Is AspDotNetStorefront right for you?

Have you been thinking about expanding your business to an online store, but don’t have the budget for a fully customized solution?  Beacon’s implementation of AspDotNetStorefront may be just what you are looking for.  Our growing list of clients using AspDotNetStorefront as their ecommerce platform range from such industries as personalized gifts (http://www.giftbandit.com/) to custom furniture (http://www.acfurniture.com/becommerce) to licensed merchandise (http://www.sunbrellaonthego.com/ ) and more!

If you haven’t heard about AspDotNetStorefront, here’s a quick summary:

AspDotNetStorefront is the leading .net shopping cart platform for developers. It is used by over 5000 developers and nearly 10,000 merchants. After designing its own ecommerce software in the late 90’s, Beacon spent several years evaluating newer, state-of-the-art ecommerce software, to not only provide a cost-effective, feature-rich platform to its customers, but to also ensure that it would be SEO-friendly and integrate well with Beacon’s search engine marketing services.  More…

I have worked extensively with this product and have come to really appreciate its flexibility.  One of our clients wanted to be up and running with an ecommerce store in just a few weeks with little customization, while another client needed a really appealing design and user interface, but didn’t need the shopping cart functionality at all.  AspDotNetStorefront’s extensive features list allowed us to meet both of these customer’s needs—keeping costs down and everyone likes to save money, right? 

Here are a few of the “out of the box” features that our clients really love:

• Auto image resizing—my personal favorite!
• Multiple images per product (icon, medium and large)
• Swatch color image changing
• Image galleries
• Categorization by category, department, manufacturer (products able to be assigned to more than one)
• Downloadable products
• Gift registry, wish list, sale prices and coupons
• VERY search engine friendly—custom search engine meta tags, static product/category pages
• Automatic email notification to customer with receipt as well as automatic email notification to store admin of new order received
• Customers can view order history and address book

The software also allows plenty of room for growth—maybe you don’t need to be able to offer real time shipping rates with UPS/Fedex now, but what if sales really take off?  This feature is part of the base product and can be turned on when needed.

Want to see how Beacon can boost your business through AspDotNetStorefront?  Contact us today!

Once again, Beacon Technologies is proud to support the Greensboro Grasshoppers, our hometown minor league baseball team. We’re honored to be the Grasshoppers’ web developer and Google Analytics consultant. That’s why at NewBridge Bank Park this summer, you’ll find Beacon cheering from Grandstand Box #23 and on the JumboTron after every ‘Hopper homer during the “Beacon Blast” fireworks display.

Clients often tell us that after working with our software engineers, web marketing consultants, designers and developers, their web worries were going, going, gone — which got us thinking. If business owners hire us to increase their website’s ROI and we knock it out of the park every time, bringing new customers to the plate; our RBI (run batted in) must be through the roof.

So it’s in the spirit of good, clean fun that Beacon presents our personal “at bat song snippets” to get the crowd revved up. (We’re installing intercom speakers in our office now as you’re reading this.) Enjoy and Go Hoppers!

1.    Mark Dirks, CEO, “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC
2.    John Scaramuzzo, vice president, “Enter Sandman” by Metallica
3.    Tracy Dirks, director of web development, “Let’s Make It” by AC/DC
4.    Brad Henry, manager of web marketing services, “Head Like A Hole” by Nine Inch Nails
5.    Cherryl Gilmore, sr. project manager, “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey
6.    Patrick Flanagan, sr. account executive, “Baba O’Riley (It’s Only Teenage Wasteland)” by The Who
7.    Gary Synan, sr. software developer, “Centerfield (Put Me In Coach)” by John Fogerty
8.    James Cooley, search marketing analyst, “Lord Leopard” by Caribou
9.    Louisa Nicholson, web designer, “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor
10.    William Nichols, systems administrator, “Don’t Cha” by The Pussycat Dolls
11.    Wendy Honeycutt, graphic designer, “Firestarter” by the Prodigy
12.    John Wallwork, sr. systems engineer, “Flirt’n with Disaster” by Molly Hatchett
13.    Rhonda Bliss, SEM Consultant, “Bodies (Let the Bodies Hit the Floor)” by  Drowning Pool
14.    Annette Fowler, sr. project manager, “She’s a Lady” by Tom Jones
15.    Jeff Pickle, SEM Consultant, “Time To Play The Game” by Motörhead
16.    Justin Klingman, manager of web design & content management, “Walking on Sunshine” by Katrina & The Waves
17.    Dan Ma, sr. software developer, “Who Can It Be Now” by Men at Work
18.    Jessica Knight, account executive, “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” by Pat Benatar
19.    Wayne Van Zandt, sr. systems administrator, “Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah” by James Baskett
20.    Mike Wood, sr. systems engineer, “Shook Me All Night Long” by AC/DC
21.    MaiLy Promislow, web designer, “We Are The Champions” by Queen

*Beacon is not responsible for any injuries caused while doing the wave at your desk. If your company could stand a few hits vs. strike outs, give us a call today.