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The team at Azox has been busy updating current customer sites to the latest version of eSource, which is our ecommerce software. The latest completed update was for Dr. Hauschka. The Dr. Hauschka web store sells natural skin care products and makeup. Dr. Hauschka’s new website runs on eSource 3.4. The company also chose to add one page and guest checkout. This feature helps provide a better user experience in several ways. With the checkout process, users want to complete their transactions quickly and easily. By offering one page/guest checkout, users are able to make purchases without creating an account. Further, all the information required for the purchase can be entered on one screen. The upgraded web store can be viewed here . Another one of our customers, Recreation Supply Company, has chosen to upgrade to eSource 3.4. This company sells swimming pool supplies on their ecommerce website. The upgraded version of their web store also includes one page/guest checkout in addition ...

B2C ecommerce has been around for a while now. When compared to B2B ecommerce, B2C  ecommerce is by far the veteran, however according to research conducted by Forrester , by the end of 2013, B2B ecommerce sales will reach $559 billion. This amount is more than twice the amount of B2C ecommerce sales. With that said, it is clear that B2B ecommerce is growing at a rapid rate. What’s so appealing about B2B ecommerce? Providing a B2B shopping environment online for your customers greatly enhances convenience. Customers are able to browse and research products at their leisure any time of the day. Creating this 24/7/365 access is crucial for companies in the global market. How to make your B2B ecommerce web store a hit amongst customers Since B2C web stores have been around longer, many have mastered the art of creating a user-friendly environment that customers enjoy. Think Amazon, for example. Given this fact, it is no wonder why many B2B ecommerce websites mirror some of the more su...

Streamlined Payment Processing The most recent deployment from Azox is both a business facing and customer facing ecommerce website built on Dynamics GP for BigFireworks . Big Fireworks uses these ecommerce sites to sell fireworks to both consumers and distributors. The different types of fireworks available include aerial assortment packs, firecrackers, fountains, roman candles, three inch finale repeaters and more. Big Fireworks needed a website that would allow potential customers to navigate their broad product portfolio, make purchases smoothly and securely and would have an overall positive impact in order to promote repeat business. Navigability From the homepage, shoppers are provided with a left side menu that separates the various fireworks alphabetically by type. From here, a consumer or distributor can select the type of firework they are interested in, for example bottle rockets. This will take them to a new screen where all variations of bottle rocks are displayed with mo...

Just before the second quarter of this year began, Azox was able to squeeze out two more deployments to close out the first quarter. The first new site launch was for Zebco Brands. This company has chosen to implement Azox B2B and Sales Portal ecommerce sites along with our online bill pay solution. All software is fully integrated with the company’s Microsoft Dynamics GP system. The B2B site allows customers who have an account to log in, browse a catalog and make purchases. The Sales Portal site is used by internal employees. They are able to create and check accounts for customers, place orders, send out invoices and more. Zebco Brands markets fishing tackle and outdoor gear from a wide range of brand names. They are a division of W.C. Bradley Co. They use their web store to sell their product line to other businesses for resale. The second site launch was for National Waterproofing Supply. This company has also elected to use our B2B and Sales Portal ecommerce solutions build on Mi...

A consumer-facing B2C site for Zila went live a couple weeks ago and now the company’s B2B ecommerce website is ready. Zila is an oral hygiene company that makes products used for oral care and cancer screening and sells them to dental professionals. The company’s B2B ecommerce website provides an environment that these professionals can use to browse electric toothbrushes, lasers, oral medications and more. While searching Zila’s inventory, users will be shown related products based on what they are viewing to encourage up selling and cross selling. From the back end, Zila employees are also able to assign specific users unique catalogs as they deemed fit. This web store is equipped with a shipping rate calculator that provides UPS, USPS, FedEx and Purolater rates as well as Azox Credit Card Extension, which allows customers to submit credit card payments in Microsoft Dynamics GP that are processed real time. In addition to this new B2B site, Azox has also completed an upgrade for E...

The first of our monthly webinars will take place this week and will cover the benefits of using online bill pay. Interested in a different topic? Each month, we host three webinars. Topics covered include benefits of using our ecommerce solution that integrates with Microsoft Dynamics GP, secure payment processing and online bill pay. These webinars are available at no cost to you and last about 30 minutes. Please join us to learn more about our products! This month, the webinar schedule is as follows: Advantagesof Online Bill Payment for Microsoft Dynamics GP Wednesday, February 13, 2013 12:00 – 12:30 p.m. EST Using our online bill pay solution will make it easier for your business to collect payments efficiently and on time. This solution, which integrates with Microsoft Dynamics GP, can be added to new or existing websites and allows customers to view, print and pay invoices online. Secure Credit Card Processing in Microsoft Dynamics GP Wednesday, February 20, 2013 12:00 – 12:30 p....

Online retailers haven’t made it past the holiday craze just yet. Christmas may be behind us, but Valentine’s Day, the second largest gift giving holiday of the year, will be here in no time. National Retail Federation has predicted that consumers will each spend $130.97 on gifts, up from $126.03 last year, with an estimated total of $18.6 billion. Consumers purchases will include candy, flowers, jewelry, greeting cards, gift cards and other goods for their significant others as well as for family members, friends, co-workers and even their pets. Given the current economic conditions, it will be more common for consumers to buy conventional items, like candy or greeting cards this Valentine’s Day. Not only is spending predicted to increase, but so will the amount of consumers planning to shop online. Based on a survey of 5,815 consumers, 26.3 percent of them will choose to do their Valentine’s Day shopping online, an increase of 7 percent from 2012. Additionally, 40.7 percent of those ...

Azox has launched another new site, a consumer-facing web store that sells brush heads for professional, electric toothbrushes. This B2Cecommerce website was built for Zila to sell their Rotadent brand replacement brush heads that are designed for professional rotary toothbrushes. Soon, Zila will also have a B2B ecommerce web store to sell their other product lines to dental professionals. Zila’s B2C ecommerce website displays the brush heads in two categories, Plus and Classic, making it easy for consumers to find what they are looking for. Once a consumer has made a purchase decision, it is easy for them to add and remove products from their shopping carts. Then, when it comes time to check out, return customers have the option to login or a new customer can create an account. When the checkout screen had been reached, shipping information is calculated for the consumer and from this point, since Zila has also implemented Azox Credit Card Extension , an ACH or credit card payment ca...

There are many reasons to implement an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, such as Microsoft Dynamics ERP. Our latest white paper, 25 Brilliant Ideas to Outsmart Your Competition with Microsoft Dynamics ERP, provides 25 real cases of how different companies in varying industries benefited from implementing one of these solutions. To read these success stories, download the white paper for free from the Azox website . Many existing companies use ERP software to store both internal and external information across their entire organization in one place. This includes accounting, human resources, sales, marketing and more. When this data is located in one place, it becomes easily accessible by all employees, which in turn makes the flow of information within the business more efficient and the task of managing connections easier. This shared database typically operates real time, which ensures all information is as up to date as possible. It is also easy to install and get up and ru...

Another new site has gone live. Dimond Lighting  has selected our business-to-consumer (B2C) ecommerce solution  hosted in the cloud for creating an online catalog that displays their product line, which includes a variety of lamps. Dimond Lighting is a division of ELK, a company that designs and imports outdoor lighting fixtures, decorative accessories and furniture for residential, designer and commercial use. ELK has also chosen Azox for their online store and has implemented our business-to-business and customer service sales portal environments along with our e-payment solution for ACH check and credit card processing . These solutions are all built on the company’s existing ERP system, Microsoft Dynamics GP. Dimond Lighting’s online catalog displays the various lamps offered by the company. The lamps are organized by type, for example table or floor lamps, and then by style, such as contemporary, traditional or kids. As a user browses the various selections, related prod...

Azox has upgraded and launched two sites, Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company and The Salvation Army Central Territory . The first site, Joffrey’s, has implemented Azox eSource B2B and Sales Portal ecommerce solutions. These solutions have made it possible for the company to provide streamlined checkout along with the ability to track orders and sales history of customers. Additionally, their new web store was easy to build through use of drag and drop web parts and blends in with their already existing website. Joffrey’s is also able to keep inventory quantity and pricing updated easily and monitor behavior of shoppers while using the Azox ecommerce solution , which integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Dynamics GP. Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company is located in Tampa, Fla. and sells gourmet, artisan roasted coffee and specialty teas, including black, green, red and white teas. Their products can be purchased at grocery stores, gourmet markets and coffee shops. Further, Joffrey’s prod...

eSource has been updated to version 3.3 and now offers new functionalities, settings and web parts along with some routine fixes that have been made, allowing the software to operate more smoothly. With eSource 3.3, now Azox can build your ecommerce site online as well as for mobile users. These mobile ecommerce sites have different configurations; however they provide the same look as the parent site and give users the option of switching back and forth between the mobile site and the full site to optimize the shopping experience. There are several new settings that are part of this update, including buy/get specials available as pop-up windows or promo pages that become available as customers move from shopping to checkout, admin reports and updated settings windows for browsers. First, changes to the settings windows include login/password retrieval or reset for users who have forgotten these credentials. Additionally, display and details of items now have more features. On the Item...