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Volume 3, Number
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June 2003 |
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Introducing....
The Total E-commerce Solution
How many companies can provide the Total E-commerce Solution ALL
from a single vendor? ComCity, the parent company of SalesCart, has
done it -- by now offering both merchant services as well as integration
services. A single vendor solution will help you avoid costly mistakes, save time, eliminate finger pointing and the runaround. All services, under one
roof, guarantees you more time to focus on other aspects of your
business. More time focused on your business means greater profits.
See how you
can start your entire E-commerce business end-to-end for under
$1,000.00 --- the cost of
some competitors shopping cart alone!
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The
purpose of this newsletter is to help people get through the trials and
tribulations of creating their own ecommerce site. To manage your subscription
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Total
End-to-End Solution |
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ComCity, the
parent company of SalesCart, has finally
put a complete end-to-end ecommerce solution together under a single roof.
No finger pointing...all the pieces of the ecommerce puzzle working absolutely
perfectly together.
ComCity invented Design
Tool E-commerce™ and has been in business helping companies be successful in
ecommerce since 1995. ComCity can provide you ALL of the pieces
of the ecommerce puzzle all from in-house capabilities. What that
means to you is less hassle and less expense.
1. Shopping Cart:
All of our SalesCart versions are Easy to Use and Designed to
Scale as your business grows. Our shopping cart has one of the
most extensive feature sets with browser based order management and product management and
links to all the popular real-time credit card gateways.
Learn More...
2. Web
Hosting:
Since 1995, we have offered hosting on all major platforms and have specialized and targeted our skills on application specific hosting like
ecommerce based hosting. We are truly specialized and focused on business
based hosting needs.
Learn More...
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Merchant Services:
You need a Merchant Account to process credit cards in real-time. We can help
you decide the best way to accept credit card transactions and
provide the Merchant Account to make that happen. Moreover, our
SalesCart Design Tool E-commerce Software,
makes online real-time payment verification a seamless snap. Learn
More...Limited time Special Offer.
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Integration Services:
Many of our ecommerce customers want a jumpstart, but they want to maintain
final control over the design of their websites. Our new SmartStart™ programs are the answer. These packages are economical while giving
you the opportunity to stay in control of the customization and design of
your website.
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Package I: |
One Hour Technical Training |
Price: $160 |
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This is a training program where you can get personalized help with a
support engineer to get your SalesCart website started. The goal is to
help you get a basic SalesCart website skeleton up and running. |
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Package II: |
Shipping and Tax Configuration |
Price: $79 |
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This package is perfect for SalesCart license holders that
have completed their SalesCart website, but would like someone else set up the shipping and taxation options. |
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Package III: |
Static/Installation Package |
Price: $275 |
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This package comes with 30 days of free Web hosting on our
servers where we will configure the shopping cart for you.
It offers the SalesCart
license holder the opportunity to have our SalesCart Engineers
completely install
their SalesCart software into their new or existing website. |
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Package IV: |
Dynamic
Package |
Price: $750 |
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This package is the most comprehensive one out of all packages! A
dynamic SalesCart site is typically geared for clients that have more
than 50 products, or expect more than 50 products soon, or have products
require that need very frequent price adjustment. It comes with 30 days
of free Web hosting on our servers where we will configure a dynamic
catalog-based shopping cart for you.
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Success
Stories |
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Charleston Seafood picks ComCity as the
provider of their full end-to-end ecommerce solution!
For years,
fresh fish had always been a local thing. Thanks to the Internet, it became
a nationwide possibility. To launch Charleston Seafood,
www.charlestonseafood.com, we needed an ecommerce solution. ComCity’s
SalesCart software was the perfect choice. We furthered our relationship
with ComCity by moving over our domain and hosting our SalesCart ecommerce
store with the people who created our ecommerce software. It seemed like the
logical next step to use ComCity for our merchant services. Now, we have one
provider for our full ecommerce solution.
- Robert B. Dodenhoff,
Charlestonseafood.comModern Business
Products, Inc. says SalesCart is very simple and takes little time but very
reliable
SalesCart
customer Modern Business Products, Inc. says they have been using SalesCart
for 3 years now and their customers shop daily with no problems or
confusion. They also shared that it was very easy to use for the visitor and
the webmaster.
Adding and maintaining products is a breeze with SalesCart, consuming
little time because of its simplicity but yet very reliable. The Staff at
SalesCart.com & ComCity.com are very professional, knowledgeable and
friendly. If we have any questions ComCity.com is always right there to
answer our questions, just a phone call away. - Dave Cepas,
mypencil.com
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Special
Offer |
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Start
accepting credit cards on your website TODAY!
Get a 25% discount and
take up to 90 days to pay for your Merchant Services set-up Fee.
Expires on 7/15/03! Time is
running out. Act Fast!
When you're just starting
to get your shopping cart up and running, a Merchant Account to process
credit cards may be the last thing you're thinking about.
And, you may be thinking about waiting the last minute until your website is up and running. We have a remedy for that
situation with our Merchant Account Installment Special.
Apply for your Merchant Account with our partner*, at the same time you purchase SalesCart, and we'll take 25% of
the Merchant Account processing setup fees. And to top it off, pay just
HALF of the Merchant Account setup fees and then wait up to 90 days to complete your shopping cart before the remaining balance of the
setup fees is due.
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Product
Announcement |
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Available NOW: SalesCart X supports
CardServices' LinkPoint Secure Payment Gateway!
SalesCart is proud to unveil our latest in
SalesCart X
(both FrontPage and Dreamweaver versions) which now supports
CardService’s LinkPoint Secure Payment Gateway. |
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E-Commerce
News |
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Consumers continue to buy online
BizRate.com Reports First Quarter
2003 Online Sale
"Online shopping is thriving both in war and peacetime conditions," said
Chuck Davis, President & CEO of BizRate.com. "This was a planned war and
therefore online retail disruption was minimized compared to the shock of
September 11th, 2001, when sales dropped 37% versus the previous day. With
the economy stuck in second gear, consumers are flocking to the Internet to
reap price savings and stretch their dollars further." [Read
More]
Source: Bizrate.com
Publication Date: April 1, 2003
Saving the Sale
Most small businesses are familiar with
the phenomenon of abandoned shopping carts. A problem not endemic to just
big businesses, shopping cart abandonment plagues small businesses as well.
In a report issued by Forrester Research, shopping cart abandonment rate
rose to 49 percent from 47 percent in 2001. [Read
More]
Source: ecommerce-guide.com
Publication Date: May 20, 2003
The State of Retailing Online
The Yankee Group's recently published
report identifies the essential elements of an effective business plan for
achieving results selling online.
[Read
More]
Source: Yankee Group
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Hotsites |
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FrontPage
All Beds
http://www.allbeds.com
Ranking:
Client Testimonial:
Reed Johnson from Allbeds.com says, “Because
of SalesCart, we were able to customize our shopping cart quickly and
easily. Our customers love the professionalism that SalesCart brings to
our checkout pages. I would highly recommend SalesCart as an affordable,
customizable cart that can help generate security in the mind of the
customer.”
Our Review:
AllBeds is the Hotsite of the Month because it is both
aesthetically pleasing and easy to navigate. Although the Mattress
category is not yet live with SalesCart, the Accessories subcategory
shows off the products nicely. The thumbnail images provide a crisp,
clear, and detailed picture, so the customer knows exactly what they are
purchasing. The buttons, shopping cart graphics, and checkout system
have all been changed to mimic the look and feel of the rest of the
site, which gives the customer a sense of continuity and creates a
pleasant shopping experience. We think this is a really nice SalesCart
website using Dreamweaver.
Software Cost:
SalesCart PRO for Dreamweaver $399.99
Total: $399.99
To view
previous winners go to
http://www.expression-ecommerce.com
/hotsites/
Dreamweaver
Home N Linens
http://www.homenlinens.com
Ranking:
Client Testimonial:
“SalesCart offers a unique approach to building and
integrating its product in your existing website. I originally started
off with SalesCart PRO 1.5 several years ago and was happy to hear that I
had qualified for a free upgrade to version 3.0 PRO (I just happen to
purchase 1.5 in the same time frame that 3.0 was released). Boy was I
glad with version 3.0. With over 60 new features and enhancements it
offered me an easy way to integrate my products into a ready to use
ecommerce system.”
Our Review:
HomeNLinens.com exhibits some of the best qualities
necessary for an ecommerce website to be successful. Not only have they
integrated SalesCart perfectly onto their website, they've executed it
so that it functions and has an appeal that rivals the look of many
large corporations. In addition to having a great web presence, they
have a real understanding of people and business that comes through in
their product and service. We're proud to feature them as a Hotsite of
the Month.
Software Cost:
SalesCart PRO for Microsoft FrontPage $399.99
Total: $399.99
To view
previous winners go to
http://www.dreamweaver-ecommerce.com/hotsites/
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| Tips
and Tricks |
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Title:
How to set products with a minimum quantity and to
enforce a quantity that is divisible by a certain number
Design Tool: Frontpage, Dreamweaver
Version: PRO
SalesCart Knowledge Level (Scale 1-10): 2
Want to learn how you can set products with a minimum quantity and to
enforce a quantity that is divisible by a certain number? We’ve created
an article that will walk you through an example. You may find this
article in the SalesCart support Knowledgebase.
Click here to learn more about the article!
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