eCommerce Integration Mistakes

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eCommerce Integra-on Mistakes

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Proper backend software integration with an eCommerce platform is critical to the success of your online business. Understanding how the flow of information works and what information should be transferred between systems can get confusing - especially when 3rd party warehouses become involved. Check out the PPT to learn about the systems involved in keeping your eCommerce business running.

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eCommerce  Integra-on  Mistakes  

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Who  we  are?  

Samantha  Hornby  Marke-ng  Coordinator  

David  Silva  Marke-ng  Manager  

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Poll  •  How  many  people  here  work  for  or  own  a  start-­‐up?  

•  How  many  companies  here  use  a  3rd  party  warehouse?  

•  How  many  years  have  you  been  involved  with  eCommerce?  – 1  or  less  – 2  or  3  – 4  or  more  

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“My  current  order  volume  is  manageable,  why  do  I  need  to  worry  about  integra-ng  my  

backend  system?”  

•  Increased  order  volume  requires  an  appropriate  back-­‐end  system  with  proper  integra-on  

•  A  realis-c  -meline  for  geLng  a      new  system  is  not  overnight  

•  Realis-c  -meline  =      3  months  for  backend      implementa-on  +      -me  searching  

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“I  just  need  order  informa-on  pulled  down  from  my  eCommerce  store”  

•  Orders  •  Credit  card  authoriza-on  •  Customer  informa-on:  

Shipping  address,  billing  info  etc.  

•  Inventory  availability  •  Order  status  •  Pricing  •  Product  informa-on:  

descrip-ons,  images,  aUributes  

 

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“I  can  just  pass  info  to  my  3rd  party  warehouse,  right?”  

3PL  Warehouse   Back-­‐end  Inventory  &  Accoun-ng  System  

Front-­‐end  eCommerce  

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Summary  

•  Be  proac-ve  in  finding  an  appropriate  system  •  There’s  more  to  integra-on  than  just  order  info  

•  Your  backend  system  should  be  the  founda-on  of  eCommerce  integra-on  – ERP  is  the  rela-onship  – eCommerce  is  the  sex  

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Problems  with  no  integra-on  

•  Selling  an  item  that  you  don’t  have  in  stock  –  Now  you  have  to  call  the  customer  and  explain  the  situa-on  

•  Delay  in  received  product  being  reflected  on  the  site  –  Now  you  have  lost  sales  because  they  are  s-ll    “out  of  stock”  

•  Manually  update  product  informa-on  –  pricing,  descrip-ons  etc.  

•  Maintaining  customer  informa-on  

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Ques-ons?  

•  Any  other  integra-on  issues  that  we  haven’t  discussed  today?  

•  What  major  changes  have  seen  with  eCommerce  integra-on  in  the  last  several  years?