Azox First French Site Built on Dynamics GP Now Live!

Azox has successfully completed its first French store for Mitutoyo! This ecommerce website utilizes eSource B2B with a variety of features to sell meteorological testing equipment to customers. One desired feature of this Microsoft Dynamics GP ecommerce solution was a navigable site. To successfully provide smooth navigation and make finding products easier, Mitutoyo needed advanced search capabilities. There are a few features that helped Mitutoyo provide this to customers. First, the company has their inventory organized into a catalog. This catalog groups similar products together based on assigned attributes. To further improve browsing, Mitutoyo also uses filters. Filters allow customers to search for items by specific criteria, like product attributes and features. While browsing this web store, customers will also be presented with related products in order to up sell or cross sell additional items. Mitutoyo’s site also features saved carts, analytics and multi store. Saved carts allow customers to store items in a custom-named cart and access later for purchase. Analytics, allows for tracking of customer behavior within the web store and multi store allows Mitutoyo to have more than one web store, each with a different URL, that all pull data from the same back office.

Another project completion this week for Azox was the launch of an online bill pay site for EZE Castle, a provider of IT services, technology and consulting for hedge funds and alternative investment firms. The online bill pay solution from Azox creates a portal for customers that allows them to view, print and pay invoices online. Cash, credit card or ACH transactions can be processed instantly any time.

If you are a Microsoft Dynamics GP user in the market for an epayment or ecommerce solution with seamless integration to your back office software, contact Azox today. There are four ecommerce environments to choose from, B2B (business-to-business), B2C (business-to-consumer), Sales Portal, a customer service site, and Mobile Store. Azox also provides online payment processing solutions including, online bill pay and credit card processing, which allows a company to accept cash, credit card and ACH transactions online.

B2B Ecommerce Websites from Azox: One New, One Upgraded

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 Eminence, one of their existing customers. Eminence is a loudspeaker manufacturing company. The company has implemented Azox B2B ecommerce solution for Microsoft Dynamics GP as well as Azox Credit Card Extension, an epayment solution. The company was looking for a way to expedite the checkout process, so they opted for a new add-on. The Eminence B2B site now features one page\guest checkout, which makes placing an order quick and easy.

If you are in the market for a B2B or B2C web store, contact Azox today to learn more about what our solution offers. Azox also provides a Sales Portal site for customer service employees and sales reps as well as a mobile store. In addition to ecommerce, Azox has payment processing solutions for both ACH checks and credit cards as well as an online bill pay add-on module.

Join Azox for an Informative Webinar this Month!

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.m. EST

Azox Credit Card Extension provides businesses with a fast, secure and reliable system for accepting both credit card and ACH payments while seamlessly integrating with Microsoft Dynamics GP. This solution allows you to process and validate a transaction anytime; it provides enhanced security by storing data off site through tokenization and is PA-DSS certified and PCI compliant.

Integrated E-Commerce for Microsoft Dynamics GP

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

12:00 – 12:30 p.m. EST

Azox eSource Ecommerce Engine is available for three different environments, B2B, B2C and Sales Portal, which is used by customer service or sales employees. All three are compatible with Microsoft Dynamics GP and help a business grow online. These ecommerce solutions synchronize with Microsoft Dynamics GP to provide inventory and pricing information real time, which allows customers to see the most up-to-date information possible. In addition to placing orders online, customers are also able to track their packages, check their account statuses and pre-print invoices.

Capture a Piece of Ecommerce Sales this Valentine’s Day

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 who own a smartphone will choose to shop online using their device. Likewise, 46.9 perfect of those who own a tablet will not only make Valentine’s Day purchases from their device, but will also use it for researching gift ideas.

There are a few ways you can capitalize on a portion of sales this Valentine’s Day. For starters, you must have established a store online. To get started with the foundation, contact the Azox team to learn more about our integrated ecommerce solution for Microsoft Dynamics GP. If you’re already online, try one of these ideas:

•  Run a Valentine’s Day promotion, such as special pricing, a BOGO offer or a coupon.
• Create a custom catalog that includes items relevant to the holiday, such as flowers, candy or jewelry.
• Setup related products with a Valentine’s Day theme by assign parent/child relationships to different items in stock.
• Offer a quick, one-page guest checkout screen for new customers that may be shopping last minute.

Don’t miss out on this and other busy online shopping days because you lack an online store or need to improve your current site. Having an integrated ecommerce storefront will increase consumer awareness of your brand and will also improve your sales. Azox offers ecommerce solutions for B2B, B2C and customer service sales portal environments. These web stores are easy to build and include modules that make all of the above mentioned tips possible and more. Contact us today to learn more.