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E-commerce The Right Way! Your Way!

Volume 18
  1. New AppFinity Website Is Up! Visit www.appfinity.com Today!
  2. AppFinity WebStore - A More Powerful and Flexible E-commerce Solution for Your Clients
  3. E-commerce Solutions No Longer a Luxury
  4. More Solutions Mean More Business and Happier Clients
 
   
    In This Issue

    In this issue of The Link, we bring you the latest news on all the exciting developments taking place at AppFinity. In our lead story, New AppFinity Website Is Up!, we invite you to visit our totally updated website at www.appfinity.com and check out all the great new enhancements that are designed to make your experience more informative, efficient and engaging.

    In our next section, AppFinity WebStore - A More Powerful and Flexible E-commerce Solution for Your Clients, we present a host of compelling reasons why our WebStore is the right e-commerce solution for your clients' SAP Business One systems. Visit our new site to learn more about how these two products team up to offer such a winning combination.

    Our third topic, E-commerce Solutions No Longer a Luxury, provides a brief explanation as to why today's end-users consider an e-commerce storefront a "must" tie-in with their accounting systems. In our final section, More Solutions Mean More Business and Happier Clients, we summarize some key advantages that SAP Business One Partners gain when they work with AppFinity to attract new clients and keep their existing clients happy.

    The Link is an exclusive publication for AppFinity Software. If you have any questions or comments about our newsletter, please send us an e-mail to info@appfinity.com

  1. New AppFinity Website Is Up! Visit www.appfinity.com Today!

    We are delighted to announce the launch of the new AppFinity website at www.appfinity.com. We invite you to visit the site today and to take advantage of all the enhancements and new features that are designed to keep you fully informed about all of our products and services and facilitate communications between you and AppFinity.

     

    Here are some of the many significant improvements you will notice when you visit:

    • Totally up-to-date content that highlights the latest advances in AppFinity's software development and services
    • Streamlined navigation throughout the site, so you can quickly find what you're looking for, usually with one click
    • More benefit-oriented language that will attract visitors to click on product information, demos and success stories
    • More visually engaging with less verbiage, so viewers can "cut to the chase" and discover all the compelling advantages of AppFinity WebStore and companion products

     

    One of the great new features of our redesigned website is the Online Demos section, which offers informative and engaging previews of every AppFinity product. Each demo is tailored for either the SAP Business One or AccountMate audiences. You don't need to download these self-running demos to your computer before you view them. The only requirement is that you must have Adobe Flash Player installed. If you haven't already done so, you will be prompted to install Adobe Flash Player to ensure that you can view the presentation. Each online demo is comprised of four sections, including System Overview, Core Functions and Features, System Administration, and Accounting and Data Integration.

    The new Products pages tell you everything you need to know about our Web-based solutions with totally updated Fact Sheets and accompanying screen shots. You can download the Fact Sheets in PDF format and send to your clients.

    Another great new feature is Request a Quote, which makes it quick and easy for you to receive a precise and accurate quote for your project after you have selected the optional features you want for your client and then submitting the form online. To help you in this process, we also offer a downloadable WebStore Features Selection Worksheet, which lists all the Standard and Optional Features. Like the Request a Quote form, after you have consulted with your client to determine their exact requirements, you simply select all the applicable options and then submit the form online.

    Our Success Stories section takes you inside recent AppFinity implementations and lets you hear directly from customers about the many ways in which our Web-based solutions have delivered tremendous bottom-line benefits for their businesses. The Live Site Samples section is an exciting new enhancement that demonstrates the actual Web pages from real-world users of AppFinity WebStore. This can serve as a handy sales tool when presenting WebStore to your clients and prospects. Our Newsletter section provides instant access to all of the Partner communications we have sent out over the past few years.

    We encourage you to visit all the sections of our new site and take advantage of the new tools that are designed to enhance your product knowledge and facilitate your quoting and ordering process. We welcome any feedback on the site and encourage you to communicate with us at info@appfinity.com


  2. AppFinity WebStore - A More Powerful and Flexible E-commerce Solution for Your Clients

    AppFinity WebStore is SAP Certified and provides the best alternative for SAP Business One users looking for a highly customizable and low-maintenance e-commerce solution delivering seamless, real-time integration with the SAP database. AppFinity offers two distinct versions - 1) WebStore SB (Small Business), a low-cost, "out-of-the-box" solution that comes with a built-in website template, supports up to 10 concurrent users and runs on Windows XP Professional and 2) WebStore SME, a fully customizable solution for your small- to mid-sized enterprise clients that can be modified to their precise specifications, maintains the look and feel of their existing websites, supports unlimited concurrent users and runs on Windows Server 2003.

    Since most of you already familiar with SAP Web tools, you may have determined that there are some limitations in the system that make it challenging to meet your clients' and prospects' requirements. We believe that one of AppFinity's WebStore solutions will present an attractive alternative that overcomes these limitations and enables you to fulfill your customers' needs.

    SAP Business Partners have often asked us if WebStore offers the following capabilities, which are not available with Web tools. They have been very pleased to learn that our solutions offer all the functionalities they require!

    • Use existing customer website layout or new custom website template and integrate e-commerce features with the SAP Business One database in real time
    • Ability for customers to check inventory on-hand quantities and prices in real time when entering an order
    • Check available customer credit and customer information in real time once the customer is ready to submit an order
    • Support all pricing options, including special pricing for BPs, discount groups, BP default prices, hierarchies and expansions
    • Option to save Web order directly to the SAP database after the order is submitted and update inventory committed and available quantities in real time
    • Ability for customers to access all the components of their profile including orders, invoices and statement status in real time
    • Support UDFs; new UDFs added in the SAP database can be populated in the WebStore
    • Support third-party add-on integration; support any third-party add-on that provides API for integration
    • Support mobile access; with AppFinity PDA server and client installed, users can access the WebStore system via handheld PC or PDA
    • Support multilingual; a translation tool is available to translate from English to other languages

    To make it quick and easy for you to become familiar with the most noteworthy features, functionality and benefits of our WebStore e-commerce solutions, please access http://www.appfinity.com/forms/demo_auto.aspx?topseq=3 to preview one of the self-running demos.


  3. E-commerce Solutions No Longer a Luxury

    As recently as ten years ago, accounting functionality was the predominant issue that influenced a prospect¡¯s decision as to whether or not to purchase a new system. The product demo and discussion often focused on the accounting, MRP, ERP and CRM features and requirements. Sales, marketing, product promotion, catalog and customer self-service capabilities were not essential components of the system solution as these functions were typically managed by the company's sales and marketing, and customer service departments.

    Today we are looking at a much different playing field than just a decade ago. Now, the vast majority of small- and medium-size businesses know they must have an e-commerce solution that integrates with their accounting systems in order to stay competitive (or even survive!) and to maintain efficiency and accuracy in their order processing.

    A lot of Business Partners have reached the same conclusion as their clients - any new accounting system must have an integrated e-commerce solution on-board or it won't lead to a sale. When you present either AppFinity WebStore solution, WebStore SB (for small businesses on a tight budget) or WebStore SME (for small- to mid-sized enterprises), you will have the confidence that you are presenting a more robust, cost-effective solution that will fulfill your clients' or prospects' needs and greatly increase your ability to close more sales.


  4. More Solutions Mean More Business and Happier Clients

    AppFinity is determined to provide its Partners with an unbeatable range of products to help you close more new sales and retain happy clients for the long term. For starters, our AppFinity WebStore solution delivers the best e-commerce capability and value for SAP Business One and AccountMate users. AppFinity also offers a broad range of products that extend the functionality of WebStore, including WebSalesForce (B2B), WebCustomer (B2B), PDA Client, eShowRoom and eTradeShow systems. These solutions meet the needs of sales personnel on the road who require access to the ordering system, enable customers to manage their own accounts, and streamline sales and order processing for sales staff working on the showroom floor or at the trade show booth.

    We offer one-to-one interactive online demos (via WebEx) to help familiarize you and your prospects with every AppFinity product, pre-sales questions and answers to strengthen your presentation, an online Request a Quote service that ensures a quick and accurate response to your query, assistance with any customization issues that may arise, implementation services and the most dedicated support you will find anywhere.

    Plus, to help you demonstrate to your existing SAP Business One clients how effectively AppFinity WebStore works with their SAP Business One system, for a limited time only, we will provide you with a FREE evaluation copy and FREE installation that enables your SAP users to test-drive the AppFinity standard (not customized) WebStore with their SAP Business One system. Once your clients see for themselves what a tremendous team these two products make, your odds of closing more sales will go way up!

    Send your inquiry to info@appfinity.com or give us a call at 415.668.1100 and let us show you that we mean business.

 

 
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