Learn More About E-Commerce and Payment Processing Solutions From Azox By Attending a Webinar in October

Join us Thursday or Friday this week to see a live demo of our ecommerce and payment processing solutions for Microsoft Dynamics users. Then you can catch a live demo of our Online Bill Pay solution later this month.

IntegratedE-Commerce for Microsoft Dynamics GP

Thursday, October 10, 2013

1:00 – 1:30 p.m. EST

Attend this webinar to see a live demo of eSource, our e-commerce solution for Microsoft Dynamics users. This product from Azox is packed full of all the features consumers demand in a web store. From advanced search, refine and browse capabilities and related product suggestions to shipping and tax calculations, Azox eSource allows you to link web store with an internal ERP to provide an automated system for accepting orders. Azox eSource can be implemented in several different environments including B2B, B2C, an employee-facing Sales Portal and Mobile Stores, which are compatible with smartphone and tablet devices. These web stores are customizable and easy to edit/update using drag and drop web parts and a WYSIWYG editor, which are all built in to the CMS.

SecureCredit Card Processing in Microsoft Dynamics GP

Friday, October 11, 2013

1:00 – 1:30 p.m. EST

Azox Credit Card Extension (CCE) is a payment processing solution for Microsoft Dynamics users. This software piece makes it possible to accept and process payments in an ERP from a web store. All major credit cards are accepted as well as payments made using an ACH account. With CCE, a business can pre-authorize, post-authorize, sale, void and credit. CCE also integrates with multiple gateways to provide reliable payment processing for Microsoft Dynamics users. Join us for this webinar to learn more about this solution.

Advantagesof Online Bill Pay for Microsoft Dynamics GP

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

1:00 – 1:30 p.m. EST

Learn about the advantages of providing your customers with an online bill pay option from your web store when you attend this webinar. Consumers want convenience and an online bill pay portal provides just that. This solution from Azox creates s secure portal for customers to log in to that allows them to view, print and pay open invoices. All major credit cards are accepted as well as payments made from and ACH account.

Follow the links provided to register for these free events. To find more information about these products, visit our website or contact the Azox sales team.

eSource 3.5: The Latest Ecommerce Solution from Azox

Azox has launched eSource 3.5, the latest version of our ecommerce solution for Microsoft Dynamics GP. In addition to updates and other general fixes, several new features will be added.

URL Rewrite
This new feature will allow you to customize your web store’s URLs. This allows you to create URLs that are search engine friendly and look more relevant to the web page. This will allow you to promote specific web pages in your marketing with an easy-to-remember link. It will also help with your web store’s SEO.

Product Reviews
Consumers often rely on another customer’s review just like they would a personal recommendation. With this new feature, your web store will be able to support product reviews. In addition to helping consumers make buying decisions, product reviews also add more quality content to your site, which helps with SEO.

One Page Guest Checkout Payment Methods
Add even more convenience to one page guest checkout with the addition of payment methods. This module now supports ACH and PayPal payments.

Address Validation
The latest version of eSource will include address validation for those that elect to use one page guest checkout.

Improved Navigation
When consumers browsing a category of products on your ecommerce website displayed on multiple pages, just three page numbers were provided at the bottom of the page to help with navigation. In the new version of eSource, five page numbers will be displayed, in addition to first and last page links. This will allow customers to navigate your site easily.

Updates and other improvements have been made as well, such as the ability to arrange dimension group fields in columns based on product description, HTML or swatch. Dimension Groups is an eSource module that allows similar items to be linked together as one. For example, a pair of jeans that comes in four colors with five different sizes for each different option could be displayed as one item using this tool. This module update makes it an even more versatile feature.

For more information about our ecommerce solution, payment processing or online bill pay, contact our sales team and schedule a demo. Azox also hosts monthly webinars that provide attendees with an overview of our products. For more information on these or to sign up for free, follow this link.

Are Your Social Media Strategies Helping You Drive Sales?

Social media is one of many digital marketing tools available to businesses. Further, many know that listing their business on these social sites and posting to them regularly is important; but, are you measuring your success rates to know if your efforts are worth it? A survey conducted by Vision Critical provided some statistics on how customers use Pintrest, Facebook and Twitter and how likely these customers were to make purchases either online or in-store. Some of the key points are highlighted below. For the full report, follow this link. The survey included almost 6,000 respondents.

When you look at usage of these three social networks, you will find that 15 percent of the population uses Pintrest, 73 percent uses Facebook and 24 percent users Twitter. Of those people, 29 percent of Pintrest users made a purchase after sharing or liking an item, 38 percent of Facebook users did that same and then last were 22 percent of Twitter users. Taking those statistics into consideration, it is important to discover which social media networks your customers use as different topics are popular on varying platforms.

The survey results showed that for do-it-yourself projects, recipes and fashion and beauty tips, users look to Pintrest. Facebook was most popular for human interest or funny stories and topics that fall under arts and entertainment are popular across all three platforms.

Survey results also showed that 21 percent of Pinterest users made purchases in-store, 22 percent online and 29 percent made purchases both in-store and online. When it came to Facebook, 30 percent of users made in-store purchases, 29 percent did the same online and 38 percent did both. Finally, with Twitter, 17 percent of users made in-store purchases, 18 percent made online purchases and 22 percent made both.

There is no question that consumers use social media to research products that they will either buy in-store or online.  The question to ask yourself is which platform will help your business draw the most sales. In order to figure this out, you will need to consider your industry, customer demographics and determine what it is they use social media for. Then you can work on earning your portion of social media generated sales and hopefully in time, grow that number.

In addition to detailed statistics about purchases in relation to social media usage, the report also includes questions to ask your customers that will help you determine how to make these social media networks work best for your business. To join the world of ecommerce so you are able to take full advantage of these social media platforms along with other digital marketing tools, visit our website to learn about our solutions. Azox develops ecommerce websites that integrate fully with Microsoft Dynamics GP. We also provide payment processing solutions and online bill pay.

Azox Monthly Webinars: E-Commerce and E-Payment Solutions

Join Azox for one of our informative monthly webinars this March! Each month we host three different webinars, one focused on each of our products, which include e-commerce, secure credit card processing and online bill pay. This month our webinar schedule is as follows:

Advantages of Online Bill Payment for Microsoft Dynamics GP

Thursday, March 7, 2013

11:00 – 11:30 a.m. EST

Azox Online Bill Pay provides your customers with a portal that they are able to log in to and view, print or pay invoices online. This add-on solution allows your business to get paid faster and integrates seamlessly with your Microsoft Dynamics GP back office software.

SecureCredit Card Processing in Microsoft Dynamics GP

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

2:00 – 2:30 p.m. EST

Credit Card Extension from Azox makes it possible for a web store to accept ACH and credit card transactions securely online. Through use of tokenization, sensitive data is stored off site, which lessens your business’ liability. Azox Credit Card Extension is also a PA-DSS certified solution. Implementing this add-on will allow you to get more out of your Microsoft Dynamics GP investment.

IntegratedE-Commerce for Microsoft Dynamics GP

Thursday, March 28, 2013

12:00 – 12:30 p.m. EST

The e-commerce solution from Azox helps with inventory management; features advanced searching capabilities and provides valuable analytic information about customer shopping and browsing habits. This solution will help you reduce the cost of your online selling operations and improve the overall customer experience. Azox e-commerce solution integrates completely with your Microsoft Dynamics GP back office to provide customers with a secure online shopping environment that allows them to place and track orders, check their account status and pre-print invoices and packing lists.

If you are in the marketing for an e-commerce or e-payment solution, be sure to sign up for one of these webinars to learn more about what Azox has to offer. If these dates don’t fit your schedule, contact us today to setup a demo or watch for next month’s webinars.

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.