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Renewal Ministries: Internet Bible studies, articles, and stories
Theme: Order Fulfillment for Online Stores
Issue 26, September 15, 1999    ISSN 1094-9001
From Here to There
Dr. Ralph F. Wilson, Editor Order Fulfillment for Online Stores
by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson
E-Commerce Consultant
Many storeowners have succeeded in setting up their store online, but few have developed a good system to track orders and product fulfillment. In this issue of Web Commerce Today we explore the various options available.

As I've researched this, I see a huge hole in the small- to medium-size business market for integrating order fulfillment with online ordering. I expect we'll see a number of companies rush into this space in the next year or two, but for now the options are limited.

One option, of course, is to build it yourself. For example, I enlisted a programmer to write an application in VBA (Visual Basic Application language) using Microsoft Access 97 to take raw tab-delimited order files downloaded from Open Market ShopSite and import them into Access. But it's still pretty crude, and certainly not full-featured. In the articles that follow I outline the options available for storeowners at present.

Most articles require a paid subscription to Web Commerce Today. Why don't you subscribe today so you don't miss out on this valuable information?

Has It Arrived Yet?
Shipping via the US Postal Service
We review some of the US Postal Service (USPS) offerings attractive for Web merchant order fulfillment, including Priority Mail, Delivery Confirmation, Global Priority Mail, Merchandise Return Service, and the USPS Web Developer's ToolKit. This article is easily worth an annual subscription to Web Commerce Today. I hope you'll agree. However, this one is FREE to introduce you to the kind of quality materials we make available to our subscribers READ THE ARTICLE

Keeping Tabs on the Situation
Importing Online Order Data into QuickBooks
Learn about IIF (Intuit Import Format) files and how to create them. We also link to other information on importing IIF files into QuickBooks. Why don't you pay for your $49.95 annual subscription to Web Commerce Today. Now go ahead and READ THE ARTICLE

Stepping It Up
Two Maturing Web Fulfillment Solutions
We describe two more mature, and more expensive, fulfillment solutions. (1) Open Market's Transact e-commerce platform, and (2) Smith-Gardner WebOrder. Subscribe now. Here's information well worth your $49.95 subscription fee. READ THE ARTICLE.

Making Connections
Integrating Web Ordering with Accounting Packages
Accounting software is gradually integrating with Internet ordering front ends. Peachtree Software's PeachLink 2.0 and Dydacomp Mail Order Manager (M.O.M.) and its web product SiteLINK are some of the forerunners. Subscribe to Web Commerce Today, then READ THE ARTICLE.

Venture Capital
Scary Start-Up Machine
Here's a distressing look at Time's cover story "GetRich.com" about the virtual start-up factories in the Silicon Valley. READ THE ARTICLE.
Online Strategies

Data Mining Your Website, by Jesus Mena

Data Mining Your Website
Data Mining Your Website
by Jesus Mena

Data Mining Your Website is a useful introduction to customer database techniques -- from applying the established practices of commercial database datamining to identifying customer preferences and predicting customer purchases online. READ THE REVIEW

More from WilsonWeb
Accounting Software Comparison Resources
We provide links to online comparisons of accounting programs that cater to order fulfillment applications. Your annual subscription to Web Commerce Today gives you access to these and all our e-commerce links. VIEW THE LINKS.

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