the customer directly to your newly set up Web
Store. Non-savvy internet users may require some assistance from a web
developer to accomplish this step.
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Take digital pictures of your products and store them on your
computer in a centralized directory. Preferably, store these
graphic pictures in a JPG file format for quicker loading on web sites.
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Within ManageMore's Inventory system, begin tagging items that will be
sold or discontinued on your Web Store and start assigning web pricing,
category name, graphic file name (from step 6) and web sales information
for each item. This main step will be where the majority of
your work will be concentrated.
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From within the shopping cart Back Office menu, select "Import
Inventory from ManageMore". This will import the products you have
made available in the prior step. This step will import the web
pricing and description information into the cart database.
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From the ManageMore menu, choose the menu option under
Activities... eCommerce... Upload Inventory Images. This step will
be responsible for uploading
all the graphic images associated to your inventory into the cart
database.
That's it! Your web store front should be up and running at this
point. As orders are placed online, the web orders are immediately
recorded in your ManageMore program.
You simply have an employee periodically check your sales order log
for new sales. As a sales order appears, you gather the items
requested, create the invoice and ship the product.
It's really that simple... a 24/7 automated sales center for your business.
Welcome to the wonderful new world of ebusiness!
eCommerce Software that combines innovation and technology!
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