IBS Publishing e-commerce is a complete B2B (business to business) and B2C (business to consumer) solution for transactions on the web. The software offers:
- Easily maintenance by business people.
- Real-time interaction with the core distribution software.
- Security log-on with password protection (b2b).
- User-definable catalogue with an independent multi-layer hierarchy.
- Advanced search facilities.
- Price and availability.
- Fast order placement & xml upload.
- Shopping cart facilities.
- Order tracking.
- Backorder status.
- Centralised management of objects (such as covers, synopses, blurbs, tables of contents, sample chapters) stored anywhere on the network.
- Customer self-service.
- The ability to customize look and feel.
- Multiple sign-on per customer.
- Secure on-line payment.
- Bill payment.
- Automatic email confirmation of orders and changes in order status.
At IBS we believe e-commerce should be easy to implement, use and maintain. IBS makes things simpler for you, because all subsystems (including e-commerce), use a single database and one set of business logic. This provides consistent, accurate, up to date information without the errors and inconsistencies associated with maintaining separate systems and databases.
Because data is accessed in real-time any changes made to the core IBS Publishing database or business logic are immediately reflected in the e-commerce system. This means you will get the same response to an inquiry via e-Commerce or using the main IBS Publishing system.