Programmable Carts, B2B Product Data Export
April 15, 2002, Issue 57

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Dear Friends,

In this edition I'm focusing on some technical issues.

• The Glories of Programmable Database-Driven Shopping Carts
• Preparing B2B Suppliers' Product Data for E-Procurement and E-Marketplaces

We explore programmable shopping carts that allow you to customize the ordering process, add any number of new functions, and integrate with your existing databases. In the second article I explore the challenge that B2B suppliers face in making their electronic product catalogs available to trading partners and e-marketplaces. If any of you have found lower cost solutions to porting your data to other catalog formats, please let me know and I'll pass the information along to other subscribers.

My Doctor Ebiz Internet Marketing Seminar will be in Washington DC (May 21) and Atlanta (May 23). I still have a seat available with the name on it. I hope to see you there. Sign up today. (www.wilsonweb.com/seminar).

God bless you,
Dr. Ralph F. Wilson, Editor

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The Glories of Programmable Database-Driven Shopping Carts

If you're at a point where your shopping cart program just can't do what you need, you may be ready for a programmable database-driven e-commerce system. This article discusses just what this approach offers, some software suggestions for small to medium businesses, and caveats for the wise. Read the Article

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Preparing B2B Suppliers' Product Data for E-Procurement and E-Marketplaces

If you're a supplier who wants to broaden your market, you need more than just a website where you sell your wares. Your e-commerce efforts could also include sending your electronic catalog data to other trading partners -- large customers with e-procurement software as well as e-marketplaces. This article discusses the challenges and offers software suggestions for converting your product data into the variety of formats required by your trading partners' software. Read the article

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