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Presented by eBridge Connections and Jo Benson, COO of AspDotNetStorefront.

January 20, 2011
9-10am PST

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Today's online sales are increasing at record rates. This means your online store is, or will soon see an increase in order volume. That's good news, right? Of course it is! The only problem? More orders means more time and resources spent manually processing them. Not to mention all of the new products you'll be adding to your store for your growing customer base.

What if you could automate these tasks and focus your time and capital on further growing your business?

eBridge Connections and AspDotNetStorefront invite you to attend a brief informational session to learn about how you can benefit from the power of integration. We currently offer integration between AspDotNetStorefront and over 40 popular Accounting and ERP systems, including products from Microsoft, Sage, Intuit, SAP and more. Our bi-directional exchange of data eliminates the need for manual entry of orders, customer info, product updates; freeing up valuable time and resources. The presenters will provide a high-level overview of our solution, benefits for merchants, pricing, and also touch on our other value-added integration services that can be leveraged once your AspDotNetStorefront store is connected to eBridge Connections. Time will be provided at the end for questions and discussion.

As an added bonus, all attendees qualify for a 10% discount on your first year's subscription to eBridge Connections - just mention that you attended!

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The Mobile Commerce Plug-in for AspDotNetStorefront allows online store owners to provide a full-featured mobile version of their site without having to create a new, separate site.

Our integrated platform automatically detects when a mobile device is being used and makes it look its very best.

• Full-featured - from Browse to Checkout
• Subscription-based and Affordable - Only $25 per month!
• Works on the most recent versions of ML8, ML, ML64 and Multi-Store

Learn How to Reach New Mobile Shoppers

Today, AspDotNetStorefront releases the 9.0.1.3 Admin Service Pack to enhance the functionality and integrity of the ML9 and Multi-Store e-commerce shopping carts admin sections.

This should be great news to those of you already using our Multi-Store platform. For those of you that haven't investigated Multi-Store, this is an opportunity for you think about how running multiple stores aimed at different segments of your target market can drastically improve the profitability of your business. Click here to learn more about AspDotNetStorefront's Multi-Store, the only reasonably priced multi-store cart on the market.

The earlier service pack (9.0.1.3 SP1) is NOT a pre-requisite for this release.

All of the following scenarios have been through our test lab and work well:

• 9.0.1.3 with SP1
• 9.0.1.3 with Admin Service Pack
• 9.0.1.3 SP1 with Admin SP layered on top
• 9.0.1.3 Admin Service Pack with 9.0.1.3 SP1 layered on top with 9.0.1.3 Admin SP re-installed (ie Admin must be applied alone, or second)

As before, we do not pretend we have found and fixed everything. Instead we focused on the highest impact problems and have diligently maximized improvements while minimizing the service pack's footprint.

We have highlighted the most significant changes in our release notes.

We have patches available for items we could not wrap into a service pack. These items were intrusive and do not affect the majority of people. If you still have problems after applying our service packs, do not hesitate to approach us via our support system at http://support.aspdotnetstorefront.com

Download 9.0.1.3 Admin Service Pack from your MyLicenses section.

Knowing the open and click rates of your email campaigns is helpful, but what about conversion rates? Pages visited? Exit points?

In this webinar, Jo Benson will discuss email analytics data and why you should be paying close attention to how your mailing list engages with your campaigns

Thursday, December 9, 2010 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST

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Have you heard about the new AspDotNetStorefront Marketplace? We're now offering a variety of cool extensions and add-ons from our most trusted partners. If you haven't checked it out yet, what are you waiting for?

Our new Featured Products add-on for AspDotNetStorefront gives you more control over the products on your homepage than ever.

More control means you have a great new tool in your arsenal for increasing your homepages conversion rate. We've added new levels of customization including:

• Customizable header text
• Highlight any product regardless of category
• Choose a specific display order or set it to random and test what your users want

Customizable Header Text

Don't want it to say "Featured Products?" Now it doesn't have to. Change it to say "Hot Tickets," "Top Sellers," or "Gorillas Go Bananas for these Deals." Whatever you want. Sky's the limit.

Highlight Any Product Entity

Don't limit yourself to just displaying categories! Highlight categories, manufacturers, sections, or even just a list of independent products. You've got complete control.

Randomize! or Don't. Totally Your Call.

Time was when the Featured Products section would only randomly display products from a specific category. Not any longer. You can completely control the display order of your featured products now to optimize your conversion rate. Or, just let it go random and test to see what your shoppers are looking for. Overall, you get a lot more control for the exact same price. If you've been holding out, now is the time to buy.

Between now, and Dec. 1st, the AspDotNetStorefront Marketplace is offering 50% off the retail price of the new Featured Products add-on.

Just use the coupon code "Featured50" at checkout for the discount.

Click Here to Learn More

A heat map is a great tool for understanding how visitors interact with your site. Jo Benson will discuss the ins and outs of heatmapping and how you can use it to improve your store’s usability and increase sales.

Join us on Thursday, Dec. 2 2010. 9-10 am PST

On Friday November 19th, AspDotNetStorefront released a Visual Basic version of their recent service pack for ML, ML64, and Multi-store products. The VB release of the Service Pack joins the C# version released a week earlier.

Log in to your “My Licenses” to download the VB option of the service pack and to see the related release notes.

On 11/12/2010 at 6 PM PST, AspDotNetStorefront released Service Pack 1 to enhance the functionality and further the integrity of their ML9 and Multi-Store ecommerce shopping carts.

Service Pack 1 focuses on improving the shopping experience of ML9 and Multi-Store. With the holiday fast approaching, AspDotNetStorefront also wanted Service Pack 1 to be a thoughtful and considerate release.

"We have made a significant number of improvements, and yet done so in a way that doesn't require our merchants to reconfigure their storefronts to match the modifications we've made," said AspDotNetStorefront C.O.O., Jo Benson. "We're especially sensitive to such things during this crucial time of year."

Benson added, "We believe a smoother shopping experience is vital to our loyal client base and that's what this service pack delivers. We’ve tested our updates very well, and have tried to make the biggest difference and leave the smallest footprint."

Service Pack 1 is available for download in the MyLicenses section of AspDotNetStorefront.com. Additionally, each new purchase of ML9 will automatically include the most recent service packs and will not require a separate download and installation.

Detailed release notes for Service Pack 1 can be found alongside the download, and will be available to all ML9 and Multi-Store owners through their store's admin panel.

Special offers make your customers feel valued and keep them coming back. Are you taking advantage of AspDotNetStorefront’s built-in promotional features?

Join Jo Benson as she discusses e-commerce trends on customer-based promotions and explains how to make the most of coupon codes, shipping thresholds, quantity discounts, and more in AspDotNetStorefront.

Thursday Novermber 18, 2010 9am – 10am PDT