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In addition to ASiS dedicated retail management solution, Alfa Software has developed AsiSstore, which is an online sales portal, seamlessly integrated with the rest of the ASiS ERP applications.
ASiSstore meets a traders` growing need, which is to be present in virtual environment and to cover this market segment that does not take into account geographic location and has experienced rapid growth due to the spread of the Internet.
More and more managers acknowledge the undeniable benefits that an online sales portal can bring to retail businesses, with a minimum initial investment: starting from the lack of any geographical and time barriers, reducing maintenance costs , elimination of monthly fixed expenses as for conventional stores (salaries, utilities, etc.) and continuing with attracting new target groups, corporate image development and the existence of a structured feedback on customer needs.
An online shop means, however, a complicated scheme of mechanisms and technologies which ensure smooth operations, ease of use for the final customer and visibility in the online environment. A shop must have mechanisms to secure funds transfer, Internet marketing and SEO to be detected by Google search engines and not last a unified and real-time transmission of data on stocks, delivery orders and other details of the products. ASiSstore meets all these goals and provides a powerful online sales platform using ASIS ERP database and it has real-time automatic SEO or Internet marketing mechanisms without in any way hindering the activity of traders.
ASiSstore Advantages:
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ASiSstore is developed in Adobe Flex technology, which gives a high degree of interactivity for the users.
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It is a standard platform for online sales, but can be integrated into the general theme of the vendor`s site.
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ASiSstore relies on a single ASiS database and dataflow of the e-commerce platform is done in real time (delivery orders are reflected in ASIS ERP, the stock of products is updated both in ASiS an in ASiStore, etc). Synchronization is not required and no redundant information is entered.
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ASiSstore product stocks are always in real time and they are updated with every input or output.
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Allows presentation by images of products for sale. Although normally, the images are not indexed by Google search engines, ASiSstore mechanisms have advanced SEO mechanisms, which reflect allow a description for each image making possible the optimization process.
- You can make comparisons between the features of two or more similar products. A product is brought in the comparison window by Drag and Drop functionalities. When initiating a comparison, users can view details of products in a "comparative" mode.
- In ASiSstore products can be grouped in several categories.
- There are also various interactive filters that you can use to sort products by your own criteria (category, price, color, etc..).
- Each user can add products to his/her shopping cart and can modify the structure of the basket at any time and finally launch a firm delivery that can be found instantaneously in the ASIS database. Due to orders, documents are generated in the Accounting module (invoices, receipts, etc.).
- Merchants can benefit from a history of products / client and other powerful tools for their sales policy regarding customer loyalty.
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