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The 2008 SoftLetter Financial Handbook

 

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The financial data you need to succeed, $249

 

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The Softletter Software as a Service Handbook

The best source of SaaS information and statistics for technology providers, $249

 

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The Softletter Sales and Marketing Superbook

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E-Commerce Resources

 


 

Page Index

E-commerce Programs (return to top)

 

Actinic: www.actinic.com
Information: Publishes Actinic catalog, $400.
Voice: 732.238.8007

 

MPM Consulting: http://www.mpmc.us
Information: Publishes eBD, a complete environment to create, manage and publish information via Internet or Intranet, instantly configurable from a web browser, with no need for complex and expensive implementations. It is a powerful development too that can create complex E-commerce business applications from a simple web browser.

 

Dateline America: www.mipsdia.com
Information: Publishes VersaCheck.

 

Ironside Technologies: www.ironsides.com
Information:  Provides real-time sell-side business-to-business e-commerce software products for distributors and manufacturers.   Features include real-time transaction processing  for includes order entry, product configuration, order status, request for quotation, inventory availability, promotions and e-mail communications.

 

LaGarde: www.storefront.net
Information: Publishes popular StoreFront package for Frontpage and Dreamweaver. Also available as an online service.

 

Mercantec: www.mercantec.com
Information: Publishes Softcart, a popular shopping cart product used by many commercial sites.

 

Multiactive, Inc: http://www.multiactive.com/
Information: Publishes Entice, a higher end (50K and up) E-commerce back end product and ecBuilder Pro, a low-end product.

 

Quikstore: www.quikstore.com
Information: Perl-based shopping cart; nice array of features, $200 for basic package.

 

Primecom Interactive: www.primecom.net
Information: Publishes QuickSite a template builder that uses Front Page to actually build the site.

 

ShopFactory: www.3d3.com/
Information:  Very easy-to-use canned E-commerce backend.
Comment:  Good choice for the small startup.

 

VP ASP: www.vpasp.com/
Information: ASP-based shopping cart.
Comment: At $139 for the base package, nicely priced, has many features for this price.  Your server must be NT.

 

Zelerate: www.zelerate.com
Information:  An open source E-commerce backend.  Requires developmental expertise to implement, but source code is available.

 

E-commerce Services (return to top)

 

Biz Shopping Cart: http://www.bizshoppingcart.com
Information: E-commerce shopping cart software for businesses to sell online, accept orders, and to fullfill shipments.

 

GoShip.com: www.goship.com
Voice: 949.268.1000
Information: Lets a publisher compare shipping costs from a variety of different companies and integrate this ability into an E-commerce system.

 

Easystorecreator www.easystorecreator.com
Information: Allows you to create a free ecommerce store online in minutes. Browser based interface, no software to download and free online help.

 

Free Credit Card Processing: www.freecreditcardprocessing.com
Information: Offers: Free terminals and software. No setup fees.

 

eMarketplaces.com: www.emarketplaces.com
Information:Provides an electronic marketplace for buyers and sellers.

 

Takecreditcardsonline: www.takecreditcardsonline.com
Information: Service that allows you to submit a request for a merchant account.

 

Shopping Cart Forums: www.shoppingcartforums.com
Information: Provides resources on shopping carts.

 

SalesCart: www.salescart.com/
Information: Creators of the first shopping cart plugin for website design tool software...the price leader and technology leader. Available on FrontPage, Dreamweaver on both Windows/ASP/Access/SQL as well as LINUX/PHP/mySQL.

 

Volusion: www.volusion.com
Information: Provides the Volusion E-commerce system. Currently in use by Softletter.

 

E-commerce Transactions (return to top)

 

Authorizenet: www.authoriznet.com
Information: Provides merchant account services for E-commerce.
Comments: Very useful site, especially for the small or startup publisher!  You can link, in some cases, and existing commercial backend to this service.

 

CyberSource: www.cybersource.com
Information: Provides electronic transaction services.Usually adds 1% to our transaction costs.

 

Rainbow Technologies: www.rainbow.com
Information: Provides various E-commerce backend services and copy protection products.

 

echarge: www.echarge.com
Information: An alternative to Amex and bank-oriented systems.   E-charge claims it will offer vendors terms a full point below the 3.5 to 4.5% transaction charge publishers usually pay.

 

Echo:www.echo-inc.com
Information: Provides merchant authorization and Internet transaction services.

 

Turnaround Computing: www.turn.com
Information: Offers a variety of E-commerce backend creation services.

 

E-commerce Web Sites (return to top)

 

BigStep: www.bigstep.com
Information: Bills itself as the Web's first free, all-in-one, e-business center designed to help small businesses set up shop online.

 

Cart32: www.cart32.com
Information: Shopping cart service.

 

cfWebstore: www.cfwebstore.com
Information: E-commerce services.

 

CCNow: www.ccnow.com
Information: E-commerce server that handles all transaction processing for you; not fulfillment, however.  Charges 9% per transaction, they keep your money, send you a check.

 

CommerceKey: www.commercekey.com
Information: Provides web site commerce hosting.  In addition to the standard services, also provides physical fulfillment.

 

Cool Cart: www.coolcart.com
Information: Shopping cart service.

 

eCongo: www.econgo.com
Information: Free E-commerce web site hosting.   Allows a small publisher to build and update a FREE ecommerce site online. No HTML or programming is necessary.  The site comes complete with a catalog, free advertising, versatile payment options, online customer service and reporting.

 

Great Shop: www.GreatShop.com
Information: Shopping cart programs.

 

Icommerce: www.icommercegateway.net
Information: Shopping cart service.

 

Iconomy: www.iconomy.com
Information: Provides E-commerce backend.

Instant Cart: www.instacart.com
Information: Costs $9.95 per month.  Browser-based shopping cart system.  Sponsored by E-trade.

 

MarketplaceManager: www.infopia.com
Information: Virtual storefront service.  You must have your own merchant account to use this system.

Miva: www.miva.com
Information: E-commerce backend services and some products.  Starts at $495 per storefront.  Recently introduced some marketing capabilities into their systems.

 

Nexternal: www.nexternal.com
Information: provides web based e-commerce software to businesses serious about online sales.

 

Rbid: www.rbid.com
Information: Provides publishers with a fairly extensive storefront capability. @29.95$ plus a 10% "fee."
Comment:  Think carefully before handing over such fees before extensive negotiations.

 

SearchEBusiness: www.searchEBusiness.com
Information:  Says it's a search engine, but really a portal with links to E-commerce companies.

 

Storesense.com: www.storesense.com
Information:  First site we've seen with potentially useful marketing capabilities built into the backend.

 

Verza.com: www.verza.com
Information: Provides an E-commerce backend for web sites.  Easy to setup, limited marketing.  Costs are reasonable compared to other sites, but you still pay $.99 per transaction and 4.9% of the cost of the sale.

 

Yahoo Store: http://store.yahoo.com/
Information: Basic store starts at $100 per month
Comment: Very popular E-commerce site for newcomers, but a bit pricey at $100 for a startup.


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