Overview
Everyone wants to be the next eBay or Amazon.com. How about taking the first step with a system that will allow you to increase revenue using systems built specifically to your organizations goals? Whether signing people up for water and coffee delivery or allowing for integrated B2B Commerce. SiteCrafting’s tools will make it easy for your organization to tap into consumers on the web.
What’s more, your site will grow with you...so as you get bigger, your site will expand to meet your needs.
Airstream
Established in 1932 by Wally Byam, Airstream has been providing quality travel trailers for over 75 years. The 2008 fleet includes designs for everyone from the weekend camper to the cross-country traveler. Airstream’s trailers and touring coaches are designed for efficiency and longevity, which is why over 70% of all Airstream’s ever made are still on the road today. Airstream currently has trailer dealers across the US, as well as in Europe, Canada, Asia, and Australia.
Needs
Airstream was using an off the shelf third party shopping cart which was out of date and had been discontinued by the vendor. As a result the cart had long term security and scalability limitations. Most pressing was the need to have the cart operational by the busy holiday shopping season.
Solution
SiteCrafting offers both custom carts as well as customization services for a variety of third party carts. In general we recommend a custom solutions, especially if there are a lot of specialized needs. In the case of Airstream we evaluated their situation and elected to customize OSCommerce due to timeline restraints and the limited feature set necessary to launch. The online store has increased revenue and has eliminated lost orders, headaches and other problems associated with an incomplete solution.
Tools
- Customization of OS Commerce
- Integrated Shipping
- Email Notification
Alexander Lighting
Alexander Lighting, a Division of North Coast Electric, supplies a wide range of builder, designer, architectural and commercial lighting products as well as lighting controls and control systems.
North Coast Electric, family owned and operated since 1913, is one of the largest and fastest growing electrical distributors in the nation with 33 locations operating in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, and Arizona.
Needs
Alexander Lighting was ready to start selling product online. In the past the website was seen more as a tool to aid with “in-person” sales efforts to builders and designers. Following a success project with other B2B customers using North Coast Electric’s Business Management System, SiteCrafting was contracted to bring retail sales for Alexander Lighting to the web.
Solution
SiteCrafting converted the existing Alexander Lighting catalog browse site to a full featured online store. Leveraging internal business systems, the new Alexander Lighting store allows for custom/retail pricing, delivery and shipping options, full B2B features and even simple retail transactions. The power is in the possibilities.
Tools
- SiteCrafting CMS
- E Commerce
- Integration with Intuit Eclipse Systems
- Inventory
- Custom Pricing
- Custom Print Catalog Creation
Mountain Mist
Owned by the Richardson family, Mountain Mist began providing bottled water to the public in 1989. With two artesian wells on-site, Mountain Mist has grown from just a few hundred square feet to a 45,000 square foot warehouse and bottling facility located near Graham, Washington. Mountain Mist provides water and dispensers for home or office delivery, cases of bottled water, as well as coffee and tea products.
Needs
Mountain Mist needed an updated website design as well as better tools to manage the content/projects on the website. Beyond just an updated website presence, Mountain Mist wanted to increase it’s market share by allowing new subscribers to start service and existing subscribers to add items (coffee & tea) to their regular delivery service.
Solution
SiteCrafting created an updated website design, developed a secure content management system and a custom shopping cart/subscription module. Mountain Mist is able to update content at any time, add new products and pricing levels, and manage job applications using SiteCrafting solutions.
Tools
- SiteCrafting CMS
- Custom Shopping Cart
- Website Design
- Custom Job Application Module and Jobs Management
