Buying and selling products and services online is one of the most common ways of starting a new business or and excellent one to expand an already existing "brick and mortar" business.

Simple Solutions team of experts will work with you to define, setup, operate, maintain and support your eCommerce/eBusiness strategy, from the satrting point of defining the products and services you would like to sell, following to the business implementation on the Web and their promotion, through sophistcated Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Web Promotion and Internet Marketing strategies.


Real eStores (realestores.com), one of Simple Solutions' brands, is an excellent eCommerce/eBusiness solution and integration framework that has been developed around the The Success Triangle concept. Through this outstanding concept and its methodology, companies and individuals are able to implement eCommerce websites and promote them by using SEO (Search Engine Optimization), Web Promotion and Internet Marketing in less than 5 days!!!


Simple Solutions offerings cover the following business concepts:

• B2B (Business-to-Business)

  Companies doing business with each other such as manufacturers selling to distributors and wholesalers selling to retailers. Pricing is based on quantity of order and is often negotiable.

• B2C (Business-to-Consumer)

  Businesses selling to the general public typically through catalogs utilizing shopping cart software. By dollar volume, B2B takes the prize, however B2C is really what the average person has in mind with regards to ecommerce as a whole.

• C2B (Consumer-to-Business)

  A consumer posts his project with a set budget online and within hours companies review the consumer's requirements and bid on the project. The consumer reviews the bids and selects the company that will complete the project.

• C2C (Consumer-to-Consumer)

  There are many sites offering free classifieds, auctions, and forums where individuals can buy and sell thanks to online payment systems like PayPal where people can send and receive money online with ease. eBay's auction service is a great example of where person-to-person transactions take place everyday since 1995.        

• B2E (Business-to-Emplyoees)

  Companies using internal networks to offer their employees products and services online engage in B2E (Business-to-Employee) ecommerce.         

• G2G (Government-to-Government), G2E (Government-to-Employee), G2B (Government-to-Business), B2G (Business-to-Government), G2C (Government-to-Citizen), C2G (Citizen-to-Government) are other forms of ecommerce that involve transactions with the government--from procurement, public and private bids to filing taxes, business registrations and renewing licenses.

Simple Solutions eCommerce/eBusiness offerings include the following features:

• General Functionality

  • All features enabled by default for a complete out-of-the-box solution

  • Completely multilingual with English and Spanish provided by default

     

• Setup / Installation

  • Automatic web-browser based installation and upgrade procedure

     

• Design / Layout

  • Template structure implementation to:

    • allow layout to be adaptive, easy, and quickly to make changes

    • allow easy integration with existing or other (internal or external) applications

  • Support for dynamic images

     

• Administration / Back End Functionality

  • Supports unlimited products and categories

    • Products-to-categories structure

    • Categories-to-categories structure

  • Add/Edit/Remove categories, products, manufacturers, customers, and reviews

  • Support for physical (shippable) and virtual (downloadable) products

  • Administration area secured with a username and password

  • Contact customers directly via email or newsletters

  • Easily backup and restore of the database

  • Print invoices and packaging lists from the order screen

  • Statistics for products and customers

  • Multilingual support and Dynamic Language Exchange (DLE)

  • Multicurrency support

    • Automatically update currency exchange rates

  • Select what to display, and in what order, in the product listing page

  • Support for static and dynamic banners with full statistics

  • Statistics and Visitors/Customers navigation patterns

  • Cart abandonment statistics along with products "to be purchased"

  • Multi Stores management from a single point (Admin)

• Customer / Front End Functionality

  • All orders stored in the database for fast and efficient retrieval

  • Customers can view their order history and order statuses

  • Customers can maintain their accounts

    • Address book for multiple shipping and billing addresses

  • Temporary shopping cart for guests and permanent shopping cart for customers

  • Fast and friendly quick search and advanced search features

  • Product reviews for an interactive shopping experience

  • Foreseen checkout procedure

  • Secure transactions with SSL (optional)

  • Affiliate Program (optional)

  • Number of products in each category can be shown or hidden

  • Global and per-category bestseller lists

  • Display what other customers have ordered with the current product shown

  • Breadcrumb trail for easy site navigation

  • Product reviews

  • Application Program Interfaces (APIs) and Web Services with key based access

   

• Product Functionality

  • Dynamic product attributes relationship

  • HTML based product descriptions

  • Automated display of specials

  • Control if out of stock products can still be shown and are available for purchase

  • Customers can subscribe to products to receive related emails/newsletters

  • Customers reviews on Products

  • Products Tell A Friend feature

  • Featured products

  • Best Sellers

  • On/Off Products application

  • Multiple products categories

   

• Payment Functionality

  • Accept numerous online/offline payment processing (credit cards, checks, money orders, COD, transfers, Authorize.Net, Linkpoint Central, PayPal, GOOGLE Checkout, 2Checkout, iPayment, SLIMCD and more)

  • Disable certain payment services based on a zone basis

  • Zone and Tax applications

  • Customized Payment methods

  • Shipped and download payment functionality

• Shipping Functionality

  • Weight, price, and destination based shipping modules

  • Real-time quotes available (UPS, USPS and FedEx)

  • Free shipping based on amount and destination

  • Disable certain shipping services based on a zone basis

  • Zone and Tax application

• Tax Functionality

  • Flexible tax implementation on a state and country basis

  • Set different tax rates for different products

  • Charge tax on shipping on a per shipping service basis

  • Zones definition and applicability

  • Tax customization